Irish Times (Simplex) – Mar 7 2018
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword. Tags: CLEFTS, Ireland, ODOURS, REFUGEES.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Acquire by effort |
EARN |
| Brownish mushrooms |
MORELS |
| Bundle, package |
PARCEL |
| Comparatively big |
LARGER |
| Concentrated extracts of plants |
ESSENCES |
| Crop valued for seeds and oil |
SESAME |
| Deliberately impassive |
DEADPAN |
| Derive by reasoning |
DEDUCE |
| Dramatic subdivisions |
SCENES |
| Exiles who flee for safety |
REFUGEES |
| Favouritism shown to relatives by those in power |
NEPOTISM |
| Forever, on every occasion |
ALWAYS |
| Full-length garments for the clergy |
CASSOCKS |
| Improbable |
UNLIKELY |
| Is sire out of these flowers? |
IRISES |
| It separates Ireland from Britain |
IRISHSEA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lands for grazing |
PASTURES |
| Mythical fire-breathing creature |
DRAGON |
| Not allowing light to pass through |
OPAQUE |
| Not impaired or ruined |
UNSPOILT |
| One rejected by society |
OUTCAST |
| One wrongfully seizes power from another |
USURPER |
| Portending something bad |
OMINOUS |
| Precipitation in the form of ice crystals |
SNOW |
| Raised |
ELEVATED |
| Reference point, benchmark |
STANDARD |
| Smells |
ODOURS |
| Splits or indentations |
CLEFTS |
| Sports officials |
REFEREES |
| Time away from work |
VACATION |
| Tiny insects that live in colonies |
ANTS |
| Urban area |
TOWN |