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1 In communist land, conservative

almost a sitting duck, perhaps ( 9 )

6 Holding this to drink in study?

(3,2)

9 Drawing room? ( 7 )

10 In hearing, judiciously consider

African country excellent (3,2,2)

11 Constant, endless mob in Circle

Line ( 5 )

12 Dear old husband maybe mulling

things over ( 9 )

14 Become hard, as quiz questions

are? ( 3 )

15 Improbable promise of high tea?

(3,2,3,3)

1 7 Seriously engage old aeroplane

with no luggage (4,2,5)

19 His poetry no-go, his prose

uneven? ( 3 )

20 Paid for part of education, covered

by two features of card (7,2)

22 Gas is round precinct ( 5 )

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24 Like the M25, said to have got

built in at intervals ( 7 )

26 Rabbit is more carefree ( 7 )

27 One appearing in Wagner partial

to Bayreuth agent ( 5 )

28 From a foreign capital, your

biscuit ( 9 )

Down

1 One article put in bag, not the last

for boy ( 5 )

2 Smoke rings in rock ( 7 )

3 Secures trophy, pocketing pounds?

I can’t see it (5,4)

4 The race of Man? (5-6)

5 Top of hill, not the first in series

( 3 )

6 Old Mexican’s refusal in the

morning to get up ( 5 )

7 Guinea’s principal parrots are

beauties ( 7 )

8 Convert polyester into a new form

( 9 )

13 Writers on island puffed endlessly,

entitled to payment ( 11 )

14 Drop brainless type at end of

match that may precede Ashes ( 9 )

16 Scholar may disappear into thin

air: so? ( 9 )

18 Result once of the functioning of

the Dartmoor sewers ( 7 )

19 Support the mad OT character ( 7 )

21 Head needs name plate ( 5 )

23 Like an aristocrat, could one say,

ahead of his time? ( 5 )

25 Tragic character (not Romeo!)

that’s slowly trampled by the herd

( 3 )

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Times Crossword No 27,732

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.

Solution MindGames in Saturday Review

Suko No 2931

Quiz answers 1 Mayonnaise. 2 Bicycle.

3 Nose. 4 Bill Clinton. 5 1936.

6 Portsmouth. 7 Prime minister Spencer

Perceval — in 1812. 8 The Twilight saga

by Stephenie Meyer. 9 JMW Turner.

10 Flanimals. 11 Florida. 12 Anna Friel.

13 Tous les matins du monde or All the

Mornings of the World. 14 Titanium.

15 Zax. 16 Eros Ramazzotti.

17 Reformation. 18 Vanwall. 19 Boris

Becker. Edberg beat him in 1988 and

1990. 20 Moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura).
      Quintagram answers 1 Singe 2 Doubts
      3 Tripoli 4 Quadrat 5 Quinine.

Richard Hellman is said to have
sold the first ready-made sauce of
which type at his New York deli?

The French “celeripede” (1816)
was an early version of which
type of vehicle?

The character Cyrano de Bergerac

has a famously large what?

The 1993 documentary The War
Room is about whose campaign
for the US presidency?

In which year did Princess
Elizabeth (the future Elizabeth II)
become heir presumptive?

“Heaven’s light, our guide” is
the motto of which city in
Hampshire?

Who did John Bellingham
assassinate in the lobby of the
House of Commons?

Midnight Sun is the upcoming
return to the world of which
vampire romance book series?

Who painted Snow Storm:
Hannibal and his Army Crossing
the Alps (1812)?

Which 2004 book by Ricky
Gervais features the flemping
bunt-himmler, munge fuddler and
underblenge?

In 1884, the composer Frederick
Delius was sent to manage an
orange plantation in which US state?

Which Brookside actress played
Charlotte “Chuck” Charles in
the US TV series Pushing Daisies?

Based on Pascal Quignard’s

novel, which 1991 film stars

Stefan Edberg twice defeated

which German in the

Wimbledon men’s singles final?

Which southeast Asian

insectivore in the hedgehog

and gymnure family Erinaceidae

is pictured?

Gérard Depardieu as the musician

Marin Marais (1656-1728)?

The mineral ilmenite is a source

of iron and which other metal?

Worth 19 points in Scrabble,

which three-letter word denotes

a hand tool for cutting roofing slate?

Which Italian sold five million

copies of his 1993 album

Tutte Storie, featuring the song

Cose della vita?

Yael Aflalo founded which

eco-friendly Los Angeles

womenswear label in 2009?

Founded by Tony Vandervell,

which British team won the

1958 Formula One constructors’

championship?

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1 Don’t be afraid to laugh, see

Tibullus 1.4.21 for construction

(3,6,4)

8 Cubiturus tunicas ____: about to hit

the hay he takes his kit off ( 5 )

9 (People) rejoicing, eg the choir of

friends Geo. 1.346 ( 7 )

10 In ____ Cupidinis: in Cupid’s cuddle

( 7 )

11 Below, underneath, adv. and prep. +

acc. ( 5 )

13 Protection, and so prison (f. gen.

sing): tutelae, carceris (9)

17 Mi impedimento ____, Ter. Andria

7 07: y’all are in my way ( 5 )

19 I’m about throw, I’ll brag (me ____)

( 7 )

20 Darts, spears, 2nd n. dat., abl., pl:

hastis, telis ( 7 )

22 Happy hour: hora ____ ( 5 )

23 To gather around, crowd (13)

Down

1 Brides: hae mox coniungentur ( 6 )

2 He sees and notices ( 9 )

3 Staring and admiring (nom. sing.

communis genus, dep.) (7)

4 I’m free: in sensu vacuus, qua

dicebat Mr Humphries (3,3,7)

5 I slipped the lead and decamped

unnoticed: evado, ~ere, etc ( 5 )

6 ____, lavit, rediit: she went, she

showered, she came back ( 3 )

7 He stands out and is prominent:

eminet, enitet (6)

12 They bridled (horses) and

governed (the masses), short form

( 9 )

14 Alone you live (3rd conj.) and

residents (dat., abl. pl) ( 7 )

15 From this place or time onwards ( 6 )

16 To grill: percontor, sciscitor (1st

conj. simplex) ( 6 )

18 Spring (nec fons nec hora sed quod

facit agniculus), 4th abl. ( 5 )

21 Quare? Why? Pourquoi? ( 3 )