Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 2 2019

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A drug problem hounds those working on leads in the security business	GUARDDOGS
Bothersome moose removed by sleepy type on the boat	BERTH
Cop out of road movie is getting no more	AVOID
Daisy's relative produced firm's money orders	COSMOS
Dealer clears a part of the forest	ELDER
Doing a job in a restaurant cataloguing the wines for those doing their best to remain patient	WAITINGLISTS
Exceptional people in the glossy Ibises	RAREBIRDS
Give someone a hard time locally with badger	HECKLE
Hide away diamonds for man from one of the estates	LAIRD
It's an utter failure to set up Sidney with Daisy's relative	DISASTER
It's not easy to issue White Paper	HARDCOPY
Local crack on most of terrace is produced by one of those doing a line perhaps	DECODE
Nero leaves Queen Consort and takes another by force	CONQUEST
No-brainer dropping ban, as was known to have left an impression on the artistic movement	RENOIR

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One getting letters of distress to stay away interests the geologist, whose crust is in the balance	ISOSTASY
One of The Baskervilles admits writing to The Messenger's people taking the leads	FRONTRUNNERS
Part-time office worker to lose the head with honourable type - it's only a matter of time	TEMPORAL
Preserved bananas lasted	SALTED
Rotter makes a comeback	RETORT
Rudimentary ingredient for a starter of lasagne	ELEMENTAL
Seals leave Dar es Salaam with the fleet	ARMADA
Sounds like Ryle Ward is the culprit	OFFENDER
Sounds tacky to sell off Seychelles	CHEESY
Sulk over leaders with energy restricting compromise to what the electricians union might engineer	POWERCUT
T Bone Burnett finishes crafty work that's unique - with no intro, it's raw in the extreme and definitely meaty	STEAKTARTARE
Takes drugs from celebrity with online identity	USERNAME
Tom put ode away inside, as it's a revolting piece of work (4,1'4)	COUPDETAT
Tweet by bachelor working in research facility needs to be qualified, in an educational sense	POSTGRADUATE

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