The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9468 March 2 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Abate, reduce | LESSEN |
| Acid-tasting | SOUR |
| Aerial leisure pursuit | parascending |
| Art technique in which paint is applied so as to stand out from the canvas | IMPASTO |
| Calm down | cool off |
| Companions in romance or business | PARTNERS |
| Country | NATION |
| Desiccated | DRIED |
| Dickens novel | little dorrit |
| Eventually arrive (in) | end up |
| Extra dish not listed on a restaurant’s menu | SPECIAL |
| Gown | DRESS |
| Having died out | EXTINCT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Imperial unit of weight | OUNCE |
| Make more dense | THICKEN |
| Moggy, kitty | PUSS |
| Northern sea duck | EIDER |
| Nova —, Canadian province | SCOTIA |
| Pertaining to an ancient Germanic alphabet | RUNIC |
| Practical intelligence | SENSE |
| Results of an action | EFFECTS |
| Slumbering | SLEEPING |
| Small east Asian breed of dog | shih-tzu |
| Spiritualists’ meeting | SEANCE |
| Strange, alien | UNKNOWN |
| The things there | THOSE |
