Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 23 2002

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''Never look a .... horse in the mouth GIFT
A hard glossy varnish LACQUER
A painting with two panels DIPTYCH
A plan for expenditure BUDGET
A pose for fable teller AESOP
A thick fish soup CHOWDER
Begin journey or explode bomb SETOFF
Dinner chime or slangy medal GONG
Double-cross like Judas BETRAY
Eastern ruler in mire EMIR
Eels found in sediment LEES
Encountered, came into contact MET
Extreme and deplorable, like ignorance ABSYMAL
Famous play: ''A Streetcar Named ......'' DESIRE
Fish flake or weighing device SCALES
Forsake with recklessness ABANDON
Free, costs nothing GRATIS
Hard to pin down, slippery ELUSIVE
Heathens or nature worshippers PAGANS
Hints or gratuities TIPS
Hoodwink, deceive DUPE
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Human clothes horses or protoypes MODELS
Ill, unwell SICK
Impede like trader RETARD
In good physical shape FIT
In Greek myth, ferryman of Hades CHARON
It may contain a small storm TEACUP
It's called a faucet in America TAP
Its capital is Warsaw POLAND
Morning moisture DEW
Non-stick coating for pots and pans TEFLON
Of land, ploughed but unplanted FALLOW
Patois, vernacular ARGOT
Repeatedly, many times OFTEN
Reward for prison guard WARDER
Roman god of war MARS
Sits for painter POSES
Thin skins or papers TISSUES
Traditional women entertainers of men in Japan GEISHAS
Very old, belonging to times long ago ANCIENT
Went voluntarily without food FASTED
Where the pilot sits in plane COCKPIT