The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2022 08 18

The Times Concise

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
BASIC CONSTITUENT PART	ELEMENT
SOLEMN CEREMONIES	RITES
MIX SOCIALLY	HOBNOB
NUMBERS	NINES
Plunging steeply	Nosediving
Extreme wickedness	VILLAINY
Strip at side of fabric	SELVEDGE
Musical based on Dickens	OLIVER
Girl's chaperone	DUENNA
WORLDWIDE	GLOBAL
Graceful style	ELEGANCE
Nasal openings	NOSTRILS
Moving vigorously	ACTIVE
Heavily eroded region	BADLANDS
Untidy and careless person	SLOVEN
INDISPENSABLE	INVALUABLE
MINERAL GEMSTONE	BERYL
HERALDIC DEVICES	EMBLEMS
GET	OBTAIN
RUIN, DOWNFALL	UNDOING