Irish Times (Simplex) – Jan 9 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
Beginnings, origins |
ROOTS |
Brittle, crunchy |
CRISP |
Changing to suit a new purpose |
ADAPTING |
Conceal or disguise feelings or motives |
DISSEMBLE |
Consistent with reason |
RATIONAL |
Cruel dictator |
DESPOT |
Devices that warn with a loud wailing noise |
SIRENS |
Diagram of part of the earth’s surface |
MAP |
Disney over in Australia |
SIDNEY |
Expel air or die |
EXPIRE |
Extraction of money with menaces |
EXTORTION |
Falling star |
METEOR |
Female sheep |
EWE |
Get the sum for the toddler |
TOT |
High-pitched, piercing |
SHRILL |
Horizontal crossbar on a chair |
STRETCHER |
Instrument to detect and track distant objects |
RADAR |
Line between opposite corners |
DIAGONAL |
Clues |
Answers |
Martial arts sash |
OBI |
Mentally quick or radiating light |
BRIGHT |
Might Bel react to this jewellery? |
BRACELET |
Minute piece of matter |
PARTICLE |
Officer of church or government |
MINISTER |
One fears or hates foreigners |
XENOPHOBE |
Pass through a sieve |
STRAIN |
Protective garment |
APRON |
Rarely |
SELDOM |
Speak without preparation |
ADLIB |
Subject matter |
TOPIC |
Take a firm stand |
INSIST |
The force of a push |
THRUST |
Visual or mental representation |
IMAGE |
Walked along idly or wearily |
TRAIPSED |
Waterfalls |
CASCADES |
Where a river runs very fast |
RAPIDS |
Yellowy-green colour and fruit |
OLIVE |