Irish Times (Simplex) - Nov 24 2009

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A friendly nation ALLY
Actual, existing REAL
Bureaucratic procedure REDTAPE
Carries out, acts PERFORMS
Censure severely or angrily LAMBASTE
Cluster of flowers along a main stem RACEME
Defendant in a criminal proceeding ACCUSED
Deliberate insults AFFRONTS
Earlier in time BEFORE
Egg dish OMELETTE
Fencing sword EPEE
Five-cent piece in the US NICKLE
Funds put by as reserves NESTEGGS
German composer WAGNER
Gifts PRESENTS
Grain-cutting tool SCYTHE
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Improbable story TALLTALE
Inert medications, given to some in drug trials PLACEBOS
Letter EPISTLE
Letting for money LEASING
Opt for CHOOSE
Pessimism and distrust CYNICISM
Pressure or strain STRESS
Raw UNCOOKED
Ship's flag and junior officer ENSIGN
Southern Spanish city and resort MALAGA
Stimulating substance in coffee CAFFEINE
The sign of the Bull TAURUS
Travelling troubadour MINSTREL
Tread them in theatre BOARDS
Turf PEAT
Young salmon GRILSE