Irish Times (Simplex) - Apr 26 2023

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'Mary, Mary, quite contrary / how does your ... grow?' (nursery rhyme) GARDEN
At the simplest level BASIC
Bored a hole with a tool DRILLED
Business that serves other businesses AGENCY
Capable of being heard AUDIBLE
Cavity left by a golfer DIVOT
Close of day SUNSET
Competition for both professionals and amateurs OPEN
Coral reefs ATOLLS
Cut down, lessen REDUCE
Distress, wretchedness MISERY
Domestic fowl CHICKEN
Drier and more brittle CRISPER
Gained points SCORED
Hoofed animal DEER
Inland body of water LAKE
Kidney-shaped seeds BEANS
Lia had this strange flower DAHLIA
Massage dough KNEAD
Masticate CHEW
Move from behind and go ahead of PASS
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Necessitating NEEDING
Notwithstanding DESPITE
Payment for the release of someone or something RANSOM
Pieces of paper and bed linen SHEETS
Point at a target AIM
Praying ..., long-bodied, large-eyed insect MANTIS
Pull hard TUG
Rotating spindle AXLE
Showed tiredness or boredom YAWNED
Sticky substance and mouth tissue GUM
Successful ending of a struggle or contest TRIUMPH
Teaching unit LESSON
The capacity for vigorous activity ENERGY
The eternal city ROME
The pipe that keeps dangerous gases out of a vehicle EXHAUST
The way a surface feels TEXTURE
Travelling on horseback RIDING
Tree subject to a Dutch disease ELM
Violent or malicious VICIOUS
Where rivers run fast RAPIDS
With the addition of PLUS