Irish Times (Simplex) - May 31 2002

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Clues Answers
''. . . . . . . . . sweep clean'' NEWBROOMS
A facial twitch TIC
A maker of men's clothes TAILOR
A secret love affair AMOUR
Animals of an area FAUNA
Appraise or evaluate ASSESS
Be sorry for wrongdoing REPENT
Boundaries, confines LIMITS
Broken pieces of glass or pottery SHARDS
Considered adult, able to vote etc OFAGE
Cry of a cat MIAOW
Differ, object DISAGREE
Drugs that cause sleep or drowsiness NARCOTICS
Energy or heat units from Escorial CALORIES
Franz . . . . . composed ''The Merry Widow'' LEHAR
Great river that flows through Germany RHINE
In one's bonnet, it's an obsessive idea BEE
Informal drive and initiative GUMPTION
Clues Answers
Jumble and disorder DISARRAY
Missing or dreamy ABSENT
Mozart opera ''The Marriage of . . . . . .'' FIGARO
Natural, inborn INNATE
Not co-operative or of assistance UNHELPFUL
Of or containing nitrogen NITRIC
Pay up or sink down SETTLE
Protections or justifications DEFENCES
Revealed or made known to IMPARTED
Roman god of dreams - sleep in his arms MORPHEUS
Sang with closed lips HUMMED
Seed of an apple PIP
Shakespeare's fat alcoholic knight FALSTAFF
Small hotel or country pub INN
Strike back, counter RETALIATE
Sum, aggregation TOTAL
The plants of an area (5) FLORA
Whoa, stop DESIST