Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 3 2018 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 3 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Of limited width	NARROW
One draws absent-mindedly	DOODLER
Pays attention to sounds	LISTENS
Periods of 100 years	CENTURIES
Prolonged periods	AGES
Purloin	STEAL
Range of hills	RIDGE
Repeated decorative designs	PATTERNS
Small bone, especially one in the middle ear	OSSICLE
Small fact or feature	DETAIL
Staff of office and a spice	MACE
System of signalling with the arms	SEMAPHORE
Take into custody	ARREST
Tastelessly showy	GARISH
The language of ancient Rome	LATIN
Thin slices of bacon	RASHERS
Time to come	FUTURE
With no problems or difficulties	SMOOTHLY

Clues	Answers
A sauce served with pasta	PESTO
Actually, in fact	REALLY
Assertions that one has gained or achieved something	CLAIMS
At greater volume	LOUDER
Bit by bit	GRADUALLY
Determined attempt	EFFORT
Egg-shaped	OVAL
Feel intense sorrow at someone's death	GRIEVE
Female sheep	EWES
First meal	BREAKFAST
Form of unarmed combat	KARATE
Horizontal surfaces inside	FLOORS
In the area of	AROUND
It's suspended for blindfolded children to break open with sticks	PINATA
Leader of an Arab family	SHEIKH
Less transparent or clear, liquid say	CLOUDIER
Like a house fit for royalty	PALATIAL
Not often	SELDOM