The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 14

The Times Concise

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
ELASTICATED CORSET	GIRDLE
IMPOVERISHED	NEEDY
STEAL	THIEVE
Repeating musical phrase	RIFF
Silence, quieten	MUTE
US composer of Rhapsody in Blue (1898-1937)	GERSHWIN
Relating to group singing	CHORAL
Proverbial expression	IDIOM
POPULATION SURVEY	CENSUS
NATIVE AMERICAN AXE	TOMAHAWK
LIKE BETTER	PREFER
Keen, penetrating	INCISIVE
International coalition	ALLIANCE
IN A GENTLE MANNER	MILDLY
FUNERAL CAR	HEARSE
Former title for a senior nursing officer	MATRON
FIRMNESS	SOLIDITY
COUNTRY OF EASTERN AFRICA	ETHIOPIA
Collective confidence and positivity	MORALE
CATCH FIRE	IGNITE
Amount of people accepting an offer	UPTAKE
ABUNDANTLY	IN SPADES
SMALL MARSUPIAL	NUMBAT