The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 09

The Times Concise

crossword answers

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