Irish Times (Crosaire) - December 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword Puzzle Solutions - Dec 30 2017 

Clues	Answers
Cabinet goes around the countryside to where one finds The Greens perhaps	CLOSETONATURE
Characters in Isle of Man almost late for dancer's outfit	LEOTARD
Club turnover with no expenses	BATON
Crafty type in car one associates with Bond	MARTINI
Derisive laugh from Venetian master losing the head living in the Caribbean	HAITIAN
Father Christmas is the first to come up short by comparison	CLOSERELATIVE
Finishes with 36 across in The Tour	CIRCUIT
Heading off on hike with one of them on foot	ARCH
Hidden by computer monitor for a period in office	TERM
Holds the distinction of being taken in by Venice tycoon	NICETY
Indiscrete cover for CD	DISC
Is not open or shut?	CLOSED
It's not open for the racing cars or for the network	CLOSEDCIRCUIT
It's sweet of a calmer model	CARAMEL
Jockey's girlfriends dismiss fling	RIDERS
Link up again with merry drunk swallowing a final beer	REMARRY
Lost out in the auction room	LOTS
Mishit shot in Howth and others	ISTHMI
Most of the literature previously in America	CHICAGO
New saviour is different	VARIOUS
No riot in history is withdrawn	SHY
On the jar in Cork	LID
One example of dodgy Ural men?	NUMERAL
One of those old grave types making use of The Stones provided party for 50 workers	DOLMEN
Open to all sides today in the ballpark?	CLOSE
Opens for Coldplay, Genesis, INXS in the SFX	CGI
Organised pro-deal for one of The Cats	LEOPARD
Oscar Wild? From The Pod!	ORCAS
Period in some Djibouti metropolis	TIME
Puts right if it gives up and stops working	TIDIES
Questionable early opening on Wednesdays inside for barman	LAWYER
Religious splinter groups of Reformation, etc., in the ship	SECTS
Stick around for St Patrick's Day bands	STAY
Teacher to Nicholas I responsible in part	SIR
They're used for holding and releasing military hardware	ARMS
This is straightforward perhaps to ship around American capital	LINEAR
Unsolicited messages for The Tourists making a comeback	SPAM
Within earshot on Winning Streak, whatchamacallit said it's hard to say who won or lost	CLOSERUNTHING