The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
A large vehicle collecting an unknown number for fortress ALCAZAR
Character of a group of soldiers once? THETA
Clubs working to infiltrate US tax organisation IRONS
Contents of letter I posted for Sally RIPOSTE
Energy comes from tea, not alcohol primarily CHI
Equal it shot for shot? TEQUILA
Fabric of a Frenchman JEAN
Female relative to bust some moves, not showing initial anxiety ANCESTRESS
Go at a brisk pace, and bump into socialist jog trot
How smart you are, apprehending king approaching a country IRAQ
Insect biting woman in tropical land BELIZE
Jane perhaps picked up melody AIR
Narrow escape concludes experience CLOSE SHAVE
Old steward overturned change of direction on energy REEVE
One who painted rubbish hotel floor ROTHKO
Pattern of short-term worker running behind TEMPLATE
Period drama finally shown after hesitation ERA
Present system of arcane tests scrapped secret santa
Queen's standard uncovered ANNE
Silk wrap from Chanel maybe being worn COCOON
Some data from faulty battery given energy TERABYTE
Used to be extremely tiresome and refuse WASTE
American lawman perfects listening devices EARPHONES
Bread is tossed for gull, say SEABIRD
Briefly examine earring STUD
Child's ditty not finished SON
Fashionable to help backward country INDIA
Instructs alien to produce toy TRAIN SET
Instrument put wine outside home CLARINET
Knife crazy revolutionary STAB
Metal carton is crushed CASTIRON
Mischievous principal ARCH
Occasionally crafty pet CAT
Particle of dirt ultimately found in nerve cell NEUTRON
Poems composed for racecourse EPSOM
Style of music from Asian capital overheard SOUL
Try going viral? That's tragic heart-rending
Uncomfortable, Bill ate a seafood sample ILL AT EASE
Wash broken lance CLEAN