Irish Times (Simplex) December 22 2004 crossword clues & answers

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Irish Times (Simplex) Dec 22 2004

Clue	Answer
'Better late . . . . . . . . .'	THANNEVER
'Cleanliness is akin to . . . . . . . . .'	GODLINESS
'Many are called but few are . . . . . .'	CHOSEN
A disproving or rejection of evidence	REBUTTAL
A sheep's wool coating	FLEECE
A swelling at the base of the big toe	BUNION
A very heavy fall of rain	DELUGE
Attack from concealed position	AMBUSH
Bees' wax structure for holding eggs and honey	HONEYCOMB
Calculated to arouse sexual desire	EROTIC
Cut away or trimmed branches or twigs	LOPPED
Evade, sidestep	DODGE
Fit to eat	EDIBLE
Group specially organised for particular operation	TASKFORCE
In music, with spirit and verve	CONBRIO
Informally, effeminate boys or cowardly men	SISSIES
Informally, only moderately good	SOSO
It used to be Persia	IRAN
Japanese system of unarmed combat	KARATE
Make offer in gentle way	TENDER
Make quiet or still - that's an order?	BECALM
Method of encryption or set of rules	CODE
Not liable to, protected from	IMMUNE
Not working, but available to be summoned	ONCALL
Of complexion, red or ruddy	RUBICUND
One cat with hydrocarbon compound occurring in petrol	OCTANE
Openings in ship's sides to carry off water from deck	SCUPPERS
Required, wanted	NEEDED
Strode around English county	DORSET
The longest foot race	MARATHON
The perfect garden	EDEN
The remainder, what is left over	RESIDUE
Thing worn to show, say, membership of organisation	BADGE
Unhealthily fat	OBESE
Weeds out to get turnip	SWEDE
Without direction or ambition	AIMLESS

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