Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 14 2002

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'There's .. ..... without fire ' NOSMOKE
A Cockney's wife is his trouble and .....(60 STRIFE
A doubter being stubborn OBDURATE
A series of supplications to God LITANY
Avoiding life's realities by indulging in fantasies ESCAPISM
Beams of light RAYS
Crooked- be wary AWRY
Declare without proof ALLEGE
Dickens novel' The ........ Papers' PICKWICK
Endures longer than OUTLASTS
Excessively or improperly UNDULY
Fiasco, a right mess DEBACLE
Foreign girl who does housework for her keep AUPAIR
He's no aid to sticker ADHESION
Lazt dame found reacting in state of great surprise AMAZEDLY
Man admired for courage and nobility HERO
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Mark over vowel in German to indicate change in pronunciation UMLAUT
Masticate between the teeth CHEW
Medicine designed to induce vomiting EMETIC
Money or gifts generously given LARGESSE
Moneys loaned but not recoverable BADDEBTS
Nonsense or litter RUBBISH
Partial likeness between two things being compared ANALOGY
Parts of eyes or flowering plants IRISES
Revolving, moving around in circles GYRATING
Sign of the Twins ( 6) GEMINI
Staple for cloth folds PLEATS
Surpass in splendour like the sun OUTSHINE
Take over control by force, as of plane HIJACK
The power of determining one's own actions FREEWILL
They seize power or position wrongfully USURPERS
Useless, producing no results FUTILE