Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answers – Saturday December 16 2017

Here are the answers to Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword puzzles Saturday December 16 2017.

__ white – EGG
“A subtle worm,” per Upton Sinclair – DEVIL

“But, soft!”, for instance – IAMB
Acquisition expedition – QUEST
Added numbers – ENCORES
Annoyingly pointed – BRAMBLY
Annual lava-desert bike racers – IRONMEN
Antonym of “cold” – AMIABLE
Be on a first-name basis with? – STARIN
Be recruited – ENROL
Big users of highways – SEMIS
Bonds on the run – ELOPES
Canon introduction of 1959 – SLR
Certain “breakfast” food – TACO
Cheyenne Frontier Days events – RODEOS
Day’s-end retreat – DEN
Delight – ELATION
Dessert with milk – SHERBET
Douglas MacArthur was born on one – ARMYBASE
Egyptian structure in St. Peter’s Square – OBELISK
Electric razor inventor – SCHICK
Exclamation of frustration – AWCMON
Fish name derived from an Italian island – SARDINE
Ghost story screamer – BANSHEE
Going by at times – AKA
Gold to Go dispenser, e.g. – ATM
GPS displays – RDS
Group of waiters – QUEUE
Impatient stance – AKIMBO
Is a bad influence (on) – PREYS
It’s south of Minneapolis on I-35 – AMES
Jewelry Television competitor – HSN
Long reviews, essentially – ESSAYS
Mellow country music artist – CROONER
Meryl Oscar-nominated role of 1983 and 1985 – KAREN

MLB TV licensee – TBS
Move from right to left? – MIRROR
Needing restraint, perhaps – OVEREAGER
Nonstop – ONEND
Not excluded from – INON
Not quite self-evident – ARGUABLE
Obsessive behavior – TICS
Only Greek state motto – EUREKA
Passover casserole – KUGEL
Person needing sharp blades – SKATER
Popular pencil material of yore – REDCEDAR
Risked the wrath of – CROSSED
Self-evident – CLEAR
Serrated tools – SICKLES
Slight touch – TAD
Slip of slips – ERRATA
Something lifted in some locks – TUMBLER
Source of many a legend – MAP
Star-struck emulator – WANNABE
Step in uranium decay – RADON
Still, for example – PHOTO
Tangy tart tidbit – CURRANT
Title for a fed. judge – HON
Trio just under 3 – MNO
Unlucky symbol – BADOMEN
Venue – SITE
Venues – LOCALES
Venues – ARENAS
Volume enhancement – RISE
Way back when – AGESAGO
What a Kabul highway connects to – KANDAHAR
What a pump might hold – ODOREATER
What may grow out of Garfield – CHIA
What tiramisu may be spiked with – MARSALA
Word that originally meant “gondola race” – REGATTA