The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9420 January 6, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Alligator pear | AVOCADO |
| Brag | BOAST |
| Candidate put forward for tactical purposes | stalking-horse |
| Capital of Morocco | RABAT |
| Coming to after sleep | WAKING |
| Company covering against loss | INSURER |
| Coral formation surrounding a lagoon | ATOLL |
| Covered with hair | HIRSUTE |
| Creative piece | ARTWORK |
| Deliberately overlook | IGNORE |
| Distort, bias | SKEW |
| Feel furious | SEETHE |
| Fit for investigation by trial and experiment | TESTABLE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Fun activity | GAME |
| Indian tea-growing state | ASSAM |
| Lawbreaker | FELON |
| Map-toting competitor in an outdoor pursuit | ORIENTEER |
| Memorably succinct | SNAPPY |
| Multi-limbed sea creature | STARFISH |
| Permanent blemish | STAIN |
| Plant traditionally eaten with custard | RHUBARB |
| Printed work like early Shakespeare collections | FOLIO |
| Proverbially proud bird | PEACOCK |
| Requesting | ASKING |
| Small round hill | KNOLL |
| Suppress, suffocate | STIFLE |