Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answer - Oct 18, 2014

Clue	Answer
Band of contrasting colour	STRIPE
Bird of prey	KESTREL
Came to be aware	REALISED
Canadian capital	OTTAWA
Cylinder of tobacco	CIGAR
Develop a drawing or model	DESIGN
Donate or hand over	GIVE
Eagles' nests	EYRIES
Feeling concern or interest	CARING
Fill to satisfaction	SATE
Forceful contact between two objects	IMPACT
Former Hindu tradition of a widow throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre	SUTTEE
Groups of fruit trees	ORCHARDS
Have enormous respect for	REVERE
Helps or waits on	ASSISTS
Hole for a shoelace	EYELET
Instrument for distant viewing	TELESCOPE
Jerk of a gun when it's fired	RECOIL
Light rowing boats	SKIFFS
Maintained in an unaltered condition	PRESERVED
Monsters, fiends	OGRES
Paralysing weapon	TASER
Praised insincerely	FLATTERED
Relating to groups with common customs	ETHNIC
Sediment that settles at the bottom of liquid	LEES
Self-propelled missiles	ROCKETS
Set up, bring about	ESTABLISH
Ships's steering mechanism	RUDDER
Small people	CHILDREN
Spanish bull-fighters	MATADORS
Spur on, encourage	URGE
Tightened a muscle	FLEXED
Units of length	METRES
Wall paintings	MURALS
Way of bearing one's body	POSTURE
Ways out	EXITS