The Times - Concise - Times2 Jumbo 103 - May 28, 2005

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(Of friend) very close BOSOM
(Of fur) long and unkempt SHAGGY
(Of hair)light yellowish brown SANDY
(Often ironic) expression of gratitude THANKSAMILLION
- Hundreds provide resignation route for MP CHILTERN
- Spenser, English poet EDMUND
A disadvantage DRAWBACK
Able to be used, free AVAILABLE
Allaying of doubts and fears REASSURANCE
Alopecia BALDNESS
Armed forces member below officer rank (US) ENLISTEDMAN
Ask too high a price OVERCHARGE
At the present time NOWADAYS
Become greater INCREASE
Below, town in Wales NEATH
Commercial timbrologist STAMPDEALER
Deep chasm ABYSS
Dessert (colloq.) AFTERS
Ducal seat near Woodstock BLENHEIMPALACE
Early steel-making apparatus BESSEMERCONVERTER
Educate SCHOOL
Eg, Le Notre, Brown or Jekyll LANDSCAPEGARDENER
Exploratory survey (colloq.) RECCE
Falcon PEREGRINE
Feline breed SIAMESECAT
Final declining phase (of something) SUNSET
First book of the Bible GENESIS
Former Spanish dictator FRANCO
Formerly ONCE
Iliad wooden construction TROJANHORSE
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Left aground on a shore STRANDED
Like burnt residue ASHY
Mother of Elizabeth I ANNEBOLEYN
Mutually reliant INTERDEPENDENT
Naval weapon TORPEDO
Needlework style CROSSSTITCH
Obsession MANIA
One believing nothing can be known of the nature of God AGNOSTIC
One of original thirteen US states CONNECTICUT
Part of TV series EPISODE
Police rank SERGEANT
Problem solver TROUBLESHOOTER
Rather strange ODDISH
Reigning champion TITLEHOLDER
Reimbursed REPAID
Respectful address to titled person LADYSHIP
Roman garment TOGA
Rough cloth TWEED
Seductive female spy MATAHARI
Small amount HANDFUL
Small melon variety CANTALOUPE
Such as a battery-driven car ELECTROMECHANICAL
Surname of Shakespeare's wife HATHAWAY
Temporary prohibitions of activity MORATORIA
To that (formal) THEREUNTO
Trade exhibition, (of weather) fine FAIR
Unlit state DARKNESS
Well known NOTED
With only a slight chance of success (2,1,4,3,1,6) ONAWINGANDAPRAYER
Worker paid according to periods worked DAYLABOURER