Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 6 2008

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Clues Answers
Amazes, astonishes ASTOUNDS
American big cats PANTHERS
Anne, second wife of Henry VIII BOLEYN
Changes to suit a new purpose ADAPTS
Chubby PLUMP
Colourful ornamental carp KOI
Columns of light SHAFTS
Deceitful, double-dealing TWOFACED
Decorative plasterwork STUCCO
Expel gas through the mouth BELCH
Figures of speech, use of one thing to represent another, say METAPHORS
Frivolous, off-hand FLIPPANT
From that time SINCE
Fusillade, volley SALVO
Highest points PEAKS
It's played at bedtime in the army LASTPOST
Lyric poem ODE
Mixture of dry cereals and fruits MUESLI
Clues Answers
Obtain money with menaces EXTORT
One or more large merchant ships ARGOSY
Person who takes pleasure from inflicting pain on others SADIST
Philanthropists ALTRUISTS
Pigment, colour HUE
Prefix for extreme, above and beyond ULTRA
Priest's long sleeveless vestment CHASUBLE
Provide furniture with padding, springs etc UPHOLSTER
Provoking or stirring up INCITING
Putting a question ASKING
Relative magnitudes of two quantities RATIO
Renounce power ABDICATE
Rowing pole OAR
Star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous SUPERNOVA
Temporary interruptions PAUSES
Temporary substitute doctors LOCUMS
Thin on the ground SPARSE
Urge or propel IMPEL