Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 15 2017

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A famous painter of women - Hitler welcomes start of surrealism WHISTLER
Apparent to Leslie Stephen from pieces of fiction LIES
Bank's allowable expenses for a few beers ALES
Begs to leave burghers from German industrial region RUHR
Broadcast report curtailed by medium - the greatest living in Africa SOMALI
Combat conflict in Government FIGHTING
Crazy where you might find Humpty Dumpty OFFTHEWALL
Dress circle for The Steward of Christendom? CLERIC
Farm animals on short open vehicle taking a battering doing the rounds at the races STOCKCAR
Get together to hear team review on youth centre park MEETUP
I swear, old Frenchman in American city gets the longest sentence ONMYLIFE
Intelligent type going around the Curragh gets a piece of Arabian's mind perhaps? HORSESENSE
Liberal nudity in chaos UNTIDY
Lost out in the auction room LOTS
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Piece of writing from endless statement of beliefs SCREED
Pitch for the players CAST
Puts a team together in department swamped by new files FIELDS
Raising zero tax from firm is one for the books OCTAVO
Reading Euclid around island leads to contempt RIDICULE
Rio isn't involved in tourism and is in the Blue Books? SMUT
Sounds like they're knocking off some of my winter hours between 7am and 5pm? That's some rip-off! DAYLIGHTROBBERY
Staff entertains returning crew and sailor from The Wire? POWERCABLE
Starter-size side to go with island seafood SCAMPI
Step away from protestor on top of the helicopter ROTOR
Strip of luncheon meat has no name UNCLOTHE
That's your lot at colonial building ALLOCATION
To go up in the air and fly over Pisa VAPORISE
Turns up, fresh good books consumed by old local defence force leads to bombing campaign, for instance ACTOFWAR