Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Monday August 21 2017.

We are such stuff as … are made on” (The Tempest) – DREAMS
Celestial body – STAR

Drowsy – SLEEPY
Extremely sad and distressing – TRAGIC
Far off in place or time – REMOTE
Filled to satisfaction – REPLETE
Foolishness, silliness – NONSENSE
Graceful and stylish – ELEGANT
Hold over, defer – POSTPONE
Immature forms of insects – LARVAE
Irks, vexes – ANNOYS
It can be used in a medical diagnosis – XRAY
It’s red on the Welsh flag – DRAGON
Measure of a surface – AREA
Mexican drink – TEQUILA
Not consistent or having a fixed pattern – VARIABLE
Odder, more peculiar – STRANGER
Of old, the servant assigned the most menial kitchen tasks – SCULLION

Of the whole country – NATIONAL
One of the five Great ones in North America – LAKEERIE
Parka, windcheater – ANORAK
Pen for cattle in the US – CORRAL
Receive an academic degree – GRADUATE
Repugnance, revulsion – HORROR
Sodom and … – GOMORRAH
Strongly motivated to succeed – DRIVEN
Subtlety, nicety – NUANCE
Superintend, manage – OVERSEE
The one who writes the words of songs – LYRICIST
The words of something – TEXT
Unpicks or disentangles – UNRAVELS
Van Diemen’s Land – TASMANIA