Irish Times Simplex – Solution List – 18-November-2022
1.Tissue in the mouth
TONGUE
2.Supposed emanation surrounding the body
AURA
3.Give in
RELENT
4.Brutish characters that looked like humans in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
YAHOOS
5.Small round spot
DOT
6.Painting, music etc
ARTS
7.Distant, out-of-the-way
REMOTE
8.It’s obtained from tree-sap
RESIN
9.Scorched on the surface
SEARED
10.It’s said to make the heart grow fonder
ABSENCE
11.Large shaggy-haired brown beast
BUFFALO
12.Rich and luxurious
OPULENT
13.Imperial weight
OUNCE
14.Scenes for the tourist, perhaps
SIGHTS
15.Evergreen tree and part of the hand
PALM
16.Flexible pipes for conveying liquid
HOSES
17.Domed section of a church
APSE
18.Dissolvable in water
SOLUBLE
19.Tidier
NEATER
20.Servings cut from a larger piece
SLICES
21.Old money in Portugal
ESCUDOS
22.Present or natural talent
GIFT
23.Yellowish-brown pigment
SIENNA
24.Fragment of wood or potato
CHIP
25.Rode the waves
SURFED
26.Gloop, gunk, muck
SLUDGE
27.Arm or leg
LIMB
28.Travel cases
LUGGAGE
29.Swing for circus acrobats
TRAPEZE
30.Earth, soil
CLAY
31.Film that makes you cry
WEEPIE
32.Small adhesive tokens
STAMPS
33.With less weight
LIGHTER
34.Stole, lifted
PINCHED
35.Hardy and sure-footed animal
ASS
36.On every occasion
ALWAYS
37.Providing no shelter or sustenance
BLEAK
38.”The curfew tolls the … of parting day” (Thomas Gray)
KNELL
39.Skilful in deception
SLY
40.Increase twofold
DOUBLE
41.Cloaks to cover head and shoulders
SHAWLS
42.Changing from a solid to a liquid by warming
THAWING
