Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 4 2019

Clues	Answers
Box with crackers, brie - was that pulled out for the First Lady?	SPARERIB
Bring up light touch by company - it's revolting to hear this from 18 across	BADCOUGH
Car for teacher retiring in capital? The one in the middle of the road!	CENTRIST
Church publication to address academy and league	MISSAL
Crash diet - the current trend suggests one has a yo-yo effect	TIDE
Describe a nutritional fragment in the coffee-making process	BEAN
Emptying out of prayer meetings, this will be needed for classy clean-up	ERASER
ETISOPPOEHTTSUJ or is that a contradiction?	JUSTTHEOPPOSITE
Father English getting head right in Denver order	REVEREND
Fighting in China with knight over a foreign refuge centre	KUNGFU
Foreign Office is often against The Wall	BUREAU
It's not healthy for the plants or for those looking poorly in the nursery	SICKBEDS
Judge to review last order	EXAMINER
Makes fun of hiding place inside for making cider	APPLES

Clues	Answers
Mostly smart, in a sartorial sense, following golfers in Africa	GUINEA
Mouthy types of headers thrown out of dealerships	LIPS
Needs to be pressed by a foreign journalist following club	UNIRONED
Of course, this should get the juices flowing!	ENTREE
Old instrument on both sides of luxury suite	LUTE
Spoilt by raising the German tips for educational perfection and for those going places	PAMPERED
Stones and oil removed from Limoges	GEMS
Straight man loses sight of what gets repeated	MANTRA
Studies jobs in the AA going back to school	SWOTS
Swift covered old record by the French in part of The Barge	FORECASTLE
The issue of responsibility for the extra payment not commencing	ONUS
The other women with ducks around most of the lock	MISTRESSES
Theatre is responsible for The Lion in Winter perhaps and The Guard	GATEKEEPER
Tunis octet playing with make-up	CONSTITUTE

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