Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 6 2010

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Brightly-coloured tropical bird PARROT
Central mass of a cell NUCLEUS
Chief island of Hawaii OAHU
Cubicle, booth KIOSK
Decorative bunch of cords TASSEL
Dish the dirt GOSSIP
Displeasing to the senses UGLY
Drag along behind TOW
Emissaries ENVOYS
Fish-eating diving bird LOON
Hairpiece TOUPEE
Heavy waterproofed cloth OILSKIN
Intoxicating drink ALCOHOL
It's said to be golden SILENCE
Like a lion LEONINE
Making bread, cake or pastry BAKING
Merger into one FUSION
Miniature whirlpools EDDIES
Mocks DERIDES
Mollusc with firmly-closed shell CLAM
More comical FUNNIER
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Mythological water-nymph NAIAD
Negation of a word NON
Of wooded areas SILVAN
One thing on a list ITEM
Organ for flying WING
Pastry crust with filling PIE
Prod, urge GOAD
Relative heaviness WEIGHT
Remove from power DEPOSE
Republic on the west coast of Africa GABON
Russian ballet company BOLSHOI
Ship VESSEL
Sinew TENDON
Small case for paper money WALLET
Small light boat CANOE
Soft and downy FLUFFY
Stipulated condition PROVISO
Ten years DECADE
The likelihood of something occurring rather than not ODDS
Treeless grassy plain, in the old West perhaps PRAIRIE
Where the orchestra sits at an opera PIT