Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers – Wednesday July 12 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 12 2017.

African republic on the Mediterranean coast – TUNISIA
All act as one in this – UNISON

Ancient Greek deity of fertility – DEMETER
Area, region – DISTRICT
Arranges in different groups – SORTS
Assemblies of witches – COVENS
Blood vessel – VEIN
Busy insects – ANTS
Chose – SELECTED
Crucial or decisive moment – CRISIS
Engaged, not idle – ACTIVE
Extreme anxiety or sorrow – DISTRESS
From one side to another – ACROSS
Geographical region – TERRITORY
High-speed projectile – BULLET
Indulge in unrestricted imagination – FANTASISE
Learning a skill – TRAINING
Miserly – MEAN
Money risked on a gamble – STAKE

More pliable or malleable – SOFTER
Move about aimlessly – WANDER
Of towns and cities – URBAN
One only – SINGLE
Or else – OTHERWISE
Powerful hallucinatory drug – ECSTASY
Provide aid, help out – ASSIST
Quick to learn and understand – CLEVER
Relieved an itch – SCRATCHED
Rubs out – ERASES
Shreds, rags – TATTERS
Smoothly or impartially – EVENLY
The base is a circle and the sides taper up to a point – CONE
Theatrical performers – ACTORS
They’re related – NIECES
Vertical part of a stair or step – RISER
Violent and aggressive – FIERCE