Irish Times (Simplex) – Aug 27 2016 Crossword Solution
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Answers |
An oily fish |
TROUT |
Ancient galley with two banks of oars |
BIREME |
Artists’ studios |
ATELIERS |
Attack or engage in combat |
FIGHT |
Basic commodity and paper fastener |
STAPLE |
Body that revolves around another |
SATELLITE |
Compete for |
VIE |
Extra large, bed perhaps |
KINGSIZE |
Feel regret for the herb |
RUE |
Fragrances, scents |
PERFUMES |
Fully developed |
MATURE |
Gate-crashes, enters forcefully |
BARGESIN |
Idolise, worship |
REVERE |
Infants |
BABIES |
Instrument to measure height above ground |
ALTIMETER |
It fits into a mortise |
TENON |
It’s now the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
ZAIRE |
Lake of the Shannon |
REE |
Clues |
Answers |
Marinated meat cooked on skewers |
KEBABS |
Periodic count of the population |
CENSUS |
Persuade by threatening |
COERCE |
Pigment, colour |
HUE |
Preventing movement |
Impeding |
Remove forcibly from power |
OVERTHROW |
Rub out |
ERASE |
Scottish island group |
SHETLAND |
Shoemakers |
COBBLERS |
Slanderous statements in print |
LIBEL |
Small-scale representation |
MODEL |
Temporary suspension of business |
RECESS |
The sound of mirth |
LAUGHTER |
Tree, fruit and colour |
CHERRY |
Tubes used to suck liquids |
STRAWS |
Usual, not extraordinary |
NORMAL |
Utter profanities |
BLASPHEME |
Woolly ruminants |
SHEEP |