Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 27 2005

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'Once . . . . . ., twice shy' BITTEN
A brute of a spud TUBER
A modern kind of swindle SCAM
A professional horse rider JOCKEY
A rugby score, result of effort TRY
An alcoholic spirit - sounds odd RUM
Applaud manually CLAP
Behave obsequiously in fear or servitude GROVEL
Body parts like biceps MUSCLES
Boxlike compartment in piece of furniture DRAWER
Claw in loose scrum MAUL
Cold and icy GLACIAL
Expectorate into pits SPIT
Goods thrown overboard JETSAM
Great English mathematician who discovered gravity NEWTON
Great rock on the Rhine where sirens lived LORELEI
Honest like a vertical post UPRIGHT
In the Land of Nod ASLEEP
Increase attractiveness of, improve ENHANCE
Island where Napoleon was born CORSICA
It attracts metal MAGNET
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Lair for animal or study for gent DEN
Manual boat propellers OARS
Mass of ferns on hillside BRACKEN
Movable front part of helmet VISOR
Of or using the sense of touch TACTILE
Old Greek master of geometry EUCLID
Open-sided gallery or arcade LOGGIA
Preparation used in setting hair GEL
Prongs of a fork TINES
Put down like dial LAID
Send in another direction, or entertain DIVERT
Soon, in a while ANON
Start journey, get going SETOUT
Surrender, yield GIVEIN
Tells off, rebukes SCOLDS
That is to say, specifically NAMELY
The formal windpipe TRACHEA
The kitchen on ship or plane GALLEY
Throw into obscurity, perhaps the sun ECLIPSE
Tough guy, doubly male HEMAN
Toy consisting of interlocking plastic bricks LEGO