The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 17

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
Patch of hard skin	CALLUS
Severance of connection	DISENGAGEMENT
IGNORE	DISREGARD
Began, started	COMMENCED
Bamboo-eating mammals resembling raccoons	red pandas
Family grouping	CLAN
ACTING PART	ROLE
Curly-haired dog breed	POODLE
Dazed feeling following sleep or drinking	grogginess
CRUSTACEAN	CRAB
Medieval land workers	PEASANTS
Act of taking control of territory by force	CONQUEST
Pull grotesque faces	GURN
Ebbing and flowing liquid	TIDEWATER
NEARER	CLOSER
Carol --- Duffy, former poet laureate	ANN
Sorry, repentant	RUEFUL
CURRENTLY	NOW
Collecting game	scavenger hunt
In an awkward predicament	UP A GUM TREE