Irish Mail on Sunday

[ginvodka]

8a Asian Country (8) ?A???L?A
10a winter sportsperson (6) ?P???R
18a Breaking and taking (8) ?N?????G
23a Toasts, celebrates (6,2) ?R?????O

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers

[JMR27]

23a drinks to

[ginvodka]

Thanks for that one. Still stuck on the others

[1955]

Entering?

[1955]

10a Skater

[ladyalex]

10a Are you sure abou the p
Looks like SKATER

[1955]

8a Malaysia?

[ginvodka]

the P is from sapped (totally exhausted, stoned)

Thought of Malaysia but I have ?A???L?A ( the L is from Aldridge, former liverpool and Ireland striker)

Maybe I will win the crossword for having the most tipp-ex on it!!!

If anyone has it completed, I would love their answers to the ones I have obviously gone wrong on.

[1955]

Zonked for sapped?

[ladyalex]

8a cannot fins any which fit your letters
Are you sure of the first A ?
Could be ANATOLIA or MONGOLIA, or as 1955 said, MALAYSIA if your L is wrong

[ginvodka]

You are all the best:

zonked for sapped which lets me fill in Mongolia.

Aren't you the clever bunch

[ladyalex]

Happy to have helped :-))