Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 10 2008

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Aid, abet ASSIST
Ask for earnestly ENTREAT
Attractive or cunning CUTE
British peer EARL
Broken into sharp pieces SHATTERED
Commend PRAISE
Contend or debate ARGUE
Contest in which teams pull opposite ends of a rope TUGOFWAR
Defeating by a narrow margin NOSING
Deliberately ONPURPOSE
Dozen TWELVE
Drinking tubes STRAWS
Elephant's ivories TUSKS
Enclosed territory, culturally distinct the one that surrounds it ENCLAVE
Exhorting, goading URGING
Fast-running African bird OSTRICH
First letters INITIALS
It was leased by Britain in 1842 and returned to China in 1997 HONGKONG
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Keen, knifelike SHARP
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavour INFUSE
Pieces of cloth trailing from the backs of gowns TRAINS
Pressing, immediate URGENT
Propose or drop a hint SUGGEST
Provides evidence for PROVES
Quick look GLANCE
Raises trivial objections CAVILS
Remove from a position or office OUST
Renounce, disown REPUDIATE
Ribbonlike strip of pasta NOODLE
Roman emperor said to have made his horse a consul CALIGULA
Sharp, shrewd ASTUTE
Shrimp-like crustacean PRAWN
Two-wheeled open wagon CART
Wandered MEANDERED
Water or wine bottle CARAFE
Wing of a bird PINION