| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 7789 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| (Of clothes) short and revealing | SKIMPY |
| (Of horse) refusing to go on | jibbing |
| Arrogant newcomer | UPSTART |
| Boast of (something) | VAUNT |
| Burn fiercely | BLAZE |
| Caused ongoing annoyance | RANKLED |
| Discoloured with age | YELLOWED |
| Enclosure in court | jury box |
| Exactly | to the letter |
| Foamy | FROTHY |
| Footwear tie | SHOELACE |
| Knife or axe handle | HAFT |
| Leg and loin (of venison) | HAUNCH |
| Matching the dimensions of the original | LIFESIZE |
| On which wheel rotates | AXLE |
| Polluted mist | SMOG |
| Pussy | MOGGY |
| Repentant | PENITENT |
| Severe suffering | TORMENT |
| Small orange fruit | KUMQUAT |
| Subatomic particle | QUARK |
| The Fall of the House of — (Poe) | USHER |
| Treat, trick | COZEN |
| Undulating | WAVY |
| Very fashionable | TRENDY |
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