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Word watch SudokuEasy No 11,689 Difficult No 11,690 Fiendish No 11,

Josephine Balmer

Guyot
a A knot
b A sea mountain
c A sea bird

Guyler
a A tric ks te r

b To ogle
c A navigation tool

Guyliner

a A single-sex cruise
b A me a s uring we ig ht
c Men’s make-up

Answers on page 1 5

The Times Quick CrypticNo 1660 by Wurm

Across

1 Prehistoric creature complete

in hollow place (10)

8 Inventor terribly snide about

nothing (6)

9 Disastrous as many a dramatic

production (6)

10 British boxer comes to island

(4)

11 Nun holding in evil (8)

12 Good learner in store to

circulate (6)

14 Live on the edge (6)

16 Sit one lecturer in ship that

capsized (8)

18 Troubled king coherent, losing

head (4)

20 Sweet drink to hand when

holding court (6)

21 His leg chewed in transport

with dogs (6)

22 Wounded Praetorian getting

redress (10)

Down

2 Home help sent up country (5)

3 Surviving the French swindle

(7)

4 Daughter at home making

noise (3)

5 Stop filming with single light

out (3,3,3)

6 Steamship round river doesn’t

leave (5)

7 Dope stashed in order for

engine part (3,3)

11 Pad, pre-set, tripped where boy

racer nabbed? (5,4)

13 One or two coming into Irish

compound (6)

15 Conspicuous way to involve

stranger (7)

17 Some Aberdeen terriers go

inside (5)

19 Trouble as wrecked Argo ships

gallons (5)

21 Gentleman’s address? (3)

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ALAMY

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the spaces so

that the number in each circle is equal to

the sum of the four surrounding spaces,

and each colour total is correct

The Times Daily QuizOlav Bjortomt

Answers on page 1 5

1 Running a ground off
Cornwall in 1 967 , what
type of vessel was the

To rre y C a ny o n?

2 Mama Weer All

Crazee Now was a
1972 No 1 for which
ro c k b a nd fro m
Wolve rha mpton?

3 Whic h na tiona l
intelligence agency

of Is ra e l ha s a na me
me a ning “ins titute ”?

4 The Ebro is the

lo ng e s t riv e r lo c a te d
e ntire ly in whic h
EU country?

5 A Spartan-imposed
olig a rc hy, the Thirty
Ty ra nts rule d whic h

c ity in the 5 th c e ntury
BC?

6 In social insects

such as ants and some

b e e s , nup tia l flig ht

can be an important

phase of what?

7 In 1982, defence

s e c re ta ry J ohn Nott

walke d out of a TV

inte rvie w with which

inte rrog a tor?

8 The Wall (1 939) is

a short story collection

by which French

philos ophe r?

9 In 2 000, Rowa n

Atkins on’s brothe r

Ro d ne y ra n fo r

the leadership of

which party?

10 Debuting in 2019,

which Ne tflix come dy-

drama is set at

Moordale S e condary

S chool?

11 Connie White,

Barbara Jean and

Ha v e n Ha m ilto n a re

musicians in which

Robe rt Altman film?

1 2 Featuring a female

fore na me , wha t is the

c ommon na me of the

climbing plant

Thunbergia alata?

13 Wakatobi is a

luxury d iv e re s o rt in

whic h As ia n c ountry?

1 4 Who is the only

e ight-divis ion world

champion in boxing

his tory?

1 5 Whic h Ame ric a n

pop artis t is pictured?

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