Irish Times (Simplex) - Dec 21 2018

Clues	Answers
Animal that eats other animals	PREDATOR
Birthplace of the 44th US president	HAWAII
Break free from confinement	ESCAPE
Briefcase or diplomat	ATTACHE
Debate or dispute	ARGUMENT
Declare to be true	AVER
Deduct	SUBTRACT
Every year	ANNUALLY
Go away	DEPART
Greek god of love	EROS
Having most weight	HEAVIEST
Imposed a penalty on	PUNISHED
International match	TEST
Investigation of component parts	ANALYSIS
Large masses of rock	BOULDERS
Made use of	UTILISED

Clues	Answers
Military forces	TROOPS
Monetary unit in several countries	DOLLAR
Pact, accord	TREATY
Prepares for performance by practice	TRAINS
Pulled out of the ground, a tree perhaps	UPROOTED
Refuse to endorse	VETO
Refuse to notice	IGNORE
Repeat aloud from memory	RECITE
Small camp some distance away from the main army	OUTPOST
Small invertebrate creature	INSECT
Stern or very plain	AUSTERE
The Mikado or Pirates of Penzance, say	OPERETTA
The wearing away by weather	EROSION
Traditionally suits, shirts etc.	MENSWEAR
Verse of a poem	STANZA
We have twelve of them	MONTHS

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