Irish Times (Simplex) – Feb 22 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Actual, existing |
REAL |
| Areas for study |
SUBJECTS |
| Asiatic wild ass |
ONAGER |
| Bar or banister |
RAIL |
| Belonging to them |
THEIRS |
| Chooses by vote |
ELECTS |
| Christian holy book |
BIBLE |
| Cut out, erase |
DELETE |
| Formed or made thin by hammering |
BEATEN |
| Funeral procession |
CORTEGE |
| Gabby, garrulous |
VOLUBLE |
| Gesture of indifference or ignorance |
SHRUG |
| Goes in |
ENTERS |
| Hairy facial growths |
BEARDS |
| He sponsors a child at baptism |
GODFATHER |
| Hellenic republic |
GREECE |
| In the near future |
PRESENTLY |
| It dispenses liquid in a fine spray |
AEROSOL |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lack of courage |
COWARDICE |
| Let bee loose about this insect |
BEETLE |
| Long poem telling of a hero’s deeds |
EPIC |
| Maltreats |
ABUSES |
| Mark an occasion with festivities |
CELEBRATE |
| Mistakes |
ERRORS |
| Most extreme, greatest |
UTMOST |
| Norse god of thunder |
THOR |
| Notice or conform to |
OBSERVE |
| Paralysing fear |
TERROR |
| Path of a celestial body |
ORBIT |
| Performs, surgery perhaps |
OPERATES |
| Right or suitable |
PROPER |
| Saves up for flowers |
VASES |
| Short moral stories, as those by Aesop |
FABLES |
| Type of decorative support for a rail |
BALUSTER |
| Usually the smallest room |
BATHROOM |
| Waver, be indecisive |
DITHER |
