Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 14 2019

Clues	Answers
Antagonist, opponent	ADVERSARY
At a higher level	ADVANCED
Boat used to scoop out mud etc. from the bottom of a river	DREDGER
Casual top	TSHIRT
Cut-off trousers	SHORTS
Divides in two	HALVES
Expressed gratitude	THANKED
Flexible, springy	ELASTIC
For protection against the elements	UMBRELLA
Goal, objective	TARGET
Hearing organs	EARS
Hellenic republic	GREECE
Listens and pays attention	HEARS
Long narrow furrow	GROOVE
Manana to the Spanish	TOMORROW
Message received and understood	ROGER
Musical notes equal to two quavers	CROTCHETS
Noisy toy and noisy snake	RATTLE

Clues	Answers
Notice or comment on	REMARK
One with exceptional ability	GENIUS
Put a product through a series of stages	PROCESSED
Relating to tiny particles	ATOMIC
Required something essential	NEEDED
Requiring little effort	EASY
Robber at sea	PIRATE
Sample the flavour	TASTE
Search for water with a rod	DIVINE
Set of performers	CAST
Small light boats	CANOES
Thoughts, notions	IDEAS
Topics, ideas, motifs	THEMES
Unit of speed at sea	KNOT
Unscrupulous or disreputable person	SHYSTER
Untruthfulness	MENDACITY
Using needles and wool	KNITTING
Wrote one's name on	SIGNED

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