The Times - Concise - December 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Assign a value to	RATE
Car safety device	seat belt
Confusion, bewilderment	BEMUSEMENT
Early hearing aid	ear trumpet
Empty space; aperture	HOLE
Firing of a gun	SHOT
Fish; low voice	BASS
Following the trail of	TRACKING
Formal agreement	PACT
Giving plants a drink	WATERING
Go to bed	turn in
Increase	GROW
Martin —, US film director	SCORSESE
Monstrous creature	BEHEMOTH
Name for New York	Big Apple
Pack away	STOW
Perform a favour for	OBLIGE
Sentimental story	tear-jerker
Slight indication	HINT
Soft glow	LUSTRE
Travellers on a bus, etc	PASSENGERS
Unit of current	AMPERE
United; in agreement	TOGETHER
Woodwind instrument	CLARINET