Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 13 2009

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Absolutely necessary VITAL
Beef cured or pickled in brine BULLY
Bothered persistently NAGGED
Bracelet BANGLE
Cart to take the aristocracy to the guillotine TUMBREL
Conforming to Muslim dietary laws HALAL
Deep blue pigment COBALT
Divided Cypriot city NICOSIA
Drinking tubes STRAWS
Driver who obstructs others ROADHOG
Eschew, avoid SHUN
Fiddles VIOLINS
Frame of iron bars to block passage but allow air GRATING
Genuine or actual REAL
Habitual drunkard SOT
Informal interviews with members of the public VOXPOP
It's thrown in sport DISCUS
Large entrances or reception areas LOBBIES
Marine molluscs OYSTERS
Masticated CHEWED
Not characteristic of the upper classes NONU
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Paralysing plant poison CURARE
Participate in games or sport PLAY
Prisoner held as surety HOSTAGE
Rebound BOUNCE
Refrain from, stop DESIST
Room for relaxing LOUNGE
Round rolls of soft bread BAPS
Sage, knowing WISE
Scottish dish HAGGIS
Scottish mountain peak BEN
Shape wood, as with an axe HEW
Sounds like the day for an ice-cream dish SUNDAE
Spending thoughtlessly WASTING
Summary of the main points PRECIS
Swaggering show of courage BRAVADO
Take a case against SUE
The weapon delivers a temporary paralysing electric shock TASER
These hens produce eggs LAYERS
Type of beetle WEEVIL
Uncultivated plant WEED
Well-off RICH