The Times - Concise - January 17 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Amused oneself	PLAYED
Beer with lemonade	SHANDY
Cause to operate	ACTUATE
Decoration	ADORNMENT
Dispatch	SEND
Done without preparation	EXTEMPORE
Eastern language	CHINESE
Eight-limbed mollusc	OCTOPUS
Eloquent language	ORATORY
Embroidery specimen	SAMPLER
Ensnare	ENTRAP
Fish using a towed net	TRAWL
Fly high in the air	SOAR
Garden building	GAZEBO
Language of Sri Lanka	TAMIL
Large parrot	MACAW
Like fresh dry snow	POWDERY
Means to gradual progress	stepping stone
Muhammad —, boxer	ALI
Permit; rent	LET
Pilotless aircraft	DRONE
Refunds; rewards	REPAYS
Relating to verse	POETIC
Rhythmic beat	PULSE
Space traveller	ASTRONAUT
Very distressed	cut up