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On this page you will find all the solutions to Irish Times Simplex Crossword Puzzle from January 3rd 2017.

January 3rd 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
A short, pithy saying	APHORISM
As a rule	NORMALLY
Breed of goat with silky hair	ANGORA
Extreme and irrational fear	PHOBIA
Foolish and irrelevant talk	BLATHER
Force to leave	EXPELS
Grabbed hold of	SEIZED
Green stones from red males	EMERALDS
Gymnastic exercise with a leg on either side of parallel bars	STRADDLE
Hinder, obstruct	STYMIE
Impervious to persuasion	ADAMANT
It's used to attract fish	LURE
Laughed at with contempt and derision	SCOFFED
Limited by time	TEMPORAL
Mausoleum at Agra	TAJMAHAL
Military dining room	MESS
Military land forces	ARMIES
North American republic	MEXICO
One performs tricks of manual dexterity	JUGGLER
Principles, beliefs	TENETS
Provide aid, help out	ASSIST
Pungent pickled flower buds	CAPERS
Reckoned, took to be the case	SUPPOSED
Refereeing	UMPIRING
Sections of a book	CHAPTERS
Seizing control without authority	USURPING
Spring flowers	TULIPS
Spur on, encourage	URGE
Strangle the fuel valve?	THROTTLE
Well-known or easily recognised	FAMILIAR
Whole and complete	ENTIRE
Wound made by cutting	GASH

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