The Times - Concise - Times2 Jumbo 312 - December 27, 2008

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Absorbed in thought MUSING
An uncommon thing RARITY
Assumption, hypothesis SUPPOSITION
Be sullen and ill-tempered SULK
Character in French pantomime PIERROT
City in Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS
Collection of vocal pieces SONGBOOK
Country with capital Ljubljana SLOVENIA
Crack, split RIFT
Declare legally acceptable VALIDATE
Declares unfit for use CONDEMNS
DIY material HARDBOARD
Emergency exit from submarine ESCAPEHATCH
European country FRANCE
Excessively lengthy speech VERBIAGE
Fatiguing TIRESOME
Fictional baron giving name to a mental disorder MUNCHHAUSEN
Footwear material SHOELEATHER
Garden building POTTINGSHED
Hyphen; small quantity DASH
In a wicked manner EVILLY
Inter BURY
Islands which became Vanuatu NEWHEBRIDES
Lake, pond MERE
Largest city in Tennessee MEMPHIS
Larva; food GRUB
Left to choice OPTIONAL
Meat stew with potato top LANCASHIREHOTPOT
Move furtively; intense quality EDGE
Notes in tonic sol-fa LAHS
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Official journals/newspapers GAZETTES
One gaining award PRIZEWINNER
One who renounces a belief APOSTATE
One's estate at death apart from land and buildings PERSONALPROPERTY
Out of scale with something else DISPROPORTIONATE
Overwhelming election majority LANDSLIDE
Perseverance, obstinacy PERSISTENCE
Produced, provided YIELDED
Relating to south polar region ANTARCTIC
River flowing through Turkey, Syria and Iraq EUPHRATES
Rubber blades on car WINDSCREENWIPERS
Salt remover DESALINATOR
Severe reproof REPRIMAND
Shaking (with cold) SHIVERING
Socially unconventional BOHEMIAN
Something drilled to find water/oil BOREHOLE
Spanish dance BOLERO
Special event OCCASION
State of high activity OVERDRIVE
Stylist HAIRDRESSER
Synthetic resin SILICONE
Text of an opera LIBRETTO
Type of sponge cake SWISSROLL
Unassuming MODEST
Wealthy globe-trotters JETSET
What tops an arch KEYSTONE
With retrospective action (Latin) EXPOSTFACTO
Work building on an earlier one FOLLOWUP
Yellow-flowered weed RAGWORT
Young male lover TOYBOY