Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 21 2019

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Attic in building is huge TITANIC
Backing those in 20 down consumed by stout - the imported costly type TARIFF
Bottle of Bacardi punch for those who like their sauce DIP
Carol is upset getting a poor grade SING
Cross mineralogists abandoned as it is MONGREL
Cross Swords after a fair amount of the demo for protection DEFENCE
Discovered in Ypres, a reasonable retrospective aiding students to eradicate mistakes ERASER
Divorcee, for example, loses the head at garden party with the sort who can make sense of texting? EXEGETE
Doctor/dental healthcare at the foundation and firm - just as the consumers like it ALDENTE
Does a deal with the man downstairs for state holding prisoners and individuals with spirit (5,3'1,4) SELLSONESSOUL
Exploit routine at the centre with silly lies UTILISE
Faints on the pitch, we hear, and in the shop? Window dresser does it when model is no longer needed! SELLSTHEDUMMY
Fool boss in a cult LUNATIC
Furlong is taken in by Rocky O'Brien producing The Inferno for an open-air audience BONFIRE
Groundsman gets rid of guns with scattershot? RANDOM
Head off briefly to say it's so AVER
In a timely fashion, is behind both sides of labour dispute LATE
Irishmen in Trim business FIR
Is that the spirit? Trump abandons those on the border! RUM
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It's key for one of those dealing with deliveries early on in the field OPENER
Kind of in good taste DECENT
Make money in market getting American with faucet to go to unfinished bar to install SELLATAPROFIT
Nutty type of writer takes in most of Cork PECAN
Oriental reader gets to decide who goes to the park? ELECTOR
Pickup illegal bit from Tablet PILL
Quite a lot of French toast has no starch OFTEN
Ran away from Ireland and took to fiction LIED
Refers to Africa backing what's contained in minor facility AFRO
Renaissance man produces French wine integrating fresh acid DAVINCI
Revolutionary hiding in Easter Island is an advocate of the class system presumably? SIR
School magazine references introduction to Merchant of Venice, for example SELLER
Some characters fool around, backing what's not a written tradition ORAL
Sounds like somewhere wine is sold when the dealing is at its most expensive (7',6) SELLERSMARKET
State once again takes rap covering up ecstasy at college RECAP
Take a part setting up in neighbourhood nursery UNDO
That's settled - relative is the one to party PAIDUP
Turns up, research site divides Frenchmen initially eager to use preservatives EMBALM
Wins over all sides today SELLS