Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 29 2018

Clues	Answers
A fraction of the characters in Caravaggio tableau	IOTA
A Gemini freaking out with what's at the end of 1 across	IMAGINE
Anne's in trouble looking after the children	NANNIES
Bringing them all together from the start with macaroons and ginger nuts	MERGING
Connection for return Irish address in place	TIEUP
Curses fieldsman with no life	DAMNS
Difficult for daughters to get rid of guest	HARD
Dog unit isn't finished with a member of the Nightshade family	PETUNIA
Draw map that'll give the Dubliners a boost	AMP
Expose legislative type of ban	OUTLAW
First-class miner says nothing as a form of self-defence	AIKIDO
Foreign party amidst the Mediterranean cypresses	ANC
Getting to summits in Venice, Edinburgh, Nice and Turin? It's cut short by Tube bearing in mind the flow rates!	VENTURI
How to make an impression on boxer losing the head? Adjust to a heavier weight division perhaps!	MOVEUP
Individual providing investment opportunities in Ireland is a native of New York	ONEIDA
It's some regular Goth's speech in the vernacular	ARGOT
Just can't see it, as it's difficult to get the picture	HARDTOIMAGINE
Lost in building with mouthy type	TONSIL
Make public and give out about how long the broadcast takes	AIRTIME

Clues	Answers
Manages to leave fun and games to Kitty	FUND
Mid-afternoon in Nevada out in the front porch	VERANDA
Miss sea off Algiers	GIRL
Not easily convinced those with a sore throat find this is a problem	HARDTOSWALLOW
One of the swifts hasn't got the gene for breeding	BIRD
One of those from The Hill involved in vigilantism	ANT
Pay out for former writer-director	EXPEND
Pops off proposal, in a manner of speaking	ORAL
Ran away from warden to take the plunge	WED
Report work in a sweatshop with vulgar type	SOANDSO
Ridge of rough attached to the wood that's very likely to burn	FIREDOG
Sets up nightspot on square with borrowed capital	DEBT
Sounds like something Thomas said to one of those telling tales	HARDTOBELIEVE
Spends a lot of time hanging about overseeing The Ring	ACROBAT
Strong dislike of housemaids scattering ashes	ODIUM
There's no way out after this old police force retires a relatively small handful	CURFEW
This noble is short and informal with a teacher reflecting on good books to be reviewed	ARISTO
What a plumber is looking for when there are no objections in job description	DRIP
What's on the breakfast menu isn't one for the soldiers?	HARDBOILEDEGG

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