Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Friday August 4 2017.

Ava and Earl Stanley – GARDNER
Bark used for floats and stoppers – CORK

Boredom, ennui – TEDIUM
Customary observance or practice – RITUAL
Determined the dimensions – MEASURED
Differ, dissent – DISAGREE
Distance north or south of the equator – LATITUDE
Fossilised, petrified – OSSIFIED
From birth to death – LIFETIME
Greek nymph who pined away until only her voice remained – ECHO
Harvest, yield – CROP
Having a strong pleasant smell – AROMATIC
Hooded waterproof jacket – ANORAK

If nothing else – ATLEAST
J. K, author of Harry Potter stories – ROWLING
Judge to be probable, estimate – FIGURE
Long indoor seat – SETTEE
Mighty ones from little acorns grow – OAKS
Movable, phone say – MOBILE
Open disrespect, to a court, say – CONTEMPT
Paralysing fear – TERROR
Piece of news that may or may not be true – GOSSIP
Regularly, without fluctuation – STEADILY
Small summerhouse – GAZEBO
Smoothly, uniformly – EVENLY
Somewhat hungry – PECKISH
Souvenir, memento – KEEPSAKE
US air’s bad in this country – RUSSIA
Venomous stinger – SCORPION
With more excess body weight – FATTER
Withdraw in the face of opposition – BACKDOWN
Worthy of high praise – LAUDABLE