The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 04 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Weapon search RIFLE
Brief moment absorbing work matter TOPIC
Chopped up half of garden pole to make frame for plants PERGOLA
Ecstatic about ace stuff in ceremony SACRAMENT
Element of bondage session male eschewed TIE
Forecaster is upset over Times letters initially SIBYL
Gaudy description of nails? TACKY
Hollywood star who could move into elite domain MATINEE IDOL
Indian city featured in obscure plan DIAGRAM
Pine? 22 picked up in Californian city LONG BEACH
Pointless trial attorney has abandoned before end of day EMPTY
Proceed to accept unhappy end? crack down on
Shrewd account about one of old ARCHAIC
Support car marque as an original design ARCHETYPE
Tea for each individual companion CHAPERONE
Tests new axes around military, primarily EXAMS
Therefore a religious leader initially records a drama SOAP OPERA
What a casino employee might say is perfect? IDEAL
Blessed state of vehicle caught in squally rain NIRVANA
Back to chop tree, clearing area, for instance EXAMPLE
Time zone reduced after upset ERA
What shows one’s composed and performed for, new documentation following? SANGFROID
Study agreement in speech EYE
Psychic put fear into underground worker MIND READER
Pet dragon is strange baptism participant! GODPARENT
Pays for conservative's false alibi COVER STORY
Leaders in The Oval Office, also TOO
Inability to catch, or retain, strangely TIN EAR
I reused horrible leftovers RESIDUE
I chuck in worn-out fossil TRILOBITE
Flood from river covering moor regularly TORRENT
Eat briefly, making racket DIN
Contents of data, stick found in storage area ATTIC
Blackbeard, say, doesn't start being angry IRATE
Bachelor on island failing to finish liquor? SINGLE MALT
Wine quantity not uniform? Bad business AMONTILLADO
What’s needed for walking dog in meadow: quiet LEASH
Supply department ARM