The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 08

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