Irish Times (Simplex) - Feb 4 2019

Clues	Answers
Aim, objective	GOAL
Apparel, garb	CLOTHING
Complete absence of hope	DESPAIR
Conceivable, imaginable	POSSIBLE
Countrified	RUSTIC
Disperse, throw around	SCATTER
Exclude, omit	LEAVEOUT
Festive celebration	GALA
Highest female voices	SOPRANOS
Indiscriminate killing of large numbers	MASSACRE
Joined by treaty or agreement	ALLIED
Knowing very little	IGNORANT
Light repasts	SNACKS
Lodging for military personnel	BILLET
Moneylender who charges very high interest	USURER
New York river	HUDSON

Clues	Answers
Notorious Chicago gangster arrested for tax evasion	ALCAPONE
Opposed, disinclined	AVERSE
Osculates	KISSES
Persuade with promise of reward	ENTICE
Put off till another time	POSTPONE
Refuges, sanctuaries	ASYLUMS
Relating to the body, not the mind	PHYSICAL
Roman Emperor notorious for vice and luxury	NERO
Sheets, pillowcases etc.	BEDLINEN
Slowly and gracefully, in music	ADAGIO
Strolling	AMBLING
Therefore, to the old Romans	ERGO
US five-cent piece	NICKEL
Very large tent, for circuses etc.	MARQUEES
Window above a door	FANLIGHT
Younger or lower in rank	JUNIOR

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