The Times - Concise May 15 2010

ClueAnswer
1980s Soviet economic policy PERESTROIKA
Action showing disrespect of legal processes CONTEMPTOFCOURT
Alaskan city ANCHORAGE
Ancient state in central Italy ETRURIA
Australian mammal PLATYPUS
Badly done; recycled fibre SHODDY
British actress (1888-1976) DAMEEDITHEVANS
Canopy over four-poster bed TESTER
Captain Hook's right-hand man SMEE
City on the eastern edge of the Rockies COLORADOSPRINGS
Clothing on top of other clothing OUTERWEAR
Coarse material BUCKRAM
Crude COARSE
Cue given to actor PROMPT
Dark-backed seabird, Puffinus puffinus MANXSHEARWATER
Dregs SEDIMENT
Ejection from a window DEFENESTRATION
Embellishment of a room DECOR
English statesman (1729-97) EDMUNDBURKE
Expecting a baby PREGNANT
Facility on word-processor or typewriter TABULATOR
Foolish person NINCOMPOOP
From a group of particular Pacific islands POLYNESIAN
Ham cured or smoked GAMMON
Highest mountain in England SCAFELLPIKE
In a joyous manner JUBILANTLY
Indian dairy drink LASSI
Jerks backwards RECOILS
Large lizard MONITOR
Large sea OCEAN
Laxative medicine APERIENT
Long (often tapering) flag STREAMER
Lowered in price REDUCED
Lowest rank of Royal Navy sailor ORDINARYSEAMAN
Mediterranean island CORSICA
Metallic element ZINC
National anthem of Wales LANDOFMYFATHERS
Of necessity PERFORCE
Period between reigns INTERREGNUM
Person who toes the line CONFORMIST
Positive or negative, not 0 NONZERO
Proposed as basis for argument POSITED
Provider of extra bed heat ELECTRICBLANKET
Put back together again REASSEMBLED
Put down in rank DEMOTED
Quite probably ASLIKEASNOT
Regulation RULE
Remove oily substance from DEGREASE
Result or effect CONSEQUENCE
Rice dish RISOTTO
Ripens MATURES
Royal Indian female RANI
Sample TASTE
Separate and distinct DISCRETE
Small units of time NANOSECONDS
Taken in excess food OVEREATEN
Taxonomic group SPECIES
Tight with money STINGY
Valve with three electrodes TRIODE
Variety shows REVUES
Aromatic herb DILL
Blackberry BRAMBLE
Breed of dog SPANIEL
Descend on rope ABSEIL
Diplomatic messenger ENVOY
Disease of horses GLANDERS
Extremely angry WAND
Fierce fire BLAZE
Gambling establishment CASINO
Gloomy, drab DINGY
Latin American dance SALSA
Loud metallic sound CLANG
Magical rod IRATE
Mediterranean island MALTA
Member of school staff TEACHER
Minotaur slayer THESEUS
Of everyday language DEMOTIC
Process of doing up (room) REDECORATION
Repeat performance ENCORE
Roman god of love CUPID
Secluded; rank PRIVATE
Someone who's just come ARRIVAL
Stemmed drinking glass GOBLET
Sudden catastrophe DISASTER
Type of shop window robbery SMASHANDGRAB
V-shaped stripe CHEVRON
Anagrammer Crossword Solver is a powerful crossword puzzle resource site. We maintain millions of regularly updated crossword solutions, clues and answers of almost every popular crossword puzzle and word game out there. We encourage you to bookmark our puzzle solver as well as the other word solvers throughout our site. Explore deeper into our site and you will find many educational tools, flash cards and plenty more resources that will make you a much better player.