The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 09

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
Descent from ancestors	LINEAGE
SPADE	SHOVEL
Old-hat, stale	PASSE
LAMENT, GRIEVE	MOURN
Children’s toy on a string	yo-yo
LOOP OF ROPE	NOOSE
ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL	SYNOD
DIVISION OF A LONG POEM	CANTO
Made to a consistent design and quality	STANDARDISED
SMALL STONES	GRAVEL
Accumulation of incomplete work	BACKLOG
SET OF STEPS	LADDER
Robust support	BUTTRESS
LEGAL	LAWFUL
Admonition, censure	REPROOF
WORD OF APOLOGY	SORRY
Widespread naturalised shrub	RHODODENDRON
Period in which certain offences are overlooked	AMNESTY
RIDING WHIP	CROP
ANSWER	RESPOND
EIGHT-LIMBED MOLLUSC	OCTOPUS