The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9390 December 2, 2023 Answers
The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9390
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Accounting book | LEDGER |
| Added sugar to | SWEETENED |
| Angle, tilt | SLANT |
| Bypassed, avoided | SKIRTED |
| Causing destruction or destitution | RUINOUS |
| Cavalry soldier | HUSSAR |
| Crush into powder | GRIND |
| Desperate | do-or-die |
| Eerie | CREEPY |
| Give a formal speech | ORATE |
| In —, instead (of) | LIEU |
| In an impolite manner | RUDELY |
| Lessen, diminish | DWINDLE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| New Year’s Eve in Scotland | HOGMANAY |
| Nobly courageous | HEROIC |
| One who is missing or away | ABSENTEE |
| Person following an eating regime | DIETER |
| Plastic means of payment | debit card |
| Scintilla | IOTA |
| Sharp tip | POINT |
| Shut | CLOSED |
| Small building or room used for worship | CHAPEL |
| Subdivision of geological time | AEON |
| Tract of heathland | MOOR |
| Unresolved detail | loose end |
| Witty conversation or banter | REPARTEE |