The Times – Concise – Times2 Concise 6978 – March 19, 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| (Of academic) keeping title after retirement |
EMERITUS |
| Able to withstand adverse conditions |
RESISTANT |
| Aged |
OLD |
| Aggressive seller |
HUSTLER |
| Atomic weapon |
ABOMB |
| Cartoon-making |
ANIMATION |
| Cavalry soldier |
HUSSAR |
| Christmas |
NOEL |
| Clear part of blood |
PLASMA |
| Commonly caught fish |
TROUT |
| Force to join ship’s crew |
SHANGHAI |
| Item of lab glassware |
PIPETTE |
| Keen-edged |
SHARP |
| Manchester massacre |
PETERLOO |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Paul —, US singer |
ROBESON |
| Plant used as fodder |
OATGRASS |
| Product’s final owner |
ENDUSER |
| Pus-filled cavity |
ABSCESS |
| Radioactive element |
THORIUM |
| Scatter |
STREW |
| Share |
RATION |
| Short and squat |
DUMPY |
| Shove |
PUSH |
| Small bird |
WREN |
| Stand/walk unsteadily |
TOTTER |
| Tall and thin |
LANKY |
| Uttered |
SAID |
| Zodiac sign |
LEO |
