Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 18 2022

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A meal REPAST
Abided by the rules OBSERVED
Business or marital mates PARTNERS
Clear and separate from others DISTINCT
Column of vertebrae SPINE
Commissioned members of the military OFFICERS
Compulsive, fixated OBSESSIVE
Distances downward DEPTHS
Exclamation to startle BOO
Fold the tent and depart DECAMP
Freight of ship, plane or truck CARGO
Handcart for the Irish river BARROW
Happen OCCUR
Hello to the old Romans AVE
Hindering progress HAMPERING
Ideas or explanations which have not yet been proved THEORIES
Located inside INNER
Manufacturing plants FACTORIES
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More secure SAFER
Motorised vehicle CAR
Normal level or standard PAR
Obsessive and persistent fear of something PHOBIA
Offspring or edition ISSUE
Plan or pattern DESIGN
Remove, wipe out ERASE
Rented LEASED
Result, consequence EFFECT
Small pieces left over SCRAPS
Stopped or slowed down development ARRESTED
Stringed instrument VIOLIN
Sweeping brush BROOM
Systematic plan of action SCHEME
Take charge, of a film perhaps DIRECT
Task performed to develop skill EXERCISE
The use of exaggeration for effect HYPERBOLE
Wild oat pesto for the vegetables POTATOES