Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 16 2017

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A certain hunger for sample from the kitchen ITCH
A short story that's groundbreaking in America NOVELLA
Bar staff? ROD
Bugs males getting out of Marseilles RILES
Centurions get no rest on papal mission NUNCIO
Come to someone's rescue in store SAVE
Corrupt Gulf rival returns award for a positive emblem that has a negative connotation BADGEOFHONOUR
Frames groups connected to a fair amount of the coup SETSUP
Grace in trouble describing someone from Athens GRECIAN
Green light for American driver's Focus - of course, it can be hairy to a point GOATEE
I can't remember working men in Asia AMNESIA
In retrospect, a fair amount of memo covered by diplomacy relates to one of those on the prowl TOMCAT
Is this a rip off in Split? DETACH
It's grave for our patient - sick, and presumably there's no good name for that BADREPUTATION
It's not good from all sides BAD
It's similar to 12 across, but don't tell anyone I told you that CONCEAL
Just raise academy profile at the centre FAIR
Lost reason over headline from French city ORLEANS
Naturally occurring material found in rainforests ORE
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Need an alternative to The Muses, for example? ENNEAD
No minors in South American vineyard CHATEAU
Nutty type of writer takes in most of Cork PECAN
One of those downstairs takes mature workers by car - it's a sign the directors are poor! BADMANAGEMENT
Posed with fragment of Pallas Athene SAT
Relative returns to Trim briefly from Lima for a breather NOSTRIL
Ridiculous fashion cutbacks at Square DAFT
Road, etc., designed in the 1920s ARTDECO
Row over grooming head of big cat TIGER
Shock of straight run on the banks STUN
Show off reversible clothes BRAG
Sinatra melody produced by craftsman ARTISAN
Smart alecks fail to get clarets blind MASK
The thing is, the writer is responsible for this ARTICLE
Turns up, barman swallowed single port in Italy GENOA
Umpteen sides to management company MANY
What do you expect from a lousy impersonator with an image problem perhaps? BADIMPRESSION
William Orange first demonstrated it with great gusto BILLYO
Would rather have pressure to allude to PREFER