Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 18 2018 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 18 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
One with unusual foresight	SEER
Payment as a favour, not as an obligation	EXGRATIA
Period of celebration	FESTIVAL
Punctuation mark	FULLSTOP
Reduce in size	DECREASE
Requiring less effort	EASIER
Shantytown in Brazil	FAVELA
Sign of the water-carriers	AQUARIUS
Sources of illumination	LIGHTS
Strikingly strange or unusual	EXOTIC
The training of a horse in manoeuvres	DRESSAGE
Therefore, to the old Romans	ERGO
They supply food for events	CATERERS
Toothed wheel mechanism	GEAR
Wash and iron	LAUNDER
Yellow fruit	BANANA

Clues	Answers
Alphabet of Slavic languages	CYRILLIC
Bought and sold	TRADED
By only a small margin	NARROWLY
Car marque and big cat	JAGUAR
Comparatively good	BETTER
Delicate, understated	SUBTLE
Descriptive word or phrase	EPITHET
Expecting a baby	PREGNANT
In all or as a whole	INTOTO
Irks, vexes	ANNOYS
Keep in check	RESTRAIN
Large, imposing building	EDIFICE
Mariner	SAILOR
Measure of a surface	AREA
Mild mental illness not caused by an organic disease	NEUROSIS
Mindless, vacuous	ASININE