Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Answer - May 23, 2014

 Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Solutions - May 23, 2014

Clue	Answer
Barman is so taken by reading, writing and arithmetic, provided it cuts both ways	SCISSORS
Before you find old books in the centre of Basilica	UNTIL
Beginning at the top here, half of Tyrone doesn't resemble Down?	ONEACROSS
Consumer's goal on drugs?	ENDUSERS
Deal with leaders running Erythropoietin arrogantly in race	TREAT
Don't go home with a stony drunk	STAYON
Has had a great influence on Munster and is capable of perfecting Saint Andre	CHEESEMONGER
If unsent, doctor has the best gas	FUNNIEST
Irish and English, in a manner of speaking, at school	LANGUAGES
Is ahead of reporter in front of the bench to go after the woman?	COURT
Is this what the little people need to get into school for Beethoven's Fifth?	MINORKEY
It's either black or white whether the favourite will win?	RACEQUESTION
It's fashionable to do this behind the camera at roundabout	INDIRECT
Lunch at noon and dinner at 5pm and, of course, it's against the clock!	MEALTIMES
Matches Eliot in the end neck and neck	EVENTS
Relived irritation with copyright for new cart in shed	SCRATCHED
Resolve usually before reaching Down with the wife	SETTLE
Rodent swallows first strawberry for dessert	MOUSSE
Runner pulled back with kilometre to go for a bit of a laugh by soldier in British army	GURKHA
Safe from starfishes with tops	SHIRTS
Shoot up with a lawyer to finish	ASCEND
Something for the old journalist perhaps Stalin left out? It's the sort of stuff that blots one's copybook!	INKSTAIN
Sounds like sort of things accountant likes in Falstaff with Humpty Dumpty, for example?	ROUNDFIGURES
Switch from television studio for the beginning of something	ONSET
They carry the messages to theatre-goers	TROLLEYS
Trendy theologian imports lots of ecstasy, as a matter of fact	INDEED
When the earliest train arrived in mist with top lawyer engaged initially	STEAMAGE
Where the Arabs and Russians come together at the Curragh and Leopardstown?	RACEMEETINGS