Irish Times (Simplex) - Oct 23 1998

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.... the Red, Norwegian explorer who discovered Greenland in 10th century ERIC
..... dictum means any incidental remark OBITER
A pawn or patsy DUPE
A spate of magnetic records TAPES
A temporary substitute STOPGAP
Aborigines of New Zealand MAORIS
Bought goods or slangily informed on SHOPPED
Bread masses or slangy heads LOAVES
Capital of Iran TEHRAN
Circumstances that follow an event AFTERMATH
Comfort in distress SOLACE
Components in a computer network NODES
Dangle or postpone SUSPEND
Doyen of Irish chat shows GAYBYRNE
French soup POTAGE
German composer of 'The Flying Dutchman' WAGNER
He fiddled while Rome burned NERO
Informally stop doing something, or hand across GIVEOVER
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Its capital is Khartoum SUDAN
Literary word for heroic courage or action DERRINGDO
Meeting in which medium attempts to contact the dead SEANCE
One of a coven WITCH
Participant in sport or game PLAYER
Prefix indicating oily OLEO
Sated, stuffed with food GORGED
Scientist in the study of animals ZOOLOGIST
Slight errors caused by forgetfulness LAPSES
Small roles for actors BITPARTS
Something mysterious or puzzling ENIGMA
Something that exists only in the imagination FIGMENT
Unit of moisture precipitated from sky RAINDROP
Units of heat THERMS
Was jealous of, begrudged ENVIED
Withdraw formally from membership or alliance SECEDE
Woodland gods, part men and part goats SATYRS
Worried or subjugated OPPRESSED