| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9234 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| (Of an expression) downcast, glum | HANGDOG |
| A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler playwright | IBSEN |
| Breed of gun dog | SPANIEL |
| Cherry brandy | KIRSCH |
| Convincing or compelling quality in speech or text | COGENCY |
| Edible crustacean | PRAWN |
| Extended, stretched | LENGTHENED |
| From Australia or New Zealand | ANTIPODEAN |
| Glitterati | jet set |
| Hair technically known as a cilium | EYELASH |
| Human mind | PSYCHE |
| I willingly concede (that there are drawbacks, eg) | ADMITTEDLY |
| Island nation of the southwest Pacific | TONGA |
| Land attached to a manor retained by the owner | DEMESNE |
| Little known | OBSCURE |
| Logical, valid | SOUND |
| People perceived as not conforming to the norm | ECCENTRICS |
| Princess who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece | MEDEA |
| Prizewinner’s cup | TROPHY |
| Quarrel | ARGUE |
| Scottish landowner | LAIRD |
| Sudden urge | IMPULSE |
| Tempest | STORM |
| Toilsome, gruelling | ARDUOUS |
