| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9231 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Axilla | ARMPIT |
| Colourful atmospheric phenomenon | RAINBOW |
| Disaffect | ALIENATE |
| Disregarded | IGNORED |
| Egotistical | ARROGANT |
| Engine of a vehicle | MOTOR |
| Female relative | AUNT |
| Helping (a criminal) | ABETTING |
| Intertwined length of hair | PLAIT |
| Knotty growth on a tree | GNARL |
| Lend a hand | ASSIST |
| Military land force | ARMY |
| Mutually comprehensible means to communicate | lingua franca |
| Parched | ARID |
| Plants lasting for a single season only | ANNUALS |
| Scottish city | ABERDEEN |
| See-through sheet used for copying artwork | tracing paper |
| Self-possession, poise | APLOMB |
| Shop-front canopy | AWNING |
| Skewwhiff | AWRY |
| Smouldering coal | EMBER |
| Vast period of time | AEON |
| Verdi opera | AIDA |
| Word of similar meaning | SYNONYM |
