Irish Times (Simplex) – Jan 1 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ”If … be the food of love, play on” (Twelfth Night) |
MUSIC |
| … is believing, they say |
SEEING |
| A style, reminiscent of the past |
RETRO |
| Anger at having been treated unjustly |
INDIGNANT |
| Animals that spread disease |
VERMIN |
| Artist’s tripod |
EASEL |
| Breaths words rather than voices them |
WHISPERS |
| Choice, pick |
SELECTION |
| Chopping, wood or jobs say |
AXING |
| Copies, reproductions |
REPLICAS |
| Fat and oils in living organisms |
LIPIDS |
| Follows to catch |
CHASES |
| Force applied to a surface |
PRESSURE |
| Hasten out to Greece |
ATHENS |
| Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal |
ASPIRE |
| In fact |
INDEED |
| Irritation, anger |
IRE |
| Is fond of |
LIKES |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Largest or most distinguished |
GREATEST |
| Make more attractive by adding details |
EMBELLISH |
| Not sensible or intelligent |
STUPID |
| Parcels |
PACKAGES |
| Pledges, vows |
PROMISES |
| Relating to the countryside |
RURAL |
| Remained out of sight |
HID |
| Sandy area by water |
BEACH |
| Short sleep on fuzzy fabric surface |
NAP |
| South-American cud-chewing animal |
LLAMA |
| Stop doing something |
DESIST |
| Terribly sad and distressing |
TRAGIC |
| The night before |
EVE |
| Unmarried |
SINGLE |
| Usually, ordinarily |
COMMONLY |
| Utter a piercing cry |
SCREAM |
| Where the souls of heroes go in Norse mythology |
VALHALLA |
| Woodwind instruments |
RECORDERS |