Irish Times (Simplex) - July 25 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Jul 25 2017

Clues	Answers
A federation of Arab countries	UAE
A joke of a fish?	COD
Adversary, antagonist	RIVAL
Ancient citadel of Athens	ACROPOLIS
Appropriate, fitting	SUITABLE
Began to be	BECAME
Bring up the salary increase	RAISE
Came into possession of	ACQUIRED
Clod, lump	CLUMP
Decide between possibilities	OPT
Discarded bits	SCRAPS
Easily irritated or annoyed, narky	TETCHY
Eloquent, silver-tongued	FLUENT
Emblem, representation	SYMBOL
Equipment to take radio or tv signals	RECEIVER
Explosion of air from the nose	SNEEZE
First citizen of a city	LORDMAYOR
Free from dirt	CLEAN

 

Clues	Answers
Haemorrhage	BLEED
Hang back, linger	DAWDLE
He was the first to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic	LINDBERGH
Musical performances	CONCERTS
Not smooth, even or regular	ROUGH
One in need is one indeed	FRIEND
One takes pleasure in inflicting pain	SADIST
Prevent from deteriorating	PRESERVE
Produced a sound by forcing air through the lips	WHISTLED
Regularly, without fluctuation	STEADILY
Residue of tobacco in the bowl of a pipe	DOTTLE
Slanting surfaces	SLOPES
Take an amount away	SUBTRACT
Take place	OCCUR
The Scarlet ..., aka Sir Percy Blakeney	PIMPERNEL
Uncooked	RAW
Very seldom	RARELY
Widely held but false beliefs	MYTHS