Irish Times (Simplex) - May 2 2016 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - May 2 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A short distance away	NEAR
Badges of office	INSIGNIA
Belgian capital	BRUSSELS
Black and white wading birds	STORKS
Bladed weapons	SWORDS
Bloodsucking insects	LICE
Completely destroyed	RUINED
Curled or wound	COILED
Doomed, unlucky	ILLFATED
Ethihad or Emirates, say	AIRLINE
Extreme and difficult to endure	SEVERE
Facial expressions of pleasure	SMILES
Feeling concern or interest	CARING
Groups related to one another by blood or marriage	FAMILIES
Instrument of attack	WEAPON
Lacking wit or imagination, dull	PROSAIC

Clues	Answers
Liberian capital	MONROVIA
Mess or muddle resulting from incompetence	COCKUP
Military call and design on skin	TATTOO
Most blessed with good fortune	LUCKIEST
Mountain lake	TARN
Not smooth or flat	UNEVEN
Of office work or clergy	CLERICAL
Of the 49th state	ALASKAN
One is worthy of his hire, according to the Bible	LABOURER
Paris art gallery	LOUVRE
Relating to operative procedures	SURGICAL
Small Greek letter and small amount	IOTA
Spanish cubist painter	PICASSO
Teeth for gnawing	INCISORS
Took into custody	ARRESTED
Whereabouts, position	LOCATION