Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answer - Oct 28, 2014

Clue	Answer
...the Is and crossed the Ts	DOTTED
Acquiring skill or knowledge	LEARNING
Artists' tripods	EASELS
Basic unit of all organisms	CELL
Black birds	RAVENS
Books of maps	ATLASES
Care for medically	TREAT
Closing	SHUTTING
Earthenware dish for cooking and serving food	TERRINE
Evil spirit	DEMON
Feeble, decrepit	INFIRM
Financial summary	STATEMENT
Flaw, imperfection	DEFECT
Gained points in a game	SCORED
Gee, Ana is all at sea	AEGEAN
Grade, step or award	DEGREE
Guide, direct	STEER
Hidden, covert	SECRET
Holy oil	CHRISM
Kept someone entertained	AMUSED
Least difficult	EASIEST
Mollusc with firmly-closed shell	CLAM
Path along which something moves	COURSE
Protects or shields	SHELTERS
Reptile with bony shell	TURTLE
Set of steps in a fence or wall	STILE
Ship that provides supplies to other ships	TENDER
Show to be right or justified	VINDICATE
Snow on a glacier, not yet turned to ice	NEVE
Ten-sided shape	DECAGON
Traders	MERCHANTS
Triangle with two equal sides	ISOSCELES
University teacher	LECTURER
Very small amount, jot	IOTA
White coating on a mountain-top	ICECAP
Writer	AUTHOR