Irish Times (Simplex) - Jan 9 2019

Clues	Answers
A pair	DUO
Accomplishing an objective, efficient	EFFECTIVE
Bedtime drink	COCOA
Cook in an oven	ROAST
Decide the value or quality of	APPRAISE
Defence of being elsewhere at the time of a crime	ALIBI
Demanding obedience to rules	STRICT
Disorders, illnesses	DISEASES
Disperse, dissipate	DISPEL
Hand over money for	PAY
Hindu religious teacher	SWAMI
Inventive, artistic	CREATIVE
It connects points of equal air pressure	ISOBAR
It extracts energy from moving air	WINDMILL
Loops of twisted thread in lace or embroidery	PICOTS
Maps to aid navigation	CHARTS
Movement through the air	FLIGHT
Noah's boat	ARK

Clues	Answers
Of a sequence of events recurring regularly	CYCLICAL
Offspring or edition	ISSUE
Pedalled	CYCLED
Physical training or exertion	EXERCISE
Presents for acceptance or refusal	OFFERS
Refused to accept	REJECTED
Relieved an itch	SCRATCHED
Series of vertebrae	SPINE
Slip, mistake	ERROR
Story from long ago	LEGEND
Suitable or appropriate	APT
Super, really great	TERRIFIC
Symbol worn, to indicate membership perhaps	BADGE
Systems of beliefs	CREEDS
Take what's offered	ACCEPT
Thick, blunt needle with a large eye	BODKIN
Type of plate used for culturing bacteria etc	PETRIDISH
Very small, tiny	ITSYBITSY

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