Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 8 2006

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Clues Answers
'If the . . . fits, wear it' (3 CAP
A gentle way to be stylish ELEGANT
A lump of turf SOD
A minor quarrel of disagreement TIFF
A step on a ladder RUNG
An animal's den LAIR
Arabs call them ships of the desert CAMELS
Black and white flightless Antarctic bird PENGUIN
Cut this knot to solve problem forcefully GORDIAN
Drink of the gods NECTAR
Drove forward as in fencing LUNGED
Fail to attend to properly, task or person NEGLECT
Feeble or ineffective man WIMP
First appearance in society DEBUT
Former ruler of Venice DOGE
Friend who communicates through letters PENPAL
Glass pieces in windows PANES
Grows larger like posh people SWELLS
Halting or unconvincing LAME
Handling things neatly, skilful DEFT
Help, Mr Morse SOS
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Household rubbish is placed in it BIN
Line of descent or ancestry LINEAGE
Looked long and hard at STARED
Lures, perhaps into sin TEMPTS
Make small restless movements with hands FIDGET
Members of the British Conservative Party TORIES
Milady's chamber BOUDOIR
Monster with many eyes slain by Hermes in Greek myth ARGUS
Plant like mushroom or toadstool FUNGUS
Rebut it as mark of respect TRIBUTE
Remove impurities as from oil REFINE
Sacred Book of the Jews TALMUD
Shifty, not direct EVASIVE
Soon, presently ANON
Tangled and untidy, as hair may be UNKEMPT
They are banded together for mutual support ALLIES
Title of Indian philosopher Gautama 5th century BC BUDDHA
Tormented by jeering - using fish food? BAITED
Unable to sleep WAKEFUL
Whittled as with pencil PARED
Woodland gods with goats' ears and legs SATYRS