The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2021 04 19

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
WENT BACKWARDS	RETROGRESSED
EG, MINESTRONE	SOUP
MARINER	SEAMAN
MARINE REPTILE	TURTLE
LIBERATE	FREE
COLOUR	GREEN
CLEVER, SKILFUL	ABLE
Travelled like Santa	SLEIGHED
Most certain or confident	SUREST
Disconcert; chuck	THROW
Device measuring response to light	SENSITOMETER
Stress suffered by fighter pilots	g-force
Violently forces out	EJECTS
Waistband; hit hard	BELT
Echoes, resounds	REVERBERATES
Loops of rubber	ELASTIC BANDS
Pay up; spend	SHELL OUT
Person descending on ropes	ABSEILER