Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 3 2009

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
'Up the . . . . mountain / Down the rushy glen' (William Allingham) AIRY
. . . . of Arc, French warrior saint JOAN
A plastic explosive SEMTEX
Acquire by one's efforts EARN
Agitate STIR
Austere or strict SEVERE
Balanced or braced POISED
Bums, wheedles CADGES
Deviation from the norm or common ANOMALY
Disease carried by mosquitoes MALARIA
Drink of beer and lemonade SHANDY
Endure or last SURVIVE
Extreme or deeply felt INTENSE
Fashions, modes STYLES
Has confidence in TRUSTS
Imperial units of length FEET
In favour of PRO
It's bent to catch or hold HOOK
Lay in the warmth or sunshine BASKED
Musical drama OPERA
Nip, snifter DRAM
Clues Answers
Oblong cream puffs ECLAIRS
Of the mind MENTAL
Pale delicate colour PASTEL
Paths of the planets ORBITS
Plain, apparent EVIDENT
Porch along the outside of a building VERANDA
Port in Iraq BASRA
Portions, parts PIECES
Pressure or strain STRESS
Priest's assistant at service ACOLYTE
Reduces in size SHRINKS
Sizeable hole in the ground PIT
Skilled Tibetan mountaineer SHERPA
Small furry Australian marsupial POSSUM
Spanish painter GOYA
Stringed instruments BANJOS
Take exception to DEMUR
Tennis serve that the receiver can't reach ACE
US uncle SAM
Wild dogs of Australia DINGOES
Wild swine BOARS