Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 28 2022

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''I ... lonely as a cloud'' (Wordsworth) WANDERED
Affected manners intended to impress others AIRS
Attack the good name of someone DEFAME
Bad-mannered, discourteous RUDE
Bountiful or unselfish GENEROUS
Closer at hand NEARER
Comfort, rest EASE
Concave utensils for serving ice-cream perhaps SCOOPS
Concern and distress caused by something unexpected DISMAY
Figure of speech suggesting something really is what it resembles METAPHOR
Grassy plant of wet areas REED
Harry ..., famous escape artist HOUDINI
Have a conflicting opinion DISAGREE
Having one's home there RESIDING
Highly-prized possession TREASURE
In legal possession of OWNING
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It became independent of Ethiopia in 1993 ERITREA
Lifting machines and wading birds CRANES
More miserly, meaner STINGIER
Nether garment TROUSERS
On teeth, it encourages caries PLAQUE
Open-toed shoe SANDAL
Orchestral introduction to opera OVERTURE
Shallow containers for food DISHES
Source, root ORIGIN
Take it if you feel offended UMBRAGE
The coldest and slippiest ICIEST
The place where something begins SOURCE
The practice of favouring one's relatives or friends with jobs NEPOTISM
They're made by selling for more than the original cost PROFITS
Upper part of the face FOREHEAD
Young folk CHILDREN