Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 19 2009

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A former soviet state UKRAINE
A little of it is said to be a dangerous thing LEARNING
Behemoths, titans GIANTS
Checks growth or development STUNTS
Chinese fruit LYCHEE
Come into possession of OBTAIN
Deceive, break trust BETRAY
Decrease gradually PARE
Deserved, merited EARNED
Dive, plummet PLUNGE
Dressed in torn clothes RAGGED
Expel from a country DEPORT
Fully ready to be eaten RIPE
Gain hash in the Chinese city SHANGHAI
Give one thing and get another back EXCHANGE
Harvests CROPS
Her car is targeted by one with a bow and arrow ARCHER
Ill-mannered RUDE
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In consequence of that THEREBY
Issues PUBLISHES
Mat has difficult breathing ASTHMA
Moneylender who charges excessive rates of interest USURER
On time PUNCTUAL
One celestial body obscuring another ECLIPSE
One or the other EITHER
Practical joke or trick PRANK
Reader in church LECTOR
Recurring rounds of events CYCLES
Revered, hallowed VENERATED
Stratagems, tricks RUSES
Terns and tits, say BIRDS
The colour of clarets SCARLET
Those one doesn't know STRANGERS
Thought IDEA
Touchstones, criteria STANDARDS
Unit of a poem STANZA