The Independent Crossword Answer List December 09, 2022
Across
| Spectators’ disapproval taps into poor performance by runner | SLOWHANDCLAP |
| Take home a type of car? | MAKE |
| Crustacean programme mostly bearing fruit | CRABAPPLE |
| One getting metal | COPPER |
| Youngster taking summer treats around large and small rooms | CUBICLES |
| Ruin, just after blocking military conflict | DISHARMONY |
| Pedestrian, both feet slipping, to get animated | WAKE |
| Dull end to game – but a decisive one! | MATE |
| Make clear sounds in small pieces, avoiding piano | ARTICULATE |
| Tank operator is filling a quantity of water | AQUARIST |
| Gold in bulk leads to dangerous situation | MORASS |
| Apparently allowed bird in part of orchard | APPLETREE |
| Sense displayed in accommodating a delay | WAIT |
| Take lead role in rigging awards system? | DOTHEHONOURS |
Down
| Story King extracted from some European subject | LIEGEMAN |
| Scottish town: it may flare up with match over | WICK |
| American laid out insane sum for a secretary | AMANUENSIS |
| Get darker and crude, engaged in row | DRAWIN |
| Island where China holds Tibetan priest? Just the reverse | LAPALMA |
| Instruction for launch possibly providing form of publicity | PRESSRELEASE |
| Grounds affected our team | CAMPUS |
| Expert framing poster may possibly proceed to lift recognition of film’s excellence | ACADEMYAWARD |
| Showman, one more involved with Paris | IMPRESARIO |
| Harbour vessel repurposed by military for contention | TUGOFWAR |
| Exact time to accept lawmaker making boast | TRUMPET |
| Activity engaging a US serviceman is moving slowly | ADAGIO |
| Stop releases being broadcast on radio | FREEZE |
| Leading man in Garbo’s latest? | HERO |
