The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9297
| Clues |
Answers |
| Afternoon nap |
SIESTA |
| Breed of retriever |
LABRADOR |
| Buoyant |
AFLOAT |
| Conducted a political campaign |
Electioneered |
| Correct, appropriate |
PROPER |
| Divided into two equal parts |
HALVED |
| Glutinous, sticky |
VISCID |
| Gobbledegook |
GIBBERISH |
| In a feeble manner |
WEAKLY |
| Issue of a periodical |
EDITION |
| Knight’s title |
SIR |
| Looked after (a child) |
baby-sat |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Most scarce |
RAREST |
| Musical instruction to play slowly |
LENTO |
| Not many |
FEW |
| Pack animal |
beast of burden |
| Pertaining to stars |
ASTRAL |
| Pocket timepiece |
fob watch |
| Possible to obtain |
GETTABLE |
| Russian abstract artist |
KANDINSKY |
| Shrub of the genus Rhododendron |
AZALEA |
| State of having not consumed alcohol |
SOBRIETY |
| Unused parts |
SPARES |