Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 4 2012

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AA's attitude provides driver's aid for Count TEETOTAL
After a second, Terrence covers it back with first letter TERTIARY
At last, I am going back for Californian city's return to Italian cuisine SALAMI
Before Christening perhaps, popularity is reduced NAMELESS
Bit of a local fight leading to flour factory MILL
Come together for company hotshot boxing Leslie COALESCE
Delightful to blacken merciless comic villain CHARMING
Do it all over again for a crisp AFRESH
First letter arrives at end of week near California on second largest continent AFRICA
First off, Aster exchanged with Oscar around Fourth of July at Pearl¿s home OYSTER
Go on board to find detective returning with the juicy bits GOSSIP
In a bad way with back? That sounds very sceptical indeed (1'2,3) ILLBET
It's in front of bird with buzzer reportedly on part of Russian gun BEAK
It's really great for comic to drop Italy for French king MARVELLOUS
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Looks like I'm getting to it by a hill IMITATOR
Order policeman to scan for expression of hesitation DICTUM
Pimple on one's head is stoned at venue HIGHSPOT
Play the fool perhaps with one on court process ACTION
Pull yourself up the ladder to load computer program BOOTSTRAPS
Sounds like Bea is fifty-fifty for ringer BELL
Tailor gets at what's charged for alteration ADAPTATION
To a certain degree, uncle hears Lee RELATIVELY
Type of professor found in Brazil NUTTY
Up to the tonsils locally with transport at end of July BUSY
Virginia goes to Italian river to rouse most of foggy atmosphere VAPOROUS
Well, I'm not with one going to hospital SICK
What's more on top of that? ALSO
You'd expect this from a sniper in a row with basketball player STRAIGHTSHOOTER