The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 15

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
Approve, recommend	ENDORSE
Claim, contend	ALLEGE
Dangle, be suspended	HANG
Deceived into following	LED ON
Friendly faction	ALLY
Motor-sports zigzag bend	CHICANE
Proposal, bid	OFFER
Shop selling eclairs, eg	PATISSERIE
Staging of a quadrennial sporting event	OLYMPIAD
Thick covering of hair	FUR
SMUG	self-satisfied
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF PAKISTAN	URDU
METALLIC ELEMENT	BISMUTH
LEISURELY WALK	STROLL
FULCRUM	PIVOT
FLY HIGH	SOAR
FENCING SWORD	EPEE
BOOKS, MAGAZINES ETC	reading matter
Yorkshire ---, upland area	DALES
Totally incompetent	CLUELESS
Tightknit group	CIRCLE
ZEALOUS	AVID