Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 23 2019

Clues	Answers
Aimlessly floating	ADRIFT
Appear to be like	RESEMBLE
Approval expressed by clapping	APPLAUSE
Area sheltered from the sun	SHADE
Award usually given as formal public statement	CITATION
Central part of a wheel	HUB
Church officers and small trees	ELDERS
Country and porcelain	CHINA
Do a bad tango in the Pacific archipelago	TONGA
Garden tool	HOE
Give permission	ALLOW
Go downhill on a bicycle without pedalling	FREEWHEEL
Hindu divinity	VISHNU
Huge, enormous	GIGANTIC
Hut built of snow	IGLOO
Identifying characteristics	TRAITS
Inn or public house	TAVERN
Invigorating medicine	TONIC

Clues	Answers
It's said to be its own reward	VIRTUE
Light meals	SNACKS
Not immediately obvious, understated	SUBTLE
Not liable to fluctuations	STEADY
Of regions not yet surveyed	UNCHARTED
Overwhelm with things to be done	INUNDATE
Own up	ADMIT
Period of extravagance or excess	SPREE
Pigment, colour	HUE
Servile flattery	ADULATION
Signal in Morse code	DOT
Textile, cloth	FABRIC
They steal cattle	RUSTLERS
They supply food for events	CATERERS
When the light begins to fall below the horizon	SUNSET
Widespread decline in trade and employment	RECESSION
Written laws	STATUTES
Written permissions for absences	PASSES

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