Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 20 2018

Clues	Answers
A Milan butcher provides food for the meat eaters	ANIMAL
All set for Keane reportedly to retire	READYTOGO
Awful short in capital with citadel	CASBAH
Carted off dairy cattle over the Swiss border	ITALY
Charge foreign politician in seated building	STAMPEDE
Crisis for most of the workers in New Regency	EMERGENCY
Greats from East Germanic film house	CINEMA
In retrospect, small march is great for backing representations	DIAGRAMS
Interfere with State's gold or silver	MEDDLE
Is rare rock from a range of mountains?	SIERRA
Leader of country to share knowledge about county with no leader	TAOISEACH
Leave port for a Rising with an assumed name	ALIAS
Look for employees to work on top of the house, possibly haunted	HEADHUNT
Melon salad and lamb stew with fragrant herb	LEMONBALM

Clues	Answers
Old Tudor compound around Oxford with pastimes of jousting and archery	OUTDOORGAMES
Optimistic reaction to The Omen is a plus	POSITIVESIGN
Private place for major employer	ARMYBASE
Put too much emphasis on removing elms out of velodromes	OVERDO
Review had fairly lied about introduction by Mexican type in the plot	DAHLIA
Ruffian is depressed over family on heroin and ecstasy	SKINHEAD
Selection drops lot of family members	NIECES
Simmering rage in part of Ireland?	BOILDOWN
Some Winnipeg dunderhead upset by dig in the ribs	NUDGE
Streaming audio without animator's pilot	GUIDE
Toast sailor from America with flag down?	HAILABUS
Travel agent perhaps is taking a break	HOLIDAYMAKER
Two pubs for one starting college - it's savage!	BARBARIC
You'll need this get through 20 down, for instance? That's a pass!	MOUNTAINROAD

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