Irish Times (Simplex) - December 17 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 17 2019  

Clues	Answers
... Sam, the US government	UNCLE
Airforce of Great Britain	RAF
Allowing no deviation	STRICT
Areas for study or discussions	SUBJECTS
Attentive, watchful	ALERT
Bear something patiently	ENDURE
Begins	STARTS
Bring up the salary increase	RAISE
Chronic drinker	SOT
Co-ordinated in pattern or colour, say	MATCHING
Collision	CRASH
Correspondence in word sounds	RHYME
Enter upon an activity	UNDERTAKE
Flying saucer	UFO
Key to move between lower- and upper-case	SHIFT
Left a job	RESIGNED
Long or arduous searches	QUESTS
Long round shape	CYLINDER
Long tales of heroic deeds	EPICS
Meet, come across	ENCOUNTER
Modifying word	ADVERB
Multi-armed sea creatures	OCTOPUSES
Of theatre and acting	DRAMATIC
Pair, deuce	TWO
Promote the growth of	FOSTER
Propels through the air	THROWS
Remove forcibly from power	OVERTHROW
Ribbonlike strip of pasta	NOODLE
Sample to be studied	SPECIMEN
Search for, gold perhaps	PROSPECT
Source, derivation	ORIGIN
State an intention to harm	THREATEN
Take hold of firmly	GRASP
Took off one's hat	DOFFED
Valuable possessions	ASSETS
Wirelesses	RADIOS