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Crosaire No 15108 by Crossheir – Wednesday, June 5, 2013

crosswordeditor@irishtimes.com Across: 1 It’s a blast (a blast = BASALT) disfigured by volcanic rock (BASALT), 4 Makes Portia (Portia = ATROPI-) find direction (northeast = -NE) (ATROPINE) to poisonous part of nightshade (‘deadly nightshade’ plant provides drug called ATROPINE), 9 …

Crosaire No 15107 by Crossheir – Tuesday, June 4, 2013

crosswordeditor@irishtimes.com Across: 8 Turns up, mod (mod = DOM-) at home (-IN-) has nothing (-O) (DOMINO) to do with spots on wood tile (DOMINO has spots on wood), 9 Detective (PI-) organised Polish soup (borsch = -BROCHS) (PIBROCHS) with piped …

Crosaire No 15106 by Crossheir – Monday, June 3, 2013

crosswordeditor@irishtimes.com Across: 1 Minor prophet (-AMOS-) in African country (S-A) (SAMOSA) provides turnover in Mumbai for one (savoury turnover pastry in Indian cuisine = SAMOSA), 4 It’s raw (raw = WAR) coming back skipping with cowboys and Indians (examples of …

Crosaire No 15105 by Crossheir – Saturday, June 1, 2013

crosswordeditor@irishtimes.com Across: 1 Stanley (STAN-) and Daniel (-D AN-) break up (dig = -D -IG-) over female (-F-) at half-time (-HT) (STAND AND FIGHT) – it’s not what a coward would do (coward wouldn’t STAND AND FIGHT), 10 Looks after …

Crosaire No 15104 by Crossheir – Friday, May 31, 2013

Across: 1 What’s said after one is gone (RIP-) is not on (-OFF) (RIP-OFF) for deception (RIP-OFF), 4 It’s all up in the air (in ABEYANCE) for adult (A-) at old address in Turkey (-BEY-) going to dance (dance) without …

Crosaire No 15103 by Crossheir – Thursday, May 30, 2013

Across: 8 Temperature (T-) and heat (-RACE-) right (-R) (TRACER) for trailing bullet (TRACER), 9 Hogan (HO-GAN) admits nothing (-O-) on Long Island (-LI) (HOOLIGAN) to match problem particularly in the 1970s (HOOLIGAN), 10 Gould leaves Languedoc (‘Languedoc’ without ‘Gould’ …

Crosaire No 15102 by Crossheir – Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Across: 1 Firm (CO-) with family (-KIN-) on gravity (-G) (COKING) of making fuel (COKING), 4 Sounds like I (“I” = EYE) too (TOO-) have most of the (most of the = -TH) (EYE TOOTH) boxer’s chopper (canine tooth = …

Crosaire No 15101 by Crossheir – Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Across: 8 Forming part of (SERIAL) what one could have for breakfast reportedly (“cereal” = SERIAL), 9 Sounds like a pirate’s toast (“a rum” = ARUM) to neighbour’s Queen perhaps (Elizabeth = LILY) (ARUM LILY) is symbolic for Republicans (ARUM …

Crosaire No 15100 by Crossheir – Monday, May 27, 2013

Across: 1 Great footballer (Pele = PE-LE) rings guesthouse (B&B = -BB-) (PEBBLE) in Little Rock (PEBBLE), 4 Squash perhaps (squash something = STEP ON IT) makes you go faster (STEP ON IT), 9 Describes hot weather (SULTRY) in parts …

Crosaire No 15099 by Crossheir – Saturday, May 25, 2013

Across: 1 Staff helpers (staffs/sticks help one to walk = WALKING STICKS) produced bugs without mates (bugs/insects that don’t have mates = WALKING STICKS), 10 Gangster (Al Capone = A L-) gets a (-A) sovereign (KING) (A LA KING) for …

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