Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 3 2007

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Clues Answers
'Beauty is only . . . .-. . . .' SKINDEEP
A ruler with unrestricted power DESPOT
A trumpet or ice cream holder CORNET
An American biscuit COOKIE
Avian home BIRDSNEST
Believer in Chinese religious and philosophical system TAOIST
Blood-sucking insect or sound of old clock TICK
Condition of being a specified person IDENTITY
Dangerous building or vehicle - could be lethal DEATHTRAP
English game or chirping insect CRICKET
Fat melted from roasted meat DRIPPING
Feeling pain or informally angry SORE
Feels tingling sensation in skin ITCHES
Franz . . . . ., 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist LISZT
Funny man, often stand-up COMIC
Gloomy and unsociable MOROSE
Greek god of love, Cupid EROS
Grind between the teeth CHEW
Clues Answers
Imprison without trial - a junior doctor? INTERN
Kind of arachnid with pincers and stinging tail SCORPION
Kind of willows for weaving - Rosie's? OSIERS
Laud, praise EXTOL
Leopard-like cat of S America OCELOT
List of items for committee business AGENDA
Made choice in ballot VOTED
Makes whinnying sound like horse NEIGHS
Not paid by the agreed time, late OVERDUE
Of anchor, hanging just clear of sea-bed AWEIGH
Of train, force off the tracks DERAIL
Remote as a heavenly body METEOR
Sent son to find short poems SONNETS
Skill in handling things DEXTERITY
Soup made from bovine appendage OXTAIL
The back of the head OCCIPUT
The highest point, as in the sky ZENITH
Upper fortified part of Greek city, as in Athens ACROPOLIS