Irish Times (Simplex) – May 21 2016 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
”… is the cruellest month” (TS Eliot) |
APRIL |
Acting as a secret agent |
SPYING |
Approx 39 inches |
METRE |
Came into possession of |
ACQUIRED |
Causing anxiety, disturbing |
WORRYING |
Clinging vine |
IVY |
Departing |
GOING |
Document granting exclusive right to publish |
COPYRIGHT |
Edible tuber |
POTATO |
Gives someone a job |
APPOINTS |
Leering |
OGLING |
Major European river |
RHINE |
Mash cork up for an emblem |
SHAMROCK |
More profound |
DEEPER |
Moving staircase |
ESCALATOR |
Of the countryside |
RURAL |
Performs surgery |
OPERATES |
Pig-pen |
STY |
Clues |
Answers |
Platforms for performances |
STAGES |
Primate resembling a human |
APE |
Projection for a rope on a boat |
CLEAT |
Pronounce not guilty |
ACQUIT |
Raised one’s shoulders to show indifference |
SHRUGGED |
Raised surface of a fabric |
NAP |
Room in a church for vessels and vestments |
VESTRY |
Satisfied a thirst |
SLAKED |
Seats of learning |
COLLEGES |
Show, portray |
DEPICT |
Small invertebrate |
INSECT |
Small pieces left over |
SCRAPS |
Snap, in short |
PHOTO |
Spiritual leaders of a Christian Church |
CLERGYMEN |
Strong wish |
DESIRE |
Subject matter |
TOPIC |
The point directly above the focus of an earthquake |
EPICENTRE |
Without, or very short of, money |
STRAPPED |