Here are the answers to Irish Times (Simplex) Crossword puzzles Saturday June 24 2017.

Administrative division of a country – PROVINCE
Airbus A330 or 380, say – AIRCRAFT

Anger, wrath – IRE
Bounds, jumps – LEAPS
Call on a god or spirit – INVOKE
Channels of communication – MEDIA
Chopping tool – AXE
Circular frames with spokes – WHEELS
Decorations, embellishments – ORNAMENTS
Disclose, uncover – REVEAL
Double-backed cloth border – HEM
Empower – ENABLE
Facial expression of displeasure – FROWN
Formal split in a religion – SCHISM
Four-yearly games – OLYMPICS
Gesture that encodes a message – SIGNAL
Holds dear – LOVES
King who led the Greeks in the Trojan War – AGAMEMNON
Living being – ANIMAL
Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation – MARSH
Mad Elvis found in the islands – MALDIVES
Make more interesting by adding details that may be untrue – EMBELLISH

Makes shrill sounds through pursed lips – WHISTLES
Males – MEN
More pleasant – NICER
Nativity – BIRTH
Ovine animal-keeper – SHEPHERD
Sea-shores – COASTS
Seize quickly – SNATCH
Series, of mountains perhaps – RANGE
Set free from bonds – UNSHACKLE
Sliding window frames – SASHES
Take one quantity away from another – SUBTRACT
The first to make something – INVENTOR
Trip taken by an official at public expense – JUNKET
Turkish fate, destiny – KISMET