Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 13 2012

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A composite of mixed origin HYBRID
Apian habitat BEEHIVE
As well ALSO
Average, ordinary or usual COMMON
Bag filled with gas or air BALLOON
Beseeched BEGGED
Bothered persistently NAGGED
Counterfeit or insincere SHAM
Cuban leader CASTRO
Daytime nap SIESTA
Derisory, preposterous ABSURD
Exchange goods without using money BARTER
Extremely dry ARID
Flightless birds and fruits KIWIS
Hackneyed, trite BANAL
Hallowe'en conflagration BONFIRE
Have legal possession OWN
Informal father DAD
It grows on rocks and bare ground LICHEN
It's used in jam-making PECTIN
Leave out OMIT
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Make different CHANGE
Malicious burning of property ARSON
Mass of floating ice BERG
Monks' and nuns' clothing HABITS
Of the universe COSMIC
One ... doesn't make a summer SWALLOW
Out of shape, curved BENT
Path of a planet ORBIT
Piece of wood for the fire LOG
Respiratory organ LUNG
Ships's steering mechanism RUDDER
Slowly by degrees GRADUAL
The Red Planet MARS
They have lost both parents ORPHANS
Top of the cooker HOB
Transmits, knowledge perhaps IMPARTS
Transported by truck HAULED
Type of ape GIBBON
Verbal or written communication MESSAGE
Victory, great success TRIUMPH
Wood-ant TERMITE