The Times - UK (2021-12-06)

06.12.21

Word watch Sudoku Easy No 12,841 Difficult No 12,842 Fiendish No 12,843

David Parfitt

Introrse
a Turned inwards
b A prelude
c A weaving gait in
dressage

Gambo
a A yellow pigment
b A Louisianan stew
c A simple farm cart

Wardour Street English
a The affected use of
archaic words
b A rare breed of pig
c A breakfast of kippers
and sausages

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2020 by Tracy

Across

1 Actress handled vial nervously

(2,9)

8 Willpower about to crack (7)

9 144 in total (5)

10 Whisky, for example, before

good savoury item of food (6,3)

12 Hand tool — test briefly upon

return (3)

13 Collect a cold cure concoction

(6)

15 Breed of rabbit from African

country, right for length (6)

17 Animal, partly domesticated

(3)

18 Not entirely where studying

may lead one? (2,1,6)

20 Former statute, correct in

every detail (5)

22 One may read this either way

(3,4)

23 Second eleven shown in book

mate circulated (7,4)

Down

1 Nightclub in Sheffield is

colourful (5)

2 Playing Dutch role,

surrounded oneself with

admirers (4,5)

3 Watched rival? United? (6)

4 On stage (3)

5 A very old blighter, round for

fruit (7)

6 Comic character, reckless and

wild (9,3)

7 Callers upset with Tracy?

That’s perfectly obvious (7-5)

11 Drink mother’s ruin — are legs

almost buckling? (6,3)

14 Sword nicked young woman

(7)

16 Decline to admit a

Conservative’s in front (6)

19 True masculine domain (5)

21 Sailor, famous person, heading

off (3)

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Friday’s solution on page 15

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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 world’s
most populous
country?

2 Which cereal grain
is the largest source of
food carbohydrates in
the tropics?

3 The Shakespeare
character Prince Hal
becomes which king?

4 Which chief adviser
to the prime minister
resigned on November
13, 2020?

5 Sofie Grabol played
Inspector Sarah
Lund in which Danish
TV crime drama
(2007-2012)?

6 The title of which
1991 No 1 single for
Michael Jackson
features two colours?

7 In ancient Rome, ten

(later nine) of which

units of between 400

and 500 soldiers each

formed a legion?

8 “Define your world”

is the motto of which

online slang dictionary,

founded in 1999 by

Aaron Peckham?

9 Which 1962 comedy

was the first Broadway

show to feature both

music and lyrics by

Stephen Sondheim?

10 Which

Frenchwoman died on

August 4, 1997 at the

age of 122 years and

164 days?

11 Which “talking

gorilla” (1971-2018) was

taught American Sign

Language by Penny

Patterson?

12 Who argued

for environmental

vegetarianism in her

book Diet for a Small

Planet (1971)?

13 The ballet

Relâche (1924) was a

collaboration between

the composer Erik Satie

and which French

avant-garde artist?

14 Ng On-yee from

Hong Kong is a former

women’s world No 1 in

which sport?

15 Which British-

Nigerian artist is

pictured?

Suko No 3352

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