Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 20 2017

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Abandons hope DESPAIRS
Adornment, decoration ORNAMENT
Applies colour PAINTS
Arboreal rodent SQUIRREL
Excessively preoccupied OBSESSED
Filed in historical records ARCHIVED
Four-sided figure SQUARE
French castle CHATEAU
Hanging bunch of threads TASSEL
Hereditary title in Britain DUKE
Hero-worship, revere IDOLISE
Inactive or lazy IDLE
Inadequate, scanty MEAGRE
Infuse or fill completely SATURATE
Intoxicating drink ALCOHOL
It's struck by a hammer or clapper BELL
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Large diving bird GANNET
Last, final or extreme ULTIMATE
Last-born YOUNGEST
Legal proceeding ACTION
Messenger of the Greek gods HERMES
Move out and leave empty VACATE
Of office work or church ministers CLERICAL
Opponent of technological progress LUDDITE
Pauper who lives by soliciting BEGGAR
Philatelists collect them STAMPS
Pressing, imperative URGENT
Slay KILL
Tests, yardsticks CRITERIA
The moment when the date changes MIDNIGHT
They race over barriers HURDLERS
White herons EGRETS