The Irish Independent Cryptic Answer List – 21-October-2022

The Irish Independent Cryptic – Solution List – 21-October-2022

1.Prophetic teachings that put a wise man in confusion MESSAGES

2.Almost the nattiest variety of material SATINET

3.The pace of the first episode STEP

4.What the widow sacrificed for a small child MITE

5.Bartender? PRISONWARDER

6.A little drink will get me up the pole! TOTEM

7.See 10

8.Not being able to dispense with distributor head in rebuilt engine NEEDING

9.They are downtrodden by people on flights STAIRCARPETS

10.This particular type is the pick of the bunch ELITE

11.Nineteenth-century author of ‘Country Gold LANDOR

12.Can put up the price for fertiliser NITRATE

13.Making the headlines when I sent the wrong order INTHENEWS

14.Not in favour of being in charge after dreadful stagnation ANTAGONISTIC

15.Mules are not sure-footed types SLIPPERS

16.No longer being incorporated in revised text EXTINCT

17.Stop press! The French on trial LATEST

18.Unusual claims about American shows like ‘Oklahoma MUSICALS

19.Penetrates the defences right inside coastal strips BREACHES

20.Nautical order to stop a tax on goods round the south AVAST

21.Dress that’s turned up to show off GARB

22.Bandage the first of the wounds in frantic haste SWATHE

23.This provides a light excerpt from a Sibelius concert SCONCE

24.Indication of cardinal significance COMPASSPOINT