Crosaire No 16914 by Crossheir – Saturday, March 30th, 2019

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Across:

1 Going on Twitter (NEWSGATHERING) for the latest (NEW-) extreme sarcasm (extreme ‘sarcasm’ = -S) from The Assembly (-GATHERING) (NEWSGATHERING),

10 Support (ENDORSE) engineering (E-) on flying (= anagram indicator) drones (drones = -NDORSE) (ENDORSE),

11 Endearing (LOVABLE) tops, outfits, vests (tops ‘outfits, vests’ = -OV-) covered by new (= anagram indicator) label (label = L-ABLE) (LOVABLE),

12 Piece of analogous amendment (piece of ‘analogous amendment’ = SAME) is unchanged (SAME),

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13 Abandon local (‘local’ abandon/cancel = SCRUB) small (S-) French vineyard (-CRU-) heading for bankruptcy (heading for ‘bankruptcy’ = -B) (SCRUB),

15 Very good local (‘local’ very good/desirable = PLUM) Claret? (PLUM),

17 Sweet potato (YAM) found in slice of heavenly ambrosia (slice of ‘heavenly ambrosia’ = YAM),

19 It’s just more (ENCORE) of what the fans asked for in the end (ENCORE),

21 It’s a growing zone (GARDEN) of awful (= anagram indicator) danger (danger = GARDEN),

22 Crazy (MA-D) about new (-N-) family (-KIN-) (MANKIND) in The People (MANKIND),

23 The depressing effect (DAMPER) concealed by Potsdam perfidy (concealed by ‘Potsdam perfidy’ = DAMPER),

25 Strongly recommending (URGING) going under to remove node (‘going under’ to remove ‘node’ = gigunr = URGING),

27 It’s not used (it’s NEW) by all sides today (NEW on all sides of today’s grid),

29 Fragment of memoir antagonises (fragment of ‘memoir antagonises’ = IRAN) Turkish neighbour (IRAN),

30 Admission doesn’t include mini (‘admission’ doesn’t include ‘ mini’ = adsso = SODAS) bar contents (SODAS),

31 Some characters arm riflemen (some characters ‘arm riflemen’ = mrif) retiring (= reversal indicator) (mrif = FIRM) from company (FIRM),

34 Oriental (east = E-) partner (-M-ATE) welcomes university (University of Limerick = -UL-) (EMULATE) match (EMULATE),

35 French (F-) coffee (-LATTE-) that’s new (-N) (FLATTEN) and smooth? (FLATTEN),

36 The star (The Star NEWSPAPER) in the snooker hall (RACK) (NEWSPAPER RACK) is predisposed to not losing the rag perhaps (NEWSPAPER RACK).

Down:

2 Characteristic of a particular area (ENDEMIC) around (= reversal indicator) Clare (CE = E-C) containing denim (denim = -NDEMI-) production (= anagram indicator) (ENDEMIC),

3 Get on board (SURF), as there is no end to the refunds (there is no ‘end’ to the ‘refunds’ = rfus = SURF),

4 It’s risqué (racy) losing the head (r) (‘racy’ without ‘r’ = acy = A-CY) over information (-GEN-) (AGENCY) vehicle (AGENCY),

5 Rants coming out of Lutheranism (‘rants’ coming out of ‘Lutheranism’ = luheim = HELIUM) is gas (HELIUM),

6 In part, consider a venture (in part ‘consider a venture’ = RAVE) that appeals to dancers (RAVE),

7 Took very small bits out of (NIBBLED) river (River Nile = NI-LE-) going around hostelry (Bed and Breakfast = -BB-) primarily with dredger (primarily with ‘dredger’ = -D) (NIBBLED),

8 Report (NEWS) on facial wrinkles (head lines = HEADLINES) (NEWS HEADLINES) in top stories of the day (NEWS HEADLINES),

9 A sign that those in Labour have a fresh leadership (NEW MANAGEMENT) – is this modern (NEW) governance? (MANAGEMENT) (NEW MANAGEMENT),

14 Irritated (RANKLED) by joint (-ANKLE-) found in the middle of the road (Rd = R-D) (RANKLED),

16 Artist (RA = AR-) turns up (= reversal indicator) on Mediterranean (-MED) (ARMED) equipped (ARMED),

18 Cared (cared = CADRE) badly (= anagram indicator) for small group (CADRE),

20 Leave a recital in part (‘leave a recital’ in part = EAR) of the musical faculty (EAR),

21 Long-headed type with a beard (wildebeest / GNU) produced part of magnum opus (part of ‘magnum opus’ = GNU),

24 Size (MEASURE) of average (mean) Trim (trim/cut = ‘n’) (‘mean’ without ‘n’ = MEA-) stable (-SURE) (MEASURE),

26 Irresponsible (IDIOTIC) paper’s (papers = ID- papers) leaders insinuate officer taken into custody (leaders ‘insinuate officer taken into custody’ = -IOTIC) (IDIOTIC),

27 New (N-) hot spot for a pizza (-OVEN-) initially acting (initially ‘acting’ = -A) (NOVENA) out of interest to devoted followers (NOVENA),

28 A few (a few = WAF-E) out (= anagram indicator) around Florida (-FL-) (WAFFLE) for breakfast (WAFFLE),

32 Uplifting (= reversal indicator) clip (clip/slap = PALS) from Friends? (PALS),

33 Bit of the hysteria flaring (some of the ‘hysteria flaring = riaf) up (= reversal indicator) (riaf = FAIR) in Donnybrook, for example (Donnybrook FAIR).