The Times - UK (2022-01-13)

13.01.22

Word watch Sudoku Mild No 12,930 Fiendish No 12,931 Super fiendish No 12,932

David Parfitt

Harmattan
a A gin cocktail
b Palm fibres used for
weaving
c A dry Saharan wind

Burrata
a A cart pulled by a
donkey
b An Italian cheese
c An ecclesiastical
skullcap

Hygeen
a The Greek goddess of
health
b A Danish method of
promoting wellbeing
c A dromedary trained
for riding

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2048 by Felix

Across

1 Obscures one source of

malpractice in English county

(6)

4 Cuts back firm plasterwork (6)

8 Regularly ice-cold English

female, one seen on the staff

(1,4)

9 In charge of trophies, after

initially having minor

problems (7)

10 Get faster account, and

celebrate, having lost heart (10)

13 One had, in manner of

speaking and lying, to

be clumsy? (8-5)

15 Handouts arranged by

Thursday — but way down the

list! (10)

19 Core RUC reforms take place

again (7)

20 Returning in lilac Cadillac, see

old Asian capital (5)

21 A cent — price for buttonhole?

(6)

22 Old secret police force’s lack of

action (6)

Down

1 A cricket club in pub, at card

game (8)

2 Caviar, for example, Cecil Day

devoured (8)

3 Greek character s-scarpered,

wrapped in scarf? (7)

5 Note kitty’s been raised: it’s

understood (5)

6 Hint that’s left in something

needed by Potter (4)

7 Put out books about America

(4)

9 Loud preacher has nearly

half of Harvard university

consumed by rage (9)

11 Manages CD counts

differently (8)

12 Ginger nuts for ducks (8)

14 Revolutionary advice for

holding dual gets approval (7)

16 Kicks poor journalists (5)

17 Live to the north of a region

(4)

18 Necklace found in motor club

(4)

123 45 6 7

8 9

10

11 12

13 14

15 16

17 18

19 20

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Yesterday’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 Pauline Baynes
was the first illustrator
of which series of
seven fantasy novels
by CS Lewis?

2 Which government-
owned company
makes the United
Kingdom’s coins?

3 The four humours
of Hippocratic
medicine are phlegm,
yellow bile, black bile
and which fluid?

4 Which French
impressionist began his
41-painting Waterloo
Bridge series in 1899?

5 Which German
emperor abdicated on
November 9, 1918?

6 Since 2014, Ana Botín
has served as executive

chairman of which

Spanish bank?

7 FBI agent Joseph

Pistone infiltrated

the Bonanno crime

family posing as which

jewel thief?

8 Founded in 1911 by

Gaston Gallimard,

Éditions Gallimard

is one of France’s

leading what?

9 In 1847, the Scottish

physician Sir James

Simpson first used

which liquid as an

anaesthetic?

10 NZT-48 is a wonder

drug in which 2011 film,

starring Bradley Cooper?

11 Which word derives

from the Korean for

“eating broadcast”?

12 Which Irish

mathematician first

described quaternions

in 1843?

13 An orange lambda

is the logo of which

series of first-person

shooter games?

14 The sport of

Octopush is also known

as underwater... what?

15 Which chemical

element is named after

the pictured physicist

(1878-1968)?

Suko No 3385

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