Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 6 2019
Clues | Answers |
Academic dissertations | THESES |
Act or move fast | HASTEN |
Alleviate, appease | ASSUAGE |
Apartments with rooms on two floors | DUPLEXES |
As well | ALSO |
City road | STREET |
Contradiction in terms | OXYMORON |
Distinctive smells | ODOURS |
Exchange goods for goods | BARTER |
Feeble, weak | INFIRM |
Flaw or ambiguity in a rule | LOOPHOLE |
Follow instructions | OBEY |
George and Ira ..., American musical brothers | GERSHWIN |
Get the better of in competition | BEAT |
Gives rise to | CAUSES |
Globular organs | EYES |
Graceful and stylish | ELEGANT |
Is present in the world | EXISTS |
List of technical terms in an appendix | GLOSSARY |
Made bigger | ENLARGED |
Mistaken belief in the face of contradictory evidence | DELUSION |
Old money and a pig | GUINEA |
Place of religious retreat | CLOISTER |
Pupil or apprentice | LEARNER |
Shields from danger | PROTECTS |
Shortage, paucity | DEARTH |
Staggered, spun around | REELED |
Strange, odd | PECULIAR |
Strong building material | CONCRETE |
Stupefaction, daze | STUPOR |
Swinging blow from below aimed at the chin | UPPERCUT |
Table centre-piece with branching holders | EPERGNE |
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