Irish Times (Crosaire) - Aug 12 2017

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Accepted conventions in America ends appalling practice nowadays USAGES
Accounts perhaps for what's in The Bible BOOKOFNUMBERS
Address a discrepancy emerging in Down SAD
Barred local - one of those that's drunk LOCKED
Cargo in complex is all natural ORGANIC
Charge old figurehead close to those types being punched for fundraising BOOKOFTICKETS
Cladding of flying saucer ? surely it?s missing? FACING
Could this put hairs on one's chest in case one needs reminding? LOCKET
Cover up cooking utensil in breadbasket GUT
Croatian port is empty - don't swallow it when tasting SPIT
Don't release what's caught with fish in the middle of water with duck CLINGTO
Employs ghostwriter for one of those with a number of titles BOOKPUBLISHER
Folk legend on board KING
Golf in part of Wellington with one of those philosophising types HEGEL
Hangs out - it's what one does after a hard grind? GNASH
It's a yarn that local paper returns all the letters ORGANZA
It's poetic - grass on the weekend is an escape LEAK
Keep it clean primarily for Kay? Give up! KICK
Kind of festival for opera in resort OPENAIR
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Laura designs something you?ll hear about? AURAL
Might work on 9 down? That?s one for the books! AUDITOR
Minor player in Umberto Eco ghost story COG
Network of characters uncovered by Primetime's handiwork MESH
No mortar found in North American lock-up ENCHAIN
Old painter broke leg on short, short fact-finding mission ELGRECO
Painter who had a rose period makes flower to hang over Ladies? Club on ship PICASSO
Reserve heads ball on one knee BOOK
Scientist associated with Sky had problems with The Sun?s direction perhaps GALILEO
Scrape by with energy cocktail from Spain no longer in fashion EKEOUT
Slap on the wrists over leader's terribly offensive phone putdown CUTOFF
So stuck up on top of The Grassy Knoll TUSSOCK
Some producer's Cabernet some people can't help picking SCAB
Sort of kicked around by the banks KIND
Swimmer doing backstroke in local river LEE
Tax - optimist gets rid of it? IMPOST
The threads of the novel binds the story together BOOKSTITCHING
They're bound to be found on all sides today BOOKS
Wicket is precious for some people after tea GATEAU