| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9079 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| African river | Blue Nile |
| Bean plant | scarlet runner |
| Beat; sell | FLOG |
| Bertrand —, philosopher | RUSSELL |
| Bring about | INSTIGATE |
| Bury | INTER |
| Church vestment | ALB |
| Closing-down promotion | clearance sale |
| Cunning, deceitful | SLY |
| Dairy product | MILK |
| Delicate metal work | FILIGREE |
| Detectives | SLEUTHS |
| Features, facets | ASPECTS |
| Flat carrier | TRAY |
| Helium nucleus | alpha particle |
| Historical period | ERA |
| Hypothetically | in theory |
| Images of gods; solid (anagram) | IDOLS |
| Precious metal | PLATINUM |
| Rod; workforce | STAFF |
| Sound of a bell | KNELL |
| Spurge genus | EUPHORBIA |
| Theatre set | SCENERY |
| Tidings | NEWS |
| Tolkien creature | ORC |
| Work excessively hard | SLAVE |
