Irish Times (Crosaire) – Aug 15 2018

Clues	Answers
Any report of Oliver?	ORPHAN
Carries on writing to the workers	RANTS
Clean up her novel with a little Irish spirit	LEPRECHAUN
Election promise to charge Lance	TAXCUT
Find it in one’s heart to answer upstart in Meath town	ATRIUM
Guatemalan takes off gate with a set of instructions	MANUAL
Holiday report by the writer will help one to slow down	BRAKEPAD
Isn’t quite shut of a colonial regime review	AJAR
Message from 20 across, for instance	TEXT
Most of 14 down inclines to be for underground workers	ANTHILLS
Number of the teams in the Six Nations, for instance, get fair share that’s key to the rest and has a bearing	HALFADOZEN
Offers a closer view of the lookers for those with roving eyes?	BINOCULARS
Plant opens very early, ripens and produces cosmetic ingredient	ALOEVERA
Quote about Band Aid’s space for outside accommodation	CAMPSITE

Clues	Answers
Smoothly moved litres out of distillers	SLID
Some quartermaster’s prison sentence	TERM
Spud’s source cut short	ROOTCROP
Stabilised sacrificing Delta’s leggy bird	IBIS
Step into someone’s boots almost providing help for restoring The Crown?	FILLIN
Stole from helicopter’s secret code	CIPHER
Take off shrink-wrapped sides	SHED
They’re competing for the jobs as new tanners around end of August	ENTRANTS
They’re required in 11 across by the stockholders losing the head as well as those running the committees	TABLESANDCHAIRS
They’re responsible for a raid of pilots flying over a port	STEALERS
Tried hotel with Bill from the bar – it’s only half OK	HADAGO
Truants are hiding in canteen	RESTAURANT
Worked out Oriental is primarily doing engineering in Dublin university	EDUCED
You’d probably miss this proverbial pub opening after the end of autumn	BARNDOOR