Irish Times (Simplex) - May 30 2003

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Able to cause death LETHAL
Animated, being decorated with sparkling substance DIAMANTE
Bury a body INTER
Captains of ships or sports teams SKIPPERS
Citizen of the Big Apple city NEWYORKER
Closer, not so far NEARER
Collection of pus formed in body ABSCESS
Consecrate with blessed oils ANOINT
Cut meat into small pieces, or walk affectedly MINCE
Distinctive atmosphere surrounding a person AURA
Eastern ruler in mire EMIR
Fed lie to pollute DEFILE
Fight tooth . . . . . . . - very fiercly ANDNAIL
Fundamental, forming a starting point BASIC
Hercules had to clear out these stables AUGEAN
Hide or conceal an object SECRETE
Holding back in Tangier RETAINING
Impale can on a bell-tower CAMPANILE
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Informally, certainly not., who's afraid NOFEAR
Loosely coiled bundles of wood SKEINS
Make progress or meet unexpectedly COMEON
Mouth moisture SALIVA
Neat and well dressed DAPPER
Noon MIDDAY
Perform in half-hearted way as if it's a game PLAYAT
Revive unpleasant memory, using garden fork? RAKEUP
Robert . . . . . ., film star of ''Taxi Driver'' and ''Raging Bull'' DENIRO
Shorten by using fewer words ABRIDGE
Small private road as approach to house DRIVEWAY
Tarzan is a fictional one APEMAN
Tasty fruit that tapers towards the stalk PEAR
Ten dramas for skilled workman TRADESMAN
The first known murderer CAIN
This view is a general one from above BIRDSEYE
Tricks or deceptions RUSES
Uselessly, without any progress INVAIN