The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 22

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
ABSENCE OF LAW AND ORDER	ANARCHY
AND NOT	NOR
CAREFULLY CONSIDER	weigh up
CIRCUS PERFORMER	JUGGLER
Citizen of Kabul, eg	AFGHAN
CLEAR SPIRIT	GIN
CUT OF MEAT	LOIN
Flight structure	WING
FORMAL LETTER	EPISTLE
Group of colluding companies	CARTEL
IMPUDENT	CHEEKY
Influence, power	SWAY
INKLING	SUSPICION
LEAP	BOUND
Light-headed, reeling	GIDDY
Made a calculated guess	ESTIMATED
WATERFALL	CASCADE
RUMOURS	HEARSAY
UNDERLYING IDEA	BASIS
ONE-OF-A-KIND	UNIQUE
Malodorously decaying	PUTRID
Positive electrical contact	ANODE
Rod-shaped microbe	BACILLUS
Terrible, hopeless	WOEFUL
INSINCERE PRAISE	FLATTERY
INDECENT MATERIAL	SMUT