The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 09

The Times Concise

crossword answers

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