Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 03, 2014

 Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 03, 2014

Clue	Answer
Absorb or overwhelm	ENGULF
Adopt or support a cause	ESPOUSE
An absence of emotion or enthusiasm	APATHY
Arm jewellery	BRACELET
Cardinal compass point	EAST
Certificates of examinations passed	DIPLOMAS
Child of a parent's sibling	COUSIN
Completely and without qualification	UTTERLY
Device to move fluid	PUMP
Fervent proponents	ZEALOTS
Good-humoured, cheerful	JOVIAL
Inner part of a seed	KERNEL
It connects points of equal air pressure	ISOBAR
Jewish bread rolls	BAGELS
Manual worker	LABOURER
Maternal	MOTHERLY

Clue	Answer
Mathematical statement of equivalence	EQUATION
Minister of religion	PASTOR
Of the universe	COSMIC
Owned in common	COMMUNAL
Pass around the snakes	ASPS
Pause or break in continuity	HIATUS
Performer's cues	PROMPTS
Persuade with flattery	CAJOLE
Religious composition for voices and orchestra	ORATORIO
Separate object or unit	ITEM
Slowly and gracefully, in music	ADAGIO
Speediest	QUICKEST
Strenuous effort against odds	STRUGGLE
Swift's land of little people	LILLIPUT
Tedious, irksome	TIRESOME
The dogs can be oddly painless	SPANIELS