The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Rugby forward in bar LOCK
Liberal in criticising local government procedure PLANNING
Be unsuccessful catching insect? A pigeon? FANTAIL
Cast doubt on record right to prepare for publishing DISCREDIT
Closer after dispute? Amen! last word
Unsteady having joined company INFIRM
Lover-boy among white roses EROS
Large vehicle runs into small parrot LORRY
How dam constructors work hard? BEAVER
Top dog did you say? PEAK
Plant fake diamond? SHAMROCK
Wood and minerals wrapped in pink paper? FOREST
Writer crossing a road, like certain poets BARDIC
Headless bear in collapsed state RUIN
Copy type of smart card, getting glib about it FACSIMILE
Flaubert’s first clever story FABLE
International firm showing careless indifference UNCONCERN
Nonsense from fine female in tall building PIFFLE
Be right about witty writer in puzzle? BEWILDER
Promise offered by place to west of border PLEDGE
Vehicle needing a lot of attention CAR
Subscriber loses head, seeing glowing coal EMBER
On radio not many would quarrel FEUD
Flop about, laughing out loud before cut LOLLOP
One church sure to be inaccessible in winter? ICEBOUND
Pot displayed in Kyiv as example VASE
Drone, perhaps, initially caught high in tree BEECH
Storm in Virginia extremely destructive INVADE
Busy worker rejoices at first pint BEER
Kind Shakespeare showing benevolence? GOODWILL
Downcast, emblem having dropped off wall? CRESTFALLEN
In folk-tales, a wicked gnome SAW
Furniture up till now not finished SOFA
Forlorn lad to see distressed DESOLATE
Lines by stylish woman dismissing knight’s sharp practice CHICANERY
Animal smell appalling at first in pub INHUMAN
Old college principal rejecting a painter’s many-sided figures POLYHEDRA
Farm animal one cooked for winger PIGEON
Light shawl principally found in Central Manchuria FICHU
Disallow simple song, mostly one for robbers BANDITTI
In England her tales involved two fairy-tale siblings HANSEL AND GRETEL