Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 26 2002

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''No man is a hero to . . . . . . . .'' (3, 5) HISVALET
A French cake GATEAU
A gentle kind of bid TENDER
A short stiff punch JAB
Adapt to new conditions ADJUST
Capital of Iran TEHRAN
Chatter in thoughtless way - like brook? BABBLE
Coarse like soil EARTHY
Common figure of speech METAPHOR
Commonwealth East African country, capital Dodoma TANZANIA
Danish self-governing island, the world's largest GREENLAND
Entertain at own expense TREAT
First the one, then the other ALTERNATE
Free from restraining bonds or ropes UNTIE
Gambol, caper FROLIC
Great ocean mammals WHALES
In brief, notation for last month ULT
Indigestion of cardiac origin? HEARTBURN
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Kind of newt found in clefts EFT
Modern name for old Cathay CHINA
Most important seat of committee CHAIR
Nathaniel . . . . . . . . . wrote ''The Scarlet Letter'' HAWTHORNE
One more time AGAIN
Open and obvious OVERT
Proud long-tailed birds PEACOCKS
Put sword back in covering SHEATHED
Refrain from insisting on rights WAIVE
Refuses to have anything to do with, perhaps in business (8) BOYCOTTS
Rounded and plump ROTUND
Rushed forward like wave SURGED
Set fire to LIT
Thick French soup POTAGE
Triangular patches of land at mouths of rivers DELTAS
Very small allowance or wage PITTANCE
Widespread destruction and disorder HAVOC
Words of a musical LIBRETTO