Irish Times (Simplex) – Nov 12 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| A triangle with two equal sides |
ISOSCELES |
| Adjacent to |
BESIDE |
| Ancient city buried under Mount Vesuvius ash |
POMPEII |
| Bone in the arm |
ULNA |
| Bound or secured |
TIED |
| Channels of communication |
MEDIA |
| Close-fitting foundation garment |
GIRDLE |
| Comfort, rest |
EASE |
| Concepts, notions |
IDEAS |
| Declared to be untrue |
DENIED |
| Effusively or insincerely emotional |
MAUDLIN |
| Expelled, booted out |
EJECTED |
| Extreme and difficult to endure |
SEVERE |
| Going up |
ASCENDING |
| Having little interest, indifferent |
APATHETIC |
| It’s said to make perfect |
PRACTICE |
| Kiln for drying hops |
OAST |
| Launches assault on |
ATTACKS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Leather strip of a whip |
THONG |
| Like a house fit for royalty |
PALATIAL |
| Local way of speaking |
ACCENT |
| Long speech of angry criticism |
TIRADE |
| Made a sudden surprise attack on |
RAIDED |
| Marinated meat cooked on skewers |
KEBABS |
| Nothing more than |
MERELY |
| Official residences of ambassadors |
EMBASSIES |
| Optical illusion, in desert perhaps |
MIRAGE |
| Orbiting heavenly body |
PLANET |
| Paths of the planets |
ORBITS |
| Plunged something into water or extinguished a fire |
DOUSED |
| Sample the flavour |
TASTE |
| Second book of the Old Testament |
EXODUS |
| Small S American monkey |
MARMOSET |
| Upper garments |
SHIRTS |
| Wild mountain goats with backward-curving horns |
IBEXES |
| Young folk |
CHILDREN |
