The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 04 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Weapon search RIFLE
Hollywood star who could move into elite domain MATINEE IDOL
Indian city featured in obscure plan DIAGRAM
Chopped up half of garden pole to make frame for plants PERGOLA
Brief moment absorbing work matter TOPIC
Blessed state of vehicle caught in squally rain NIRVANA
Back to chop tree, clearing area, for instance EXAMPLE
Support car marque as an original design ARCHETYPE
Ecstatic about ace stuff in ceremony SACRAMENT
Pine? 22 picked up in Californian city LONG BEACH
Gaudy description of nails? TACKY
What a casino employee might say is perfect? IDEAL
Forecaster is upset over Times letters initially SIBYL
Element of bondage session male eschewed TIE
Shrewd account about one of old ARCHAIC
Tea for each individual companion CHAPERONE
Pet dragon is strange baptism participant! GODPARENT
Pointless trial attorney has abandoned before end of day EMPTY
Leaders in The Oval Office, also TOO
Proceed to accept unhappy end? crack down on
I reused horrible leftovers RESIDUE
Therefore a religious leader initially records a drama SOAP OPERA
Flood from river covering moor regularly TORRENT
Tests new axes around military, primarily EXAMS
Contents of data, stick found in storage area ATTIC
Psychic put fear into underground worker MIND READER
Time zone reduced after upset ERA
Wine quantity not uniform? Bad business AMONTILLADO
What’s needed for walking dog in meadow: quiet LEASH
Supply department ARM
What shows one’s composed and performed for, new documentation following? SANGFROID
Eat briefly, making racket DIN
Study agreement in speech EYE
Inability to catch, or retain, strangely TIN EAR
I chuck in worn-out fossil TRILOBITE
Pays for conservative's false alibi COVER STORY
Blackbeard, say, doesn't start being angry IRATE
Bachelor on island failing to finish liquor? SINGLE MALT