Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 4 2019

Clues	Answers
Administered a toxin	POISONED
Anything abnormally large and powerful	BEHEMOTH
Branched centrepieces for the table	EPERGNES
Debated, contended	ARGUED
Dried grape	RAISIN
Grade, step or award	DEGREE
Grant to help defray costs	SUBSIDY
Higher in rank or age	SENIOR
Inform, tell	APPRISE
Is sire out of these flowers?	IRISES
It's difficult to say how long a piece of it is	STRING
Models do it	POSE
One or the other	EITHER
Plant scientist	BOTANIST
Plausible but false	SPURIOUS
Region in S America has a French flavour?	GUIANA

Clues	Answers
Second son	ABEL
Self-righteous one in the Bible	PHARISEE
Silver-tongued, fluent	ELOQUENT
Sliding storage box	DRAWER
Small slender breed of dog like a greyhound	WHIPPET
Strange, odd	PECULIAR
Sudden bound	LEAP
The Fab Four	BEATLES
The trachea	WINDPIPE
This motive is concealed	ULTERIOR
Title of respect for member of the clergy	REVEREND
US hadron out in Central America	HONDURAS
US Upper House	SENATE
Walk heavily, as if through mud	TRUDGE
Withdraw formally from membership	SECEDE
Woman's singing voice	ALTO

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