Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 19 2019

Clues	Answers
A gathering of the fathers in Trent, for example	CHURCHCOUNCIL
A job for a detective following 6 down briefly with cuckoo	NUTCASE
A medical condition got up someone's nose perhaps in nation state	CATARRH
A wake-up call for team sacrificed by Alma Mater	ALARM
Amongst headbangers in bar	BAN
Behind the counter at the banks or in the public house	BEER
Bit of breakfast undercooked served up with crackers	NUTS
Bitter - British type of beer mostly filled to the brim	BALEFUL
Blew out by that man arresting paramilitaries starting the dynamiting	HUFFED
Brave getting off river boat in violent disorder	RIOT
Confirmation of mass meeting	CHURCHSERVICE
Could be the means to a marriage of convenience for those joining union in the presence of the Father of the Chapel	CHURCHWEDDING
Cut of endless fish taken home by fishermen around end of pier	SCRATCH
Doctor tries to have a look at the paper again	RESIT
Drunk beer from Switzerland that will blow your head off if it's loaded	BREECH
Eased off headwaiters with spirit	WRAITH
Eastern warrior reflects spirit in revolutionary Asia	SAMURAI
Get lost in Tibet? A mistake!	BEATIT
Gorilla throws away log from the animal house	LAIR

Clues	Answers
Guard, engineer, nurse, butcher?	ENSURE
Have the nerve to read novel	DARE
Horrified dropping hi-fi system	ORDER
King Lear loses ring in the cabbage patch perhaps	KALE
Local criminal isn't finished putting pressure on American city creating excitement	HOOPLA
Most of the Irishmen in new craft coming off the motorway perhaps	TRAFFIC
One of the family characters in background admonished	DAD
One serial adaptation of Living in the Middle East	ISRAELI
Orchestra to open with church cover, for the most part, by one of The Hothouse Flowers	ORCHID
Part of the Felixstowe beach synonymous with surfing	WEB
Pointed the finger at copper involved in new case leading to detention	ACCUSED
Secure a demonstration within study	READ
Snob blended amidst characters with dope	NOBBLE
Some gorgeous lavender found in The Balkans	SLAV
Test try?	HAVEAGO
To divert assets from worker's home is not on	HIVEOFF
Turns up, Ireland has a gent with no heart in charge of The House	PRIOR
Visible landmark overlooking The Abbey, the Pro-Cathedral and The Spire	CHURCHSTEEPLE
What court entertainer is capable of coming back in state carriage	ACE

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