Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 24 2021

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A French drunk, in the local sense, is insecure UNLOCKED
A pint of plain contains sustenance that needs no introduction - it's as plain as the nose on one's face STOODOUT
Avant-garde art comes out of tragedy EDGY
Be patient as first race is in one's field of vision SITTIGHT
Clear off loan negotiated in 24 across, for the most part, for good RUNALONG
Describes reason why one would eat humble pie or baked plaice to go? APOLOGETIC
Double agents don't get stoned in the expensive fish restaurant BELUGA
Drug produced by four characters in 7 down giving life to parasite mostly ANTIBIOTIC
Fancy scam from Sacramento ORNATE
Group of players give up after last game at end of replay EQUITY
Hide piece of fiction - it's despicable LIELOW
Hits goalpost bending around one for first score making excuses for The Defence APOLOGISTS
House-trained in flat? TAME
Make fun of insured person losing Renoirs SENDUP
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Manages to upset characters in Franconia's Nuremburg RUNS
Most of the dish on paper is a level above the rest PLATFORM
No longer in contention? Of course, give up! OUTOFTHERUNNING
Old prayer by Oscar heading off to Reading Gaol, for example ORISON
Open a foreign bar UNBOLT
Overwhelming hammering locally in the middle of power outages ROUT
Party up north embraces, for example, loyalty ALLEGIANCE
Singing group in the middle of Natal, a port city in Brazil TRIO
Small capital comes up smelling like roses SCENT
Solve the mystery with one nice twist UNTANGLE
Sung as a refrain to aunty listening on mobile endlessly ANTIPHON
Tempura batter over weekend is of a high cost and quality UPMARKET
Two family members and first son Kelvin produces material that has a number of sides to it DAMASK
Weak bank's public company PUNY