The Times - Concise - April 27 2019 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
__ Dickens	CHARLES
Bad mannered	IMPOLITE
Browned bread	TOAST
Child's plaything	DOLL
Children's disease	MEASLES
Commerce	TRADE
Death	DEMISE
Decayed; very bad	ROTTEN
Decaying animal flesh	CARRION
Encourage; impulse	URGE
Financier	BANKER
First performance	PREMIERE
Heaviness	WEIGHT
However, but	ALTHOUGH
Inability to sleep	INSOMNIA
Military fabric	KHAKI
Mine access; handle	SHAFT
Not at home	AWAY
Not sweet; very cold	BITTER
On the contrary	RATHER
Relating to long-term plans	STRATEGIC
Resolve, settle	DECIDE
Sodium chloride	SALT
Staring stupidly (P, not K)	GAWPING
Unspecified item	SOMETHING
Young swan	CYGNET