Irish Times (Crosaire) – Mar 6 2018

Clues	Answers
A detective finding kitty buried in plot gave up power	ABDICATED
A really small amount of lilac isn’t problematic	SCINTILLA
A way into production that’s bound to take off with a pilot	AVIATION
Big ship linked to oriental charity	LARGESSE
Breakup of the former Yugoslavia	SPLIT
Conventional type of wild flora around motorway	FORMAL
Course starting with exam referring to what’s on reef	CORAL
Dance director is drunk and gets played by musician	CONGADRUM
Deposits from half of 1 down on settlements	Downpayments
Early observations of post and criticism linked to school	PREVIEWS
Failed to halt those in the middle of the river	ABORTIVE
Get rid of diamonds and ecstasy for model	DEPOSE
Keen for a cut at flyweight at the centre	ACUTE
Moving camera captures old police force in Night of the Long Knives	MASSACRE

Clues	Answers
Negative aspect of Ulster team on border	DOWNSIDE
Old wrestling game was the end of the line for the Greeks	OMEGA
Opens 14 across on container and is allowed to take what can be shifted between the networks	DOWNLOADABLE
Provides a good view of Bill leaving benefit for Spike	VANTAGEPOINT
Rent in doubt for The Apprentice	INTERN
Reproduce theatrical accessory for a theatre	PROPAGATE
Rewrite grey tome for maths class	GEOMETRY
Sara takes off in relay races with green stick	CELERY
Signal from university is key – if it gets more voluminous one might have to have it out with the doctor	NODULE
Traditionalist loses the head after Jack lays down the law	JURIST
University and institute in need of a first draft perhaps	UNEDITED
Welsh leek soup taken from back of quality magazine	WEEKLY
What the comic actors are doing in The Pack	PLAYINGCARDS
Won’t hear a bad word said against anyone on screen and is bound to clean up	CENSOR