Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 18 2008

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4 down was and 18 down are NAUTICAL
A downturn makes one missing this initially AWOL
A hundred and one set up as one quotes them CITES
A ruddy mouthful of trees from Down Under REDGUMS
A this stone is an open and shut matter GATE
Around the East one is scared of them as cargoes FREIGHTS
Cathy may be sale, over the water, by the sound of it YACHT
Drive one to lie about a Member IMPEL
E THEORIENT
Examples of being in striking positions INSTANCES
Has 'e little right to have given advice about it so publicly? ADVERTISED
His Pa was in the cavalry abroad SPAHI
How tugs can be made to get the wind up GUST
Huge little bird I can follow to the bottom of the sea TITANIC
I am urgent with the squeeze IMPRESSING
Is this more alley, by the sound of it? ETHICAL
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It's no liability to get the seats broken ASSET
Mary had got just a little sheepish LITTLELAMB
Must be cold to get a nose like this RUNNY
No Norman as no about ten SAXON
One must be late to be in time to get there NEXTWORLD
P up a little WHELP
Sounds as if there's more on this, I see, but little on ahead of one MORONIC
Sounds as if they fight 5 down CORVETTES
Susan's the engineer; get her out once more (2-5) REISSUE
Tempted to chew this up in grains SEDUCED
The bishop is going across the sea, by the sound of it OVERSEE
The Da is as one with it ROSTRUM
The difference between his Pa and him in current production GENERATION
The way in which one sings about it unsteadily SWAYINGS
They could never be milkmaids DAIRYMEN
This was once a weed, perhaps USED