Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 20 2016

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Ad ..., for one particular situation only HOC
Allaying, alleviating EASING
Become hard and bony with age OSSIFY
Brief and to the point TERSE
Care for medically TREAT
Creature of exceptional size GIANT
Fight against odds STRUGGLE
Gather or collect together ASSEMBLE
Gems and precious metals JEWELS
Good at fitting in to new situations ADAPTABLE
Hind portion of a side of bacon GAMMON
Indication of potential opportunity TIP
It carries genetic information DNA
It's now Ho Chi Minh City SAIGON
Made to feel small BELITTLED
Make visible or apparent EXPOSE
Never dying IMMORTAL
Of the neighbourhood LOCAL
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One copied documents before the invention of printing SCRIBE
One fears or hates foreigners XENOPHOBE
Outcome, upshot RESULT
Overturn or unsettle UPSET
Periodic population counts CENSUSES
Public punch-up BRAWL
Railway halting places STATIONS
Sash worn on a Japanese kimono OBI
Scattering about STREWING
Seal, on a ring say SIGNET
Sliding window frames SASHES
Slumber SLEEP
Small vipers ADDERS
Systematic investigation of a subject RESEARCH
This bread is soon forgotten EATEN
Waver, go this way and that FLUCTUATE
With extreme care or delicacy GINGERLY
Woody tropical grass BAMBOO