Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answers – Friday December 15 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword puzzles Friday December 15 2017.

A famous painter of women – Hitler welcomes start of surrealism – WHISTLER
Apparent to Leslie Stephen from pieces of fiction – LIES

Bank’s allowable expenses for a few beers – ALES
Begs to leave burghers from German industrial region – RUHR
Broadcast report curtailed by medium – the greatest living in Africa – SOMALI
Combat conflict in Government – FIGHTING
Crazy where you might find Humpty Dumpty – OFFTHEWALL
Dress circle for The Steward of Christendom? – CLERIC
Farm animals on short open vehicle taking a battering doing the rounds at the races – STOCKCAR
Get together to hear team review on youth centre park – MEETUP
I swear, old Frenchman in American city gets the longest sentence – ONMYLIFE
Intelligent type going around the Curragh gets a piece of Arabian’s mind perhaps? – HORSESENSE
Liberal nudity in chaos – UNTIDY
Lost out in the auction room – LOTS
Piece of writing from endless statement of beliefs – SCREED
Pitch for the players – CAST
Puts a team together in department swamped by new files – FIELDS
Raising zero tax from firm is one for the books – OCTAVO
Reading Euclid around island leads to contempt – RIDICULE

Rio isn’t involved in tourism and is in the Blue Books? – SMUT
Sounds like they’re knocking off some of my winter hours between 7am and 5pm? That’s some rip-off! – DAYLIGHTROBBERY
Staff entertains returning crew and sailor from The Wire? – POWERCABLE
Starter-size side to go with island seafood – SCAMPI
Step away from protestor on top of the helicopter – ROTOR
Strip of luncheon meat has no name – UNCLOTHE
That’s your lot at colonial building – ALLOCATION
To go up in the air and fly over Pisa – VAPORISE
Turns up, fresh good books consumed by old local defence force leads to bombing campaign, for instance – ACTOFWAR