Irish Times Simplex – Solution List – 16-November-2022
1.Buzzes off
SCRAMS
2.Give evidence in court
ATTEST
3.Plant that lives and dies within a year
ANNUAL
4.Referee’s electronic assistant, in short
VAR
5.Nightclub with recorded music, in short
DISCO
6.Take place
OCCUR
7.Roofs of plant material (as straw)
THATCHES
8.Begins
STARTS
9.”Who …, wins” (SAS motto)
DARES
10.Went in the direction of
HEADED
11.Hang on to
RETAIN
12.Podiums, platforms
DAISES
13.Gesture that encodes a message
SIGNAL
14.Produced a sound by forcing air through the lips
WHISTLED
15.Elevators
LIFTS
16.Tie Stella up at the orbiting body
SATELLITE
17.”An … for an … will only make the whole world blind” (Mahatma Gandhi)
EYE
18.Type of beer
ALE
19.Unwanted material thrown overboard
JETSAM
20.Nonetheless
EVENSO
21.Vista or stage setting
SCENE
22.Bedding made of two layers of cloth with stuffing
QUILT
23.They may be from Zagreb, say
CROATIANS
24.Step in, become involved
INTERVENE
25.One to whom a right is legally transferred
ASSIGNEE
26.The name of a book, film etc
TITLE
27.Answer or reaction
RESPONSE
28.Enough, sufficient
ADEQUATE
29.Pungent seasoning and a vegetable
PEPPER
30.Accentuated or strained
STRESSED
31.The universe, with which an Eastern philosophy believes we should all live in harmony
TAO
32.Not joined or touching
SEPARATE
33.Constrained or detained
CONFINED
34.Short accounts of incidents
ANECDOTES
35.Most restrained or quiet
TAMEST
36.Projection of a gear wheel and a gum
TOOTH
