The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 08

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