The Times - UK (2022-02-16)

16.02.22

Word watch Sudoku Difficult No 13,007 Fiendish No 13,008 Super fiendish No 13,009
David Parfitt

Clamjamphrie
a A chowder-like soup
b Spoken nonsense
c Din, commotion

Rem
a A unit of radiation
dose
b A measure of
computer memory
c A vivid dream

Homilise
a To make (a house)
better suited to oneself
b To embarrass
c To preach

Answers on page 15

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Yesterday’s solution on page 15

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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 Which wizard was
born on July 31, 1980 in
Godric’s Hollow?

2 In economics, which
monetary measure is
known as GDP?

3 2122 North Clark
Street in Chicago’s
Lincoln Park
neighbourhood was the
site of which infamous
1929 event?

4 Which element with
the symbol Cm honours
a scientist couple famed
for their work on
radioactivity?

5 In 1999, which English
singer had his 14th
No 1 single with The
Millennium Prayer?

6 Which foot
condition is also

called “pes planus” or

“fallen arches”?

7 The poet André

Breton co-founded

which literary and

artistic movement

in 1924?

8 Which English

actress plays Pamela

Anderson in the 2022

TV miniseries Pam &

Tommy?

9 Which poet wrote

Annus Mirabilis while

staying at Charlton

Park, Wiltshire in 1667?

10 Which 1936 novel

by William Faulkner

features a sentence of

1,288 words?

11 Also known as

White Heron Castle,

what is Japan’s

largest castle?

12 Which US composer

wrote Trio for Strings

(1958), Target for Jasper

Johns (1960) and Death

Chant (1961)?

13 Founded in 2015,

which Italian outdoor

brand makes Lhakpa

hiking trainers and

Andreas boots?

14 In 1977, which

English snooker player

won the first world

championship held at

the Crucible?

15 Which South

American parrot is

pictured?

Suko No 3414

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