Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 4 2022

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Actually, in fact REALLY
Allowing no deviation STRICT
As normal ASUSUAL
At an indeterminate date in the future SOMETIME
At which horses display a range of skills GYMKHANA
Ceremonial or stiffly polite FORMAL
Competent, fit ABLE
Dramatic attire COSTUMES
Exceptional, one-off SINGULAR
Forms of life assumed to exist outside the Earth ALIENS
Grow, add to INCREASE
Hitting with the fist PUNCHING
Irony to convey contempt SARCASM
Layered gemstone with flashes of colour in light OPAL
Lives peacefully side by side despite differences COEXISTS
Marine mollusc that damages wooden ships TEREDO
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Military call and design on the skin TATTOO
O'Gara sat out at the New York horse racing track SARATOGA
Of land that is not able to produce crops BARREN
Of writing with artistic merit LITERARY
Payments by government to those who are out of work BENEFITS
Place of idealised perfection UTOPIA
Put an end to, a rule perhaps ABOLISH
Regrettably, unfortunately ALAS
Sea captains SKIPPERS
Set down in permanent form RECORD
Small hunting-dogs BEAGLES
Steady flow of a fluid STREAM
Strangely, try elm for the evergreen shrub with dark blue berries MYRTLE
The world of plants and animals NATURE
Umbrella GAMP
Wholly and completely ENTIRELY