Times 2 - UK (2020-10-16)

16.10.

Word watch Sudoku Mild No 11,893 Difficult No 11,894 Fiendish No 11,

David Parfitt

Hautboy

a A wind instrument
b A tall thin chest of
drawers

c A mischief-maker

Limicolous
a Vividly green

b High in vitamin C
c Living in mud

Troll-my-dame
a A traditional game
b A serenade
c A variety of dandelion

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 1724 by Pedro

Across

1 Left excellent, decorative fabric

(4)

4 Encountered feathers around

Lake, indication of disaster (8)

8 Game of golf a rep organised

(8)

9 Cricketer first for honours in

Somerset city (4)

10 Following a religion, entirely

on the radio (4)

11 Assortment: possibly it’s cheap

(8)

12 Supporters surrounding Rolls

Royce in search (6)

14 Contaminate fin, etc, when

swimming (6)

16 Learning well, horse breeder

promises to pay (8)

18 Horribly evil! (4)

19 Competent brewer initially

brought in beer (4)

20 Records office, say, is to

attempt tracking source

of records (8)

22 Staff touring area wrong to

limit good advice to motorists

(4,4)

23 Speed last of dinner gets

consumed (4)

Down

2 Chaps upset, caught in a single

bloomer (7)

3 Attract topless lady, ultimately

vain (5)

4 Harm horse, docking tail (3)

5 I almost stop probing firewood

delivery arrangements (9)

6 Fed up about bride forgetting

day, ask for details of service?

(7)

7 Seductive woman with a

teasing desire (5)

11 Fragrant stuff in Italian river

upset our trip (3-6)

13 Left-wing teacher, one with

ginger hair (7)

15 Criminal, say, heads for priest,

really intending to enter

religious group (7)

17 Ban cheers and a more hostile

expression (5)

18 Eyeshade? Guest has dropped

it (5)

21 Success, declining a drink with

tonic (3)

12 3 4567

8 9

10 11

12 13 14 15

16 17 18

19 20 21

22 23

Yesterday’s solution on page 15

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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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 most
populous city in
Scotland?

2 Which Old Testament
book features the story
of Noah’s ark?

3 The 1780 Siege of
Charleston was a

victory for the British
during which war?

4 In 1597, the Jesuit

priest John Gerard
made an audacious
escape from which

prison and fortress?

5 In a British sitcom,
Miss Gatsby, Miss Tibbs

and Major Gowen were
permanent residents at
which hotel?

6 Which “new feminine
fragrance” by Giorgio
Armani shares its name

with a song popularised

by Frank Sinatra?

7 Tim Timinee Tim Timinee

Tim Tim to You was a

show performed by which

comedian and brother of

a Radio 2 presenter?

8 Featuring The Shock

of the Lightning, Dig Out

Your Soul (2008) was

which Manchester band’s

final studio album?

9 In 1982, which

Zimbabwean president

passed a law making

it illegal for citizens to

joke about his surname?

10 John Keats’s poem

about which Scottish

island begins: “Not

Aladdin magian/ Ever

such a work began”?

11 Which MP for

Oxford West and

Abingdon came second

in the 2020 Lib Dem

leadership election?

12 Who wrote the 2019

book Notes from a Young

Black Chef: A Memoir

with Joshua David Stein?

13 Z213: Exit is the first

instalment of the Poena

Damni trilogy by which

Greek author?

14 In 1984, which

American became the

first athlete to win both

the 200m and 400m at

a single Olympics?

15 Which French

dessert is pictured?

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