The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8986

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Clues Answers
Achieved through great effort hard-won
Basic constituent part ELEMENT
Extreme wickedness VILLAINY
Get OBTAIN
Girl's chaperone DUENNA
Graceful style ELEGANCE
Heavily eroded region BADLANDS
Heraldic devices EMBLEMS
Indispensable INVALUABLE
Inspires with love ENAMOURS
Mineral gemstone BERYL
Mix socially HOBNOB
Clues Answers
Moving vigorously ACTIVE
Musical based on Dickens OLIVER
Nasal openings NOSTRILS
Numbers NINES
Plunging steeply Nosediving
Ruin, downfall UNDOING
Solemn ceremonies RITES
Something in early development EMBRYO
Strip at side of fabric SELVEDGE
Test the quality of (a metal) ASSAY
Untidy and careless person SLOVEN
Worldwide GLOBAL