Irish Times (Simplex) - Apr 1 2002

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''All work and no play makes Jack . ... ...'' ADULLBOY
Baldness, loss of hair ALOPECIA
Burns with water SCALDS
Cut sheep's woll with large scissors SHEAR
Device for controlling flow of gas through pipe VALVE
Dish made of eggs and filling OMELETTE
Expend in amusement USE
Fencing swords EPEES
Former state as for unbaptised souls LIMBO
God of the Muslims ALLAH
Great amphitheatre in Rome, recently repaired COLOSSEUM
Great plains of S America PAMPAS
Help, Mr Morse SOS
Insect with four coloured wings and feelers BUTTERFLY
Louisa May ...... wrote ''Little Women'' ALCOTT
Made slack, eased as with grip LOOSENED
Make less severe as with pain ALLEVIATE
Maps for ship's captain CHARTS
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Odious, being earthborn ABHORRENT
Of book, with pages crumpled at the corners DOGEARED
Of eyes, having watery discharge RHEUMY
One who uses ridicule or irony in writings SATIRIST
Oscar, great Irish writer WILDE
Partially, to a degree SOMEWHAT
Peculiar like sailor's drink (3) RUM
Peculiar or uneven ODD
Percy ...... Shelley, great Engligh poet BYSSHE
Prefix meaning excessively, perhaps active HYPER
Rely on, trust DEPEND
Shed hair or skin prior to new growth MOULTS
Standoffish like a fool ALOOF
Substance or material - not spirit MATTER
System in Muslim communities of keeping women from the sight of men PURDAH
Tiny plant found on rocks and trees LICHEN
Universal like major religion CATHOLIC
Worn and threadbare SHABBY