Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 17 1999

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Clues Answers
Alluring woman or nymph in Muslim paradise HOURI
Banker from Northern Italy LOMBARD
Bone of the forearm ULNA
Buff-coloured cotton cloth NANKEEN
Ciphers NUMBERS
Club to smooth the cloth IRON
Degrade or devalue DEBASE
Depiction of a scene by people in costume TABLEAU
Dirt remover CLEANER
Drink once supposed to prolong life indefinitely ELIXIR
Extinguish the cigarette on a counterfoil STUB
Fish in a beam of light RAY
Flow out EBB
Fur for an English judge ERMINE
Gentle stroke of the hand with fluent repetition PAT
Girl for an old Indian coin ANNA
Grey of face ASHEN
Hold the car mechanism tight CLUTCH
Home for the dog KENNEL
Incautious and unprepared for danger UNWARY
Irish lake CORRIB
Clues Answers
It has three legs TRIPOD
It's found on the inner side of a garment LINING
Italian wine CHIANTI
Its speed was emulated by Shakespeare's creeping schoolboy SNAIL
Lithe and pliant SUPPLE
Measure of capacity LITRE
Mend shoes with a paving stone? COBBLE
Model or design from which to make clothes, say PATTERN
Off one's route or lost ASTRAY
Put a question ASK
Put an end to ABOLISH
Shrewd and sagacious ASTUTE
Small crawling creatures or disease-germs BUGS
Small dog POODLE
So be it in prayer AMEN
Song-bird CANARY
Systems of government or courses of treatment REGIMES
Title corresponding to Mr for some Hindus BABU
Tree to grieve for PINE
Unvarying as military dress UNIFORM
Writer of other days SCRIBE