Irish Times (Simplex) – May 30 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Bony framework |
SKELETON |
| Confidently and courageously |
BOLDLY |
| Cylindrical container |
BARREL |
| Drag a sailor under a ship, once used as a punishment |
KEELHAUL |
| Earnest requests |
APPEALS |
| Equine conveyance |
HORSEBOX |
| Firmly fixed or free from uncertainty |
SECURE |
| Give up bad old ways |
REFORM |
| Golden land imagined by Spanish explorers |
ELDORADO |
| Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef |
PASTRAMI |
| Hot day treat |
ICECREAM |
| Incongruous or wry |
IRONICAL |
| Islamic law |
SHARIA |
| Justification or motive |
REASON |
| Kinship group |
CLAN |
| Letter or notice copied to a number of people |
CIRCULAR |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Loosen or reverse |
UNDO |
| Makes sure a law is observed |
ENFORCES |
| Mountain chain between France and Spain |
PYRENEES |
| Noncommissioned officer |
CORPORAL |
| Not fit to eat |
INEDIBLE |
| Not unusual |
NORMAL |
| Plan or act secretly |
SCHEME |
| Platform in church |
PULPIT |
| Principal fictional baddie |
VILLAIN |
| Put into words |
EXPRESS |
| Reasons, grounds |
CAUSES |
| Reflect deeply on the Scottish headland |
MULL |
| Refuse to admit the truth of |
DENY |
| Sit, stand or walk slovenly |
SLOUCH |
| Supplement to a will |
CODICIL |
| Younger or lower in rank |
JUNIOR |
