The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
A girl finally dated man in recess ALCOVE
Bad opening for my statement of intent ILL
Catalogue once more includes a non-abstract artist REALIST
Controlling awful bosses I have OBSESSIVE
Framework produced by church covering aid, mostly CHASSIS
In general, it must establish definitive check litmus test
Large oak tree I destroyed, dislodging a small bird LORIKEET
Not worried about heartless whistleblower CAREFREE
One’s holding first pair of birds, or just one IBIS
Partly switching sides is of little consequence PALTRY
Playwright making wise statement about what his heroine would keep missing SHAW
Raptor circles victim OSPREY
Revolutionary kind of dwelling VILLA
Some seabirds returning, or just one SKUA
State carriage VICTORIA
Stop following bear? Not really KOALA
Unqualified, so to speak UTTER
Unspecified relative putting in effort as paper’s adviser AGONY AUNT
Versus Arsenal, initially gets extra time AGAINST
After golf day, sank unusual port GDANSK
Brent’s fliers? GEESE
Damage an arm in making film RAIN MAN
Deal won’t, oddly, start DAWN
Embassy staffer not drinking: a pain all round! ATTACHE
French city has eminently risen — to an extent NIMES
Gesture aligns, somehow SIGNAL
Give a large amount in harmless display of aggression? HANDBAGS
I’ve found it some mistake, ruefully reflecting EUREKA
Increasingly perceptive, of abnormal stature ASTUTER
Jump is hard work! HOP
Marines arriving in numbers bringing standards NORMS
Missile, limited in range, heading off ARROW
Picks out one police officer IDS
Removes a bishop’s pamphlets ABSTRACTS
Scavenger’s intense desire to enter hotel area HYENA
Start unconventionally, manouevring two into employ hot-wire
Watch, perhaps, maiden involved in row TIMER
We settled into cosy place, most modern! NEWEST