Irish Times (Crosaire) – May 23 2018

Clues	Answers
Ali ranks Yank from island	SRILANKA
Came back again and again for original decree about what’s very popular for the most part	REECHOED
Can never believe this type is considered a cheat	UNFAITHFUL
Carries on with plays and leads under pressure	ACTSUP
Caught between teetotallers responsible for spying from the garden centre	ACACIA
Completes the following transfer to club unique to The Cape	ROBE
Cosmopolitan describes city energy	URBANE
Distinguished scientist designed sat nav	SAVANT
Drunk US port and Bud	SPROUT
Extract of Balzac ideology can be corrosive	ACID
Have a go for most of the fight audition	TRYOUT
Hornet upset nurse at home belonging to us in Ulster	NORTHERNIRELAND
In part, consider a venture that appeals to dancers	RAVE
It’s the only option for the man upstairs dealing with Old Nick from lock-up?	SENDDOWN

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Lawsuit covers what the group performed on first track for audiotape	CASSETTE
Left organisation retiring, for example, in spring	LUNGE
Make a plan with bank’s interim dividend	INTEND
Merciless type of criminal hustlers	RUTHLESS
Nativity, for example – how easy can that be? (5’1,4)	CHILDSPLAY
Noel Rock admits The Bill is up for discussion	ONTHETABLE
Nothing extraordinary about old road to institute that ran up by yard	ORDINARY
Phobia of some still-life artists	FEAR
Risky option offered by barman perhaps	LONGSHOT
Save hide disposing of something sticky	ADHESIVE
Second class liner travelling to European city	BERLIN
Seismic zone, for instance, of some similar earthquake	AREA
Took advantage of content for disingenuous editors	USED
With both feet on the ground, happy to head off with the last of the brides and grooms	STABLELADS