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Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Berlin

and Toronto are the “Big Five”

festivals in which industry?

Dorset blue vinny, bleu

d’Auvergne and Cornish blue are

varieties of which food?

Over five days in 1952, which city

was blanketed by a toxic smog that

killed about 12,000 people?

Which American puppeteer

(1936-90) created the Muppets

and Fraggle Rock?

Who becomes US president over

the course of the Tom Clancy

novels Debt of Honor and Executive

Orders?

The 1998 French musical Notre-

Dame de Paris is based on which

French author’s 1831 novel?

The Japanese jeweller Mikimoto

uses the slogan: “The Originator

of Cultured ...” what?

Eleven of the 12 astronauts who

walked on the moon were born in

which decade?

The 83-year-old Sheikh Nawaf

al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah is the

new emir of which country?

Shakespeare wrote about the

seven ages of man in Act II of

which pastoral comedy?

Which TV show’s first five

winners were Josh Widdicombe,

Katherine Ryan, Rob Beckett,

Noel Fielding and Bob Mortimer?

Which Italian fashion designer,

who retired in 2008, was

nicknamed the “Sheikh of Chic” in

the Eighties?

108 minutes at the 2020 World

Snooker Championship?

In 2004, who became the first

Olympic champion from Chile?

Which Welsh screenwriter and

TV producer is pictured?

Which Chinese artist pointed

his middle finger at iconic

landmarks in his Study of Perspective

series (1995-2003)?

Timothy Ray Brown (1966-

2020) was believed to have been

the first person cured of which virus?

Königstein is the highest point

on the Brandberg, which African

country’s highest mountain?

Which Austro-Hungarian

composer wrote the 1875 opera

Die Königin von Saba and the Rustic

Wedding Symphony?

Which 1983 hit single for

Kraftwerk is named after a

21-stage bicycle race?

Which Thai player did Ronnie

O’Sullivan defeat in a record

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4 ____ eadem, always the same, like

Queen Bess (6)

8 Take nobody’s word for it – ____ in

verba (motto of the Royal Society)

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23 ____ viridem et flavam amisi,

cantavit Ella Fitzgerald (A-Tisket,

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2 Something brighter (masc./fem.

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3 She had departed, pluperf.

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5 I declare, decree or make known ( 5 )

6 They set out, marched and

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7 Rosy – flores ____ carpsi, I picked

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9 We overcome through our skill,

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14 I drew back, me ____ ( 7 )

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1 Crooked person, one ending in

slammer? ( 8 )

6 Physicist’s bilingual parents going

in different directions ( 6 )

9 Unqualified yob wearing hot pants

on the way out ( 13 )

10 A loose woman in the family (6)

11 Catholic chosen to save canon’s

face, I see ( 8 )

13 Miscues the shot, finding the

score (5,5)

15 Yorkshire runner catching golf

drive ( 4 )

16 E.g. pen’s tip of steel lacking in

colour ( 4 )

18 Readily opt to change cosmetic

lotion? ( 10 )

21 Widespread drug consumption

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3 Tots on either side of net in

playing this? (5,6)

4 Proud parent back home with

award ( 5 )

5 Right means of escape in retreat

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6 Sweet food getting left — it’s really

good ( 9 )

7 Letter from abroad with a lot of

acidity (3)

8 Fixing equipment on board ( 7 )

12 Financial record of our client

going astray ( 11 )

14 Return of stupid arithmetician,

say, in warm period (9)

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19 Old coin in wetland, north in

gorge ( 7 )

20 Dish with starters of kimchi in

noodle soup ( 7 )

22 Sign showing where Barbie’s

affections go? ( 5 )

24 Card game ( 3 )

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Times Crossword No 27,798

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 2997

Quiz answers1 Film industry. 2 Blue

cheese. 3 London — it was the Great Smog

of 1952. 4 Jim Henson. 5 Jack Ryan.

6 Victor Hugo. 7 Pearls. 8 1930s. 9 Kuwait.

10 As You Like It. The monologue is spoken

by Jacques. 11 Taskmaster. Widdicombe

won the 2017 champion of champions.

12 Valentino [Garavani]. 13 Ai Weiwei.

14 HIV. 15 Namibia. 16 Karl Goldmark.

17 Tour de France. 18 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.

It was the fastest match win (scored 10-1) in

the tournament’s history. 19 Nicolás Massú.

He won gold in the men’s singles and

doubles tennis. 20 Russell T Davies.

Quintagram answers 1 Vicar 2 Ensue

3 Rustic 4 Stagnant 5 Oratorio.