Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 9 2003

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Clues Answers
''. . . . . . . . . is the mother of invention'' NECESSITY
A ballerina's short skirt TUTU
A disorderly crowd of unruly people RABBLE
A roof beam RAFTER
A sauce to go with fish TARTAR
A Spanish public celebration FIESTA
Addicted to alcoholic drink BIBULOUS
Ardent sec provides wine flasks for table DECANTERS
Changes, makes different ALTERS
Expunge, rub out DELETE
Flings it in suffocating manner STIFLING
Great French novelist found in stupor PROUST
Intensely delighted and proud ELATED
Italy's water city VENICE
Let or hire a ship or aircraft CHARTER
Made to waken or to become excited ROUSED
Make known to by way of reduction INTRODUCE
Member of youth organisation, sings around campfires BOYSCOUT
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Moneys paid to ride on train or bus FARES
Most cautious about giving information CAGIEST
On a grand scale, like heroic poem EPIC
Page of a book LEAF
Polite and friendly AFFABLE
Propelled like a hard bargain DRIVEN
Real dirt or obscenity FILTH
Release from confinement or loosen garment LETOUT
Roll of fat around the tummy SPARETYRE
Seats in theatre nearest the stage STALLS
Seed of a tropical tree grated as spice NUTMEG
Sour Igor being most severe RIGOROUS
State of rest or tranquility REPOSE
Supplementary verdict brought in by jury RIDER
The first recorded murder victim ABEL
The steps on a ladder RUNGS
The telling of a lie under oath PERJURY
Wearing torn clothes or lacking smoothness RAGGED