Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 9 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 9 2016

Clues	Answers
Beginnings, origins	ROOTS
Brittle, crunchy	CRISP
Changing to suit a new purpose	ADAPTING
Conceal or disguise feelings or motives	DISSEMBLE
Consistent with reason	RATIONAL
Cruel dictator	DESPOT
Devices that warn with a loud wailing noise	SIRENS
Diagram of part of the earth's surface	MAP
Disney over in Australia	SIDNEY
Expel air or die	EXPIRE
Extraction of money with menaces	EXTORTION
Falling star	METEOR
Female sheep	EWE
Get the sum for the toddler	TOT
High-pitched, piercing	SHRILL
Horizontal crossbar on a chair	STRETCHER
Instrument to detect and track distant objects	RADAR
Line between opposite corners	DIAGONAL

Clues	Answers
Martial arts sash	OBI
Mentally quick or radiating light	BRIGHT
Might Bel react to this jewellery?	BRACELET
Minute piece of matter	PARTICLE
Officer of church or government	MINISTER
One fears or hates foreigners	XENOPHOBE
Pass through a sieve	STRAIN
Protective garment	APRON
Rarely	SELDOM
Speak without preparation	ADLIB
Subject matter	TOPIC
Take a firm stand	INSIST
The force of a push	THRUST
Visual or mental representation	IMAGE
Walked along idly or wearily	TRAIPSED
Waterfalls	CASCADES
Where a river runs very fast	RAPIDS
Yellowy-green colour and fruit	OLIVE