Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 10 2021

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A fair amount of starch found in unfinished meal and not the sides produced by vendor MERCHANT
A relative consumed by grass is well presented REASONED
An inspiration even to ombudsmen MUSE
and 25 across: They're bound to manage classy figures for half of those in 9 across on wild hectares HEAD
Clumsily saw hairline crack at the edges HACK
Couple of relatives employed on site MASON
Fan letter? Far out and bound to sting! NETTLE
Gatecrashes inns around Germany, Spain and up North BARGESIN
Get lost in short film SHOO
Heard coming from a mobile in Waterford, in a manner of speaking RINGTONE
Hugh problem for that man with crumbling Dacha close to steppe HEADACHE
Ministers writing in Times about second and last chance for politician finally joining church FRONTBENCH
One of those giving private tuition in showing someone how to work on an oil rig DRILLINSTRUCTOR
Party up north embraces, for example, loyalty to the crown, for instance ALLEGIANCE
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Passed down tales of French river that's empty LORE
Qualify direction to one in The Theatre MAKETHECUT
Really big African flower company behind most of them Nerines growing on summits THECONGO
See 24 across TEACHERS
Space for the foreign copper joining new agency LACUNA
Spice left out as an act of kindness FAVOUR
The Don, for example, is crack dealer LEADER
The writing is on the wall and it can be cutting about endless drug taking locally at institute GRAFFITI
Tour by Queen and Prince? Go and see! ROYALVISIT
Votes lost around island by old council SOVIET
Witty conversation and lies from East Berlin BANTER
Women opening bar in Asia drunk this pungent stuff as an accompaniment to raw fish WASABI
Work out what's gone into in Jesus sandals SUSS
Wrongly take the Spanish coin NICKEL