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Word watch Sudoku Mild No 11,957 Difficult No 11,958 Fiendish No 11,


David Parfitt


Lava-lava


a A skirtlike garment
b Seaweed jelly
c Thank you


Namma hole
a An astronomical
phenomenon


b A wombat’s den
c A natural well in a rock


Swivet
a A bird of the swallow
family
b A rotating cake stand


c A state of anxiety or
excitement


Answers on page 15


The Times Quick Cryptic No 1744 by Trelawney


Across
1 Develop simple diet — you
might be punished for
breaking it! (5,5)
8 Assist the man with logistics,
initially, and sulk (4,3)
9 A fraction cross inside model
hotel (5)
10 Emperor found in throne room
(4)
11 Resistance of French fellow
who’s engaged (8)
13 Clingy sort of scamp, allowed
outside (6)
14 Under surveillance — and
irritated! (6)
17 Couple with permit for piece of
jewellery (8)
19 Circus performer to take flight,
we hear? (4)
21 Monarch drawing aid (5)
22 Take that drunkard to this
location (2,5)
23 Used something on the face?
(6,4)

Down
2 Tablet not finished by serious
religious traveller (7)
3 School’s collection of bones
reduced by half (4)
4 Second option is coffee with
last of sugar (6)
5 Romance of my strange quest
to take in India (8)
6 American former partner
wearing brown (5)
7 A hard beret, carelessly worn
(10)
8 Pubs supporting trade in
bicycle components (10)
12 Remarkably quick mice tore
about (8)
15 Acrimony over period ship (7)
16 Hold a famous sailor (6)
18 Reference book is finally left
unfinished (5)
20 Chit-chat conceals irritation
(4)

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Yesterday’s solution on page 15


© PUZZLER MEDIA

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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 The name of which
cooking procedure means
“flamed” in French?


2 The parrot Polynesia
and two-headed
pushmi-pullyu appear in


Hugh Lofting’s stories
about which physician?


3 Rosinante, crowbait,
hack, jade and nag are
names for a broken-
down or worn-out what?


4 Which c 1495-
fresco by Leonardo da


Vinci depicts a scene
from Matthew 26:21-28?


5 Which future Roman


emperor was one of the
victors at the Battle of
Philippi in October


42BC?


6 The pricing game
Plinko debuted in 1983


on the original US
version of which TV
game show?

7 At the opening of
parliament, who
summons members of the
House of Commons to
attend the upper house?

8 Premiered in Vienna
in 1824, what is

Beethoven’s final
complete symphony?

9 Which English fashion
designer (b 1934)
created a black five-
petalled daisy logo that
became her trademark?

10 Who is the killer in
the first Friday the 13th
film (1980)?

11 Which French
novelist (1613-80), aka
Prince de Marcillac, is
known for his Maxims
(1665) and Memoirs?

12 Which overseas
collectivity is the sole
remnant of France’s
once vast possessions in
North America?

13 Named after a former
province of Shikoku,
what is the only breed
still used legally in
Japanese dog fighting?

14 The Romanian mother
of the four YouTube
stars known as the Dobre
Brothers was a world
champion in which sport?

15 Which western movie
remake (2016) is pictured?

Suko No 3020


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