Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 5 2008

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'Far from the madding crowd's . . . . . . . strife' IGNOBLE
A judge of rarebit ARBITER
An auctioneer's wooden hammer GAVEL
At present, this instant NOW
Conceited person EGOIST
Creator of honey BEE
Easy to be fond of like 21 Down LOVABLE
Entry in accounts of sum owed DEBIT
Fiction's Lord of the Apes TARZAN
Flying toy on a string KITE
Forms into a single group UNIFIES
Grounds of a university CAMPUS
Guaranteed as for honesty VOUCHED
Herman Melville wrote '. . . . Dick' MOBY
Just about or scantily BARELY
Made sharp shrill bark of dog YELPED
Make sibilant sound HISS
Mean and grudging STINGY
Natural environment, plant or animal HABITAT
Nightclub entertainment, floor show CABARET
Nonsense or refuse RUBBISH
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Not clear or not too bright DIM
Often the line to sign on DOTTED
Old jester's costume - on with it MOTLEY
One who considers himself socially superior SNOB
Permit to board, or pretend LETON
Person injured or killed by another VICTIM
Provoked, being sedate TEASED
Pursued at speed CHASED
Recently dead LATE
Scandinavian supreme god ODIN
Shape of an egg OVAL
Shirked or jibbed like horse at jump BALKED
Shorten by using fewer words ABRIDGE
Small flat baked piece of pastry BISCUIT
Small hut in holiday camp CHALET
Thing worn to show rank or membership BADGE
Tiny . . . was a Dickens boy TIM
To do with sight VISUAL
Turn these to reverse the odds TABLES
Wading bird with long down-curved beak CURLEW
Weeps heavily for boss SOBS