Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 23 2008

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A broken rib gets one acid for England BRITANNIC
At long last in the engine BIGEND
Bearing in mind about one's vocation RECALLING
Butler's attempt to be like god PANTRY
By the sound of it, shut up one after the other INTURN
Deserve the sound for the Ashes URN
Eaten for your sins - it's so foolish INSENSATE
Father has the right to go camping with one PATENT
Gamble about everything for the dance BALLET
He'll be hanged if he'll cross off his head and get cross PIRATE
How fishy to roar around me up here REMORA
In the end Ena gets to nine ENNEAD
Is there gin for them in the star in the Navy? (7) RATINGS
It's up to the holy Father; 'tis 'imself that's to make it public ADVERTISE
Join forces but make it silent (6) ENLIST
Layers with a precious trick STRATAGEM
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Make no bones about it: there are no conifers like this below the south SPINELESS
Nil is needed to make the ape so high ALPINE
No V, in short to be a follower of this OCTOBER
Out of breath but in to trousers, perhaps PANTED
Pardoned for the present FORGAVE
She's of good appearance but not of good behaviour PRETTYBAD
Sounds as if one gets sheepish after tea, by the sound of it YOU
Sounds as if there's more than a little light that isn't back there TON
Sounds like S for the sound of the girl with insects under her SIBILANTS
Still it's 17 across overt, perhaps YET
Stop skating, my lad; there's work for you inside OFFICEBOY
The knight is back to go back and forth as a matter of course RISOTTO
The rude wind's wild lament at being in a jam? RASPBERRY
The thing with one on the end is that it's not agreeable OBJECTION
There's an amount of this near Jerusalem OLIVES
There's not a single thing for them MARRIAGES