Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 7 2020

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1 across is wrapping up rehearsals for what's going to happen in Ring SHADOWBOXING
Broke vase? Hide as this type of stuff sticks! ADHESIVE
Church diocese backing ecumenicalism from the start in Gloucester CHEESE
College in Haiti adapted exercises for the Orientals TAICHI
Dance advertisement written by songwriter BALLAD
Dick gets off deckchair to stretch out REACH
Drunk one claret with patience TOLERANCE
EU dismissed by unsuitable old capital ISTANBUL
Father taken aback by leading gangster on charge getting an earful? VERBALATTACK
Freak rain storm has Dutch origins AFRIKANER
Heads north of border following one of The Rings in the hospitality business to socialise HOBNOB
Jack is one up from Number 10 KNAVE
Knocks back fizz - swallowing cold, quick drink is always a highpoint PINNACLE
Launched around the back of Canaveral - surprised? STARTLED
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Marine is from Saint Lucia NAUTICAL
Modern, empty place associated with those who, until recently, had no mates NEWLYMARRIED
Old crazy painter welcomes Oscar - the one regularly seen in The Theatre OPERATION
Profile of constant companion in The Sun? SHADOW
Sets of steps leading to large snake LADDER
Showed up drug-free - it's what one did in confession CAMECLEAN
Switches a precious stone for ring - the last in a series OMEGA
Take turns to judge good books inside ROTATE
That's one in the eye for The Cloud NEBULA
The old poet's family upset in defeats BEATNIKS
Tricky topic for one on the bottle OPTIC
Unknown quantity in flying saucers out from Mediterranean port SYRACUSE
Upstart in Tuam crazy with Nationalist Revolutionary foreign article from the time of the fall in New England AUTUMNAL
What a role model could do for Irishman over time, when divorcee has more than enough SETANEXAMPLE