The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise - December 9, 2014

 The Times - Concise - Times2 Concise 6579 - December 9, 2014

Clue	Answer
(Dahlia) root	TUBER
Braided tress	PLAIT
Card game	WHIST
Character in Hamlet	OPHELIA
Cut short	CURTAIL
East Sussex town	LEWES
Flatfish	DAB
Food plant	VEGETABLE
Half-suppressed laugh	SNIGGER
Impudence; edge	LIP
In precise terms	EXACTLY
Intelligence; humorist	WIT
Iona's saint	COLUMBA
Irritable	TESTY

Clue	Answer
Left-winger	SOCIALIST
Moral doubt	SCRUPLE
Move unsteadily	WOBBLE
Old writing material	PARCHMENT
Prevent, ward off	AVERT
Rocking cot	CRADLE
Sacredly obscure	MYSTIC
School subject	MATHS
Small quantity	MODICUM
Sparkling wine	CHAMPAGNE
Spinning toy	TOP
Turn to ice	FREEZE
Undulations	WAVES
Wealthy business leader	MAGNATE