Irish Times (Crosaire) - October 18 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Oct 18 2017 

Clues	Answers
A job for 9 across irritating Tories	SORTIE
Capote novel sold in some Boots	TOECAP
Caught in the act by what 25 across produced, for example, getting out the paper	BUSTED
Deliberately obstruct one of those old types on foot at this historic time	SABOTAGE
Detained pals away from pep talks	KEPT
Diets- they tend to be for those celebrating their party pieces perhaps	CONGRESSES
Drop off report card relating to big depression	CRATER
Educators missing our officers in training	CADETS
Elvis seen on the moon surface initially with Spring's silly billies	APRILFOOLS
Fed up with accommodations around college blocks	DEFLECTS
Judge and former lover have record brought up in front of court	EXPECT
Light out around college is a temporary fault	GLITCH
Manages those on the database presumably in The Theatre	OPERATINGSYSTEM
Most of the fete is supporting church service	AIRFORCE

 

Clues	Answers
NHS ad agitated workers	HANDS
No harems organised by one of those looking after Arabians	HORSEMAN
Old detective and judge lose the head with drug	OPIATE
Open-minded footballers meet resistance	FAIR
Play-acting in gym over centre spread?	PRETENCE
Plot worked on by writer is arranged for the king	BEDSHEET
Sample of hard disc - a revelation that will mark you for life	SCAR
Sets up time for writers to band together	KNIT
Some appear loud in the House of Lords	EARL
Some populist Iranians show signs of life	STIR
Someone who knows the shape of things to come makes an impression on one of The Stones	SCULPTOR
Stars get it wrong running the campaign	STRATEGIST
Successor to the greatest footballer is not quite the cream of the crop	SECONDBEST
Take in the winter lake and fish behind the rocks	ICESKATE