Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 24 2003

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''Friday's child is . . . . . . and giving'' LOVING
''If wishes were horses, . . . . . . would ride'' BEGGARS
Amount of medicine to be taken at one time DOSE
Beyond the age of effectiveness, too old PASTIT
Burden as of responsibility ONUS
Celestial body orbiting round a star PLANET
Devote to a special purpose, say time or energy DEDICATE
Disaster, extreme misfortune CALAMITY
Distraught in France DISTRAIT
Fall down or lose strength suddenly COLLAPSE
Go away secretly after wrongdoing ABSCOND
Grotesque gutter spout from glory age GARGOYLE
Having strong or regular beat as in music RHYTHMIC
Herman . . . . . . . . wrote ''Moby Dick'' MELVILLE
Hostility between opposing people or countries ENMITY
Incidentally - at the roadside? BYTHEWAY
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Informally, the clothing business RAGTRADE
Keep or hold back RETAIN
Kiss and caress slangily SMOOCH
Male horse lost in atolls STALLION
Not easy on the eye UGLY
Of a whole group or kind GENERIC
Of wound, mend and get better HEAL
Office or factory restaurant CANTEEN
Once more, again - in Latin phrase DENOVO
Passive, not working or in motion INACTIVE
Roof of the mouth, and sense of taste PALATE
Shakespeare: ''This . . . . . . . ., to thine own self be true'' ABOVEALL
showing warmth of feeling, extrovert HEARTY
Spanish city famous for manufacture of steel blades TOLEDO
Turkey's capital ANKARA
White fur worn by some judges ERMINE