Irish Times (Crosaire) - May 25 2009

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A backward father is initially soonest ASAP
As against this, a hundred at the end makes the end of 4 down ANTI
Bit longer than a quadruped FIVEFEET
By way of being a stinker ODIOUSLY
Deserve to listen with it to the North EARN
E's the one that'll get away with such a lark at last ESCAPER
Festive, it seems, in this direction EASTERLY
Five at last for the cellar, by the sound of it VENDING
How one gets one's comeuppance lightly at last BOUNCE
In the theatre it does not get right around CIRCLE
Indeed the end is so specified DETAILED
Is there no truth in what's on the gravestone? HERELIES
It appeared to be all right to be in the dole LOOKED
It has one in high spirits to get the story up at first ELATES
It's on the cards that this will suit you down to the ground LONGSUIT
It's urgent for the reps to give us a song PRESSING
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Look shortly and pointedly long at last GLANCE
No global warning there when living was hard ICEAGE
Not any more and not any more, in short NOLONGER
Perhaps it's odd for the First Lady to have a nun around UNEVEN
Presses near to the backstreet CLOSETS
Put out OUSTED
Put out by the look of it, but not to such a high extent at last GLOWER
Roped in a knot into what gets fired in water TORPEDO
So keen to get the prima donna back AVID
States where this is 10%, perhaps TENCENTS
The result is that it's fired into the air UPSHOT
They feel they're before around the girl back there ANTENNAE
Well, the referee isn't a substitute REFILL
What a fool she is reckoned to be over the editor ASSESSED
What a pleasant beginning to this creed NICENE
Where Eire has got on up INEUROPE