Irish Times (Crosaire) – May 15 2018

Clues	Answers
Answer comes from shady type getting prison term for something previously	ATONETIME
Awkward shame in Government	EMBARRASSING
Blow the whistle on someone locally in hospital working in theatre	SINGER
Came back with second draft – it’s key to play’s direction by writer	REENTERED
Chops up the material in hay coming out of machinery	MINCER
Don to take a dip in top beach near Island Family Holiday Centre	BIKINI
Examine public transport overseas from the laboratory	TESTTUBE
First class beer behind bar has recipe that gives people a lift – a high one!	AIRLINER
Has the measure of most things in the castle	RULER
Hides half of Jacob’s smokes	OBSCURES
How can it be gas if there’s no sign of life?	INERT
Hurry through exercise for director in Gate finale – it’s the ultimate	EXPEDITE
I dare say, Ray is missing for a comment on the stage	ASIDE
In a manner of speaking, hasn’t been heard in Rome for a long time and past one’s prime in South America	OLDLATIN

Clues	Answers
In my book, the forecasters will read something into these	LEAVES
Keep to yourself going in and out of retail chain	RETAIN
Left the French in club providing work for teachers educating dancers to stay on their toes	BALLETSCHOOL
No barns in East Berlin for the cream	ELITE
One of those from Irish kitchen in the army is likely to be fired	COLCANNON
Orchestral leader produces bass violin movement from forgotten state	OBLIVION
Search party loses chaps – your heart would go out to one of them	ARTERY
Some Tennessean celebrity sits around a table calling for spirits	SEANCE
Step in for referee	INTERVENE
The dregs from revolutionary red issue	RESIDUES
They hide what’s really happening from mugs boxing – it’s no longer on	COVERUPS
Upshot of cup falling off sculpture	RESULT
What a role model would do for Irishman over time, for instance	SETANEXAMPLE
Where one answers the call in Ring to fight	TELEPHONEBOX