The Independent Crossword Answers April 06, 2023
Across
| Sanctioned wretch provided with makeshift bomb | RATIFIED |
| Briefly coming back to tour a state | NEVADA |
| Chinese order of cooked fish, e.g. skinned tuna | FENGSHUI |
| Inside of gulag has tourists stunned | AGHAST |
| Ladies perhaps hide, forgoing second chance | LOOKIN |
| Occasionally fond of an oddball | ONANDOFF |
| Tube fare – you’ve got nothing without it! | SAUSAGE |
| Regret turning over continental bread | EURO |
| Look after river sport | POLO |
| British fruit and nuts | BANANAS |
| Was waiter’s duck covered in low-calorie wine? | LOITERED |
| Dickie Bird initially backed English one and two | BOWTIE |
| Course covering constant alongside unknown variable | PATCHY |
| Light brown mist swirling until one’s lost | HAZELNUT |
| Lake taken in by extremely eager stranger | EERIER |
| Keep quiet about aid | PRESERVE |
Down
| Rapidly turn firearm, increasing core volume? | RIFFLE |
| Tory’s beginning to irritate Speaker | TANNOY |
| Last five crackers for Christmas, perhaps | FESTIVAL |
| Regularly test music case | ETUI |
| Motor missing centre, needing to be replaced | ENGINE |
| Counterpart with hands? | ANALOGUE |
| Almighty deed, changing cats for dogs – all tailless | ACTOFGOD |
| A horse/sheep mix-up | ANAGRAM |
| Sorry criminal has identified missing head | ASHAMED |
| Endless petitions about record that’s typically American | APPLEPIE |
| Scattered rice lost in part of cathedral | CLOISTER |
| Ordnance Survey spread out in Barnes & Noble | BARONESS |
| Support for driver with trimmed wheel that’s funny | TEEHEE |
| I enjoy drugs and rock and roll, primarily | STONER |
| Article in French newspaper that is socialist | LEFTIE |
| Retreat from short Scottish landowner | LAIR |
