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Word watch Sudoku Difficult No 11,887 Fiendish No 11,888 Super fiendish No 11,

David Parfitt

Zampogna

a An amphibious
scooter
b A bagpipe

c A dessert of cream
and brandy

Zanjero

a An irrigation
supervisor
b A ginger-infused

orangeade
c A llama herder

Polemarch

a A springtime country
dance
b An official in ancient

Greece
c Hazelnut marzipan

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 1722 by Hurley

Across

1 Pam rang excitedly — “This

includes every letter!” (7)

5 Girl with zeal’s first to give

canal name (4)

7 Fitting of French to protect

university (3)

8 Cinque Port snack maybe (8)

10 Argue about English weapon

(5)

11 Ban eastern doctor associated

with Jason’s ship (7)

13 Dishonest scheme — uproar!

(6)

15 Fan crossing street, European,

for tie (6)

17 Referring to centres for

swimming, a CA quit, upset (7)

18 Run more (5)

20 Some logjam, bore, ending —

there’s celebration! (8)

22 At Sodom regularly?

Excessively! (3)

23 Levity? Forget it — this must

be paid (4)

24 After redevelopment, sea site

most comfortable (7)

Down

1 Dull walker (10)

2 Relative, friendly, full of energy

(5)

3 On the rise again, urges rent

changes (9)

4 Way big house is spoken of (6)

5 Caught sight of cutting tool (3)

6 Short piece expert distributed

round start of class (7)

9 Drinks for all before a fight —

devious! (10)

12 Bless male after conversion

that’s clear (9)

14 100 as old as us showing

mettle (7)

16 Uncommon sign of injury —

Anglicans providing support

(6)

19 Right designation (5)

21 Horse betting attracts you first

of all (3)

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20 21 22

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Yesterday’s solution on page 15

© PUZZLER MEDIA

15

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 Quiz Olav Bjortomt

Answers on page 15

1 Troll oil and gas
field is located in the
Norwegian sector of

which sea?

2 First produced in
1922, which Crosse &

Blackwell pickle is named
after a village near
Burton, Staffordshire?

3 Who won an Oscar
for playing King George
VI in the 2010 film The

King’s Speech?

4 Who married the

Dauphin, the future King
Francis II of France, on
April 24, 1558?

5 With applications
in criminology,
dermatoglyphics is the

scientific study of what?

6 Richard Curtis,
Howard Goodall and

Rowan Atkinson

wrote the 1981 song I

Like Trucking for which

TV show?

7 Which former name

of the apatosaurus

provided the Move

with the title of a No 7

single in 1970?

8 Known as “the Yellow

Rose of Texas”, what is

the largest city in the

Texas Panhandle?

9 In 1810, Lord Byron

emulated a swim

across the Dardanelles

by which mythical

figure?

10 Which Luton-born

novelist wrote Hotel (1965),

Airport (1968) and The

Moneychangers (1975)?

11 Black Orchid is a

fragrance by which

former Gucci creative

director?

12 Yogo sapphires are

blue sapphires found in

which US state?

13 Which Polish-born

biochemist coined the

word “vitamin”?

14 Which Italian

motorcycle racer was

MotoGP runner-up to

Marc Marquez in 2017,

2018 and 2019?

15 The “silky” species of

which type of lemur is

pictured?

Suko No 2994

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