Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 26 2022

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A branch of mathematics CALCULUS
A victory won at too great a cost to the victor PYRRHIC
Casual, not official INFORMAL
Comedies with wildly improbable situations FARCES
Derisory, preposterous ABSURD
Eastern temple with an upward curving roof PAGODA
Fall asleep NODOFF
Fitful, intermittent SPORADIC
Flourish or wave about BRANDISH
Giraffe-like animals with shorter necks OKAPIS
Greyish-yellow colour ECRU
Hankering, longing YEARNING
Haydn or Strauss, say COMPOSER
In a vertical position UPRIGHT
Japan's main island HONSHU
Lively Irish dance REEL
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Manufacturing enterprise INDUSTRY
Maori greeting, be healthy KIAORA
Oval smooth-skinned fruit PLUM
Parodies or ridicules with satire LAMPOONS
Person who lives in solitude RECLUSE
Praise formally and eloquently EULOGISE
Relating to the lower part of the back LUMBAR
Small flat sweet cake COOKIE
Stablemen at inns of old OSTLERS
The bird in the clock CUCKOO
They hang around the neck PENDANTS
US anti-fascist movement ANTIFA
US river and state MISSOURI
Went, came or gave back RETURNED
When here, do as they do ROME
With hands on hips and elbows out AKIMBO