The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 09

The Times Concise

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
Accumulation of incomplete work	BACKLOG
Admonition, censure	REPROOF
Children’s toy on a string	yo-yo
LAMENT, GRIEVE	MOURN
LOOP OF ROPE	NOOSE
Made to a consistent design and quality	STANDARDISED
Old-hat, stale	PASSE
Period in which certain offences are overlooked	AMNESTY
Robust support	BUTTRESS
SET OF STEPS	LADDER
Widespread naturalised shrub	RHODODENDRON
SMALL STONES	GRAVEL
RIDING WHIP	CROP
LEGAL	LAWFUL
EIGHT-LIMBED MOLLUSC	OCTOPUS
ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL	SYNOD
DIVISION OF A LONG POEM	CANTO
Descent from ancestors	LINEAGE
ANSWER	RESPOND
SPADE	SHOVEL
WORD OF APOLOGY	SORRY