Irish Times (Simplex) - May 23 2015

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Ancient galley with two banks of oars BIREME
Assigns an actor to an unsuitable role MISCASTS
Bags for school books SATCHELS
Blood poisoning SEPSIS
Buddy, mate PAL
Came to be aware REALISED
Celestial body orbiting around another SATELLITE
Commences STARTS
Compete for something VIE
Contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many PLAGUE
Convexity of the surface of a road CAMBER
Fatuous, vacuous INANE
Feature of personality TRAIT
Firework and lettuce ROCKET
Foreign, very strange ALIEN
Hairy-bodied insect BEE
Having a sharp incline STEEP
Illustrations, instances EXAMPLES
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In that place THERE
Ironically humorous SARDONIC
Large ocean fish MARLIN
Lawful LICIT
Make laws LEGISLATE
One loads and unloads ships STEVEDORE
Over and above what's needed EXCESS
Scrounge, sponge CADGE
Seller VENDOR
Sharp or intense ACUTE
Speaks haltingly STUTTERS
Stares oddly at the flowers ASTERS
Take a seat SIT
Thankful GRATEFUL
Tropical lizard IGUANA
Uncover, find DISCOVER
White mineral in cement and plaster GYPSUM
With extreme concentration INTENSELY