The Times - Concise - Times Concise Jumbo No 1351

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Clues Answers
(A star's) brightness MAGNITUDE
Afterwards LATER
Authorise EMPOWER
Be uncomfortably hot SWELTER
Become less intense ABATE
Begin start out
Break; leave suddenly SPLIT
Certain to succeed sure-fire
Child learning to walk TODDLER
Cowboys' contest RODEO
Cry of praise HOSANNA
Dexterity of movement DEFTNESS
Dish served on toast eggs Benedict
Edmund —, English poet SPENSER
Excessive self-importance ARROGANCE
Face sheltered from the wind lee side
Football player DEFENDER
Garden areas SHRUBBERY
Geometric shape exhibiting same characteristic at every scale FRACTAL
Gloomy SATURNINE
Great brilliance BRAVURA
Group of three TRIO
Heraldic lily fleur-de-lys
Horned dinosaur TRICERATOPS
In desperate straits with one's back to the wall
Inability to read or write ILLITERACY
International agreement TREATY
Inutility unusefulness
Jargon or slang (of a group) ARGOT
Clues Answers
Long and painful experience ORDEAL
Long-tailed amphibian SALAMANDER
Menial and dull work DRUDGERY
Murmur of pain; grumble MOAN
Not publicised unannounced
Of very poor quality third-rate
One operating on brain, spinal cord, etc NEUROSURGEON
One whose job is practical and out of the office FIELDWORKER
Paying no attention HEEDLESS
Percussion sound DRUMBEAT
Pigeon; Greek poet HOMER
Play by Shakespeare a midsummer night's dream
Playfully-teasing remarks BANTER
Police head COMMISSIONER
Relaxed, uninhibited UNBUTTONED
Religious head ABBOT
Remaining RESIDUAL
Required to be done NECESSARY
Run away to marry ELOPE
Rush around violently RAMPAGE
Scholarly ACADEMIC
Sheathing bract enclosing a flower cluster SPATHE
Street light supporter LAMPPOST
Subtly expressed UNDERSTATED
Underground prison DUNGEON
Unspecified item ANYTHING
Use of the Internet for financial transfers e-banking
Vehicle ID number plate
With no interesting characteristics NONDESCRIPT