Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 12 2019

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
Boss fined over writing to intimate acquaintance FRIEND
Channel Islands' connections to London and Paris CITIES
Chill in brand new castle from the start KEEPFRESH
Confusion in a street over Shinto shift workers ASTONISHMENT
Decide on bar to steal from PICKLOCK
Description of Robinson Crusoe by a Bandon journalist STRANDED
Devout type of teller from the start gets bank job THEIST
Disrespectful dismissing culprit's supplies FEEDS
Half of the characters in 1 down contact forger as he knows his way around Yale? LOCKSMITH
It's a feature of the Mediterranean that this divides the Greeks and the Turks AEGEANSEA
It's fine, for example, to sell drugs around Ulster PUNISH
Last drugs deal with partygoer ATTENDEE
Line managers dishing out greens with chicken ANIMAL
Loses the head on drink and goes into Alcoholics Anonymous - will the cardiologist be able to handle it? AORTA
Clues Answers
Made an impression on writer briefly with director MARKED
Make up stories and lies on the greatest lead singer with One Direction FICTIONALISE
Mascot in play describes being confined to a cell all day MONASTIC
Moves by spymaster releasing army STEPS
Novel by Old Bob and Ben in Scotland is written with a nod to Orwell NEWSPEAK
Odd thing is - this is one for the stars NIGHT
One of those with bug let siren off LISTENER
Pay attention to The Last Word - it's the epitome of deep thought CONCENTRATED
Presumably, the first males in The Bible with greybeards? OLDMEN
Ream from East German spies AGENTS
Session in court fabricating extreme falsehoods setting up numerous potential partners MATCHMAKINGS
Take a draw when not at home - with this approach there's no hiding place SMOKEOUT
Wild yeast and a fair amount of the pasta flour on view is staring one in the face EASYTOSEE
Without failing to grasp it, Dan is out of gin and tonic NOTICING