The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 14

The Times Concise

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
CATCH FIRE	IGNITE
NATIVE AMERICAN AXE	TOMAHAWK
ELASTICATED CORSET	GIRDLE
Repeating musical phrase	RIFF
Proverbial expression	IDIOM
Collective confidence and positivity	MORALE
International coalition	ALLIANCE
IN A GENTLE MANNER	MILDLY
FUNERAL CAR	HEARSE
US composer of Rhapsody in Blue (1898-1937)	GERSHWIN
Silence, quieten	MUTE
FIRMNESS	SOLIDITY
Relating to group singing	CHORAL
Former title for a senior nursing officer	MATRON
IMPOVERISHED	NEEDY
COUNTRY OF EASTERN AFRICA	ETHIOPIA
Amount of people accepting an offer	UPTAKE
SMALL MARSUPIAL	NUMBAT
POPULATION SURVEY	CENSUS
Keen, penetrating	INCISIVE
STEAL	THIEVE
LIKE BETTER	PREFER
ABUNDANTLY	IN SPADES