Irish Times (Simplex) - Nov 22 2005

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A gap or missing segment as from book LACUNA
A numeric approach to care of the hands MANICURE
A public discussion DEBATE
Belie fat as trivial inconvenience FLEABITE
Birthplace of St Francis ASSISI
Bodily organ associated with bad temper SPLEEN
Child whose parents are dead ORPHAN
Clabbers in popular word game SCRABBLE
Collar button or horse farm STUD
Difficulty in reading and spelling DYSLEXIA
Fine silky coat of angora goat MOHAIR
Greek hero or novel by James Joyce ULYSSES
Hard shiny stone used by sculptors MARBLE
Informally, a really hot day - it burns! SCORCHER
It used to be Constantinople ISTANBUL
It's tomorrow, senor MANANA
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Lose a decisive contest - meet your . . . . . . . . as Napoleon did WATERLOO
Milady's chamber BOUDOIR
Most recent or most unpunctual LATEST
Notation meaning without delay ASAP
Of language, pompous and not flowing easily TURGID
Open pastry filled with apple or jam TART
Peevish, inclined to complain PETULANT
Person in need of help, like footsore mallard LAMEDUCK
Religious ceremony for driving out an evil spirit EXORCISM
Slick hit may be laughter-inducing TICKLISH
State repeatedly, say again ITERATE
Strode around in English county DORSET
Strongly flavoured Italian sausage SALAMI
The Fab Four composer-singers BEATLES
Verdi's opera set in ancient Egypt AIDA
Very low opinion, sometimes of court CONTEMPT