Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Friday July 29 2016.

Action and legal document – DEED
Afternoon performances – MATINEES

Assisting in wrongdoing – ABETTING
Bluish-purple colour – VIOLET
Caesar was warned to beware them in March – IDES
Calm, placid – TRANQUIL
Capital of Serbia and Montenegro – BELGRADE
Casual short-sleeved top – TSHIRT
Combatants, soldiers – WARRIORS
Cuban capital – HAVANA
Earlier or in front of – BEFORE
Element in diamonds and graphite – CARBON
Enthusiastically – EAGERLY
Find unexpectedly – DISCOVER
Greek doomed forever to roll a boulder uphill only to see it roll back down – SISYPHUS
Hammer with a large head – MALLET

In poor health – AILING
Irritating, annoying – IRKSOME
Levels or ranks in an organization – ECHELONS
Makes efforts – ATTEMPTS
Margin, rim – EDGE
On account of – BECAUSE
One from Tokyo, say – JAPANESE
Playful banter – BADINAGE
Portable computer – LAPTOP
Portuguese place of pilgrimage – FATIMA
Right or means of entry – ACCESS
Seats for singles – CHAIRS
Staggered, spun around – REELED
Substance or general idea – GIST
Troubled, perturbed – AGITATED
Vacillated, hesitated – WAVERED