Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers – Friday July 28 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Friday July 28 2017.

Austere, harsh – SEVERE
Australian capital – CANBERRA

Back part – REAR
Border of threads or hair – FRINGE
Came to be aware – REALISED
Competent, fit – ABLE
Conveyance of property as security for repayment of a loan – MORTGAGE
Device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy – BATTERY
Distinctive odours – AROMAS
Drink – BEVERAGE
Established by calculation – RECKONED
Failing to fulfil a promise – RENEGING
Floating without direction – ADRIFT
Fund put by in reserve – NESTEGG
Greek god of the west wind – ZEPHYR
Hankering, longing – YEARNING
Hard Italian cheese – PARMESAN
In yoga, a centre of spiritual power in the body – CHAKRA
Learned, very knowledgeable – ERUDITE

Legally prohibited – BANNED
Long, loud, emotional utterance – HOWL
Mattresses for the floor in Japan – FUTONS
Morbidly interested in death or disaster – GHOULISH
Mountainous US state – WYOMING
Remains of an ancient plant or animal – FOSSIL
Rough-hewn or rocky – RUGGED
Show to be false – NEGATE
Small long-tailed parrot – PARAKEET
Spanish-speaking quarter in a US town – BARRIO
Tedious, irksome – TIRESOME
The witching hour – MIDNIGHT
Therefore, to the old Romans – ERGO