Irish Times (Simplex) – Jan 5 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| … borealis, the northern lights |
AURORA |
| Allotted portion |
RATION |
| Area in a theatre |
PARTERRE |
| Attempt to get support by canvassing |
DRUMUP |
| Breaking loose |
ESCAPING |
| Calls attention to |
ALLUDES |
| Canadian provincial capital |
EDMONTON |
| Colouring stick |
CRAYON |
| Comfort, rest |
EASE |
| Dislike intensely |
DETEST |
| Division of geological time |
AEON |
| DNA sequences of organisms |
GENOMES |
| Doing physical harm to |
INJURING |
| Famous Apache chief |
GERONIMO |
| Feels an aversion to |
DISLIKES |
| Go backwards |
REVERSE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Highly decorated |
ORNATE |
| Horizontal beam over a door or window |
LINTEL |
| Like a house fit for royalty |
PALATIAL |
| Look lecherously at |
OGLE |
| Makes believe |
PRETENDS |
| Makes better or heightens |
ENHANCES |
| Marine mammal |
SEAL |
| Oblique allusion |
INNUENDO |
| Opposed to |
AGAINST |
| Parka, windcheater |
ANORAK |
| Refuse to accept |
REJECT |
| Sensation of queasiness |
NAUSEA |
| Standard, conventional |
NORMAL |
| Strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end |
TACTIC |
| The last element of a series |
ULTIMATE |
| The tibia |
SHINBONE |