Crosaire No 17438 by Crossheir – Friday, December 4th, 2020

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Across:

8 Waft from Court of Law (‘waft’ from ‘Court of Law’ = COLOUR) produced by shady type (COLOUR),

9 Breakdown (ANALYSIS) of Asians (Asians) travelling (= anagram indicator) (Asians = ANA-SIS) around central Ireland (central ‘ireLand’ = -L-) with foreign currency (yen = -Y-) (ANALYSIS),

10 No need for dead ends (no ‘need’ for ‘dead ends’ = adds = ADDS) or annexes (ADDS),

11 Age (GENERATION) of Argentine (Argentine) criminal (= anagram indicator) (Argentine = GENERATI-N) hiding leader of outlaws (leader of ‘Outlaws’ = -O-) (GENERATION),

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12 Praise? (CREDIT) That’s “Pensive” from Vice-President! (‘pensive’ from ‘vice-president’ = icrdet = CREDIT),

14 Travel in (travel in) spring (= anagram indicator) (travel in = INTERVAL) break with refreshments perhaps (INTERVAL),

15 Reveal personal beliefs (SHOW ONE’S COLOURS) to 24 across (‘show’ = SHOW), 23 down (‘ones’ = ONES) and 8 across (‘colour’ = COLOUR-) by finishing prayers (finishing ‘prayerS’ = -S)  (SHOW ONE’S COLOURS),

18 Keep (PRESERVE) page (P-) from book (-RESERVE) (PRESERVE),

20 Kitty (puss = PUS-S) admits that man (-HE-) (PUSHES) sells drugs (PUSHES),

22 Picked up feeling (vibe) briefly (e) (‘vibe’ without ‘e’ = VIB-) to get food portions (-RATIONS) (VIBRATIONS) in pounds (VIBRATIONS),

24 Exhibit (SHOW) the extremes of woolly mammoths (the extremes of ‘WOolly mammotHS’  = wohs) going all the way back (= reverse indicator) (wohs = SHOW),

25 Reviews (= reverse indicator) Evita (Evita = -ATIVE) with the French (le = -EL-) actor back (‘actoR’ back = R-) (RELATIVE) in Family Guy, for instance (RELATIVE),

26 Rachel comes out of cartwheeling (‘Rachel’ comes out of ‘cartwheeling’ = tweing = TWINGE) with sharp, sudden pain (TWINGE).

Down:

1 Drew on (drew on) career (= anagram indicator) (drew on = WONDER) with Marvel (WONDER),

2 Intimidates (COWS) a number of the Dexters (Irish dexter COWS),

3 Scare the pants off (FRIGHTEN) Justice (justice = -RIGHT-) in bog (F-EN) (FRIGHTEN),

4 Served up (= reversal indicator) sample of brown rabbit (sample of ‘browN RABbit’ = nrab = BARN) for stockholder (stock/animal holder = BARN)

5 Incentive (CARROT) to cover up (= reverse indicator) conductor? Rachmaninoff! (cover up ‘menTOR RAChmaninoff’  = torrac= CARROT),

6 Cloak-and-dagger (MYSTERIOUS) tourism? Yes (tourism yes), all over the place! (= anagram indicator) (tourism yes = MYSTERIOUS),

7 Doctor (Dr = D-R) admits I (-I-) retired (= reverse indicator) relative (son = -NOS-) from Australia (-AU-) (DINOSAUR) is an old stick in the mud (DINOSAUR),

13 The current direction taken (DOWNSTREAM) in Northern Ireland (DOWN-) is put online (-STREAM) (DOWNSTREAM),

14 Look for damages (-SUE) after (= positional indicator) minor relative (sis) loses the head (s) (‘sis’ without ‘s’ = IS-) (ISSUE) with the heirs (ISSUE),

16 Champions (HEROINES) one of the white hats (moral person = HERO-) that’s popular (-IN-) and the best at the centre (‘bESt’ at the centre = -ES) (HEROINES),

17 Take stand over (oppose = OPPOS-E) containing one (-I-) leader on the (leader on ‘The’ = -T-) (OPPOSITE) other side (OPPOSITE),

19 Border’s retail chain (borders ‘RETail chAIN’ = RETAIN) to hire a barman (lawyer)? (RETAIN a lawyer),

21 No huge (no huge) problem (= anagram indicator) (no huge = ENOUGH) with just the right amount (ENOUGH),

23 Individuals (ONES) from India, from Indonesia? (‘India’ from ‘Indonesia’ = ones = ONES),

24 Clothing (SLIP) for trip (SLIP).