Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 20 2008

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A word formed from the initial letters of others ACRONYM
Adjust a radio receiver to a frequency TUNE
Astute, savvy SHREWD
Backward-pointing part of a fish hook BARB
Bird of prey FALCON
Bluish green CYAN
Boil slowly SIMMER
Brownish grey DUN
Cuts or shapes with an axe HEWS
Delightful in all respects IDYLLIC
Dreamy or lackadaisical LANGUID
Ecclesiastical councils SYNODS
English admiral, mortally wounded at Trafalgar NELSON
Fit to eat EDIBLE
Flow, of a river say CURRENT
Forms of civil disobedience in which demonstrators refuse to leave a building SITINS
From side to side ACROSS
Furnishings and colours of a room DECOR
Grass of wet areas REED
He received the Ten Commandments MOSES
Hoop spun around the body HULA
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Idled or slept rough DOSSED
Italian island SICILY
Label TAG
Long and difficult trip TREK
Long-legged spotted big cat CHEETAH
Loses freshness or vitality WITHERS
Male relative UNCLE
Move fast RUN
Odd, peculiar CURIOUS
Person of extraordinary talent GENIUS
Plant native to arid regions CACTUS
Possesses OWNS
Pursued CHASED
Seamy, sleazy SQUALID
Subtle difference in meaning NUANCE
The quality of the speaking voice TIMBRE
The stems are edible when cooked, the leaves are poisonous RHUBARB
Thin flat slabs of fired clay TILES
Time yet to come FUTURE
Upper case CAPITAL
Utter SAY