Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 23 2001

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A little bird tells me he was murdered COCKROBIN
A matter of course, or part of a pound ORBITAL
Attempt to get around your underclothing like this and you'll just be a figure of fun TRAVESTY
But soft! What a noise it makes with little talk! PRATTLE
Does the messenger go and gamble with Little N? GOBETWEEN
For one's degree, study tis so that one cooks it BACON
Here are the ones that got the sheet twisted THESE
How the cliques get sick at the very beginning of the voyage SETSAIL
If you go in for it, that sounds like the prize for initiative ENTER
It is the wrong thing to do for dogs to get into rows like this TERRIERS
It needs skill for the South to get fifty-eight of the end of 1 across SLEIGHT
It's not so fine to find the R.A. in like this WETWEATHER
Mars if it's this REDPLANET
Mars if it's this HARMFUL
Maybe drunk? POTABLE
Not the common look - it's too hard for that PEER
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On paper, that's a funny sort of way to take one's clothes off (5,5) COMICSTRIP
One puts water back on this cooks it STEW
Shades of gloomy Hamlet, by the sound of it, and his plans BLUEPRINTS
That's some wee ping from the boss SOBS
That's that ruddy 2 down REDBREAST
The boy starts to take a dip LADLE
The end of 11 across is made very obvious like this PLAINEST
The way to decide this is to take it to court ISSUE
There's M in us and no more LESS
There's nothing lying here TRUTHFUL
They sound as if they go on foot around the North TONES
They're knotty enough to get sound in a knot about the French NODULES
Watch how, on the face or it, there's nothing new about this SECONDHAND
Will the girl get her rag out for this before I am back? SALMI
With respect to the gentleman of Italy, one pays no no attention to this signore IGNORES
Without me, she's a bit musical NONET