Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword Answers – Thursday December 14 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Thursday December 14 2017.

… and void, lacking any legal or binding force – NULL
Acid in milk – LACTIC

Afternoon nap – SIESTA
Afternoon performance – MATINEE
All the gods of a religion – PANTHEON
Attire – DRESS
Checks patterns of Scottish clans – TARTANS
Contemporary, up-to-date – MODERN
Crisp fruits – APPLES
Disclose, make known – REVEAL
Dried and cured by hanging in wood vapour – SMOKED
Estimate the value – ASSESS
Exercising authority over – GOVERNING
Formed or made thin by hammering – BEATEN
Gets by with limited resources – MAKESDO
Group of suburban houses – ESTATE
Guarantee, promise – ASSURE
Kept entertained – AMUSED
Most unusual, oddest – STRANGEST
New York university – COLUMBIA
Offensively curious or inquisitive – NOSEY
Opposed to – AGAINST
Pupils, learners – STUDENTS
Put a product through a series of stages – PROCESSED

Responsible for a reprehensible act – GUILTY
Restored to good condition – REPAIRED
School session – TERM
Small, round stone – PEBBLE
Smoothed with heat – IRONED
South-American cud-chewing animal – LLAMA
Sudden apprehension and fear – ALARM
Tract, region – AREA
Try to find – SEEK
Vanish – DISAPPEAR
Wall paintings – MURALS
Young foreigner living with a family in return for housework – AUPAIR