The Times - UK (2022-02-03)

03.02.22

Word watch Sudoku Mild No 12,978 Fiendish No 12,979 Super fiendish No 12,980
David Parfitt

Uvula
a The fleshy tissue at
the back of the throat
b A large rocky
landform
c Freedom

Williwaw
a A sudden squall
b A spirit of marshes
and boggy ground
c A codpiece

Heat-drop
a A mass loss of leaves
in hot weather
b Rain ushering in a
hot day
c The sinking of a cake
in an overheated oven

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2063 by Wurm

Across

1 Ram perhaps caught up in

meadow flower (9)

6 Bug snug in this hairpiece? (3)

8 Nuncio confused about rook as

mythical creature (7)

9 Animal finally going for

synagogue official (5)

10 Chopped the ham and tripe

that’s brought in a bowl? (12)

12 Plant found in Manila (4)

13 Stupid person accepts fine

offering (4)

17 Private chat in centre — listen

with child outside (5-2-5)

20 Daughters initially on ship

wear formal clothes (5)

21 Writer Dante mostly one to

hang around? (7)

23 Hunk from poster put on

weight (3)

24 Delicacy to complement sour

vegetable? (9)

Down

1 Attack in boxing contest (4)

2 Not fat, I am tucking in,

finding nutrient (7)

3 The author Umberto Green?

(3)

4 King, but not crowned,

protected by staff (6)

5 Voracious shark splintered

bargepole (9)

6 Steal from books to make

automaton (5)

7 Covering stored in short

German aircraft (6)

11 Embarrassing condition, this, I

also spread around (9)

14 Incinerator’s features including

receptacle for ashes (7)

15 Dog had Miss Piggy brought

round? (6)

16 Locks perhaps not totally

secure? (6)

18 A top up (5)

19 It’s Let It Be that concludes this

great live event (4)

22 Fortune Tory keeps after taxes

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Yesterday’s solution on page 15

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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ALAMY

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 As commanding
general, Ulysses S
Grant led the Union
army to victory in
which war in 1865?

2 Keratin resists
digestion, which is
why cats regurgitate
what objects?

3 The Fat Boy and
Sport Glide are cruisers
made by which US
motorcycle company?

4 Which Russian art
museum’s Amsterdam
outpost opened
officially in 2009?

5 Produced in Belgium
and Holland, the gin-like
spirit genever is flavoured
with which berries?

6 On June 8, 793, Viking
raiders attacked which

“Holy Island” off the

Northumbrian coast?

7 Which term for a

cat with a striped coat

is derived from a silk

cloth that was made

in Baghdad?

8 Which German

astronomer published

the Rudolphine Tables

in 1627?

9 Mark Twain is said

to have asserted: “The

coldest winter I ever

spent was a summer in

...” which city?

10 Which US-born

author wrote the 1976

BBC TV drama The

Glittering Prizes and the

novel of the same name?

11 Premiering in 2021,

which US TV show stars

Jean Smart as legendary

Las Vegas comedian

Deborah Vance?

12 Which silvery

marine food fish

(Chanos chanos) has

been called the national

fish of the Philippines?

13 In the Islamic

calendar, how many days

form a non-leap year?

14 Which city hosted the

equestrian events of the

1956 summer Olympics?

15 Which empire’s

imperial crown is

pictured?

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