Irish Times (Simplex) – May 26 2018
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword. Tags: AGGRAVATE, ALPHA, ANNULS, Dublin, GARNISH, HASTEN, SIMNEL.
| Clues |
Answers |
| A trefoil plant |
CLOVER |
| Academic dissertations |
THESES |
| Accedes, acquiesces |
ASSENTS |
| Act or move fast |
HASTEN |
| Add a trimming to a dish |
GARNISH |
| Afternoon performance |
MATINEE |
| Assessed the worth of something |
VALUED |
| Buy back from the pawn shop |
REDEEM |
| Clear, easy to understand |
LUCID |
| Cleared, exonerated |
ABSOLVED |
| Closer |
NEARER |
| Collection of literary works |
ANTHOLOGY |
| Countrified |
RUSTIC |
| Cut out, erase |
DELETE |
| Declares invalid |
ANNULS |
| Delusion, fantasy |
ILLUSION |
| Easter cake |
SIMNEL |
| First Greek letter |
ALPHA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Gruesome, repellent |
GHASTLY |
| Inclination or prejudice |
BIAS |
| Interwoven strands |
PLAITS |
| It’s added to dough to make it rise |
LEAVEN |
| Jewish festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites |
PASSOVER |
| Lay hold of |
TAKE |
| Legendary fish of knowledge |
SALMON |
| Make a bad situation worse |
AGGRAVATE |
| Military marching style of the Nazis |
GOOSESTEP |
| Portable shelter |
TENT |
| Region in Venice and Dublin |
RIALTO |
| Sets of small tables that fit closely together |
NESTS |
| Study of the stars and planets |
ASTRONOMY |
| Taxes or fines |
LEVIES |
| Terminates employment of |
SACKS |
| Thirty days hath September, April, June and … |
NOVEMBER |
| Unoccupied or not in use |
IDLE |
| Wild mountain goats with backward-curving horns |
IBEXES |