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A lactometer is used to measure
the density of which liquid?The Ucayali River is a main
headstream of which South
American river?
Which Dutch post-impressionist’s
Portrait of Dr Gachet sold at
auction for $82.5 million?
What is the largest and most
widely known public park in
Manhattan, New York City?
Which Muppet broke up with
Kermit the Frog on The Today
Show in 1990?
Which alphabetic writing system is
the standard script of the English
language?
Which unit of liquid capacity is
equal to two pints or 1.13 litres?Which Shooting Stars co-host has
written the autobiography And
Away ... (2021)?
Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage
is the real name of which Tiger
King documentary star?
Don’t Dream It’s Over, Fall
at Your Feet and Weather
with You were hits for which
Antipodean band?
Which two Beethoven
symphonies were premiered in
Vienna on December 22, 1808?
Which 1917 Wilfred Owen poem
refers to the “shrill, demented
choirs of wailing shells”?
What did the US food writer Julia
Child describe as “the splendor
and glory of French cooking”?
Which American film director
is pictured?Colonia Nervia Glevensium or
Glevum was the Roman name
of which English city?Which record label was founded
in Munich in 1969 by Karl
Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred
Scheffner?Helen Roche has written the
“first comprehensive history” of
which elite schools in Nazi Germany?Which Hungarian author
wrote the 1942 novel The Story
of My Wife?In horse racing, what type of bet
is a “quinella”?Which rowing race for individual
oarsmen has taken place on the
Thames every year since 1715?DAN MACMEDAN/GETTY IMAGESAnswers below rightThe Times Saturday Quiz Olav Bjortomt
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5 Function, habit, employment (acc.
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9 Six-a-side? Shoot (eg salicis, non
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10 He brandishes, wields, as Turnus
does his spear, vide Aen. 12.94 (7)
11 It might surpass, imperf. subj., same
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13 Priest, sacerdos, antistes, pontifex
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15 Poem or song — brought by males
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17 The act of freeing, deliverance,
release (gen. sing.) (12)
20 Germani confusi — produce queen
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punishment (vide Sall. Cat. 55.4)
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substitute for Cleopatra (as in Aen.
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Sat. 2.6.45 (8)
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the Alps (full of long-haired
foreigners?), vide eg Tac. Ann. 11.23
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effloresco, efflorescere, ____ (8)
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complicated story, eg Venus’s
account of the founding of
Carthage, Aen. 1.342 (7)
16 At mens mutata, twisted thread,
warp (6)
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former rulers returned (7)
5 Groups of salmon right at mouth
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9 Commercial vehicle with
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men (9)
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identified to police (5-8)
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is sacked (13)
21 Returned letter I afterwards get
back (9)
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2 Remarkable value I judge in work
often disowned (9)
3 Senior relations to have called
round (7)
4 Frightening pictures put up for all
to see, one originally concealed
under carpet (9)
5 Inside-out cover on fish basket (5)
6 Header against the post? (7)
7 Bird is yellow, except head (5)
8 Song composed to capture a
daughter (8)
14 Wicked deeds by Zulu warriors
over European links (9)
15 Edition of Stalingrad? (9)
16 Escort stranger routed round part
of New England (8)
18 Husbandry only for the young? (7)
19 Every single participant making
finish of a marathon (3,4)
20 Fine meat, English, served with
brandy (6)
22 Do drink (5)
23 Opposition party missing opening
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Times Crossword No 28,152
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 ReviewSuko No 3351
Quiz answers 1 Milk. 2 Amazon River.
3 Vincent van Gogh. 4 Central Park.
5 Miss Piggy. 6 Latin alphabet or
Roman alphabet. 7 A quart. 8 Bob
Mortimer. 9 Joe Exotic. 10 Crowded
House. 11 Symphony No 5 (in C minor)
and No 6 (in F major) aka the Pastoral
Symphony. 12 Anthem for Doomed
Youth. 13 Sauces. 14 Gloucester. 15 ECM
Records. 16 Napolas or the National
Political Education Institutes. 17 Milan
Fust. 18 A bet on the first two finishers
in either order. 19 Doggett’s Coat and
Badge. 20 Kathryn Bigelow.
Quintagram answers 1 Wax 2 Jove
*^3 Embody^4 Quicksand^5 Prizefight.