Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 9 2022

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''To suffer the slings and ... of outrageous fortune'' (Hamlet) ARROWS
... in the Stream (Dolly Parton) ISLANDS
Area at the back REAR
Celestial, orbiting body PLANET
Cheerfully greet pellets of frozen rain HAIL
Competent, in a position to ABLE
Creamy-white natural fibre COTTON
Cut-off trousers SHORTS
Dead-end road CULDESAC
Disorder causing delusions of persecution PARANOIA
Empty, not solid HOLLOW
Excessive desire for wealth AVARICE
Imitated or replicated COPIED
In legal possession of OWNING
Length by breadth of a rectangle will give it to you AREA
Likely to offend others by being harsh and rude ABRASIVE
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Made to fit a particular person BESPOKE
Main female characters in fiction and film HEROINES
Number of related things coming one after another SERIES
One is not long for this world MORIBUND
Pad at the back of a skirt in olden days BUSTLE
Quick-growing tree with flexible branches WILLOW
Safety feature in car or plane SEATBELT
So-so ban over the instrument BASSOON
State or fact of having forgotten or of being unconscious OBLIVION
Sudanese capital KHARTOUM
The body of Islamic religious law SHARIA
The larynx VOICEBOX
The scattering of a nation's people DIASPORA
Tongue and ..., an alternative to nails GROOVE
Wealth and riches accumulated over a period, may be hidden TREASURE
Well known, easily recognised FAMILIAR