The Times - Concise - December 6 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
American Indian	CHOCTAW
Bounded	FINITE
Bride's property	DOWRY
Bright tropical fish	TETRA
Group of followers	RETINUE
Have a debt to	OWE
Intense feeling	FERVOUR
Large numbers	THOUSANDS
Lover of high ceremony	RITUALIST
Male birds	COCKS
Manage	RUN
Modern Persian	FARSI
Mutton dish	Irish stew
Noisy, disorderly	ROWDY
NY baseball team	YANKEES
Political killing	ASSASSINATION
Potato (informal)	TATER
Private soldier	TROOPER
Refusal to admit	DENIAL
Roll of fat round the waist	spare tyre
Room entrance	DOORWAY
Strange	ODD
Surprise gift	TREAT
Tear	RIP
Verbose	WORDY
Wading bird	OYSTERCATCHER