Irish Times (Simplex) – Jan 18 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Acquiescing, submitting |
ACCEDING |
| Act or execute |
PERFORM |
| Admiral mortally wounded at Trafalgar |
NELSON |
| Bring up and care for |
REAR |
| Christmas songs |
CAROLS |
| Cowboy of the South American pampas |
GAUCHO |
| Dead-end street |
CULDESAC |
| Discrimination against the elderly |
AGEISM |
| Eloquent and persuasive language |
RHETORIC |
| Fit to eat |
EDIBLE |
| Gets to one’s feet |
STANDS |
| Giving out a deep clear sound, a bell say |
SONOROUS |
| Go on without stopping |
CONTINUE |
| Indefinitely large number |
UMPTEEN |
| It’s said to make the heart grow fonder |
ABSENCE |
| Ladies’ bedrooms |
BOUDOIRS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Launched an assault |
ATTACKED |
| Luck, fortune |
CHANCE |
| Manipulation of the muscles |
MASSAGE |
| Military land force |
ARMY |
| Most mannerly |
POLITEST |
| Neither hot nor cold |
LUKEWARM |
| Not present |
ABSENT |
| Not qualified or diminished in any way |
ABSOLUTE |
| One ensures terms of a will are carried out |
EXECUTOR |
| One makes arrows |
FLETCHER |
| One pays rent |
TENANT |
| Potato rows |
DRILLS |
| Sacred song |
HYMN |
| Systematic plan or arrangement |
SCHEME |
| Took one’s ease |
RESTED |
| Tuna for the odd relative |
AUNT |