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03.08.

Word watch Sudoku Easy No 11,721 Difficult No 11,722 Fiendish No 11,

Josephine Balmer

Kokako

a A chocolate treat
b A bird
c An evil saying

Keta
a A fish
b Enthusiastic

c A diet

Keltie

a A dog
b Mystical
c A forfeit

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 1670 by Mara

Across

1 Trick turning over gigantic

pastries? (9)

6 A quiet wood (3)

8 Wheel around old ship (7)

9 In parturition, a tale of birth

(5)

10 First of hurdlers entering

slowest heat, surprisingly, be

the best (5,3,4)

12 Spare cash initially wasted,

minor problem (6)

13 Doctor in cape, fighting (6)

16 Awfully smart, set for a degree

(6,2,4)

19 Holiday back in Geneva,

electrifying (5)

20 Confiscated by club, the awful

knife (7)

22 Very good one! (3)

23 Device no writer put in line

(3,6)

Down

1 Send packing container (4)

2 Incumbent of parish

welcoming a source of energy

(7)

3 Add measure of alcohol (3)

4 Dance, finding last of money

in jar (6)

5 Maine’s not, unfortunately —

this state? (9)

6 Letter, a ticklish thing (5)

7 Idiot with success concealing

dreadful flaw (7)

11 Turkish leader taken in by a

gift, currently (2,7)

12 Fly endlessly around African

country — and another one?

(7)

14 Bird in icy north (7)

15 Ordinary public land (6)

17 Heading for stairs, step in

room (5)

18 Bottom, come up (4)

21 Catch officer (3)

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Friday’s solution on page 15

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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KOBAL COLLECTION/SHUTTERSTOCK

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 Quiz Olav Bjortomt

Answers on page 15

1 What is the world’s
southernmost continent?

2 The International
Space Station (ISS) was
assembled largely by
which two countries?

3 On his deathbed,
Charles II referred to

which mistress when
he said: “Let not poor
Nelly starve”?

4 Which TV
personality created
the shows Britain’s

Got Talent and The
X Factor?

5 In which Caribbean

country was the dictator
“Papa Doc” succeeded
by “Baby Doc”?

6 What was the
surname of Bruno
and Sergio, Italian

brothers who founded

a UK coffeehouse

chain in 1971?

7 The Royal Hospital’s

Chelsea Pensioners are

known for wearing a

long coat of what colour?

8 Which Lambing Live

and former Springwatch

TV presenter was

RSPB president from

2009 to 2013?

9 Betty Mae Tiger

Jumper (1923-2011) was

the first and so far only

female chief of which

Florida tribe?

10 Born Clifford Joseph

Price, which co-founder

of the Metalheadz label

released the 1995

drum’n’bass album

Timeless?

11 Which French

co-director of the

Despicable Me films

also voices Minions?

12 Which Orkney

native won the 2016

Wainwright prize for her

memoir The Outrun?

13 Louis Le Vau

designed the Château

de Vaux-le-Vicomte for

which finance minister

to Louis XIV?

14 Which Spanish golfer

became the men’s world

No 1 in July 2020?

15 Which American

chef and TV personality

(1956-2018) is pictured?

Suko No 2932

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