Irish Times (Simplex) - December 8 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 8 2017 

Clues	Answers
''Success is counted ...by those who ne'er succeed'' (Dickinson)	SWEETEST
Alleviated, pacified	ASSUAGED
Americano or flat white, say	COFFEE
Area or region	DISTRICT
Assisting	AIDING
Attribute, assign	IMPUTE
Breaking loose	ESCAPING
Concern and distress at something unexpected	DISMAY
Concurred	AGREED
Descending from a train, bus, etc.	ALIGHTING
Exercised control over	RULED
Fall behind	LAG
Female ovine	EWE
Gains points	SCORES
Head servant	BUTLER
Horny-plated creature	ARMADILLO
Incorporeal being	SPIRIT
Japanese verse of three lines	HAIKU
Killing of a human being by another	HOMICIDE
Large river reptile	CROCODILE
Learned people, usually academics	SCHOLARS
Marine polyps, often forming reefs	CORAL
Mischievous fairy	IMP
Notions, thoughts	IDEAS
Optimistic, cheerful	UPBEAT
Overturn or unsettle	UPSET
Piece of rock fallen from outer space	METEORITE
Reckoned, took to be the case	SUPPOSED
Religious paintings or computer symbols	ICONS
Short time	MOMENT
Should, had better	OUGHT
Softly, musically speaking	PIANO
Systematic plan or arrangement	SCHEME
They're forced to flee their country	REFUGEES
Unit of temperature	DEGREE
Water-soaked soil	MUD