The Times - Concise - Times Concise Jumbo No 704

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Clues Answers
(Of a piano) properly adjusted TUNED
(Of a struggle) difficult UPHILL
Abnormal outgrowth EXCRESCENCE
Adopt a stoical attitude put a brave face on it
Ancestor FOREBEAR
Area of Central Asia TURKESTAN
Auguste —, French sculptor RODIN
Bear-like marsupial KOALA
Bird noted for its intelligence grey parrot
Capital of Bulgaria SOFIA
Capital of China BEIJING
City and port of Morocco CASABLANCA
Closed surface with only one side klein bottle
Composer of attractive tunes MELODIST
Confusion in battle the fog of war
Cruel and oppressive ruler DESPOT
Device for, eg, cutting eggs SLICER
Egyptian port ALEXANDRIA
Exist in large numbers ABOUND
Folded type of pizza CALZONE
Fragrant shrub LILAC
Historical novel by Robert Graves i claudius
Hold tightly and firmly CLENCH
Imaginary society in which everything is bad DYSTOPIA
In a direction along an object LENGTHWAYS
Item of party food CANAPE
Large bird of prey EAGLE
Large Mediterranean island CRETE
Large theatre or stadium COLISEUM
Large-stoned fruit avocado pear
Last but one PENULTIMATE
Clues Answers
List of merchant shipping lloyds register
Loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river OXBOW
Migratory curlew WHIMBREL
Name of three kings of Persia DARIUS
Of greatest duration LONGEST
One believing in evolutionary theory DARWINIST
One making, eg, deliveries errand boy
One of Pooh’s friends EEYORE
One of the four barristers’ associations in London lincolns inn
Oval around the hieroglyphic name of a pharaoh CARTOUCHE
Passage between seating blocks AISLE
Peril, risk DANGER
Person only just married newly-wed
Piece of land surrounded by water ISLAND
Plant fibre COTTON
Play a trick on, dupe take for a ride
Reflected MIRRORED
Refrain from action in case it makes things worse let well alone
Renowned French Gothic building chartres cathedral
Science of farming AGRICULTURE
Shopping container carrier bag
Something above criticism sacred cow
State of being ill SICKNESS
Stiff material for drawing on cartridge paper
Swiss currency FRANC
Synthetic polymer NYLON
Take a swim; envelop BATHE
Very quickly at the double
Very young child or baby INFANT
Wagnerian hero TRISTAN
Where goods are put on and off vehicles loading bay