Irish Times (Crosaire) - January 7 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solution

Irish Times (Crosaire) - Jan 7 2020 

Clues	Answers
1 across is wrapping up rehearsals for what's going to happen in Ring	SHADOWBOXING
Broke vase? Hide as this type of stuff sticks!	ADHESIVE
Church diocese backing ecumenicalism from the start in Gloucester	CHEESE
College in Haiti adapted exercises for the Orientals	TAICHI
Dance advertisement written by songwriter	BALLAD
Dick gets off deckchair to stretch out	REACH
Drunk one claret with patience	TOLERANCE
EU dismissed by unsuitable old capital	ISTANBUL
Father taken aback by leading gangster on charge getting an earful?	VERBALATTACK
Freak rain storm has Dutch origins	AFRIKANER
Heads north of border following one of The Rings in the hospitality business to socialise	HOBNOB
Jack is one up from Number 10	KNAVE
Knocks back fizz - swallowing cold, quick drink is always a highpoint	PINNACLE
Launched around the back of Canaveral - surprised?	STARTLED
Marine is from Saint Lucia	NAUTICAL
Modern, empty place associated with those who, until recently, had no mates	NEWLYMARRIED
Old crazy painter welcomes Oscar - the one regularly seen in The Theatre	OPERATION
Profile of constant companion in The Sun?	SHADOW
Sets of steps leading to large snake	LADDER
Showed up drug-free - it's what one did in confession	CAMECLEAN
Switches a precious stone for ring - the last in a series	OMEGA
Take turns to judge good books inside	ROTATE
That's one in the eye for The Cloud	NEBULA
The old poet's family upset in defeats	BEATNIKS
Tricky topic for one on the bottle	OPTIC
Unknown quantity in flying saucers out from Mediterranean port	SYRACUSE
Upstart in Tuam crazy with Nationalist Revolutionary foreign article from the time of the fall in New England	AUTUMNAL
What a role model could do for Irishman over time, when divorcee has more than enough	SETANEXAMPLE