The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Tall vividly coloured garden plant red-hot poker
Serving to make clear EXPLANATORY
Like many cinemas MULTISCREEN
FRAGRANT GUM RESIN MYRRH
James —, Belgian painter ENSOR
LONGEST RIVER IN FRANCE LOIRE
STORE OF RICHES HOARD
ZODIAC SIGN TAURUS
Combine into a single unit CONSOLIDATE
ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE SPARTA
Wrong understanding misinterpretation
Evasive waffling talk FLANNEL
Fascination, delight ENCHANTMENT
DRUNK LIT UP
Mixed party drink PUNCH
Person working in a timber mill SAWYER
REFUSE TO BE PERSUADED dig one's heels in
Cumbrian lake on which Keswick is situated DERWENTWATER
OBSTACLE HINDRANCE
Annoyance at unfair treatment INDIGNATION
Consisting of straight lines RECTILINEAR
SEASON AUTUMN
Savoury dough ball DUMPLING
COLDLY DETERMINED STEELY
LIVELINESS, SPIRIT BRIO
Stupidly stubborn pig-headed
Extremely cruel or complex FIENDISH
Sheep wool cutter SHEARER
HICKORY NUT PECAN
HORRIFYINGLY WICKED ATROCIOUS
KETTLEDRUMS TIMPANI
SHOW INDICATE
FLOATING FREELY ADRIFT
NEW ZEALAND NATIVE MAORI
Hard white metal IRIDIUM
Inability to speak SPEECHLESSNESS
SECTION OF TEXT PARAGRAPH
MISS DOOLITTLE ELIZA
SHREWD, PERCEPTIVE ASTUTE
Render unable to function INCAPACITATE
Inspiring wonderment or profound reverence AWESOME
SERVING A USEFUL PURPOSE CONSTRUCTIVE
Peaceful coexistence HARMONY
GNAWING MAMMAL RODENT
FORMAL DEFENCE OF ONE'S CONDUCT APOLOGIA
RAISED ELEVATED
— Binchy, Irish novelist MAEVE
RUB OUT ERASE
UNPRINCIPLED PERSON ROGUE
PADDLES OARS
HARLOT STRUMPET
Flashy, gaudy MERETRICIOUS
Rudely and disrespectfully INSOLENTLY
DESERTED MAROONED
RELATING TO LIVING ORGANISMS BIOTIC
HERBAL INFUSION TISANE
Send out (radio waves) TRANSMIT
Person arriving after time LATECOMER
UNNECESSARY NEEDLESS
Rock climber MOUNTAINEER
Way in; captivate ENTRANCE
TAKE-OFF AND LANDING STRIP RUNWAY
BODY'S OUTER LAYER EPIDERMIS
UPPER ARM BONE HUMERUS
SPICED RICE DISH PILAU
GARDEN PLANT DAHLIA
GARDEN PLANT PANSY
Good digestion EUPEPSIA