The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Acquire piece of fishing gear NET
Sketched sunrise around summit of ridge DRAWN
Periodically unhappy? Rest for a bit NAP
Protect oneself against losing fence? HEDGE
Formidable family keeping a large old female cat GRIMALKIN
Revolutionary stunt ruined old joke CHESTNUT
Ancient countryman praying desperately outside hospital PHRYGIAN
Fizzy drink's quirk is brilliant! FANTASTIC
Angered at strange place for an outdoor cuppa TEA GARDEN
Falsely deny ear ached YEARNED
Use European cash machine found in river TREATMENT
Toast put on? No, white wine! CHARDONNAY
Hardy hero holds up many-headed monster HYDRA
Eg Scottish Celt in strong wind, we hear GAEL
Group of states in defeat or in disarray FEDERATION
Boar’s feet is weird option for Sunday lunch! ROAST BEEF
Unexpected note ACCIDENTAL
Legal official’s polite refusal on track NOTARY
Aunt Sal cooked piece of dried fruit SULTANA
Singer’s rap soon going wrong SOPRANO
See you later, carrying one small crown TIARA
Mean, in time, to finish INTEND
Tipsy English chap screwed up, perhaps? TIGHTENED
On which to play casually, visiting home and part of hospital? INSTRUMENT
Working in cafe, failed to remember about party and play WAITING FOR GODOT
Fellow actor beginning to import tin from Central America COSTA RICAN
Detest accommodating ultimately needless urgency HASTE
Impulse to place in box part of transmission spur gear
Minor divinity reported near a pond at last NAIAD
Follow-up drink for one making an impression CHASER
Clash involving Times grandee DISAGREEMENT
Skip first bit of very long film PIC
Serviceman digesting puff and spiced liquid MARINADE
Peg installed in standard type of harpsichord SPINET
Sample of boy's terrible seafood OYSTER