| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9222 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Baffled, perplexed | BEMUSED |
| Border on | ABUT |
| Cinema showing avant-garde films | ARTHOUSE |
| Concur | AGREE |
| Contrary to reason or propriety | PERVERSE |
| Day before | EVE |
| Device controlling the flow of liquid | TAP |
| Dissimilar | UNALIKE |
| Distinctive or characteristic attribute | PROPERTY |
| Drive to distraction | DERANGE |
| Exploratory spacecraft | PROBE |
| Exuberant cry | YAHOO |
| Folklore creature | ELF |
| Followers of an ancient Celtic religion | DRUIDS |
| Highly probable | odds-on |
| Lift (a weighty object) | HEFT |
| Lout | YOB |
| People on a computer system | USERS |
| Person refusing to cast a vote | ABSTAINER |
| Rough-and-ready guidelines | rules of thumb |
| Signs indicating a novice driver | L-plates |
| Soft toy | teddy bear |
| System preventing harm in case of malfunction | fail-safe |
| Terminal point | end of the line |
