Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 15 1999

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China cup for a friar CAPUCHIN
Clear profit or gain NET
Dramatic musicals in which words are sung OPERAS
Duck with soft feathers EIDER
Felt, had mental impression SENSED
Figures of speech TROPES
Full of high spirits, very lively EXUBERANT
George . . ., Irish writer of 'Esther Waters' etc. MOORE
George Eliot novel 'Silas . . .' MARNER
German submarine of WW2 UBOAT
Great river flowing from Turkey through Iraq TIGRIS
Greek goddess of love, like Rome's Venus APHRODITE
Grow like Proust SPROUT
Herbs with long tubular onionflavoured leaves CHIVES
Hinged rod in umbrella RIB
Inflammation of the lungs PNEUMONIA
Ingenuous, easily deceived NAIVE
Initially, a formal flying saucer UFO
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It comprises about four-fifths of the atmosphere NITROGEN
Laws passed by parliament STATUTES
Leg between hip and knee THIGH
Light porous stone used as polishing powder PUMICE
Make more concentrated, or express in fewer words CONDENSE
Meet by chance or enexpectedly ENCOUNTER
Motionless or lifeless INERT
Musical composition for voices, chorus and orchestra with biblical theme ORATORIO
Popular holiday island off West Greece CORFU
Popular TV sci-fi with Mr Spock STARTREK
Resentment, animosity GRUDGE
Roost on trunk? TORSO
Run naughtily nude in public STREAK
Simmered under water? IMMERSED
The calf for the Prodigal Son FATTED
The familiar Mr Van Winkle RIP
Torn irregularly like scarecrow's clothes TATTERED
Withdrawn former statement or belief RECANT