Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 23 2008

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Clues Answers
Alleviates EASES
Application, concentration ATTENTION
Ball, globe SPHERE
Become visible or seem APPEAR
Birds of prey that feed on carrion VULTURES
Care about the maple ACER
Climbing fruiting plant VINE
Climbs awkwardly or stirs vigorously SCRAMBLES
Data processor COMPUTER
Dwellings HOUSES
Eastern continent ASIA
Equipment to break a fall from the sky PARACHUTE
Generator, source AUTHOR
House of prayer TEMPLE
In short supply SCARCE
Landscape of great interest in Co Clare BURREN
Legendary stories MYTHS
Magician, wizard SORCERER
Clues Answers
Men's swimsuits on an elephants? TRUNKS
Mentally most healthy SANEST
Motifs, subjects THEMES
Nearly, all but ALMOST
Person who enforces discipline in a political party WHIP
Pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry ALCHEMY
Put into, bank account say DEPOSIT
Rejoinder, retort RESPONSE
Scandinavian kingdom SWEDEN
Street name for MDMA ECSTASY
Sudden expulsions of air from the lungs COUGHS
Surface for ice- or roller-skating RINKS
The mother of invention NECESSITY
The name of a book, say TITLE
The Tuesday before Lent SHROVE
Type of neckwear CRAVAT
Type of summerhouse GAZEBO
With dearest, they're our loved ones NEAREST