Crosaire No 17842 by Crossheir – Thursday, March 24th, 2022

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Across:
1 Fail to move steadily (totter / DODDER) running through Dublin (DODDER river),

4 Detectives’ (DIs = DIS-) line-up (-ORDER) (DISORDER) for breach of the peace (DISORDER),

9 Contagious enthusiasm (FEVER-) for endless (end ‘lesS’ = -S) (FEVERS) high temperatures (FEVERS),

10 A (A-) top sketch (top ‘Sketch’ = -S-) that’s second to none (-BEST-) from Duck (-O-) Soup with lead (‘Soup’ with lead = -S) (ASBESTOS) producing material that’s considered very dangerous (ASBESTOS),

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12 Where to view The Penguin (ANTARCTIC) in the Deep South? (ANTARCTIC),

13 Femme fatale (SIREN) on the outskirts of San Sebastian (on the outskirts of ‘San sebastiaN = S-N) getting to grips with hot temper (-IRE-) (SIREN)

14 Cher (Cher = CH- -ER) catches that is (i.e. = -IE-) loud music (forte = -F) associated with lament (lament = MOURN-) (CHIEF MOURNER), as she’s the one most familiar with The Dead (CHIEF MOURNER),

18 Avoiding (SIDESTEPPING) chips, for instance (SIDE-), with pints? Peg (pints peg) Rock! (= anagram indicator) (pints peg = -STEPPING)! (SIDESTEPPING),

21 Advantage (ASSET) of rearranging (= anagram indicator) seats? (seats = ASSET),

22 Unoccupied (FREE) by Canada, for instance (STATE) (FREE STATE), or US in the past? (us in the past/Ireland = FREE STATE),

24 Barman (BL-) is (-IS-) going to party (Sinn Féin = -SF-) at university (University of Limerick = -UL) (BLISSFUL) in raptures (BLISSFUL),

25 It’s discussed at the bar (law) briefly (w) (‘law’ without ‘w’ = LA-) – Peter’s out (-DIES) (LADIES) with noblewomen? (LADIES),

26 Tops of nerve plexus (tops of ‘Nerve Plexus’ = -NP-) in damaged (= anagram indicator) cheeks (cheeks = HE- -ECKS) (HENPECKS) and that annoys terribly (HENPECKS),

27 Opens 14 across (opens ‘chief mourner’ = CHIEF-) at school (-S) (CHIEFS) for those in charge (CHIEFS).

Down:
1 Refusal to obey (DEFIANCE) English (-E-) and Irish men (Irish 'men' = fir) mostly (r) ('fir' without 'r' = -FI-) in Charleston (dance = D-ANCE) (DEFIANCE),

2 Veto (veto) organised (= anagram indicator) (veto = -OVET-) in The House (D-AIL) (DOVETAIL) leads to accord? (DOVETAIL),

3 A slip (ERROR) leads to a horror (terror) striking the head (t) (‘terror’ without ‘t’ = ERROR),

5 It’s popular (IN-) with those employed in the finance business (-SECURITIES) (INSECURITIES) or concerns that don’t give you confidence (INSECURITIES),

6 Out at night, more so than usual (OVERSLEEP) – it’s what she might do awaiting the handsome prince (Sleeping Beauty OVERSLEEP),

7 Hampers (DETERS) site off side street (‘site’ off ‘side street’ = desret = DETERS),

8 Begrudge (RESENT) press agent releasing gasp (‘press agent’ releasing ‘gasp’ = resent = RESENT).

11 The good fortune (STROKE OF LUCK) of a hole in one presumably (STROKE OF LUCK),

15 It’s not obvious to me (FAIL TO SEE) Miss (miss = FAIL TO SEE),

16 Settle (FINALISE) one (-I-) consumed by big exams (finals = FINAL-S-) with note (music note -E) (FINALISE),

17 Ways out (EGRESSES) for press agencies dismissing panic (‘press agencies’ dismissing/without ‘panic’ = ressgees = EGRESSES),

19 Graduate (-BA-) in capital (cash = -CAS-H) (CASBAH) with citadel (CASBAH),

20 Give out to (ASSIGN) young woman (lass) losing the head (l) (‘lass’ without ‘l’ = ASS-) up (= reverse indicator) north (NI = -I-N) around summit of Gullion (summit of ‘Gullion’ = -G-) (ASSIGN),

23 Local’s drugs haul (STASH) found in street (ST-), dropped by smoker (-ASH) (STASH).