Irish Times (Simplex) - January 18 2020
| Clues | Answers |
| ''Some achieve ..., and some have ... thrust upon 'em'' (Twelfth Night) | GREATNESS |
| A better than even chance | ODDSON |
| Allocates a task | ASSIGNS |
| Area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | TERRITORY |
| Believe to be guilty, but without proof | SUSPECT |
| Book of maps | ATLASES |
| Cannier or more wary | CAGIER |
| CAT and PET | SCANS |
| Caused to stop | HALTED |
| Cheerful, confident and full of hope | SANGUINE |
| Closing sections of musical compositions | CODAS |
| Constructs, puts up | ERECTS |
| Disqualify oneself as a judge in a case | RECUSE |
| Fake, mock, false | PSEUDO |
| Fleet of armed ships | ARMADA |
| Gives rise to | CAUSES |
| Greek goddess of a capital city | ATHENA |
| Illnesses, maladies | DISEASES |
| It flows through Germany | ELBE |
| Learning by repetition | ROTE |
| Leased | RENTED |
| Lists of names | ROLLS |
| Long narrow carpet | RUNNER |
| Male sheep | RAMS |
| Monies obtained in return for labour or services | EARNINGS |
| Most foolhardy | RASHEST |
| Moving staircase | ESCALATOR |
| On the topic of | ABOUT |
| Outline or model of a technical plan or theory | SCHEMA |
| Rubbed out | ERASED |
| Shun, exclude | OSTRACISE |
| Single | LONE |
| Thankful | GRATEFUL |
| Underground passage | TUNNEL |
| US Upper House | SENATE |
| Very strict or serious | SEVERE |
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