Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 6 2004

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Clues Answers
'A bird in the hand is worth two . . . . . . . . .' INTHEBUSH
A cad - or a kind of jumper BOUNDER
A golfer's assistant CADDIE
A penitential garment of hirsute beginnings HAIRSHIRT
A truce arrived at in fierce sea CEASEFIRE
Annoy, vex IRRITATE
Container for heating water or a tough fowl BOILER
Decayed or corrupt ROTTEN
Details I accumulated about person with best intentions IDEALIST
Draw meaning from INFER
Drink of the gods NECTAR
Feel tingling sensation in skin ITCH
Gets down as from bus ALIGHTS
Group spirit and confidence MORALE
Hope is confused for this girl SOPHIE
Hunting dogs kept in packs HOUNDS
I did shy away from this language of European Jews YIDDISH
Lunar-driven sea movements TIDES
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Make aware or familiar with, say the facts ACQUAINT
Medicine taken to make one vomit EMETIC
Mounds of stones on top of mountains CAIRNS
Musical instrument like large violin held between legs CELLO
Old honey-based drink for dame MEAD
One who exploits, to be sure USER
Pleasant smells AROMAS
Refrain from punishing, or ignite a firework LETOFF
Robin Hood's forest SHERWOOD
Satisfy fully, cloy with excess SATIATE
Sherlock . . . . . . is a great fictional detective HOLMES
Smelled very strongly REEKED
Tease in good-humoured way BANTER
The first murder victim ABEL
To do with the countryside, or made of rough timber RUSTIC
Trickery used to gain an advantage CHICANERY
Walk with proud and conceited gait STRUT
Woven or knitted cloth FABRIC