Irish Times (Simplex) - Mar 15 2008

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Clues Answers
A door swings on them HINGES
A poem of 14 lines SONNET
A slang 100mph - heavy TON
Acknowledge applause as actor does BOW
Amphibious Arctic tusked animal WALRUS
Antarctic seabird with flippers for wings PENGUIN
Beach or single hair STRAND
Bitter feeling or ill-will RANCOUR
Black bird or chess piece ROOK
Bliss, ecstasy RAPTURE
Box for practice SPAR
Bring into action, say troops DEPLOY
Countries east of the Mediterranean ORIENT
Daze with nuts STUN
Disgusting, quite evil VILE
Dismissed or ignited FIRED
Droop in the middle - it's gas SAG
Enter in accounts as sum owed DEBIT
Existing in excessive quantity TOOMUCH
Flavours or penchants TASTES
Flying toy or kind of hawk KITE
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He initiated the theory of evolution DARWIN
Imaginary line around middle of the earth EQUATOR
Imputes to force with which a body moves IMPETUS
Lively or triumphant joy GLEE
Lots of things on pet menu UMPTEEN
Made high complaining cry as of a dog WHINED
Mesh or web NET
Mighty hunter of Genesis NIMROD
Multi-coloured arc in the sky RAINBOW
Native of Oxford OXONIAN
Nightclub security doorman BOUNCER
Official tour at public expense, often frowned on JUNKET
Old female headgear, once popular at Easter BONNET
Once tame, now wild again FERAL
Persuades with prospect of pleasure or riches TEMPTS
Pre-euro currency unit of Ireland PUNT
Pulled or pushed with abrupt movement JERKED
Reject greeting or approach SNUB
The mountain ash tree ROWAN
Tiredness after long plane trip JETLAG
Wept heavily SOBBED