Irish Times (Crosaire) - December 23 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

 Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 23 2017

Clues	Answers
1000 involved in strike coming down the hill	RAMP
A liquid measure for king falling over her majesty	DRACHM
A small tree in Bosnia all over the place	BONSAI
Boring routine is covered up inside, if truth be told	RUT
Church ringleader is in the wrong and in the plot	CHERVIL
Concealed by characters in play	ACT
Cool mob working in Asian port	COLOMBO
Decline part of the oath of allegiance	FALL
Demand too much of old priest retiring with a fair amount of 4 down	OVERTAX
Edges behind the eight ball and it sounds like a warning	BELL
Election promise to charge Lance	TAXCUT
Form an opinion of Unionist in pit	SUMUP
Guarantee offers assurances to leader's husband	OATH
Herb Ring from Orange Order	OREGANO
How to get out of Sherwood with industrious group	DOERS
Hutch and Ward running off barrels of porter perhaps	COOPER
In effect, take it as a done deal with feta cod salad	DEFACTO
In so far as leaving Burkina Faso for city in the Caucasus	BAKU
Is Jack up for Nick locally?	LIFT
Kitty retires from Utah institute, heading off gently, and that's no exaggeration	TOPUTITMILDLY
Leave out citation that doesn't include Regina	EXCEPT
Lots of hot mushy peas	HEAPS
Memory comes back to officer from firm in Africa	MOROCCO
New album by legend is over-the-top and a pain in the rear	LUMBAGO
Nutty type of poor old man	ALMOND
One of the classifieds comes with its own distinctive stamp that no one is supposed to see	TOPSECRETFILE
Shoot in Budapest without tapes	BUD
Short of a nice, polite type	UNCIVIL
Slippery type that's a part of the meso-appendix	SOAP
Some producer's Cabernet is one of the top picks?	SCAB
Songbird in wild hurts top of head	THRUSH
Strut out of tourist class with church parties	SOCIALS
The best of the sides today	TOP
Turns up, most of the space taken up by non-drinkers is for greeting overseas party	ALOHA
Type of car sign left out as a visual aid for one of those from Top Gear, for instance	AUTOCUE
Unexpectedly, finds oneself here in parodies taking off first character	ENDSUP
Where to find teacher of best student?	TOPOFTHECLASS
With no introduction, spiked article and poster for who was best in show	TOPPEDTHEBILL