The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
KETTLEDRUMS TIMPANI
HORRIFYINGLY WICKED ATROCIOUS
HICKORY NUT PECAN
Sheep wool cutter SHEARER
SHOW INDICATE
Stupidly stubborn pig-headed
Extremely cruel or complex FIENDISH
FLOATING FREELY ADRIFT
DESERTED MAROONED
Flashy, gaudy MERETRICIOUS
HARLOT STRUMPET
PADDLES OARS
UNPRINCIPLED PERSON ROGUE
Peaceful coexistence HARMONY
RUB OUT ERASE
— Binchy, Irish novelist MAEVE
GNAWING MAMMAL RODENT
FORMAL DEFENCE OF ONE'S CONDUCT APOLOGIA
RAISED ELEVATED
Rudely and disrespectfully INSOLENTLY
GARDEN PLANT PANSY
GARDEN PLANT DAHLIA
SPICED RICE DISH PILAU
UPPER ARM BONE HUMERUS
RELATING TO LIVING ORGANISMS BIOTIC
HERBAL INFUSION TISANE
Send out (radio waves) TRANSMIT
Person arriving after time LATECOMER
UNNECESSARY NEEDLESS
BODY'S OUTER LAYER EPIDERMIS
Rock climber MOUNTAINEER
Way in; captivate ENTRANCE
TAKE-OFF AND LANDING STRIP RUNWAY
Good digestion EUPEPSIA
COLDLY DETERMINED STEELY
Savoury dough ball DUMPLING
SEASON AUTUMN
Consisting of straight lines RECTILINEAR
Annoyance at unfair treatment INDIGNATION
OBSTACLE HINDRANCE
Cumbrian lake on which Keswick is situated DERWENTWATER
LIVELINESS, SPIRIT BRIO
LONGEST RIVER IN FRANCE LOIRE
Like many cinemas MULTISCREEN
James —, Belgian painter ENSOR
Serving to make clear EXPLANATORY
Tall vividly coloured garden plant red-hot poker
FRAGRANT GUM RESIN MYRRH
SERVING A USEFUL PURPOSE CONSTRUCTIVE
Inspiring wonderment or profound reverence AWESOME
Render unable to function INCAPACITATE
SHREWD, PERCEPTIVE ASTUTE
MISS DOOLITTLE ELIZA
SECTION OF TEXT PARAGRAPH
Inability to speak SPEECHLESSNESS
NEW ZEALAND NATIVE MAORI
Hard white metal IRIDIUM
Mixed party drink PUNCH
Fascination, delight ENCHANTMENT
Evasive waffling talk FLANNEL
ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE SPARTA
STORE OF RICHES HOARD
ZODIAC SIGN TAURUS
Combine into a single unit CONSOLIDATE
Wrong understanding misinterpretation
DRUNK LIT UP
Person working in a timber mill SAWYER
REFUSE TO BE PERSUADED dig one's heels in