Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Saturday April 01 2017.

A light gentle breeze – ZEPHYR
Alleviated, lightened – RELIEVED

Alloy of copper and tin – BRONZE
Clearly outlined and easy to see – DISTINCT
Clinging vine – IVY
Conclude, wind up – FINISH
Court proceeding – TRIAL
Exhaustive, complete – THOROUGH
Fish with hook and line – ANGLE
Gloucester or Gubbeen, say – CHEESE
Group of fish – SCHOOL
Groups or bunches of similar things – CLUSTERS
Imitate the primate – APE
Impairments of organisms – ILLNESSES
Impressive displays – ARRAYS
Jug with filter to make coffee – CAFETIERE
Large US deer – MOOSE
Local taxes on commercial property – RATES
No part of this line is straight – CURVE
Nuance, nicety – SUBTLETY
One licensed to fly – PILOT
One suffers for the sake of principle – MARTYR
Pester the old horse – NAG

Precise, not vague – SPECIFIC
Rank or position in society – STATUS
Reject bluntly – REBUFF
Restate from one language into another – INTERPRET
Riesling-producing region eastern France – ALSACE
Saudi capital – RIYADH
Slowly and gracefully, in music – ADAGIO
Suddenly and unexpectedly – ABRUPTLY
Team selected, to judge a competition perhaps – PANEL
Tool for shaping metal or wood – LATHE
Travel along with – ACCOMPANY
Way in – ENTRANCE
Young of canines – PUP