Irish Times (Simplex) - Aug 17 2018 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Aug 17 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Knock out temporarily	STUN
Nearest	CLOSEST
Plinth, stand	PEDESTAL
Put up with	ENDURE
Relating to speech	ORAL
Robust, strong	STURDY
Similarly	LIKEWISE
Skin disorder	ACNE
Sound reverberations	ECHOES
Speak sotto voce	WHISPER
They are of little importance	TRIVIA
Throws out, expels	EJECTS
Transgressor of the moral law	SINNER
Try to deter	DISSUADE
Unit of sound intensity	DECIBEL
With each note sharply separated from the others	STACCATO

Clues	Answers
Abdicate or disown	RENOUNCE
Accepts as true	BELIEVES
Account of the news	REPORT
Acted as umpire	REFEREED
Any hitch about this flower?	HYACINTH
Biblical prophet thrown into the lion's den	DANIEL
Cut off or left behind	ISOLATED
Decisions of courts on issues of fact or law	FINDINGS
Dullard	DOLT
Escargots, to the French	SNAILS
Flavourful dressings	SAUCES
Game played in the strange sable lab	BASEBALL
Group of words	PHRASE
Highly respected	ESTEEMED
Improve, travel status perhaps	UPGRADE
Irks, vexes	ANNOYS