Irish Times (Simplex) – May 27 2019
Published in Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword. Tags: LEOPARDS, TIRING, UK, WRINKLE.
| Clues | Answers |
| ”… and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” | STICKS |
| ”I hope you have the feet of a …” (Charlie McGettigan) | DANCER |
| Admits to be true or yields | CONCEDES |
| Artist’s workshop | ATELIER |
| Authorised representative | OFFICIAL |
| Blanket-like cloak | PONCHO |
| Bulbous vegetables | ONIONS |
| Change direction abruptly | VEER |
| Cloudburst | DOWNPOUR |
| Damaged, in need of repair | BROKEN |
| Declare to be true | AVER |
| Decorative chain | NECKLACE |
| Depression in the smoothness of skin | WRINKLE |
| Doghouse | KENNEL |
| Example, illustration | INSTANCE |
| Lia had this strange flower | DAHLIA |
| Live, dwell | RESIDE |
| Moved suddenly and rapidly | DARTED |
| Moving with a circular or spiralling motion | GYRATING |
| Opposed to | AGAINST |
| Periods in history | ERAS |
| Placate with concessions | APPEASE |
| Raised stage | PLATFORM |
| Raised to the peerage in the UK | ENNOBLED |
| Requiring little effort | EASY |
| Search for food | FORAGE |
| Skilled public speaker | ORATOR |
| They don’t change their spots | LEOPARDS |
| Travel document | PASSPORT |
| Venetian flat-bottomed boats | GONDOLAS |
| Wearying, exhausting | TIRING |
| Write, engrave as a lasting record | INSCRIBE |