The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 5074 - February 13, 2010

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Bet WAGER
Bird; jape LARK
Cowboys' contest RODEO
Delicately complex SUBTLE
Easily alarmed NERVOUS
First performance PREMIERE
Flying insect HAWKMOTH
Gradually develop EVOLVE
It's often mixed with gin VERMOUTH
Make known ANNOUNCE
Mockingly ironic SARCASTIC
New York island MANHATTAN
Pitching ball (cricket) YORKER
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Progressive rise of prices and wages SPIRAL
Provisional INTERIM
Real, actual TRUE
Red fruit CHERRY
Sharp-tasting additive BITTERS
So be it AMEN
Spirit distilled from malted grain WHISKY
Spirited, exuberant FEISTY
Strange; inquisitive CURIOUS
Structural curve ARCH
Unprincipled man ROGUE
Weighed down LADEN
Worn away ERODED