Irish Times (Simplex) – May 19 2021 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| A lover, illicit perhaps |
PARAMOUR |
| Affirmed to be true |
ATTESTED |
| Break suddenly into pieces |
SHATTER |
| Butcher’s knives |
CLEAVERS |
| Class, kind or category |
TYPE |
| Come into view |
APPEAR |
| Convict, detainee |
PRISONER |
| Creatures from another planet |
ALIENS |
| Decorates cake with sugar topping |
ICES |
| Deep-fried slices of potato |
CRISPS |
| Exhibitions of cowboy skills |
RODEOS |
| Famous Apache chief |
GERONIMO |
| Flummox, baffle |
PERPLEX |
| Football club and military store |
ARSENAL |
| Footpath |
PAVEMENT |
| Gossiped idly |
NATTERED |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Increase in extent or intensity |
ESCALATE |
| Interpret or explain |
CONSTRUE |
| Net gain |
PROFIT |
| Not abstract or imaginary |
CONCRETE |
| Not translucent |
OPAQUE |
| Official orders or proclamations |
EDICTS |
| Plundered, pillaged |
LOOTED |
| Run at a high speed, like a horse |
GALLOP |
| Say yes |
CONSENT |
| Showing a lack of care or attention |
HEEDLESS |
| Stern and unsmiling |
GRIM |
| Stripped the rind from |
PEELED |
| Take to be the case |
ASSUME |
| The ability to produce the desired result |
EFFICACY |
| Unsightly |
UGLY |
| Wild mountain goats with backward-curving horns |
IBEXES |
