The Independent Crossword Answers March 07, 2023
Across
| Writer and poet everybody gets into | BALLARD |
| River in stretch of rolling land or field? | WORLD |
| English teacher about to get pay increase | RISE |
| Secretly steal, for example, ledger or wallet | POCKETBOOK |
| Riot Act changes getting Yard in outrage | ATROCITY |
| Quietly show cynical contempt around grooms | PREENS |
| Very distressed copper knocked back plonk | CUTUP |
| A red wound ultimately throbbed | ACHED |
| Plan that woman snorting coke put to Hoskins | SCHEME |
| Use 1471-3-0-100-1000 to get hold of airline! | RINGBACK |
| Becoming brighter after shocking weather consumes east | LIGHTENING |
| Large and advanced alien going over? Duck! | TEAL |
| What a fat cat might want to lose? Not the wife or the boat! | EIGHT |
| City in Turkey not supporting old church | ANTIOCH |
Down
| Fly in sky over vessel | BLUEBOTTLE |
| Pietà sculpted by one in foreign capital | TAIPEI |
| Climber a pet wees on | SWEETPEA |
| Flipping poor housing close to river’s dingy | DRAB |
| Put up with large and powerful muscles | BUILT |
| Without drug with cold, time son perishes | DECAYS |
| DEFRA’s head argued about number getting flooded | DROWNED |
| Show restraint on losing home to old lover | EXHIBITION |
| Charlie’s firm with Michael, according to Equity | COCAINE |
| Parsimonious leader feels bitter about getting gifts | PRESENTS |
| Lout into paintings about to have threesome | TROIKA |
| Horse, I’m told, with bit of speed can make evenings | NIGHTS |
| Go to bed with Conservative? That’s impetuous! | CRASH |
| What’s up with good husband on drugs? | HIGH |