Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 29 2008

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A gave as the blooming pipe came up TUBEROSE
Are, perhaps, at Oxford ISIS
Be longer around but not in finally OUTLAST
Be on your guard when the river gets so lousy POLICE
By the sound of it, hobble to it and stick to it LIMPET
Cornelius might try to get you to despise this - shame! CONTEMPT
Equality's what the boy from France is for PARISIAN
Finding how deep the noise is being SOUNDING
Flaming well get down to it ALIGHT
Giving one the opportunity to be saying ''when'' DATING
How one gets very close the way thou intendest MEANEST
I am not fair to the one with water around ISLANDER
Just a piece that's not under fire (6) MANTEL
Made fast with it TETHERED
Make light of it - it's 9 across IGNITE
March, my lads, though you're not of my blood STEPSONS
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Mischievous at the end, so I am IMPS
Mother in the nude for an untidy bed (6) UNMADE
No doubt there's a broken crate in here CERTAIN
Not small change, but more for the most of it REFORM
One may well do without ten broken toes OTIOSE
One's soft and sweet LEMONADE
P. raised this too much ADULATED
Scent, a way, by the sound of it without any return from it EXILED
Set back there in Galway RECESS
Sounds as if there's a greater number of deer here and not a cheep out of them COSTMORE
Sounds deep, sets crooked at short leg for them BASSETS
Sty time for Homer PIGEON
Take it as read that the saucepan is up here STOP
That's the 23 down USURIOUS
The drink with 'er is for play for him PINT
The odds are that they aren't, for the better THEEVENS