The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Silk wrap from Chanel maybe being worn COCOON
Used to be extremely tiresome and refuse WASTE
Bread is tossed for gull, say SEABIRD
Briefly examine earring STUD
Instructs alien to produce toy TRAIN SET
Instrument put wine outside home CLARINET
Knife crazy revolutionary STAB
Mischievous principal ARCH
Occasionally crafty pet CAT
Particle of dirt ultimately found in nerve cell NEUTRON
Poems composed for racecourse EPSOM
Style of music from Asian capital overheard SOUL
Wash broken lance CLEAN
Present system of arcane tests scrapped secret santa
Period drama finally shown after hesitation ERA
Pattern of short-term worker running behind TEMPLATE
Old steward overturned change of direction on energy REEVE
Child's ditty not finished SON
Jane perhaps picked up melody AIR
Narrow escape concludes experience CLOSE SHAVE
How smart you are, apprehending king approaching a country IRAQ
Go at a brisk pace, and bump into socialist jog trot
Female relative to bust some moves, not showing initial anxiety ANCESTRESS
Fabric of a Frenchman JEAN
Equal it shot for shot? TEQUILA
Energy comes from tea, not alcohol primarily CHI
One who painted rubbish hotel floor ROTHKO
Clubs working to infiltrate US tax organisation IRONS
Character of a group of soldiers once? THETA
Uncomfortable, Bill ate a seafood sample ILL AT EASE
Try going viral? That's tragic heart-rending
Metal carton is crushed CASTIRON
Fashionable to help backward country INDIA
Insect biting woman in tropical land BELIZE
American lawman perfects listening devices EARPHONES
Some data from faulty battery given energy TERABYTE
Queen's standard uncovered ANNE
Contents of letter I posted for Sally RIPOSTE
A large vehicle collecting an unknown number for fortress ALCAZAR