Irish Times (Simplex) - Apr 30 2005

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Clues Answers
A bishop's staff of office CROZIER
A child's dog BOWWOW
A fleet of vehicles travelling together CONVOY
A palindromic holy woman NUN
An imposing series or display ARRAY
Arid as some wine may be DRY
Back of the neck, used to lift cat SCRUFF
Belonging to a particular place by birth NATIVE
Big . . . is a famous London clock-tower BEN
Commence access to computer system LOGON
Drank or ate greedily GUZZLED
Drinking-glass with stem and foot GOBLET
Extinct birds of Mauritius DODOS
Fall in small drops as from wet clothes DRIP
Feeling, say love or hate EMOTION
Female deer at the rear? HIND
Hospital room with beds WARD
Impolite or coarse RUDE
Joan of Arc was the Maid of . . . . . . . ORLEANS
Kenya's capital NAIROBI
Notation meaning leave as is, don't change spelling STET
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Of voice, made a rough grating sound RASPED
Permanent mark left by a wound SCAR
Person filled with excessive zeal for cause FANATIC
Pimply condition of adolescence ACNE
Pinches and twists, perhaps nose TWEAKS
Score of one under par for hole of golf BIRDIE
Servile followers or archaic servants LACKEYS
Sherlock Holmes's doctor companion WATSON
Short thick stick used as weapon CUDGEL
Something used to lure into a trap DECOY
Spend time idly, having slang head LOAF
Spiky desert plant CACTUS
Spring or swoop down on to attack POUNCE
State of chess king under direct attack INCHECK
Strong man of the Bible, laid low by Delilah SAMSON
Supports for men's trousers BRACES
The person to blame CULPRIT
The Virgin Mary, or a picture or statue of her MADONNA
Visual, of the eyes OCULAR
Way out, exit EGRESS
Wooden or plastic pin for hanging clothes PEG