Irish Times (Simplex) - Aug 13 2019
| Clues | Answers |
| ''The quality of mercy is not ...'' (The Merchant of Venice) | STRAINED |
| Accept, agree to without objection | ACQUIESCE |
| Amount or number | QUANTITY |
| Arid area of sand | DESERT |
| Basic natural drive | INSTINCT |
| Camouflage, mask | DISGUISE |
| City thoroughfare | STREET |
| Coming later | AFTER |
| Continuing forever or indefinitely | PERPETUAL |
| Displaying courage | BRAVE |
| Encouraging or stirring up, violence perhaps | INCITING |
| Foreign, very strange | ALIEN |
| Game with rings, played on board ship, perhaps | QUOITS |
| Grasslike plant growing in wet places | SEDGE |
| Institute legal proceedings | SUE |
| It takes two to do the dance | TANGO |
| Joined the military | ENLISTED |
| Large constrictor snake | BOA |
| Large tropical snake | ANACONDA |
| Leafy green vegetables | CABBAGES |
| Metal-headed golfclubs | IRONS |
| Not translucent | OPAQUE |
| One with exceptional ability | GENIUS |
| Opening stage | OUTSET |
| Prepare a drawing or model | DESIGN |
| Private instructor | TUTOR |
| Seat for a rider | SADDLE |
| Short violent gust of wind and rain | SQUALL |
| Short-lived, passing | TRANSIENT |
| Small appetizer | CANAPE |
| Source of light and heat | SUN |
| Take what's offered | ACCEPT |
| The use of exaggeration for effect | HYPERBOLE |
| Twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet | PHI |
| Type of savoury tart | QUICHE |
| Visual perception | SIGHT |
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