Irish Times (Simplex) – Jan 2 2021 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Buries the dead |
INTERS |
| Casual conversation |
CHAT |
| China’s largest city |
SHANGHAI |
| Columns of light or heat |
RAYS |
| Curve over an opening |
ARCH |
| Cut through with a sharp instrument |
PIERCE |
| Decode |
DECIPHER |
| Defacements on public walls |
GRAFFITI |
| Dental cavities |
CARIES |
| Derisory, preposterous |
ABSURD |
| Device to aid memory |
MNEMONIC |
| Gathered in great quantity |
AMASSED |
| Get, acquire |
OBTAIN |
| Ghastly, frightful |
HORRIBLE |
| Greek dish with aubergines |
MOUSSAKA |
| Have a conflicting opinion |
DISAGREE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| I’m aching to go out the US state |
MICHIGAN |
| Likenesses, representations |
IMAGES |
| Loss of memory |
AMNESIA |
| Of a much earlier period |
ARCHAIC |
| Of the sea |
MARINE |
| Only small parts of them are seen above water |
ICEBERGS |
| Place in layers or classes |
STRATIFY |
| Seek, hunt out |
SEARCH |
| Small stone |
PEBBLE |
| Suffer from lack of food |
STARVE |
| The abominable snowman |
YETI |
| Trade barrier or publication ban |
EMBARGO |
| Two-way conversation |
DIALOGUE |
| Very sad and distressing |
TRAGIC |
| Way of life which avoids use of all animal products |
VEGANISM |
| White herons |
EGRETS |