Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers – Thursday November 30 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Thursday November 30 2017.

Closed curve – CIRCLE
Cloth, fabric – TEXTILE

Disqualify oneself as a judge in a case – RECUSE
Distances downward – DEPTHS
Distinctive way of speaking – ACCENT
Dramatis …, characters in a play – PERSONAE
Extravagantly demonstrative, gushing – EFFUSIVE
Fantastic, really great – TERRIFIC
Full of excitement, lively – ANIMATED
Imperial land measurement – ACRE
In the shape of a helix – SPIRAL
Inclined, bent towards – LEANED
Innate behaviour – INSTINCT
Invertebrate such as a snail – MOLLUSC

It’s found in tea and wine – TANNIN
Knot-shaped cracker – PRETZEL
Light teasing repartee – RAILLERY
List of prices or charges – TARIFF
Mass of coagulated blood – CLOT
Messenger of the Greek gods – HERMES
Of office work or church ministers – CLERICAL
One does chemical tests on metals – ASSAYER
Picture-house – CINEMA
Sale of goods and refreshments to raise funds for charity – FETE
Sample to be studied – SPECIMEN
Settlers of a new territory – PIONEERS
Sign of things to come – OMEN
Small pieces left over – SCRAPS
Summaries of legal cases – BRIEFS
Time between two events – INTERVAL
Turned into money – ENCASHED
Up to this point – HITHERTO