The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 09

The Times Concise

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