The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9442 February 1 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| — down, apply oneself | BUCKLE |
| — Thomas, Welsh poet | DYLAN |
| Able to use both hands equally well | AMBIDEXTROUS |
| Aggressively competitive environment | bear pit |
| Arrest, apprehend | NAB |
| Bearing pointed outgrowths like a goat or rhinoceros | HORNED |
| Beer mug | TANKARD |
| Blue wire in a plug | NEUTRAL |
| City of dreaming spires | OXFORD |
| Devout | PIOUS |
| Financial inducement | BRIBE |
| Illustration opposite the title page of a book | FRONTISPIECE |
| Japanese currency | YEN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Large body of water | SEA |
| Make believe | PRETEND |
| Moved by the wind | BLOWN |
| Neat and tidy | ORDERLY |
| Of the stomach | GASTRIC |
| Police officer | COP |
| Racket sport | TENNIS |
| Russian writer (1799-1837) | PUSHKIN |
| Sleeveless garment | tank top |
| Stale, hackneyed | TRITE |
| Stirred up (passions) again | REKINDLED |
| Stuck out | PROTRUDED |
| Tobacco product | CIGAR |