The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 17

The Times Concise

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