Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 19 2018

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Augury, portent OMEN
Breed of cattle and Channel Island GUERNSEY
Critical, vital CRUCIAL
Fleshy fungus MUSHROOM
Footwear SHOE
Gained with effort ACHIEVED
Giving authority or means to do something ENABLING
Haphazardly RANDOMLY
Henry Moore or John Behan, say SCULPTOR
Illuminating comment or brief reference, to the French APERCU
It can't be explained MYSTERY
It crosses the nave in church TRANSEPT
Keenness, sharpness ACUITY
Mishap, misadventure ACCIDENT
No longer active or practising LAPSED
One asks questions ENQUIRER
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Payment for the release of someone RANSOM
Place a dead body in a vault ENTOMB
Pointed stems of asparagus SPEARS
Prehistoric woolly elephant MAMMOTH
Proscribe, forbid PROHIBIT
Scandinavian pastry DANISH
Ship's flag and junior officer ENSIGN
Sign of the zodiac, the water-bearer AQUARIUS
Small island ISLE
Standards on which to base judgement CRITERIA
Surrender or relinquish CEDE
The compactness of a substance DENSITY
The quality of being amusing HUMOUR
Threefold TREBLE
Twelve and a half percent EIGHTH
Unsparing and uncompromising SEVERE