Irish Times Simplex – Solution List – 19-November-2022
1.Branch of mathematics that uses letters and symbols
ALGEBRA
2.Not abstract or imaginary
CONCRETE
3.Took in or sucked up
ABSORBED
4.Fried slices of potato
CRISPS
5.Inborn pattern of behaviour
INSTINCT
6.Shaped like a ring
CIRCULAR
7.Justification or motive
REASON
8.Origin, root
SOURCE
9.Mysterious, secret or obscure
ARCANE
10.Drop steeply
PLUNGE
11.Become larger
EXPAND
12.Sections of a book
CHAPTERS
13.Image of a person
PORTRAIT
14.Variety of melon
HONEYDEW
15.Flaw or ambiguity in a law
LOOPHOLE
16.Burst out
ERUPTED
17.Bovine meat
BEEF
18.Competent, fit
ABLE
19.More indolent
LAZIER
20.Small detachment of troops
DETAIL
21.Commander of a fleet
ADMIRAL
22.Very sad or intensely distressing
TRAGIC
23.Shame, loss of respect
DISGRACE
24.Made minor changes to
MODIFIED
25.Imposing houses
MANSIONS
26.A motor fuel
DIESEL
27.Straight, without deviation
DIRECT
28.Inspiring admiration or wonder
AWESOME
29.Food grain
CEREAL
30.Moving slowly back, hair perhaps
RECEDING
31.Free from danger
SAFE
32.Centre of operations, of an army perhaps
BASE
