Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Saturday August 11, 2018.

A return to good health – RECOVERY
Actual, existing – REAL
Brook, runnel – STREAM
Container for magnetic tape – CASSETTE
Country and bird – TURKEY
Disclose, make known – REVEAL
Donning clothes – DRESSING
Emissary, courier – MESSENGER
Epistle, missive – LETTER
Eruptions of the skin – RASHES
Feeling hopeless – DESPERATE
Feeling of ill will – ANIMOSITY
Fix a rig up for the Latvians – RIGA
Formed or made thin by hammering – BEATEN
Forsake, leave behind – ABANDON
Fundamental – BASIC
Gives rise to – CAUSES
Hand out food, drink – SERVE
Hill of the Crucifixion – GOLGOTHA
Horizontal furniture – TABLE
Horizontal surfaces – SHELVES
It blocks out sound – EARPLUG
List of selected candidates from which a final choice is made – SHORTLIST
Meat from a calf – VEAL
Move around in a liquid – STIR
Nirvana, paradise – HEAVEN
One buys and sells – TRADER
Pliant, submissive – DOCILE
Pouch in a garment – POCKET
Slight amounts of colour – TINGES
Spoken or written communication – MESSAGE
Substance to curdle milk – RENNET
Sullen and ill-tempered – MOROSE
Unsparing and uncompromising – SEVERE
Up to the point that – UNTIL
Wiped out, deleted – ERASED