The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6280 - December 24, 2013

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Actor's clothes COSTUME
Antipodean country AUSTRALIA
Barely adequate SCANT
Barren area; rubbish WASTE
Base of decimal system TEN
Blood GORE
Border; marginal FRINGE
Capital of Norway OSLO
Child minders NANNIES
Church tower and spire STEEPLE
Contraction of it was TWAS
Decorative stone AGATE
Definite article THE
Hot and humid SULTRY
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In front of BEFORE
Lethargic SLUGGISH
Patrick —, astronomer MOORE
Point of origin SOURCE
Pry SNOOP
Publicly declare to be wrong DENOUNCE
Religious festival CHRISTMAS
Roman emperor CAESAR
Slow-cooked meat dish STEW
Speech from the pulpit SERMON
Sudden whim CAPRICE
Sunset to sunrise NIGHT
Take attention from (another) UPSTAGE
Turkish; low seat OTTOMAN