Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 13 2017

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Amidst place settings for experts ACES
As usual, you've heard this before from the fiction writers and nothing has changed THESAMEOLDSTORY
Assistance sought in hospital for right-hand man HELPER
Can leave champions down in the dumps? MOPISH
Cats get away from leaf insect - it behaves like a cat FELINE
Got upset at school - someone was using them to test the waters TOGS
Is this how one would walk through how to upset The Cats besides turning over the favourites? STEPBYSTEP
It's similar to one of those in 12 across calling for school supports AIDS
Jasper is not part of practical jokes in Manhattan? COCKTAIL
Laidback writer is in the process of changing places - it's not a good career move DEMOTION
Most of 24 down is with Government faction WING
Most of the affectations one associates with sailors or one of those highflyers AIRLINER
Nepalese and Tibetan heads found in type of rock - fancy that! ORNATE
Nigella isn't in bowling alley - this suggests a wind-up? BLOWY
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One of those involved in underground movement, for example, recalls writing most of the proposed legislation GERBIL
Players for a time expect to go on a charm offensive perhaps CASTASPELL
Position all players want as an afterthought POSTSCRIPT
Pressure to elect headless type from The Bar, as useful for pulling a few strings perhaps PLECTRUM
Presumably, they have a fire drill down there and of course it's an eyesore HELLHOLE
Relative starts athletics training with a series of movements SONATA
Representative centres of Official Unionist cynicism ICONIC
Sample of Gershwin karaoke is eye catching WINK
School won't make progress very fast with this manoeuvre and how is one expected to read that? SCRAWL
Studious lot, for your information, confused by group CLASSIFY
Stuffing in Iraqi bistro is for one of the birds IBIS
The writing by the majority leads to acrimonious tension and is bound to turn up the heat THERMOSTAT
Tormenting cow on fashionable grassland summit BULLYING
What's the gardener doing for part of the news? CLIPPING