The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
VAT applied to a brass instrument TUBA
Standard refusal to meet Royal Marines NORM
Shrouded in secrecy: an ideal murder weapon? CYANIDE
See CID tip off killer in field? PESTICIDE
Saint, disturbed at Magi revealing marks on his body? STIGMATA
Notices Charlie has long hair CLOCKS
Not easy to get river pilot at first DEEP
Most bogus calls taking one in? Tons! PHONIEST
Miss Marple’s middle man MALE
Mine’s an untidy place on reflection! PIT
Liar not, unusually, before a judge? on trial
Lady-killer, heroic, as an ovation shows CASANOVA
I’m tough, ugly, oddly overlooked old emperor MOGUL
Fly perhaps from trendy religious faction INSECT
Fizzy spirit drink taken across recreation ground SPARKLING
Female soldier in US, going to right and left GIRL
Country house in Virginia, poorly kept VILLA
Capone, say, providing weapons is scary! ALARMING
About to consume hot tea CHA