Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 24 2011

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Clues Answers
'Allow room for someone else (4,3)' MAKEWAY
'Make less severe, pain say (7)' ASSUAGE
'Sign of the zodiac, the fish (6)' PISCES
A soft gentle breeze ZEPHYR
Affectedly dainty or refined PRIM
Attack on all sides BESET
Bi-valve with firmly-closed shell CLAM
Black and white diving birds AUKS
Boring and lacking liveliness INSIPID
Chief male servant BUTLER
Courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge SIDEBAR
Fishing-boat TRAWLER
Food made from curdled milk YOGHURT
Foul-smelling FOETID
Group of islands in the South Pacific SAMOA
Hotel entrance hall FOYER
Huge downpour DELUGE
Large enclosed shopping area MALL
Legal document issued by a court WRIT
Lever to activate a firing mechanism TRIGGER
Of the ear AURAL
Clues Answers
Pale and pinched-looking WAN
Piece of playground equipment SEESAW
Pieces of furniture TABLES
Pointless FUTILE
Races between teams RELAYS
Respectful address for a man SIR
Rubbed out ERASED
Run with long bounding steps LOPE
Rush-like plants growing in wet places SEDGES
Short-lived craze FAD
Sloping beam that supports the roof RAFTER
Soft and soggy mass MUSH
Spur on EXHORT
Strike hard repeatedly BATTER
Stringed instrument ZITHER
The process of joining two or more into one FUSION
Under normal conditions USUALLY
Unit of music BAR
Very small TINY
Was his singing a strain? SINATRA
Without exaggeration or embellishment LITERAL