Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 30 2016Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 30 2016Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Agreed to do something	ASSENTED
Arranges in a straight row	ALIGNS
Blew up	INFLATED
Boss, overseer	GAFFER
Catastrophe, tragedy	DISASTER
Clever trick, crafty ploy	ARTIFICE
Coax, sweet-talk	INVEIGLE
Consolation, comfort	SOLACE
Containing salt	SALINE
Disperses in all directions	SCATTERS
Division of geological time	AEON
Egyptian goddess of fertility	ISIS
Electrically charged particles	IONS
For the time being, to the old Romans in short	PROTEM
George and Ira ..., American musical brothers	GERSHWIN
Govern with cruelty and injustice	OPPRESS

Clues	Answers
Great enthusiasm or passion	ARDOUR
Indulged	PANDERED
Items of jewellery	EARRINGS
Meeting of mediums	SEANCE
Military assistant	AIDE
Never missing the mark or target	UNERRING
Not famous or acclaimed, hero perhaps	UNSUNG
Plant with stinging hairs	NETTLE
Portending something bad	OMINOUS
Quandaries	DILEMMAS
Rwandan capital	KIGALI
Showed tiredness or boredom	YAWNED
Swelling in the wall of an artery	ANEURYSM
They row the boat	OARSMEN
Thinly scattered	SPARSE
Treated or spoke of with contempt	DERIDED