The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Busy worker rejoices at first pint BEER
On radio not many would quarrel FEUD
Lines by stylish woman dismissing knight’s sharp practice CHICANERY
Promise offered by place to west of border PLEDGE
Subscriber loses head, seeing glowing coal EMBER
Writer crossing a road, like certain poets BARDIC
Be right about witty writer in puzzle? BEWILDER
Farm animal one cooked for winger PIGEON
Furniture up till now not finished SOFA
Kind Shakespeare showing benevolence? GOODWILL
Lover-boy among white roses EROS
Nonsense from fine female in tall building PIFFLE
Pot displayed in Kyiv as example VASE
Storm in Virginia extremely destructive INVADE
Top dog did you say? PEAK
Unsteady having joined company INFIRM
Liberal in criticising local government procedure PLANNING
International firm showing careless indifference UNCONCERN
In folk-tales, a wicked gnome SAW
One church sure to be inaccessible in winter? ICEBOUND
Flaubert’s first clever story FABLE
Drone, perhaps, initially caught high in tree BEECH
Flop about, laughing out loud before cut LOLLOP
Large vehicle runs into small parrot LORRY
Copy type of smart card, getting glib about it FACSIMILE
Cast doubt on record right to prepare for publishing DISCREDIT
Be unsuccessful catching insect? A pigeon? FANTAIL
Animal smell appalling at first in pub INHUMAN
Rugby forward in bar LOCK
Plant fake diamond? SHAMROCK
Headless bear in collapsed state RUIN
How dam constructors work hard? BEAVER
Light shawl principally found in Central Manchuria FICHU
Wood and minerals wrapped in pink paper? FOREST
Forlorn lad to see distressed DESOLATE
Closer after dispute? Amen! last word
Vehicle needing a lot of attention CAR
Old college principal rejecting a painter’s many-sided figures POLYHEDRA
Downcast, emblem having dropped off wall? CRESTFALLEN
Disallow simple song, mostly one for robbers BANDITTI
In England her tales involved two fairy-tale siblings HANSEL AND GRETEL