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A love seat is a small sofa for how

many people?

Something described as “lactific”

produces which liquid?

On July 25, 1554, Winchester
Cathedral hosted the wedding
of the future King Philip II of Spain
and whom?

Who played Harry Lime, a black-
marketeer in penicillin in postwar
Vienna, in The Third Man (1949)?

Shul is a Yiddish word for which

type of building?

Named after a Central American
country, which hats are
traditionally made from the plaited
leaves of Carludovica palmata?

Killer Queen, Scaramouche, Galileo
and the Ga Ga Kids are characters
in which musical?

Who wrote the essays Looking Back
on the Spanish War (1943) and
Decline of the English Murder (1946)?

Which Geordie star of TV’s Spender
had a 1992 No 1 single with Ain’t
No Doubt?

Which Asian country of
69 million people is known as
the “Land of Smiles”?

Which Austrian-born philosopher
wrote: “The limits of my language
mean the limits of my world”?

The title of which 2013 song by
Kanye West sounds like a sequel
to the first feature film directed by the
Wachowskis?

Which author of How to Be

Successful Without Hurting Men’s

Which French athlete won the

women’s 400m Olympic title

in 1968?

Found in Latin America, which

pictured weasel-like mammal is

the only species in the genus Eira?

Feelings is known for her Trump lip

sync videos?

A washed-up rock star living in

Key West, Chester Pomeroy is

the hero of which 1979 novel by

Thomas McGuane?

Known for its colourful knitwear,

which fashion brand was founded

in 1969 by Jacky Taranto in Toorak,

Australia?

The Tan Tan Moussem is a

December tribal gathering in

which North African country?

Vault Boy is the mascot of the

Vault-Tec Corporation in which

video game series?

The Liverpool innkeeper William

Lynn instituted which horse race

in 1839?

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1 She presented, made an offering....

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5 .... And he took it ( 5 )

8 Scope of Livy’s history, from

Rome’s foundation (2,4,7)

9 Egressus erat ( 7 )

10 Ei qui terram Romanam 18 urbem

habitabant ( 5 )

11 Vulnera; etiam (minoris sonitus a)

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20 Speluncae, cavernae.... ( 5 )

21 ... quae curatae et protectae sunt

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1 Petere, obsecrare (5)

2 Violenter mortem adhibuerant;

they had butchered (13)

3 A free book? (5)

4 Annales ____; later history than that

covered by T. Livi 8 ( 6 )

5 Hortus Angliae, ut dicitur (7)

6 When dawn arose (ablative

absolute) (5,4,4)

7 I have handed over, passed on ( 7 )

11 Aedificia magnifica, Principi

idonea ( 7 )

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1 After a job ( 4 )

3 Was troubled that extremely

scrawny pet’s eating chicken (7-3)

10 A more pressing case for maiden’s

suitor ( 7 )

11 One working on proposed

legislation a great deal ( 7 )

12 Unwelcome outcome of sharp

practice among later batsmen?

(1,5,2,3,4)

13 Means of signalling back words

across Channel (3-3)

14 Impartial graduate stuck in

conflict? ( 8 )

17 It’ll help you appreciate the

catering supply at debuts (5,3)

18 An orderly part of province ( 6 )

21 Highwayman thanked for hog —

it’s cooking (6,2,3,4)

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2 Oral element of maths paper, on
occasions ( 9 )
4 Rise of one penny once in charge
for knitwear item ( 6 )
5 Target, outwardly authentic,
proving false ( 8 )
6 Welcome unemployment could
give Ron a decent life (5,3,6)
7 Country area to south in
mountain range ( 5 )
8 Complex hint came first ( 7 )
9 Broadcaster’s to contact the staff
to express grief (5,4,5)
15 Junior officer grabs last of spare
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16 Old Balkan bloke set up larger
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1 7 Ape to begin journey (4,3)
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20 Muscle problem ultimately defeats
coach ( 6 )
22 Trendy mounted police
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Times Crossword No 27,822

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 3021

Quiz answers 1 Two. 2 Milk. 3 Mary Tudor

or Mary I. 4 Orson Welles. 5 Synagogue.

6 Panama hats. 7 We Will Rock You.

8 George Orwell. 9 Jimmy Nail.

10 Thailand. 11 Ludwig Wittgenstein — in

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1922).

12 Bound 2. The Wachowskis directed the

1996 film Bound. 13 Sarah Cooper.

14 Panama. 15 Coogi — founded as Cuggi.

16 Morocco. 17 Fallout. 18 The Grand

National. 19 Colette Besson — the pre-race

favourite Lillian Board set a new UK record

in second place. 20 Tayra (Eira barbara).

Quintagram answers 1 Sock 2 Tight

3 Short 4 Spectacle 5 Impairing.