Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 12 1998

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A long abusive harangue TIRADE
A slangy rascal SCALLYWAG
A small pampered canine LAPDOG
A speech in praise of someone EULOGY
Any alcoholic drink made from distillation LIQUOR
At sea, on the water AFLOAT
Bursts into, enters forcibly IRRUPTS
Ceremonious sounding of trumpets FANFARE
City with the Prado national art gallery MADRID
Commonly, as a rule USUALLY
Do favour for, or compel OBLIGE
Doles out in metal veins LODES
Fastening device for boy scout's kerchief TOGGLE
Fixes firmly into surrounding mass EMBEDS
Half for a dime DEMI
Iridescent quartz-like stone OPAL
Japan's highest peak, dormant volcano FUJIYAMA
Largest nerve in the body SCIATIC
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Lively dance of Bohemian origin POLKA
Long for, desire CRAVE
Loses the head with fright PANICS
National dish, boiled mutton, spuds and onions IRISHSTEW
Neither masculine nor feminine NEUTER
Noble aspirations IDEALS
Not yet eligible to vote UNDERAGE
Of the Germanic peoples TEUTONIC
Old poetic name for Scotland CALEDONIA
Once a year ANNUAL
Protest loudly and bitterly FULMINATE
Retain with part of eye RETINA
Sean ......, post-De Valera taoiseach LEMASS
Shaped like a ball GLOBULAR
The body of a church NAVE
They carry impulses between brain and body NERVES
Walk laboriously, trudge PLOD
Worn out - after shopping? SPENT