Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 21 2002

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A noisy badly-behaved fellow LOUT
A really vile smell STENCH
A set of language letters ALPHABET
Add sugar or honey SWEETEN
Animal whose cry sounds like wild laughter HYENAS
Birthplace of St Francis ASSISI
Brutish or cruel, hardly human BESTIAL
Caustic or cutting - like teeth? BITING
Coerce, force to obey COMPEL
Criticises or condemns strongly CENSURES
Dickens boys who asked for more OLIVER
Dreaded grasshopper that swarms and devours LOCUST
Elevate to sainthood CANONISE
Give talk or lesson LECTURED
Great novel by Tolstoy; ''War ... .....'' ANDPEACE
Handled roughly or clawed at MAULED
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Heaven, nirvana, Valhalla etc PARADISE
Horse-game played with loop POLO
Knocked out in boxing jargon KAYOED
Made beer by boiling and fermentation BREWED
Most mildly drunk or fuddled TIPSIEST
Nationality of benito or Giuseppe ITALIAN
Not matter what the obstaclels; .... .... or high water COMEHELL
Of no practical application USELESS
On just one occasion ONCE
Parable or symbolic story ALLEGORY
Penetrate other country with armed forces INVADE
People who live in S Belgium and speak French dialect WALLOONS
Pester, badge HARASS
Quote, refer to CITE
The trachea, less formally WINDPIPE
This man created his own success SELFMADE