Irish Times (Simplex) - Aug 22 2009

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Alleviates EASES
Break free ESCAPE
Cab TAXI
Cards used by fortune-tellers TAROT
Climbs down attached to a rope ABSEILS
Cooked in hot water STEWED
Dirty and unpleasant GROTTY
Erase, remove DELETE
Except when UNLESS
Extensive landed property DEMESNE
Fight, struggle BATTLE
German songs for piano and voice LIEDER
Give authority or permission to SANCTION
Hi cowmen, fancy a Chinese dish? CHOWMEIN
Inflammation from exposure to cold and moisture CHILBLAIN
Nirvana, paradise HEAVEN
Not so fast SLOWER
Old coins worth a quarter of a penny FARTHINGS
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Periods of 100 years CENTURIES
Pigment that accounts for skin colour MELANIN
Places in a grave INTERS
Prevaricators LIARS
Satisfy (thirst) SLAKE
Scented lozenge to sweeten the breath CACHOU
Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean AEGEAN
Select and kill to reduce numbers CULL
Six-legged creatures INSECTS
Small axes with short handles HATCHETS
Small ornamental case on a necklace LOCKET
Something unusual, perhaps collectable RARITY
The right to take property if an obligation is not discharged LIEN
To a moderate degree SOMEWHAT
Top or extreme point SUMMIT
Treeless plain of Arctic regions TUNDRA
Type of lily ARUM
Weighing down with a load BURDENING