The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 7028 - May 17, 2016

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Add, eg, sugar to SWEETEN
Area for crops/livestock FIELD
Area of water; pigment LAKE
Cause resentment RANKLE
Child taken on by family ADOPTEE
Declare free from guilt ABSOLVE
Excerpt EXTRACT
Foliage, vegetation GREENERY
In front AHEAD
Language of Sri Lanka and southern India TAMIL
Lover of Hero LEANDER
Major route AROAD
Not regular or steady FITFUL
Of the Turkish empire OTTOMAN
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Old, or ageing ELDERLY
Opening APERTURE
Piquantly flavoured TANGY
Rather fat; drink STOUT
Roman magistrate CENSOR
Santa — CLAUS
Sedimentary rock SHALE
Sir — Drake FRANCIS
Speak lazily DRAWL
Taped from broadcast OFFAIR
Unfasten (something tied down) UNLASH
Very pleasant; unreal DREAMY
Visionary person SEER
— McQueen, actor STEVE