Irish Times Crosaire Crossword Clue Answer For Today 28, 2024
by Niranjani
Updated Mar 28, 2024
If you are bored at home and want to spend your time efficiently. Then must try Irish Times Crosaire crossword puzzle which played all our world. All you need to do is fill in the boxes with sutitable words with the help of the clues given. You should think about the words that possibly used to relate the clues. If you are unable to solve it, check for the answers we have given here.
Awfully fine legend that is impossible to describe
Answer: INEFFABLE
Ineffable means something that is too great or beautiful to be expressed in words.
The limits of administration's ideas showing how things are
Answer: AS IS
"As is" refers to the condition something is currently in, without any changes or improvements. Here, it implies the limitations of the administration's approach are simply how things are done.
Crusaders shun essential elements for this holy man
Answer: SADHU
Crusaders were known for their focus on material possessions and warfare. Sadhus, on the other hand, are Hindu holy men who often renounce worldly possessions and live ascetic lives.
Village adding extra to spicy Indian food
Answer: BALTIMORE
This is a play on words. Baltimore is a city in the US, not a spicy Indian dish. The clue hints at adding "more" (Baltimore) to something spicy.
Large farms, after time, become allotments
Answer: RANCHES
Ranches are large farms, often for livestock. Allotments are smaller plots of land, often for individual use in gardening. The clue suggests that over time, large ranches could be divided into smaller allotments.
What to do with visitors - look for a fight?
Answer: PUT EM UP
"Put 'em up" is an idiom meaning to raise your hands in a challenge to fight. Here, it's a humorous suggestion for a very aggressive way to greet visitors.
Dampness here reveals a certain greenness
Answer: BEHIND THE EARS
Babies and young children sometimes get a bit of sweat or moisture behind their ears, which can create a favorable environment for a type of fungus that causes a greenish rash.
Arrive with individual influences difficult to change
Answer: SET IN ONES WAYS
When someone arrives at a certain age or point in life, their established personality traits and habits (influenced by their experiences) become more ingrained and harder to change. They are "set in their ways."
Master controls outside body perhaps
Answer: REMAINS
This is a bit metaphorical. While a living person controls their body, after death (remains), the body is no longer under that control.
Servile society that's rich
Answer: SLAVISH
A slavish society is one that is excessively submissive or dependent on a ruling class. The clue "rich" might be a hint that this subservience leads to wealth for the ruling class.
Offer by regular tipster to soften things up
Answer: TENDERISE
A tipster is someone who gives insider information or advice. Tenderise means to make something softer, especially meat. So, a regular tipster might offer advice on how to soften things up, perhaps in a negotiation.
At home, US friend just coming out
Answer: IN BUD
This is a two-part clue. "At home" and "US" suggest something typically American. A flower bud is the unopened stage of a flower, just beginning to emerge. So, putting it together, the answer refers to something American that is just starting to develop.
Welcome his intriguing yarns about leaders
Answer: HIYA
"Yarns" can refer to stories, and leaders are often the subjects of intriguing stories. "Hiya" is a casual greeting, suggesting you'd welcome someone who tells such stories.
Progress skilfully and make friends with people
Answer: GET ON WELL
"Get on well" means to have a good relationship with someone. Here, it implies that progressing skillfully (perhaps in your career) also helps you build friendships.
Impress popular writer
Answer: INSCRIBE
To inscribe something is to write or carve it onto a surface. A popular writer might be impressed by something you've written and want to keep, like an inscription.
Some forsaken donkeys found right beside each other
Answer: END ON
"Forsaken donkeys" is a bit of a quirky metaphor for something abandoned or left behind. "End on" means to be positioned next to something else at the end.
Appearing embarrassed by work on film for utility
Answer: FLUSHING TOILET
To be filmed doing something for a utility might be embarrassing (like plumbing work). A flushing toilet is a utility that gets rid of waste, and the clue suggests someone might be shy about being filmed working on it.
Look after issue for others
Answer: BABY SIT
"Issue" can refer to a child, and to "look after" someone is to care for them. Babysitting is the act of caring for a child for someone else.
Cover up European cuts over energy
Answer: ECLIPSE
"Cuts" can refer to reductions, and "energy" might suggest something like sunlight. An eclipse is an astronomical event where one object covers another, often the sun being blocked by the moon (in Europe).
Mayors set to be tossed in such difficult conditions
Answer: STORMY SEA
This is a metaphorical clue. Mayors are important figures, and being "tossed" suggests a difficult situation. A stormy sea is a chaotic and challenging environment.
Little chap is tired - from mining with his housemates?
Answer: SLEEPY
This is a bit of a humorous clue. "Little chap" suggests a child, and children often get tired. The part about "mining with housemates" is a playful misdirection.
Mortal sin saint worked out is a wrong interpretation
Answer: MISTRANSLATION
"Mortal sin" is a serious offense in some religions. Saints are known for their good deeds. The clue suggests that interpreting a saint's actions as a sin is a mistake (mistranslation).
It's paid by Spooner to cover up mess with sweetener
Answer: HUSH MONEY
Hush money is a bribe paid to keep something quiet. "Spooner" might be a reference to a spoonerism, which is a playful switching of sounds in words. The "sweetener" suggests the bribe is meant to make something unpleasant more palatable.
Smashing shop deal for plant
Answer: ASPHODEL
"Smashing" is British slang for excellent. A shop deal is a bargain found at a store. Asphodel is a type of flowering plant.
Checking around hotel when dining?
Answer: NOSHING
"Noshing" is a casual term for eating or snacking. The clue suggests someone might be looking around the hotel for a place to eat (not necessarily checking the room service menu).
Scotsman mentions missing bouquet that's developing
Answer: NASCENT
A bouquet is a collection of flowers, often given as a gift. "Nascent" means something that is just beginning to develop or emerge. The clue suggests a Scotsman might be talking about a flower that's just starting to bloom (and perhaps they've noticed one is missing).
Cut support for drained writer, the poor thing
Answer: WRETCH
"Cut support" implies taking something away that someone needs. A "drained writer" suggests someone who is exhausted and lacking inspiration. "Wretch" is a word used for someone who is unfortunate or miserable, which fits the description of the writer who has lost support.
Inspire upsurge of Brussels health measure
Answer: IMBUE
"Imbue" means to fill something with a particular quality or feeling. An "upsurge" is an increase. Brussels is the capital of Belgium, known for its focus on the European Union. The clue suggests that something (perhaps a policy or initiative) will inspire a rise in health measures across the European Union.
