Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 17 2015

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''... ... burning bright, in the forests of the night'' (Blake) TIGER
''The curfew tolls the ... of parting day'' (Thomas Gray) KNELL
Antipodean continent AUSTRALIA
Bucket-like vessel TUB
Buddy, companion SIDEKICK
Bump into ENCOUNTER
Cavity for a plug SOCKET
Coalmine and surrounding buildings COLLIERY
Country and porcelain CHINA
Cutting tool KNIFE
Derisory, preposterous ABSURD
Exclude by a negative vote BLACKBALL
Exhorted URGED
Expecting a baby PREGNANT
Explanatory drawings DIAGRAMS
Forgave PARDONED
Gain with effort ATTAIN
Hanging loosely, swinging or swaying DANGLING
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Hill or rocky peak TOR
Imperial measures of land ACRES
In actual fact REALLY
It causes a streak of light in the night sky METEOR
Jemmied, levered PRISED
Large and awkward to carry or manage UNWIELDY
Micro-organisms that can cause disease BACTERIA
One of 12 pairs of curved bones RIB
One's sense of self-importance EGO
Papal court at the Vatican CURIA
Pronounce not guilty of a crime EXONERATE
Rapid and foolish talk BABBLE
Real, existing ACTUAL
Shapeless mass of soft food DOLLOP
Tube of a gun BARREL
Turn inward for the antipodean city DARWIN
Very seldom RARELY
W. H. ... (British poet) AUDEN