Irish Times (Simplex) – Aug 9 2021 Crossword Answer
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword.
| Clues | Answers |
| ”I wandered … as a cloud” (Wordsworth) | LONELY |
| Adventure, lark | ESCAPADE |
| Anchorage is the capital | ALASKA |
| Animal hunted for food | PREY |
| Common aphid | GREENFLY |
| Comparatively good | BETTER |
| Continue in spite of resistance | PERSIST |
| Decisions of courts on issues of fact or law | FINDINGS |
| Discrimination against older people | AGEISM |
| Enclosed territories | ENCLAVES |
| Fine, soft wool from a goat | CASHMERE |
| Flat and smooth | EVEN |
| Grassy plant of wet areas | REED |
| Height about sea level, of an aircraft perhaps | ALTITUDE |
| Hinder, prevent progress | STYMIE |
| In large part | MOSTLY |
| Keeping out of sight, perhaps with a sinister motive | SKULKING |
| Least expensive | CHEAPEST |
| Monies risked on gambles | STAKES |
| No pep, Lee, in the strange wife who waited for Odysseus | PENELOPE |
| On account of | BECAUSE |
| Pair of people | COUPLE |
| Person with great sensitivity to beauty | AESTHETE |
| Picture painted on a wall | FRESCO |
| Playful exchange of teasing remarks | BANTER |
| Printed characters | TYPE |
| Putting a question to | ASKING |
| Strange and exciting | EXOTIC |
| They study elements and their compounds | CHEMISTS |
| Wailing spirit who foretells death | BANSHEE |
| Wandering off course | STRAYING |
| Whirling sensation when balance is disturbed | VERTIGO |