Irish Times (Crosaire) Dec 16 2020 Crossword Solutions

 Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 16 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A gambling system for bird generally the first to go on the beer	MARTINGALE
At the front, novice loses head with jockey and one of the old raiders	NORSEMAN
Brief temporary fashion for a gent's lotion - the first offered by Spa	FACIAL
Build up to part of the McCarthy period	HYPE
Disputes with detectives on The Wire on bender	DISCORDS
Endless facts and figures from unreliable asylum around Oxford notoriously bad?	INFAMOUSLY
Folk legend from 1 down	KING
Got together again with one in Rush	REUNITED
Howling type of wild, line-up	LUPINE
Isolated without lost member of staff	AIDE
Keeps an eye on finance, for one, for what carpenter put together in the church	CABINETMINISTER
Last drugs deal with partygoer	ATTENDEE
Light at the end of the tunnel in fragment of French opera	HOPE
Maria leaves American eagle with Grace	ELEGANCE
Most of those opening 15 across with summit speech protective of China perhaps?	CABINETS
Old man from Middle East gets hip replacement - the first in a long queue	PHILISTINE
Paid a fair amount for Chantilly chateau	PALACE
Part of cul-de-sac reclassified as farmland	ACRE
Peter's out with a troop leader in new base?	ABATES
Political appointee close to 15 across	MINISTER
Produced a type of film clip of Bambi by the heartless director	ANIMATED
Show reluctance to express doubts?	DEMUR
Spread it about again - one per shift	REOPEN
Tag on a tip of pocket writing instrument and note	APPEND
The Big Dogs in Hamlet, close to Claudius	GREATDANES
The Queen's produced by those in 1 down	ROYALS
Took to Twitter consumed by bipartisan grievance	SANG
United States dismiss audits as ideology	TENETS