The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9406 December 21, 2023, Puzzle Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 18th Greek letter | SIGMA |
| Apprehensive, worried | NERVOUS |
| Bottle up (emotions) | REPRESS |
| British naval hero | NELSON |
| Calculate the sum of | ADD |
| Chief, primary | MAIN |
| Deeply foolish | STUPID |
| Dispenser of medicines | CHEMIST |
| Domain | REALM |
| Emphasise | STRESS |
| Enthusiastic | keen as mustard |
| Flee, get away | ESCAPE |
| Ginger —, drink | BEER |
| Highland games pole | CABER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Insolence | RUDENESS |
| Ken Loach film about a boy who trains a bird of prey | KES |
| Label (a diagram) | ANNOTATE |
| Louse eggs | NITS |
| Minute particle released by fungi and ferns, eg | SPORE |
| Of the earliest times | PRIMEVAL |
| Pasta variety | PENNE |
| Precipitation | RAIN |
| Set down, log | RECORD |
| Sewing implement | THIMBLE |
| Sheriff’s group | POSSE |
| Stand in (for) | DEPUTISE |
| Woeful, dismal | ABJECT |