| The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 8886 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Again | once more |
| Buried Roman city | POMPEII |
| Chart using shading | relief map |
| Eradicate | UPROOT |
| Extremely wicked | EVIL |
| First light | DAWN |
| French country house | CHATEAU |
| Garden flower | ASTER |
| Give rise to; persuade | INDUCE |
| Group of eight | OCTET |
| Large and plump | ROTUND |
| Large jug | EWER |
| Medical practitioner | DOCTOR |
| Not ready for picking | UNRIPE |
| Of a regular solid | CUBIC |
| Of towns and cities | URBAN |
| Office machine | COPIER |
| Piece of burnt coal | CINDER |
| Portent | OMEN |
| Protective material for transit | PACKING |
| Relating to atomic energy | NUCLEAR |
| School break activity | PLAYTIME |
| Six times seven | forty-two |
| Spanish music style | FLAMENCO |
| State of inactivity | TORPOR |
| Using regular lines and shapes | GEOMETRIC |