Irish Times (Crosaire) – Mar 30 2018

Clues	Answers
Closely acquainted with popular occasion going to a top table	INTIMATE
College failure is like 17 down only more so	CLOSER
Coming up with the idea to water down one of those in The Palace	THINKING
Completely on the wing presumably	OUTRIGHT
Contemplates losing the head with exercises	USES
Despatches what are in 24 across	FORWARDS
Familiarises themselves with Bill and Pat Cook at school	ADAPTS
For a man of the cloth, gold is missing from grand total	TARTAN
Grinds for 24 across covers arithmetic for those who want to work in the current environment	MILLSTREAM
Guess this is what the builder is capable of coming up with	ESTIMATE
Has a chance of making 24 across or might just be a gold-digger	PROSPECTOR
Keeps under surveillance parts of the Hawkeye State	EYES
Maguire and Paterson working at Lisdoonvarna festival	MATCHMAKER
Maximillian admits taking refuge in capital’s Square associated with mathematician	MATRIX

Clues	Answers
Monet travelling around Dublin, Ohio, going north to part of Alberta, Canada	EDMONTON
Most of those in 9 across and 25 across working at the fortune telling	FORWARDTHINKING
Nervous yatter follows a conflict	TREATY
No port in a storm now!	PRONTO
One of the things actors have to go through secretly in role reversal at The Gate?	TRAPDOOR
Pharmacist has no cash traditionally for keeping a tight hold on what’s been published	ARMPIT
Publicity act leads to Moscow’s espionage network of fall guys?	STUNTMEN
Rear Southdown sheep, initially native to good ground in some American states	NEWENGLAND
Secures building site	TIES
Segment of Meatloaf rocks and is a cut above the rest	AFRO
Side with characters to repudiate a movement	TEAM
Some characters frustrated general having the upper hand	EDGE
Taken in by Eton saying	EATEN
Twelfth night in hospital and presumably can’t wait to get into theatre?	PLAYER