| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9253 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Accordance with facts | RIGHTNESS |
| Ancient supercontinent | PANGAEA |
| Become extinct | die out |
| Black-and-white horse | PIEBALD |
| Boffin | EGGHEAD |
| Book supplements | ADDENDA |
| Chaplain in the military | PADRE |
| Circumference | GIRTH |
| City in the title of a Shakespeare play | VERONA |
| Comfort during hardship | SOLACE |
| Goodbye! | CHEERIO |
| Hatchet | AXE |
| Hire out | LEASE |
| Inciting rebellion | SEDITIOUS |
| North Star | POLARIS |
| Orchard plant | fruit tree |
| Part of a flower | SEPAL |
| Provide with funds | ENDOW |
| Public school old boy | ETONIAN |
| Purchase without delay | snap up |
| Rigoletto composer | VERDI |
| Shelf, sill | LEDGE |
| Summary of events so far | RECAP |
| Thick slime | GOO |
| Through | VIA |
| Thwart, foil | FRUSTRATE |
| Title of an Islamic leader | aga khan |
| Uncooked | RAW |