The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8456

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Clues Answers
(Of an engine) ran out of gear IDLED
African desert SAHARA
Air of secrecy MYSTIQUE
Bahamian capital NASSAU
Brave a hostile reception Face the Music
Crested bird HOOPOE
Dance; jacket BOLERO
Declare sacred CONSECRATE
Decorative ornament; had alien (anagram) NAILHEAD
Dull sound of impact THUD
Hindu god VISHNU
Hooded jackets ANORAKS
Clues Answers
Lecherous looks OGLES
Looked at EYED
Old fogies fuddy-duddies
Owl's cry HOOT
Put forward; specify NOMINATE
Reject with disdain SPURN
Ruminant's divided foot cloven hoof
School financial officer BURSAR
Shakespearean king LEAR
Steam bath SAUNA
Surreptitiously on the sly
Whip SCOURGE