The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9395 December 8, 2023, Puzzle Solutions
The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9395
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Bank (on) | RELY |
| Deservedly gain | EARN |
| Egyptian river | NILE |
| Flexible, like the envelope of some airships | non-rigid |
| Hospital vessel | BEDPAN |
| Human character in The Jungle Book | MOWGLI |
| Innate tendencies | INSTINCT |
| Lots (of) | OODLES |
| Mercy, moderation | LENIENCE |
| Motoring body | d v l a |
| Moving like the Earth around the sun | ORBITING |
| Musical work such as Handel’s Messiah | ORATORIO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Oddball (O, not Y) | WEIRDO |
| One billion years | AEON |
| Practitioner of massage and exercise treatments | PHYSIO |
| Reading out of a list of names | roll call |
| Recorded, catalogued | on file |
| Salacious look or grin | LEER |
| Smarten up or put finishing touches to (T, not D) | TITIVATE |
| Soak up | ABSORB |
| Subtropical fruit tree | date palm |
| Symbol, indication | SIGN |
| Very bright star | NOVA |
| Work experience trainee | INTERN |