The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8239 Crossword Answer

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8239 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Hums; strums	THRUMS
I don't know (informal)	DUNNO
In favour of	FOR
Lay down the law	DICTATE
Mother-of-pearl	NACRE
Natural fertiliser	GUANO
Noah's craft	ARK
Poplar tree	ASPEN
Portend; Roman official	AUGUR
Produce, generate	YIELD
Raise in standard	UPGRADE
Religious female	NUN
Remain upright	STAND
TV astronomy series	the sky at night
When cakes are eaten	TEATIME

Clues	Answers
Assign a job to	APPOINT
Becomes understood	sinks in
Beginning; attack	ONSET
Building for vehicles	GARAGE
Cake decoration	ICING
Church official; tree	ELDER
Common stag or hind	red deer
Dagger symbols	OBELI
Early part of day	MORNING
East Anglian county	NORFOLK
Film about D-Day	the longest day
General anxiety	ANGST
Geological layers	STRATA
Group of seven	SEPTET
Group; harden	SET