Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers – Saturday September 9 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Saturday September 9 2017.

Acknowledgement of a hit in fencing – TOUCHE
Acquired knowledge – LEARNT

Avoid, keep away from – ESCHEW
Bar that fits into the notches of a toothed wheel – RATCHET
Be slow to go – LINGER
Bluish-purple flower – VIOLET
Chiefly, for the most part – PRIMARILY
Child of a parent’s sibling – COUSIN
Come in – ENTER
Cut quickly with a scissors – SNIP
Fencing sword – EPEE
Flaw, imperfection – DEFECT
Fly that transmits sleeping sickness – TSETSE
Glare critically at the British composer – ELGAR
Head of a newspaper, say – EDITOR
Illnesses, maladies – DISEASES
Imperial unit of length – INCH
Lacked, required – NEEDED
Manufacturer of bows and arrows – FLETCHER

Moving about listlessly – MOPING
Not present – ABSENT
One engaged in a violent disturbance of the peace – RIOTER
Or else, if not – OTHERWISE
Orient – EAST
Osculates – KISSES
Private conversation between two – TETEATETE
Rains heavily – TEEMS
Result, upshot – OUTCOME
Socks and stockings – HOSIERY
States categorically – ASSERTS
Study of the earth’s surface – GEOGRAPHY
Thick, fatty oil – GREASE
Took place – OCCURRED
Tropical cyclones – TYPHOONS
Undid, a parcel say, or began proceedings – OPENED
Up to the time of – UNTIL