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Below you will find all the solutions to Irish Times Simplex Crossword from August 16th 2017.

August 16th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
A change in the structure of a gene	MUTATION
At this, one is relaxed	EASE
Cat-like animals, their musk is used in perfumes	CIVETS
Character, disposition	NATURE
Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain	SADISTIC
Expression of great praise or approval	ACCOLADE
Eye specialist	OPTICIAN
Feeing great desire	YEARNING
Feeling of ill will	ANIMUS
Framework, outline	SKELETON
Free, gratis and for nothing	BUCKSHEE
Funnel-shaped windstorm	TORNADO
Government tax on imports	TARIFF
Heads off, prevents from happening	AVERTS
Incidentally	BYTHEWAY
Lever to turn the rudder	TILLER
Moved rapidly and lightly	DARTED
Not shut or secret	OPEN
Orchestral introduction to an opera	OVERTURE
Pieces of broken glass	SHARDS
Robin Hood's forest	SHERWOOD
Small cave, perhaps with religious connotations	GROTTO
The quantity needed, sufficient	ENOUGH
They believe no deities exist	ATHEISTS
Tiny insects that live in colonies	ANTS
Travels upwards	ASCENDS
Using more words than needed	VERBOSE
Very wealthy or powerful business people	TYCOONS
White scales shed by the scalp	DANDRUFF
With a sharply uneven edge	JAGGED
Yeats or Heaney, say	POET
Younger or lower in rank	JUNIOR

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