Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 19 2016 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 19 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Attempting	TRYING
Cat-like creature with long body and bushy tail	MONGOOSE
Compulsively concerned with something	OBSESSED
Dramas set to music	OPERAS
Exchange for money	SELL
Forever, without interruption	ALWAYS
Glisten, sparkle	GLITTER
Grooved nails	SCREWS
Hazy or indistinct representation	BLUR
Hindu or Sikh teacher	GURU
Improve, travel status perhaps	UPGRADE
Intense repugnance	HORROR
Mural painted on wet plaster	FRESCO
Oil-rich crop	RAPESEED
One's strong suit	METIER
Patient acceptance of suffering and misfortune	STOICISM

Clues	Answers
Poor areas populated by deprived groups	GHETTOES
Prove wrong	REFUTE
Quartet	FOURSOME
Reasons to do something	PURPOSES
Repeated	ITERATED
Representative or relating to a sacred image	ICONIC
Room below ground	CELLAR
Scattered rubbish	LITTERED
Sends back, light say	REFLECTS
Six-shooter	REVOLVER
Strange treats in store for this model toy	TRAINSET
Take it if offended	UMBRAGE
Turn upside down	INVERT
Unfroze, melted	THAWED
Units of work	ERGS
Vitamin A	RETINOL