Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 30 2017 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 30 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A narcotic drug	OPIATE
American wardrobe	CLOSET
Annoying person or thing	NUISANCE
Assert firmly	INSIST
Baffle, puzzle	PERPLEX
Blood pressure when the heart is contracting	SYSTOLIC
Bony framework	SKELETON
Braggart, blowhard	BOASTER
Bring to a close	CONCLUDE
Comes into the possession of	ACQUIRES
Compensation, restitution	REDRESS
Curved part of the foot	ARCH
Debris left after building or demolition	RUBBLE
Decayed, stinking	ROTTEN
Degree of loudness	VOLUME
Formal request to an authority	PETITION

Clues	Answers
Ghostliness, scariness	EERINESS
Immaculately clean and unused	PRISTINE
Insignificant dessert?	TRIFLE
It's a strange insect, I wager	EARWIG
It's made to locate water or oil	BOREHOLE
Large wine bottle with handles	DEMIJOHN
Lines of waiters	QUEUES
Make furious	INCENSE
Make reference to	CITE
Nerve cell	NEURON
Piece of luggage and a court proceeding	CASE
Rejected outright and bluntly	REBUFFED
Remove forcibly from a homeland to a foreign environment	UPROOT
Retained	KEPT
Reverse someone else's decision	OVERRULE
The world of plants and animals	NATURE