Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 8 2019=

Clues	Answers
Aberrant, atypical	ABNORMAL
Anne, wife of Henry VIII	BOLEYN
Asiatic wild ass	ONAGER
Bar a ham from playing the Biblical patriarch	ABRAHAM
Bloodsucking parasites	LEECHES
Cat-like	FELINE
Changed from solid to liquid	MELTED
Degree of loudness	VOLUME
Egg-laying apian	QUEENBEE
Gather or collect	GARNER
Group or set of nine	ENNEAD
High in stature	TALL
In need of companionship	LONELY
It flows through Germany	ELBE
Married men	HUSBANDS
Martin ..., film-maker	SCORSESE

Clues	Answers
Mistaken belief in the face of contradictory evidence	DELUSION
Mythical lost city	ATLANTIS
Of the movement of the earth's structure	TECTONIC
Old Spanish money	PESETA
Poorly balanced or matched	UNEQUAL
Protrusion of an organ through its wall	HERNIA
Reveal secrets by indiscreet talk	BLAB
Set free	LIBERATE
Steered clear of	ESCHEWED
Take small bites	NIBBLE
To a certain extent	RATHER
Tools with heavy bladed heads	AXES
Tough transparent lightweight plastic	PERSPEX
Type of brown sugar	DEMERARA
With sloping edge, a mirror perhaps	BEVELLED
Wrote wistfully or mournfully about	ELEGISED

Irish Times Crossword