Irish Times (Crosaire) - May 25 2017 Crossword Answer

Irish Times (Crosaire) - May 25 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Close finish could be disastrous	STICKYEND
Cloth in redesigned armchair for head of the family	MATRIARCH
Criminal with stiff upper lip, for starters, doesn't lack diplomacy?	CONSUL
Dead ringer for king with pretty, witty mistress	KNELL
Dublin flower club	DRIVER
Hand over key to a car	FIESTA
Incidents of nasty spies hiding most of the code	EPISODES
Is alone in the chipper	SINGLE
Is lethargic on the athletics course in the inside track perhaps	SLOWLANE
Locals in a panic, as this might be something we've been swallowing for years	IRISHSTEW
Man in the street polite to leaders? I'm afraid not!	CIVILIAN
Men captivated by the black stuff welcome sweetheart with non-alcoholic drink	SMOOTHIE
Model said no to beloved one from Greece	ADONIS
Nearly ready to create make-up in sections	PREFABRICATE

Clues	Answers
One of the Greens is hard-pressed perhaps in France	OLIVE
Political plans perhaps for pro-Adams creation	ROADMAPS
Provide lift for pal leaving hospital	HOIST
Revolutionary family has mobile in New York - it's one of those colourful airy types in circulation	REDBLOODCELL
Scoundrel right to take head off that one making a wager?	RASCAL
Shelter with a woman in state lock-up	SHUTAWAY
Somehow - him or Chaplin devoted to music	PHILHARMONIC
Spike has nothing for the foreign type raised in 15 down, for instance	POINTOFORDER
Spray on square first coming off spring in dump?	JETTISON
Stand and pose?	STANCE
Take notice of school exercises	SITUPS
The greatest supporting film unit provides reason why The Suspect is released	ALIBI
These neat cocktails from house in Dublin	THESENATE
Tuned in to make up a story about those in the court retiring	LISTENED