Irish Times (Simplex) - Aug 28 1997

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'Too many cooks spoil ......' THEBROTH
'Whom the ....... die young' GODSLOVE
Asphyxiate, throttle STRANGLE
Backwards and forwards TOANDFRO
Ballot, franchise VOTE
By word of mouth ORAL
Feast of birth of Christ NATIVITY
Get baby off the bottle WEAN
Greek goddess of retribution NEMESIS
Hard to understand, recondite ABSTRUSE
He dispenses prescriptions CHEMIST
He does not believe in a god ATHEIST
He was last to stab Julius Caesar BRUTUS
Loaf about in germinal way MALINGER
Maps for captains CHARTS
Musical prelude to opera or ballet OVERTURE
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Peerless beams for railway tracks SLEEPERS
Plant lice like greenfly APHIDS
Portugal's unit of money ESCUDO
Saccaharine legume for favourite flower SWEETPEA
Scientific study of character formation or animal behaviour, like theology ETHOLOGY
Small basket for berries PUNNET
Sounds characteristic of pig GRUNTS
Texas city where JFK was assassinated DALLAS
The A in A.D. ANNO
The only English pope ADRIAN
Traits of narrow sort STRAIT
Unit of money in Russia ROUBLE
Water land to increase fertility IRRIGATE
Whole number, not fraction INTEGER
Young salmon returning to river to spawn GRILSE