Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 5 2019 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 5 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Maintained in an unaltered condition	PRESERVED
Merited through work	EARNED
Most secure	SAFEST
Noisy toys for babies	RATTLES
One buys and sells	TRADER
Pass the tongue over	LICK
Person of equal standing	PEER
Plate protecting the skin of fish and reptiles	SCALE
Prescribed by law	STATUTORY
Public road in a conurbation	STREET
Put money into a bank account	DEPOSIT
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, according to Keats	AUTUMN
Sitting a lot and taking little exercise	SEDENTARY
Sounds like a duck	QUACKS
Speedily	RAPIDLY
Toward land from water	ASHORE
Twelve and a half percent	EIGHTH
Unbroken series, of luck say	STREAK

Clues	Answers
Bodies of water	LAKES
Calculating the sum	ADDING
Coax, prevail upon	PERSUADE
Concluding	ENDING
Connive, intrigue	SCHEME
Copied by drawing on a transparent sheet placed on top	TRACED
Divisions of a boxing match	ROUNDS
Equine animal	HORSE
Evil, morally depraved	CORRUPT
Expecting a baby	PREGNANT
Falling star	METEOR
Fertile tracts in a desert	OASES
Four-stringed instruments	UKELELES
Goods carried by a large vehicle	LOAD
Great in number, many	NUMEROUS
Holds the attention	INTERESTS
Hoofed animal	DEER
Let bee loose about this insect	BEETLE