Irish Times (Simplex) - Sep 17 2002

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Clues Answers
A cowboy's rope with noose LARIAT
A leisurely walk STROLL
A sixfold quantity SEXTUPLE
Able to read and write LITERATE
Absurd behaviour intended to amuse ANTICS
Archaic brothers BRETHREN
Choice or selection OPTION
Compact mass of people banded together, or old Greek battle line PHALANX
Dish of beaten eggs, often with filling OMELETTE
Dumas wrote ''The Count of Monte . . . . . . '' CRISTO
He believes pleasure is the chief good in life HEDONIST
Hottest period of the year - hard on canines? DOGDAYS
In a hasty or rash way - falling thus? HEADLONG
Informally a strange or eccentric person WEIRDO
Insecure in cushy job SINECURE
Make holy or sacred SANCTIFY
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Member of a native American family living in Mexico until the 15th century MAYA
Pass around with snakes ASPS
Person who believes there is no God ATHEIST
Place where great valuables are stored TREASURY
Put hole through, penetrate PIERCE
Reproached or criticised CENSURED
Salt and pepper are kept in them CRUETS
Self-government, independence AUTONOMY
Soft to the touch like plush cloth VELVETY
Spellbound in part RAPT
Tape for a head PATE
Teases in good-humoured way CHAFFS
The capital of Malta VALLETTA
Urges or drives to do something IMPELS
Word shouted in attach on enemy WARCRY
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