Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers – Thursday October 19 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Thursday October 19 2017.

Apply a coat of colour – PAINT
Casual, free and easy – INFORMAL

Dairy product – CHEESE
Decays with an offensive smell – PUTREFIES
Deserted urban area – GHOSTTOWN
Dodge, duck – EVADE
Forty winks – NAP
Fruit and colour – ORANGE
Go in – ENTER
Greek island – IOS
Have a conflicting opinion – DISAGREE
It has 30 days – APRIL
It’s placed at the end of a word – SUFFIX
Joined into a single entity – UNITED
Land covered with trees – FOREST
Lend a hand – ASSIST
Minister of religion – PRIEST
Mishap, misadventure – ACCIDENT
Moisten – DAMPEN
Numbers – NUMERALS
One’s valuables – ASSETS
Order not to do – FORBID
Pattern of sounds, the beat – RHYTHM
Perfect for the purpose – IDEAL
Precise, not vague – SPECIFIC
Resist or fight against – OPPOSE

Running and jumping – ATHLETICS
Sections of a text – PASSAGES
Seized and took into custody – ARRESTED
Take a seat – SIT
Take place – OCCUR
Tranquil silence, calmness – STILLNESS
Two times – TWICE
Unbroken series – RUN
Vegetables in the strange oat pesto – POTATOES
Wading bird and lifting machine – CRANE