Irish Times (Simplex) – Apr 15 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| A type of bowling |
TENPIN |
| Acquit, exonerate |
EXCULPATE |
| Alloy of copper and zinc |
BRASS |
| Alternative, choice |
OPTION |
| Body of Jewish law |
TALMUD |
| Book of fiction |
NOVEL |
| Bring to a close |
END |
| By way of |
VIA |
| Comfort, consolation |
SOLACE |
| Concerned with principles of right and wrong |
MORAL |
| Curved oriental sabre |
SCIMITAR |
| Double-edged sword |
RAPIER |
| Dried seedless grapes |
SULTANAS |
| Feeling of intense dislike |
AVERSION |
| Free from physical desire, a friendship |
PLATONIC |
| Gather ye … while ye may / Old Time is still a-flying (Herrick) |
ROSEBUDS |
| Good at fitting in to new circumstances |
ADAPTABLE |
| Irritate, vex |
IRK |
| Clues |
Answers |
| It’s now Iran |
PERSIA |
| Italian city of the shroud |
TURIN |
| Lack of courtesy or manners |
RUDENESS |
| Living forever |
IMMORTAL |
| Make more attractive by adding details |
EMBELLISH |
| Noisy fight |
BRAWL |
| Patch up or renovate |
REVAMP |
| Pattern of sounds, the beat |
RHYTHM |
| Pub landlord |
INNKEEPER |
| Roman goddess of the hunt |
DIANA |
| Sleazy, squalid |
SORDID |
| Standard for a golf-hole |
PAR |
| Strip of bacon |
RASHER |
| Sturgeon’s roe |
CAVIAR |
| System of money in general use |
CURRENCY |
| Tiny piece of bread or cake |
CRUMB |
| White heron |
EGRET |
| Wry, incongruous |
IRONIC |
