The Times - Concise - January 11 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Absurd	RIDICULOUS
Accept as true	ACCREDIT
Aircraft carrier launcher	CATAPULT
Appearing at intervals	PERIODIC
Arrogantly confident	COCKSURE
Barrier; sport	FENCING
Give rise to	INDUCE
Implicitly understood	TACIT
Knitted or woven fabric	FABRIC
Late baroque style	ROCOCO
Polar region	ice cap
Portion of meat	CUTLET
Pre-conquest Mexican	AZTEC
Put back in position	REPLACED
Russian country house	DACHA
Separate, disconnect	DISSOCIATE
Sharp, forthright	ACERBIC
Sound of a wood fire	CRACKLE
Taint with disease	INFECT
Translucently clear	PELLUCID
Very hot place	FURNACE
Waste trimming	OFFCUT
Winter hanger	ICICLE
Yearn for	CRAVE