Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 9 2013

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Ambiguities that enable evasion of obligations LOOPHOLES
Aromatic plants used in cooking HERBS
Artificial, man-made SYNTHETIC
Average, not extreme MODERATE
Bandit OUTLAW
Bask in solar heat SUNBATHE
Boundary of bushes HEDGE
Braid showing military rank STRIPE
Careless or random HAPHAZARD
Conjured up in the mind IMAGINED
Consume EAT
Distinctive way of speaking ACCENT
Forceful and with full conviction VEHEMENT
Grasses at river's edge REEDS
Honeysuckle and old cigarette WOODBINE
In short, one treats injuries with exercises etc PHYSIO
It's equal to about 1.75 pints LITRE
Judge the quality ASSESS
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Line, of police say, around an area to prevent entry CORDON
Loop in a rope NOOSE
Mounts or ascends CLIMBS
Not active or moving STATIC
Of a female HER
Ominous, baleful SINISTER
On a floor above UPSTAIRS
One of a kind UNIQUE
Permits ALLOWS
Plausible but false SPECIOUS
Pleasantly chubby PLUMP
Regular and continuous STEADY
Sign of the Lion LEO
Similar ALIKE
Sunbeam and fish RAY
Thinly scattered SPARSE
Venomous snake COBRA
Widespread, worldwide UNIVERSAL