Irish Times (Simplex) – Mar 27 2018
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword. Tags: ADDS, GHERKINS, MAZES, NUANCE, RHIZOMES.
| Clues |
Answers |
| 21 shillings in old money |
GUINEA |
| Action and legal document |
DEED |
| Ardently and avidly |
EAGERLY |
| Artistic work that imitates another |
PASTICHE |
| Beverage from beans |
COFFEE |
| Brook, runnel |
STREAM |
| Children’s nurse in Asia |
AYAH |
| Clandestine |
SECRET |
| Disappear gradually |
FADE |
| Disapprove strongly |
DEPLORE |
| Disdainful, contemptuous |
SCORNFUL |
| Divisions of a main stem |
BRANCHES |
| Excessive fatness |
OBESITY |
| Extreme fear |
TERROR |
| Finds the sum |
ADDS |
| French snail |
ESCARGOT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Fresh, new |
UNUSED |
| Hooded waterproof jacket |
ANORAK |
| Horizontal underground stems, they put out lateral shoots |
RHIZOMES |
| Instructed, taught |
EDUCATED |
| Mountain carved with US presidents’ heads |
RUSHMORE |
| Paid killer |
ASSASSIN |
| Pressingly |
URGENTLY |
| Read through carefully |
PERUSED |
| Remove from power |
DEPOSE |
| Removes all traces |
ERASES |
| Sign of the twins |
GEMINI |
| Small cucumbers, usually pickled |
GHERKINS |
| Subtlety, nicety |
NUANCE |
| Truck with mechanism to pick up loads |
FORKLIFT |
| Unarmed martial art |
KUNGFU |
| With undue hurry and confusion |
PELLMELL |