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
Peaceful coexistence HARMONY
KETTLEDRUMS TIMPANI
HORRIFYINGLY WICKED ATROCIOUS
HICKORY NUT PECAN
Sheep wool cutter SHEARER
SHOW INDICATE
Stupidly stubborn pig-headed
Extremely cruel or complex FIENDISH
FLOATING FREELY ADRIFT
UNPRINCIPLED PERSON ROGUE
PADDLES OARS
HARLOT STRUMPET
Flashy, gaudy MERETRICIOUS
DESERTED MAROONED
OBSTACLE HINDRANCE
SERVING A USEFUL PURPOSE CONSTRUCTIVE
Inspiring wonderment or profound reverence AWESOME
Render unable to function INCAPACITATE
SHREWD, PERCEPTIVE ASTUTE
SECTION OF TEXT PARAGRAPH
Inability to speak SPEECHLESSNESS
NEW ZEALAND NATIVE MAORI
Hard white metal IRIDIUM
MISS DOOLITTLE ELIZA
LIVELINESS, SPIRIT BRIO
Cumbrian lake on which Keswick is situated DERWENTWATER
Annoyance at unfair treatment INDIGNATION
Consisting of straight lines RECTILINEAR
SEASON AUTUMN
Savoury dough ball DUMPLING
COLDLY DETERMINED STEELY
RELATING TO LIVING ORGANISMS BIOTIC
HERBAL INFUSION TISANE
Send out (radio waves) TRANSMIT
Person arriving after time LATECOMER
UNNECESSARY NEEDLESS
BODY'S OUTER LAYER EPIDERMIS
Rock climber MOUNTAINEER
Way in; captivate ENTRANCE
TAKE-OFF AND LANDING STRIP RUNWAY
RUB OUT ERASE
GNAWING MAMMAL RODENT
RAISED ELEVATED
FORMAL DEFENCE OF ONE'S CONDUCT APOLOGIA
UPPER ARM BONE HUMERUS
SPICED RICE DISH PILAU
GARDEN PLANT DAHLIA
GARDEN PLANT PANSY
Good digestion EUPEPSIA
Rudely and disrespectfully INSOLENTLY
— Binchy, Irish novelist MAEVE
STORE OF RICHES HOARD
Combine into a single unit CONSOLIDATE
ZODIAC SIGN TAURUS
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