Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 15 2005

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Clues Answers
'Jack be . . . . . ., Jack be quick' NIMBLE
A connoisseur of good food and drink GOURMET
A horizontal words-joiner HYPHEN
A jet of hot water from natural spring GEYSER
A rain-cloud or a halo NIMBUS
Animal like large rabbit - let it sit HARE
Chunk of wood for the Christmas fire YULELOG
Cleopatra's river NILE
Cling to - or stop right there HOLDON
Collection of rare or strange objects EXOTICA
Cuba's capital HAVANA
Dark spot on skin or burrowing animal MOLE
During, in the middle of AMID
Eliminate, exclude as irrelevant RULEOUT
Empty or boastful talk HOTAIR
Foretell, be a sign of AUGUR
Help, Mr Morse SOS
Impurities on water surface SCUM
In Greek myth, a snake-haired woman whose look turned men to stone GORGON
In music, with sound deadened or muffled MUTED
It obeys, being much too fat OBESITY
Clues Answers
John . . . . . . wrote 'The Pilgrim's Progress' BUNYAN
Kind of hawk or Camelot's magician MERLIN
Make smaller or slimmer REDUCE
Menials giving rise to new beginnings SEMINAL
Outer skin of animal with hair attached FUR
Pitted with small holes like skin POROUS
Plead, implore BEG
Role for body of traditions LORE
Sea animal found in bathroom as washing aid SPONGE
Seller of posh clothes made from 20 Down FURRIER
Sharpens as with pencil PARES
Small and delicate like fairy ELFIN
Small streak of smoke or cloud WISP
Spoil, cosset PAMPER
Stitched edge of a garment HEM
Swallow up like whirlpool ENGULF
Take . . . . to fly like a bird WING
Thomas More's perfect place UTOPIA
Traveller to a sacred place like Mecca PILGRIM
Trooped off with undersea missile TORPEDO
Using few words, terse LACONIC