Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answers – Saturday June 3 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword puzzles Saturday June 3 2017.

A lover is short with bachelor in charge of one of the exercises – AEROBIC
Agents looking for intelligence of some Da Vinci artefacts – CIA

Ambassador has no love for jealous type – ENVY
Amuse oneself in Government? They’re grounds for kicking one’s opponents perhaps! – PLAYINGFIELDS
Benefit of remarkable timer – MERIT
Can’t make sense of what the actors produced – presumably it’s something to do with mating ritual? – PLAYHARDTOGET
Captain Cook scrubs inkpot to use it for making chocolate – CACAO
Cart missing from dead centre is required – NEEDED
Characters of ethnic identity interested in illegal activity – CID
Could be delayed by drama writer coming to agreement at interval – PLAYEDFORTIME
Director used it to film a Cream compilation – CAMERA
Engels’ revolutionary doctrine from the start included in captions – LEGENDS
English neighbour capitalises on several cups of tea – SCOT
Finishes early piece that’s key to reading 1984 – YEAR
Fortune is brave losing the head – LUCKY
Free part of underground organisation – UNDO
Handy position for sailor covering Kipling’s novel from books’ centre – AKIMBO
I broke china inside with appliance – MACHINE
Is only strange in a curious way – NOSILY
It’s automatic to turn away from contributor – ROBOTIC
It’s bad luck for Pole in therapy to take note – CURSED

Looking for more partners having a game of golf – PLAYINGAROUND
Most of 13 across is on all sides today, for starters – PLAY
Of course half of 12 across is at school – YES
Old writer makes use of affirmation from The Little Pigs – OINK
Pick holes in Slate? – DEVALUE
Pleasure is real problem for one who is late – FUNERAL
Point to victory in Euros playing with butterflies in one’s stomach – NERVOUS
Produced some nice footwork with ball approaching first defender – DANCED
Shape of one of the builders – BODY
Sudden attacks take this from forsythias? – FORAYS
Support two companies around Point – CONFIRM
Terrible gulag, for example, set up for those taking flight perhaps – LUGGAGE
The pull of The New Yorker – YANK
Vivian in genuine comeback – REVIVAL
Well-informed precious type with footballers in centre of the pitch – AUFAIT
What coward was capable of producing to make music with lead singer – PLAYS
What’s the point of covering up torpedo tubes? – DOT