The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 03 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Unaware first pair of lions occupies plain OBLIVIOUS
Unusual ban on lover expressing love using hand gestures? NONVERBAL
Begs, we hear, for commendation PRAISE
Cheat to find somewhere to sleep CRIB
Contrite writer I shelter PENITENT
Easy chance for model SITTER
Elf’s grudge, harbouring resistance SPRITE
English artist’s epoch ERA
Fabric salesperson received by Church CREPE
Forceful six are annoying VIRILE
Hidden in attic over time COVERT
Individual watching cricket side — attractive person ONLOOKER
It’s close at work —a special day SOLSTICE
Leading pairs from rookie tag teams follow set order ROTATE
List of names to have an effect REGISTER
Press demur generally seeing major cutbacks URGE
Secure changes for free RESCUE
Skin of cat, maybe, absorbing learner PELT
Solitary guy has change of heart: he’s not successful LOSER
Where sweet may be found, cold one? CONE
Temporary work on stage ACTING
Second volume ending in case for advocate MOVE
Printing ink: no source of colour used up CYAN
Present-day graduate rejected Bede? ADAM
Mostly nasty about US city recordings VINYL
Malicious blogger? Right to block impact TROLL
King Edward possibly suppressing odd bits of talk and gossip TATTLER
Island valley, not area offering no fruit? IDLE
Inducement to abandon English for French city, making measure of similarity COMPARISON
Crazed legal expert dismissing judge as handy operator MANICURIST
Completion of table leads to spare wood EBONY
After surprise, I will abandon unfussy office layout FLOOR PLAN
Absence of work still involving some labour? maternity leave
A hot-looking French lake recalled as product of volcanism CALDERA
Sort of motor — or band — I refitted INBOARD
Airmen took flight offered by chance? RAFFLED
Educationalist provoking storm and noise MONTESSORI
Nonsense about unknown work being source of material for play TOYSHOP
Philosophy briefly for every single European leader TAOISEACH
Sculptor, Swiss at heart, came and got it wrong GIACOMETTI
Equal rights advocate, finest — I’m converted! FEMINIST