Here are the answers to Irish Times (Crosaire) Crossword puzzles Friday June 23 2017.

A foreign electoral system takes the cake – the jury is still out on whether that’s true – UNPROVEN
Art memos rewritten by one of the swingers – MARMOSET

Bird in hospital is a trainer with a flighty disposition – FALCONER
Celebrity is charged over possession of cocaine – ICON
Country with old European kingdom needs no introduction – RUSSIA
Crazy comment? The Head won’t let that go! – MENTALNOTE
Get to cover short business-like lecture – REPROACH
Irritated over running start by novice – it’s the nag’s tone! – SORREL
It’s prophetic for our Clara in a way – ORACULAR
Owns up amidst problems – ADMITS
Perfect museum and university on a square in Clare – IMMACULATE
Pick over point to Bible-bashing – NIBBLE
Pop-up restaurant opens with extremely sustainable stuff that is 100 per cent natural – PURE

Questions things to do off the top of the head – ASKS
Record for a horse in the middle of going all the way around on the track – RACER
Removes all traces of mill from Marseilles – ERASES
Revolutionary writings initially lacking lies of fruitcake perhaps – CHERRIES
Sells hardware to poor Geronimo – the last Indian at the end of the war – IRONMONGER
Some tackle – a foul that will have to go into the book perhaps – LEAF
Speak up, as there is no tripe in Tipperary – PRAY
Steal away from engineering college shielded by misty conditions – DECAMP
Strange haul includes revolving globe from old circle in Donnybrook – HULLABALOO
Traditional type from 24 across is unfinished with primary – PURIST
Tried to abandon tragedies for a long time – AGES
Turns up, a tough nut leads in Grand Prix, racing first vehicle that’s leased for a time – RENTACAR
Type of work that’s in your face can help get something off your chest perhaps – COSMETICSURGERY
Violently took horse with energy out of wet ground – MUGGED
Worker on cash register has a silk scarf made in Seville – MANTILLA