Irish Times (Simplex) – Mar 27 2018
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword. Tags: ADDS, GHERKINS, MAZES, NUANCE, RHIZOMES.
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| 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 |