Irish Times (Simplex) – Mar 3 2018
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword. Tags: CLOUDIER, PALATIAL, PATTERNS, Rome.
| Clues |
Answers |
| A sauce served with pasta |
PESTO |
| Actually, in fact |
REALLY |
| Assertions that one has gained or achieved something |
CLAIMS |
| At greater volume |
LOUDER |
| Bit by bit |
GRADUALLY |
| Determined attempt |
EFFORT |
| Egg-shaped |
OVAL |
| Feel intense sorrow at someone’s death |
GRIEVE |
| Female sheep |
EWES |
| First meal |
BREAKFAST |
| Form of unarmed combat |
KARATE |
| Horizontal surfaces inside |
FLOORS |
| In the area of |
AROUND |
| It’s suspended for blindfolded children to break open with sticks |
PINATA |
| Leader of an Arab family |
SHEIKH |
| Less transparent or clear, liquid say |
CLOUDIER |
| Like a house fit for royalty |
PALATIAL |
| Not often |
SELDOM |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Of limited width |
NARROW |
| One draws absent-mindedly |
DOODLER |
| Pays attention to sounds |
LISTENS |
| Periods of 100 years |
CENTURIES |
| Prolonged periods |
AGES |
| Purloin |
STEAL |
| Range of hills |
RIDGE |
| Repeated decorative designs |
PATTERNS |
| Small bone, especially one in the middle ear |
OSSICLE |
| Small fact or feature |
DETAIL |
| Staff of office and a spice |
MACE |
| System of signalling with the arms |
SEMAPHORE |
| Take into custody |
ARREST |
| Tastelessly showy |
GARISH |
| The language of ancient Rome |
LATIN |
| Thin slices of bacon |
RASHERS |
| Time to come |
FUTURE |
| With no problems or difficulties |
SMOOTHLY |