The Times Cryptic 2024 04 23 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Dig tunnel badly, revealing some tolerance	INDULGENT
Hotpot not dry’s served up	STEW
Stress appeal is to be found in children’s book heroine	ITALICISE
Those against hollowed out universal support — who was asked?	CONSULTEE
House record label is after soprano initially	SEMI
A clerk’s odd half-cut hairstyle	DREADLOCKS
Responsibility assigned to under-secretary	ONUS
English work in Haiti destroyed country	ETHIOPIA
Pottery company relocates — worry for breakage	ROYAL WORCESTER
Rogue operation in effect	IMPACT
Cold, cold incline	CHILL
Smooch: a little peck is similar	KISS
Daft bird	CUCKOO
Reported hoard found on lake in mountainous region	KASHMIR
Room where Barbie's boyfriend entertains desire	KITCHEN
Certain cadre, unfortunately, locked up	INCARCERATED
Mean line for painter of matchstick men	LOWRY
Become a minister and submit to PM’s whims?	take orders
Sheer quality of Sunshine Soap ad being broadcast	diaphanousness
Evidently unhappy employee, one observing hands on face?	clock-watcher
One moved out day before receiving a signal	EVACUEE
Wind up, containers knocked over	STOP
Extraordinary dormice: tail on one is ordinary	MEDIOCRE
Metal tin, a lump processed	PLATINUM
A rifle I'd misused where planes observed	AIRFIELD
Measure monarch, for example	RULER
Chokes eating English plums	GAGES
Note to perform vocally, ignoring small tremolo	QUAVERING
Rubbish garment	PANTS
Small dog I had raised to excavate	DIG UP
Become very warm when in decay	ROAST
Carbon in wrought iron is for cutter	INCISOR
Flier, bit of a laugh	LARK
Star turn caught by everyone	ALGOL
Irritate insect lover	GALLANT

Dig tunnel badly, revealing some tolerance

INDULGENT

Hotpot not dry’s served up

STEW

Stress appeal is to be found in children’s book heroine

ITALICISE

Those against hollowed out universal support — who was asked?

CONSULTEE

House record label is after soprano initially

SEMI

A clerk’s odd half-cut hairstyle

DREADLOCKS