The Times - Concise - Times Concise Jumbo No 1287

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Clues Answers
Abundant mineral FELDSPAR
Aircraft stewardess HOSTESS
Apply (a force) EXERT
Argentinian dance TANGO
Australia and New Zealand viewed from Europe ANTIPODES
Brass player TRUMPETER
Burial ceremony FUNERAL
Ceramic; mate CHINA
City in Michigan DETROIT
Commercial executive BUSINESSMAN
Commonplace PROSAIC
Complete disorder CHAOS
County town of Devon EXETER
Delighted, charmed ENCHANTED
Descent from an ancestor LINEAGE
Device attracting items when a current is passed through it ELECTROMAGNET
Disbelief in God ATHEISM
English political philosopher HOBBES
Excessively fastidious PICKY
Extremely bad or unpleasant EXECRABLE
Focus of spring dance MAYPOLE
Foolish words TWADDLE
From an area stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean MIDDLE EASTERN
Gleeful laugh CHORTLE
Great ape GORILLA
In an abnormal position ECTOPIC
Insignificant person NOBODY
Instrumental parts not to be omitted OBBLIGATI
Investigate in detail EXPLORE
Lack of suitability UNFITNESS
Leftover piece of cloth REMNANT
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One who is not a slave or serf FREEMAN
Play by Shakespeare TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Raise a glass to TOAST
Retaliation in kind tit for tat
Retributory punishment VENGEANCE
Reveal confidential matters TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL
Reward for a loser CONSOLATION PRIZE
Rowing boat SCULL
Rubbish; scum DROSS
Run with quick light steps SCAMPER
Russian dramatist CHEKHOV
Russian labour camp system GULAG
Saltpetre NITRE
Score, mark; cancel SCRATCH
Seasonal gift easter egg
Self-confidence, assurance APLOMB
Soluble cleansing agent DETERGENT
Something definite CERTAINTY
Sound of a tolling bell KNELL
Spring bulb TULIP
Stupid THICKHEADED
Synthetic resin making lightweight packaging POLYSTYRENE
The end of today TONIGHT
The preying of one animal on another PREDATION
Thrust or force out EXTRUDE
Travelled across or through TRAVERSED
Travelling between land-masses INTERCONTINENTAL
Type of military march goose step
Unattractive addition EXCRESCENCE
Vigorous political campaigner ACTIVIST
What can make a ball curve TOPSPIN