Irish Times (Simplex) - Jul 9 2002

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A finger-joint KNUCKLE
A kind of white frost HOAR
A small round stone PEBBLE
A thorn or a gibe BARB
Al . . . . . ., great American ''mammy'' singer (6) JOLSON
Badge or representative device EMBLEM
By . . . . - from memory without thought ROTE
Confer, award BESTOW
Cover as for jar LID
Dilate on particulars DETAIL
Distant, or slangily unconventional FAROUT
Expertise level in juso DAN
Fits into, intertwines MESHES
Goldsmith novel ''The . . . . . . . Wakefield'' (5, 2) VICAROF
Great 17th century Italian astronomer and physicist GALILEO
Great clock-tower in Westminster BIGBEN
Group of islands in th west Indies BAHAMAS
Hoses, pipes, lines etc TUBES
Hurt, injure HARM
Joan of Arc was known as the Maid of . . . . . . . ORLEANS
Kind of fish - lose it SOLE
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Lacking footwear like hounds UNSHOD
Lost or confused - on the briny? ATSEA
Makes amends for entitlements RIGHTS
Much larger than average, say clothes OUTSIZE
Of complexion, ruddy FLORID
Of the colour of lead, being furiously angry LIVID
Ornamental strip to conceal curtain-rail PELMET
Plant juice for silly ass SAP
Pull or take out - maybe a tooth EXTRACT
Roman god of war MARS
Sacred Book of the Jews TALMUD
Shop around to be classy POSH
Slang, an employee who runs errands GOFER
Small open glass with straight sides and a lip BEAKER
Spread over as with bedclothes BLANKET
Stopper for closing hole in barrel BUNG
task for Hebrew leader noted for misfortunes JOB
Unaffected, genuine NATURAL
Unvarying kind of costume UNIFORM
Uprights in cricket wicket STUMPS
Vulgar or frequent COMMON