Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 31 2016

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''I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a ...'' (Kilmer) TREE
Air in an out of the lungs BREATH
Caustic, harsh ABRASIVE
Coachmen turned native American COMANCHE
Competent, fit ABLE
Contritely, remorsefully RUEFULLY
Crusty end of a loaf HEEL
Expressed, detailed STATED
Extreme or excessive sentimentality SCHMALTZ
Flat-bottomed cups BEAKERS
For the reason that BECAUSE
Genuine or actual REAL
Gory BLOODY
Hollow in a hillside and Dublin maternity hospital COOMBE
In the recent past LATELY
It achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 ERITREA
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Lawyers or politicians who use unethical methods SHYSTERS
Likely to happen PROBABLE
Mentally infirm with age SENILE
Overturn a boat CAPSIZE
Pearson and O'Hare, say AIRPORTS
Remains after something has been removed RESIDUES
Scottish outlaw, subject of a Sir Walter Scott novel ROBROY
Shortage, paucity DEARTH
Smells ODOURS
Son of Zeus and case for decanters TANTALUS
Spring back in horror RECOIL
Symbol, of a country say EMBLEM
Thin inflatable bags BALLOONS
Travel across or pass over TRAVERSE
Treat with excessive indulgence COSSET
Work done outside school HOMEWORK