The Times - Concise - Times Concise Jumbo No 654

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A close placing JUXTAPOSITION
A tendency (to do something) PREDISPOSITION
Arrive at, attain REACH
At the scene of an event on the spot
Atrocious act OUTRAGE
Became less intense ABATED
Capital of India new delhi
Cause to feel isolated ALIENATE
Cheater, deceiver TRICKSTER
Church window filler stained glass
Civilian fighting force MILITIA
Closely compacted DENSE
Couples PAIRS
Dutch scholar and humanist ERASMUS
Error MISTAKE
Essential, crucial all-important
Financial resources MEANS
Former coin, one fortieth of a pound SIXPENCE
Groups of similar things PHALANXES
Guide, steer PILOT
Incisors, molars. etc TEETH
Infringement; sin TRANSGRESSION
Insurance company employee claims assessor
Israeli Red Sea port EILAT
John —, Beatle LENNON
John —, prime minister MAJOR
Joint work COLLABORATION
Kind of long-grain rice BASMATI
Leg joint ANKLE
Like the works of one Dutch painter REMBRANDTESQUE
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Maritime NAUTICAL
Microscopic creature ANIMALCULE
Miraculous, magical SUPERNATURAL
Name (of a book, etc) TITLE
Novel by Joseph Conrad NOSTROMO
Oil used in mixing paints TURPENTINE
Oliver —, Dickens character TWIST
One from the affluent part of a city UPTOWNER
One who is averse to change TRADITIONALIST
One who talks senselessly; the barrel (anagram) BLATHERER
Part of a wooden joint TENON
Periodical bulletin NEWSLETTER
Place where something began BIRTHPLACE
Plug STOPPER
Relaxed and far from hasty quality LEISURELINESS
Reporter news hound
Reserve judgement until it happens wait and see
Rich and luxurious OPULENT
Sheets and blankets BEDCLOTHES
Slice (of bacon) RASHER
State of calmness QUIETUDE
Such as a frog or newt AMPHIBIAN
The wearing of disguise MASQUERADE
Tiny trace or amount SCINTILLA
Total ABSOLUTE
Type of washing machine twin-tub
Unsettle DISQUIETEN
Valued through longevity time-honoured
Valve in a brass instrument PISTON
Wading bird SANDPIPER