The Times - Concise - Times2 Jumbo 490 - March 17, 2012

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Among the servants BELOWSTAIRS
Arab at the time of the Crusades SARACEN
Aromatic plant SWEETCICELY
Badly conceived MISBEGOTTEN
Captions for an opera SURTITLES
Chief port of Iraq BASRA
Circus entertainer LIONTAMER
Clean abrasively SCOUR
Clyde's partner BONNIE
Disappointing failure WASHOUT
Display dummy MANNEQUIN
Drop (passengers); write SETDOWN
Expression of pain or disgust GRIMACE
Film star; WW2 jacket MAEWEST
Freezing ICECOLD
Frequent visitor HABITUE
Get nowhere fast GOROUNDINCIRCLES
Ghost-ridden HAUNTED
Great enthusiasm; agitation EXCITEMENT
Hard type of paint ENAMEL
Hitherto unsurpassed achievement ALLTIMERECORD
Honest, truthful ONTHELEVEL
Hostile WARLIKE
Hot Mediterranean wind SIROCCO
Hypocritical INSINCERE
Innate behavioural patterns INSTINCTS
Japanese volcano FUJI
John Singer —, US painter SARGENT
Liable to spread disease INFECTIOUS
Light fabric; pancake CREPE
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Looking out for danger ONONESGUARD
Marine mollusc OYSTER
Merit EARN
Not liquid or gas SOLID
Obstinacy RECALCITRANCE
Occasionally SOMETIMES
Open-handedly GENEROUSLY
Park keeper RANGER
Part of house below ground BASEMENT
Playing card suit HEARTS
Progress independently PADDLEONESOWNCANOE
Rail service covering a whole route THROUGHTRAIN
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical SOUTHPACIFIC
Sarah —, French actress BERNHARDT
Soft lustre SHEEN
Softening, soothing EMOLLIENT
Soldiers considered expendable CANNONFODDER
Song associated with Bob Hope THANKSFORTHEMEMORY
Take part JOININ
Take to pieces DISMANTLE
That man personally HIMSELF
Three-pronged spear TRIDENT
Type of leather SUEDE
Very close friends ASTHICKASTHIEVES
Very demanding INSISTENT
Very hot and dry TORRID
Violent attack ASSAULT
Weapon to force entry BATTERINGRAM
Wetness MOISTURE
Yacht harbour MARINA