Irish Times (Simplex) – Aug 8 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Acquire, procure |
OBTAIN |
| Acquiring skill or knowledge |
LEARNING |
| Apparatus for weaving yarn |
LOOM |
| Based on logic |
RATIONAL |
| Black stick for drawing |
CHARCOAL |
| Currently living |
EXISTING |
| Cut off, marooned |
STRANDED |
| Device for recording images |
CAMERA |
| Dogs of mixed breed |
MONGRELS |
| Drawings showing relationships between things |
GRAPHS |
| Evaluate worth |
ASSESS |
| Guam coal can cause eye disease, strangely |
GLAUCOMA |
| In the best of all possible worlds |
IDEALLY |
| Italian bathing place |
LIDO |
| Lift in the US |
ELEVATOR |
| Pay no attention to |
IGNORE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Peeping Tom |
VOYEUR |
| Peruvian capital |
LIMA |
| Pretended to feel |
FEIGNED |
| Relative by marriage |
SONINLAW |
| Scrawny, weedy |
SKINNY |
| Shrewdness, in business perhaps |
ACUMEN |
| Single unvarying note |
MONOTONE |
| Skill in a particular field |
PROWESS |
| Sleepy |
DROWSY |
| Small island |
ISLE |
| Strong need for drink |
THIRST |
| The mathematics of points and lines |
GEOMETRY |
| Trying experiences |
ORDEALS |
| Using a needle and thread |
SEWING |
| Without pity or compassion |
RUTHLESS |
| Young salmon |
GRILSE |
