Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 2 2009

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Clues Answers
Accepted or habitual practice CUSTOM
Attack physically ASSAULT
Ball, globe SPHERE
Become angry SEERED
Before birth PRENATAL
Collections of arms and ammunition ARSENALS
Container for watering or feeding animals TROUGH
Domed section of a church APSE
English admiral, mortally wounded at Trafalgar NELSON
Evocative or ringing RESONANT
Exclamation of making a blunder OOPS
Female singing voice ALTO
Groups of eight OCTETS
Indicated assent NODDED
Large heavy knife, weapon or vegetation cutter MACHETES
Leader of an Arab family SHEIKH
Clues Answers
Mausoleum at Agra built in memory of emperor's favourite wife TAJMAHAL
Nonconformist youths in the 1950s and early 1960s BEATNIKS
One of the biblical twelve APOSTLE
One suffers from memory loss AMNESIAC
Paid attention to HEEDED
Persevere, hang on PERSIST
Piece of crystalline rock as jewellery GEMSTONE
Rewarding vegetable? CARROT
Sentinels, guards SENTRIES
Shiny cotton fabric used for furnishings CHINTZ
Small pieces of medicated candy LOZENGES
Statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn PREMISE
Tend, incline LEAN
They argue both sides of the argument DEBATERS
Thin on the ground SPARSE
Wanders on a winding course MEANDERS