Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 13 1999

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Clues Answers
'Fine words butter no . . .' PARSNIPS
A slender wooden rod for weaving CANE
An informal inhibition or emotional problem HANGUP
Ascribes with impetus IMPUTES
Awards or bestows GRANTS
Bad verse DOGGEREL
Bay between France and Spain BISCAY
Bone at front of lower leg SHIN
Cereal plant or 19th century French painter MILLET
Close combat between fighter aircraft DOGFIGHT
Dumas novel 'The Count of Monte . . .' CRISTO
F Scott Fitzgerald wrote 'The Great . . .' GATSBY
Fine china named after German city DRESDEN
Former name of Zimbabwe RHODESIA
Gaelic friends CAIRDE
Huge stone used in prehistoric monuments MEGALITH
Clues Answers
In disagreement or conflict with ATODDS
Inconvenient or awkward UNTOWARD
J M Barrie's boy who never grew up PETERPAN
Move in tiny increments INCH
Old word for good-looking, perhaps a maiden COMELY
Old word for near, as the end may be NIGH
Person who talks lengthily - or a balloon? WINDBAG
Sign of the twins GEMINI
Spread into every part of PERMEATE
Stuff that sticks ADHESIVE
Suffocation, condition caused by lack of oxygen ASPHYXIA
The drug in tobacco NICOTINE
Touch or handle clumsily, perhaps in pocket FUMBLE
Towels for the most humble LOWEST
Traditional suicide in Japan HARAKIRI
Try, make effort ATTEMPT