The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 2226 - December 30, 2000

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Brilliant notion BRAINWAVE
Bumper (volume, edition) OMNIBUS
Categorical decree DIKTAT
Extensive LARGE
Extinct NZ bird MOA
Floor covering CARPET
Gist; lump NUB
In force VALID
Instruction COMMAND
Jan ---, Flemish painter VANEYCK
Jostle; hurry; swindle HUSTLE
Mild curry KORMA
No. of cat lives NINE
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One that locks KEY
Plaster for moulding STUCCO
Play host to ENTERTAIN
Prey-bird's claw TALON
Retaliation principle (2,3,3,2,3) ANEYEFORANEYE
Seabird; sounds like pin SKUA
Serbia capital BELGRADE
Sit across STRADDLE
Staked enclosure STOCKADE
State of bliss SEVENTHHEAVEN
Tiny sea organisms PLANKTON
US spy bureau CIA
Wrapped consignment PACKAGE