The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 16

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
Attracted, lured	drew in
Tilt, incline	LEAN
Francis of ---, Italian saint	ASSISI
Wide rift	GULF
Chinese port city	SHANGHAI
Treat or prize for good behaviour	REWARD
DESTROYING UTTERLY	OBLITERATING
Whined, grumbled	MOANED
Native American people of eastern Canada	CREE
Ridiculous events or behaviour	farcicality
Timing device checked by traffic wardens	parking meter
--- franca, practical means of communication	LINGUA
UNNECESSARY	INESSENTIAL
More loud and discordant	NOISIER
WHENEVER	any time
Frenzied person	MANIAC
State of excited or nervous anticipation	SUSPENSE
Machine converting power into motion	ENGINE