Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 16 2020

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A gambling system for bird generally the first to go on the beer MARTINGALE
At the front, novice loses head with jockey and one of the old raiders NORSEMAN
Brief temporary fashion for a gent's lotion - the first offered by Spa FACIAL
Build up to part of the McCarthy period HYPE
Disputes with detectives on The Wire on bender DISCORDS
Endless facts and figures from unreliable asylum around Oxford notoriously bad? INFAMOUSLY
Folk legend from 1 down KING
Got together again with one in Rush REUNITED
Howling type of wild, line-up LUPINE
Isolated without lost member of staff AIDE
Keeps an eye on finance, for one, for what carpenter put together in the church CABINETMINISTER
Last drugs deal with partygoer ATTENDEE
Light at the end of the tunnel in fragment of French opera HOPE
Maria leaves American eagle with Grace ELEGANCE
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Most of those opening 15 across with summit speech protective of China perhaps? CABINETS
Old man from Middle East gets hip replacement - the first in a long queue PHILISTINE
Paid a fair amount for Chantilly chateau PALACE
Part of cul-de-sac reclassified as farmland ACRE
Peter's out with a troop leader in new base? ABATES
Political appointee close to 15 across MINISTER
Produced a type of film clip of Bambi by the heartless director ANIMATED
Show reluctance to express doubts? DEMUR
Spread it about again - one per shift REOPEN
Tag on a tip of pocket writing instrument and note APPEND
The Big Dogs in Hamlet, close to Claudius GREATDANES
The Queen's produced by those in 1 down ROYALS
Took to Twitter consumed by bipartisan grievance SANG
United States dismiss audits as ideology TENETS