Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 30 2001

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A synthetic fabric NYLON
Act of starting a fire IGNITION
Affirmative, colloquially YEA
At a subsequent time LATER
Block of metal INGOT
Business people engaged in trade MERCHANTS
Colour of old photographs SEPIA
Enclose within walls, incarcerate IMMURE
Fabric with short soft pile VELVET
Formerly, edict of the Russian tsar UKASE
Hanging piece of frozen water ICICLE
Holiday VACATION
Horn of the deer ANTLER
Hypotheses THEORIES
Ice, pal, will catch this fish PLAICE
Inhaling audibly SNIFFING
Kiss OSCULATE
Lessening in intensity or amount ABATEMENT
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Metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables DACTYL
Mistakes in printed matter ERRATA
Moving staircase ESCALATOR
Object THING
Pay no attention to IGNORE
Portion or a circle ARC
Reels from side to side STAGGERS
Ridicules, mocks TAUNTS
Shelter from danger or hardship ASYLUM
Small quantities, can be held HANDFULS
Splash, splutter SPLATTER
Strong desire for drink THIRST
Systematic plan SCHEME
The ones farther away THOSE
Thick, sticky liquid distilled from coal TAR
Tiny, scarcely detectable amount SCINTILLA
US amendment guaranteeing the right to silence FIFTH
Vaselike vessel on a pedestal URN