Irish Times (Crosaire) - Oct 2 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Oct 2 2018 

Clues	Answers
A Frenchman might be boring with debts or desperate to be successful	AMBITIOUS
A tax on artist retiring as virtual icon	AVATAR
Bacon's partner is downstairs with shady type	EGGSHELL
Banks cash flow analysis of what's consumed in France	CASSIS
Champagnes from the 1949 & 1953 vintages are mature and the sommelier would recommend them	OLDWINES
Commute a sentence locking up kid	TEASE
Director is dropped from Sky Channel	DRAIN
Dubious tablet competition	BATTLE
Finishes most of 26 across with medic - the popular one from The Palace knocking back the Chablis	WINEDRINKING
Interrupting those having a ball by making a sarcastic comment that's fashionable	CUTTINGIN
Is not entertaining brief part on The Bridge - the one caught with the drug	NARCOTIC
Is worn out by The Don perhaps teaching others a lesson on how to steal ecstasy	ACADEMICROBE
Marginal correction is disturbing	ALARMING
Offers blanket coverage perhaps of extract from Trump on choices	PONCHO
Old police force in Channel Islands finding local stimulant is not what the Count wants to see	CRUCIFIX
Old Roman administrators of university in Meath town opposed to leaders in regional innovation	TRIUMVIRI
One of the assets and most of the old local money in Cork	LIQUID
Opens 18 across and 10 across with oral examinations in Bordeaux perhaps	WINETASTINGS
Paramilitaries reject measure of intelligence from Middle East resident	IRAQI
Passing note disregarding spies from friendly island	TONGAN
Point-to-point permits high flyers	SWALLOWS
Prickly type in 23 down left	TEASEL
Question in court for vet in a bad mood from the start	CROSSEXAMINE
Running through Cork carrying Monet all over the place from art centre bears fruit	LEMONTREE
Sally's cuts around broken toes	RIPOSTES
Strong dislike of housemaids scattering ashes	ODIUM
Suspect swallows new drink in the bar - it's not a full alcoholic measure	SHANDY
Trying out more than one of those in 1 across or reviewing samples of The Libation Bearers	TASTINGS