The Times Concise - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 01

The Times Concise

Clue	Answer
CITY OF DREAMING SPIRES	OXFORD
--- down, apply oneself	BUCKLE
--- Thomas, Welsh poet	DYLAN
RACKET SPORT	TENNIS
JAPANESE CURRENCY	YEN
BEER MUG	TANKARD
MAKE BELIEVE	PRETEND
STUCK OUT	PROTRUDED
Russian writer (1799-1837)	PUSHKIN
Aggressively competitive environment	BEAR PIT
Arrest, apprehend	NAB
NEAT AND TIDY	ORDERLY
Blue wire in a plug	NEUTRAL
SLEEVELESS GARMENT	TANK TOP
DEVOUT	PIOUS
Stirred up (passions) again	REKINDLED
POLICE OFFICER	COP
Financial inducement	BRIBE
TOBACCO PRODUCT	CIGAR
Stale, hackneyed	TRITE
LARGE BODY OF WATER	SEA