Irish Times (Simplex) – Feb 28 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Agreements between states |
TREATIES |
| Ancient civilisation of Peru |
INCA |
| Bellowed |
ROARED |
| Borough of New York City, for monarchs? |
QUEENS |
| Cooked squid |
CALAMARI |
| Country at war with itself from the 1950s to 1970s |
VIETNAM |
| Cowboy of the South American pampas |
GAUCHO |
| Devil-worshipper |
SATANIST |
| Discarded bits |
SCRAPS |
| Extremely small |
MINUTE |
| Fictional owner of a magic lamp |
ALADDIN |
| First son |
CAIN |
| Five US cents |
NICKEL |
| Grisly, gruesome |
MACABRE |
| Harsh-sounding, gravelly |
GUTTURAL |
| Hinged flaps at the rear edge of aircraft wings |
AILERONS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Hired killer |
ASSASSIN |
| Hoarfrost |
RIME |
| Indefinitely large number |
UMPTEEN |
| It’s divided into 12 constellations |
ZODIAC |
| Moving without changing direction or stopping |
DIRECT |
| Natural aptitude |
TALENT |
| One behind the other or alongside |
INTANDEM |
| Prefix denoting half |
SEMI |
| Projecting land mass |
MOUNTAIN |
| Reference point, touchstone |
STANDARD |
| Remedy for poison |
ANTIDOTE |
| Seventh planet from the sun |
URANUS |
| Spiny succulent plant |
CACTUS |
| The largest of the Great Lakes |
SUPERIOR |
| The slaughter of many |
MASSACRE |
| Tissue in the mouth |
TONGUE |
