Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 31 2008

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Clues Answers
A very handsome old Greek ADONIS
Away in another country ABROAD
Bad doctors or duck sounds QUACKS
Block forming base of column PLINTH
Boxing weight or domestic fowl BANTAM
Call upon in prayer INVOKE
Description of Tarzans APEMEN
Dire use of the remainder RESIDUE
Grain container for oils SILO
Incoming passengers at airport ARRIVALS
Intense and concentrated beam of light LASER
James Bond liked martinis . . . . . ., not stirred SHAKEN
Japanese spirit made from rice SAKE
Layers of rock on earth's surface STRATA
Leaps about with bursts of laughter PEALS
Linen or silk with woven pattern DAMASK
Makes happy and overjoyed ELATES
Matthew, Mark . . . . and John LUKE
Clues Answers
Moist explosive for failed attempt DAMPSQUIB
Native marsupial Down Under KANGAROO
Offspring, or the point in question ISSUE
Old watch or slang heart TICKER
Oscar Wilde play 'The Importance of Being . . . . . . .' EARNEST
Overly fond of, say spouse DOTING
People who have renounced former beliefs APOSTATES
Primitive or fundamental PRIMAL
Raise your voice - can't hear you SPEAKUP
Segments of spinal column VERTEBRAE
Showed up as false or exaggerated DEBUNKED
State without proof ALLEGE
Steep tea in boiling water INFUSE
Stimulate person to adventurous thought or deed INSPIRE
Stretch or water between Greece and Turkey AEGEANSEA
This month, business notation INST
Took back with decanter RECANTED
Watery fluid from animal tissue SERUM