The Times - UK (2022-01-03)

03 .01.22

Word watch Sudoku Easy No 12,905 Difficult No 12,906 Fiendish No 12,907
David Parfitt

Penteconter
a An evangelical
preacher
b A ship with 50 oars
c An inverted star shape

Metage
a A perspective from
outside set parameters
b An official weighing of
coal, grain etc
c The span of one’s hand

Flagitious
a Favouring corporal
punishment
b Extremely wicked
c Nationalistic, jingoistic

Answers on page 11

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2040 by Joker

Across

1 Irritation card game is cut

short (5)

4 Run small van for living in on

holiday (7)

8 Clergyman is after English

builder (7)

9 Definitely not odd temperature

leading to incident (5)

10 Reshuffled minister is on break

(12)

12 Uncovered text, both nice and

strange (6)

13 Carriage catch with gold on (6)

16 “Been curd” menu got wrong

— not checked (12)

18 The man’s getting time for

robbery (5)

20 Not in favour of a City way

when grasping profit (7)

21 The woman gets warm in

cover (7)

22 Really don’t look forward to

days with book, say (5)

Down

1 Childish anger follows regular

helpings of prunes (7)

2 Perhaps survey and search

island on new river in

Yorkshire (13)

3 Illegal use of force breaking

down exit — or not? (9)

4 Short trip that is taken after

class (6)

5 Champion in speed contest

losing lead (3)

6 We finally give thought to

cutting dance for greater

number (13)

7 Ceremony set down on paper

as it is said (4)

11 Right person of brilliance to

lead directors (9)

14 With no way of proving age, is

not taken out (7)

15 Poison remedy includes

stripped bark (6)

17 It follows the herd up street,

first of all (4)

19 Gallery disposing of European

rubbish (3)

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Friday’s solution on page 11

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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 11

1 Complete the proverb:
“A rolling stone gathers
no.. .”?

2 In Greek, which
primary colour is called
“kitrino”?

3 Robin Lorimer and
David Purves have
both translated which
Shakespeare tragedy
into Scots?

4 The political activist
Jack Weinberg is
credited with saying:
“Don’t trust anyone
over.. .” which age?

5 Which British actor
plays Geralt of Rivia in
the Netflix TV series
The Witcher?

6 On July 13, 1962,
which prime minister
sacked seven cabinet

members in the “Night

of the Long Knives”?

7 Who designed Kate

Middleton’s wedding

dress for her wedding to

Prince William?

8 Which German-born

resident composer of

James Brydges, 1st Duke

of Chandos, wrote the

Chandos Anthems?

9 Which sandbank in

the Thames estuary

gives its name to a May

1797 naval mutiny?

10 The Yellow Wallpaper

and Herland are the

two most famous stories

of which American

feminist?

11 Known for his “Story

Seminar”, which US

screenwriting guru

wrote the books

Dialogue and

Storynomics?

12 Which 1932 James

Whale film, starring

Boris Karloff, is based

on JB Priestley’s novel

Benighted?

13 Opening at 54 Capel

Street in 2019, what is

the name of Dublin’s

first alcohol-free bar?

14 Which US athlete

won the women’s 100m

Olympic title in 1992

and 1996?

15 Which Spanish

actress is pictured?

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