Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 11 2002

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An old light basket CRESSET
Another gin for starters? BEGINAGAIN
As it's right below you, you might drain it NADIR
At length the French get pains that are compact LEAGUES
At the end of the river the Parliamentarian frees the backward saint from any obligation EXEMPTS
By the end I had a meal, enough to fill me SATIATE
Fly BLUEBOTTLE
Fly CUNNING
Fly GOBYPLANE
Get around to getting bored ORBED
Get the cat back for about a pound of powder? TALC
He will get high, by the sound of it TENOR
How a fairy starts to give one a moving experience APERIENT
In Mayo Gregory was fed CONGREGATE
It's up to me to have encountered a patriot EMMET
Margaret! A letter at last from Greece! OMEGA
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Mister Ban for one of the clan TRIBESMAN
One had second thoughts and might rush about the 5 down females, perhaps REASSESSED
One must be served, in a manner of speaking SENTENCE
One understands that this 8 downs GATHERS
One's accustomed to there being nothing new about it USED
Only a twisted mind could make such short work of the administration ADMIN
Sounds as if it has to be paid for them to be driven in TACKS
The seat is broken, but one takes that as a matter of course EATS
There's a forte in the making of scones that one must tell about CONFESS
There's no sense in ten with the jerk I had IDIOTIC
They set examples in striking postures INSTANCES
This also ran to clap in the nude UNPLACED
To this too, and up at the end too BOOT
Was no thing with meshes back for the cutting? TENONSAW
What's so lousy about saltpetre? NITRE
With rage consumed, but only to a moderate extent TEMPERATE