Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 24 2018 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 24 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Kept back, refused to hand over	WITHHELD
Left out	OMITTED
Make off, do a runner	ABSCOND
Offices without walls	OPENPLAN
One always sees the glass as half-full	OPTIMIST
Part of a plant that contains pollen	ANTHER
Selective breeding by improving genes	EUGENICS
Strange, odd	PECULIAR
The abominable snowman	YETI
The area inside	INTERIOR
Tortilla chips topped with cheese and chilli	NACHOS
Truck with cab but no body	TRACTOR
Usual, everyday	ORDINARY
Very large metal pot for boiling	CAULDRON
Word for word	VERBATIM
Words of songs	LYRICS

Clues	Answers
Abstained from food	FASTED
Actual	REAL
Ancient stringed instrument	LYRE
Ancient weapon to fire stones	CATAPULT
Asian skiff	SAMPAN
Brownish songbird	THRUSH
Come to a destination	ARRIVE
Disease of potatoes	BLIGHT
Drink	BEVERAGE
Drink to slake it	THIRST
Elaborately adorned metalware	TOLE
Fellow member of the armed forces	COMRADE
Figure in a computer game	AVATAR
Formal account of a matter	REPORT
Having a chance of success	VIABLE
Iron spikes on climbing boots	CRAMPONS