| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 9254 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Amount in excess of needs | SURPLUS |
| Ascended | ROSE |
| Assign for future use | EARMARK |
| Big Ben, eg | BELL |
| Capricious | FICKLE |
| Earl —, tea variety | GREY |
| End a telephone call | hang up |
| English county | CUMBRIA |
| Grasping implement | TONGS |
| Highly influential | SEMINAL |
| Indication of cost | Price Tag |
| Item of crockery | BOWL |
| Light two-wheeled passenger vehicle | RICKSHAW |
| London cricket ground | LORDS |
| Marsh plant | RUSH |
| One tuning in to the radio | LISTENER |
| Oppose defiantly | RESIST |
| Sad, glum | BLUE |
| Settle a score for | AVENGE |
| Short-lived everyday items | EPHEMERA |
| Spend profligately | SPLURGE |
| Stringed instrument | CELLO |
| Thrown explosive | GRENADE |
| Top echelon | ELITE |
| Unappreciative person | INGRATE |
| Vast mass of ice | GLACIER |
| Victor’s medal | GOLD |
| Zone, region | AREA |
