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Word watch Sudoku Difficult No 13,023 Fiendish No 13,024 Super fiendish No 13,025
David Parfitt

Astolat
a An artificial grass
b A variety of milky
coffee
c Guildford in Surrey

Banausic
a Of a German artistic
movement
b Merely mechanical
c Sick from overeating

Sowl
a To pull by the ears
b Arable land
c The wailing of a cat

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2077 by Orpheus

Across

1 Eccentric chap — Welsh (8)

6 Crazy nocturnal flyers (4)

8 Fellow European, one from

Odense, perhaps (4)

9 Stack of fruit in Irish county?

(8)

10 Knowledgeable English press

chief pocketing old gold coin

(8)

12 Principal supplier of gas or

water (4)

13 Cart making noise at back of

pub (6)

16 Tailor’s small boat (6)

17 Comedian digesting beginning

of royal court document (4)

18 Declaration of doorman, one

bringing in goods (8)

21 Avoid fish, offering young bird

(8)

22 Simple, being tolerant (4)

23 Poem initially recalling

European river (4)

24 Policeman’s information

American woman takes

in rapidly at first (8)

Down

2 A protégé’s recognition of

merit (5)

3 Extra purchase, by the sound

of it (3)

4 Small detached territory one’s

rented out (5)

5 Old CID man surprisingly

inclined to wander (7)

6 Term a bore devised for a

measurer of pressure (9)

7 Tangible diplomacy over

French island (7)

11 Race round track regularly,

finding concierge (9)

14 A singular reason for being

beached (7)

15 Hanging about for work in

restaurant (7)

19 Heathen god of flocks and

herds around Georgia (5)

20 Old record thus maintained

principally in horse racing

venue (5)

22 Beginning of Egyptian sun

god’s time (3)

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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 What is the second
book of the Bible?

2 In 2018, which
Scotch whisky brand
launched the limited-
edition blend Jane
Walker in the US?

3 What is the capital
of Cyprus?

4 Border Force is
a law enforcement
command within
which UK government
department?

5 In 2012, which star of
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
played Milton Fanshaw
in Coronation Street?

6 Winning decisive
battles at Barnet and
Tewkesbury, which
king regained the
throne in 1471?

7 Which Tory prime

minister wrote the

novels The Rise of

Iskander, The Young

Duke and Lothair?

8 The Lessons Learnt

and Reconciliation

Commission was

formed after which

Asian country’s 1983-

2009 civil war?

9 Protanopia and

deuteranopia are types of

which medical condition?

10 On February 5,

Cyclone Batsirai made

landfall in which

island country?

11 Lennoxlove House in

East Lothian is the seat

of which Scottish duke?

12 The Amedeo and

the Federico are straw

panama hats by which

Italian company,

founded in 1857?

13 Which 1945 movie,

starring Gene Tierney

as Ellen Berent, was

20th Century Fox’s

top-grossing film of

the 1940s?

14 Which English

athlete won the

1986 European

Championship

men’s 5,000m in a

championship best

time that still stands?

15 The pictured Iconic

Tower (still under

construction) is the

tallest building on

which continent?

Suko No 3420

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