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Robbie Williams was the youngest of
the original five members of which
boy band?

The Baltimore oriole is the official

bird of which US state?

The strontian process is an obsolete
chemical method to recover which
sweet-tasting substance from molasses?

Ferrite is a body-centred cubic form

of which metal?

Which ingredient is “shirred” or
“baked” in the English name of the
dish “oeufs en cocotte”?

William Bateson founded and
named which science of biological
inheritance?

The “Achilles of England” was a
sobriquet of which Dublin-born
prime minister (1769-1852)?

Which Soviet cosmonaut is the
only woman to have flown solo
in space?

A transmitter of Lyme disease,
Ixodes ricinus is the castor bean
species of which parasitic arachnid?

Closed in 2012, the station
RAF Lyneham was located
about six miles from Chippenham in
which county?

Roger Ebert described Roman
Polanski’s film adaptation of
which Shakespeare tragedy as “full of
sound and fury”?

Which 1990s sitcom was set
in the studios of Globelink
News TV?

Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, was

originally named after which

In 1983, which South African

golfer’s son Marc founded Black

Knight International to represent his

business interests?

Which Irish island, off the coast

of County Kerry, is pictured?

three-time British prime minister?

Which Italian mathematician

analysed various problems in

algebra in his 1225 work Flos?

Which heavy and durable

glass was developed by George

Ravenscroft c 1675?

Launching her eponymous

label in 2018, which Jordanian-

Romanian shoemaker is known for

her Ami pumps?

Ward 81 (1979) and Falkland Road

(1981) are books by which female

American photographer?

Named after the player

God Shammgod, the

“Shammgod” is a dribbling move

in which sport?

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13 Out of the hall; a palatii atrio (2,4)

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formally (6)

2 Head of state in Irish parliament

to go off line (6)

3 Marine fish, a food not fully

digested in Hebridean isle (9)

4 Drawing attention to consequence

of batsman’s poor form? (12)

6 A minor charge for allotment (5)

7 Irregular cops uneasy about

organised raid (8)

8 Face fine when brewing stimulant

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11 Support at Covent Garden for

Shaw’s play? (3,5,4)

15 Crackling relating to small hole in

humbug (9)

16 Doomed defendant brought about

lawyer’s end (8)

17 Broadcasting session unstarted

after the speaker keeled over (8)

19 Exile elected to office rising in

party (6)

20 Impassive detective much taken

aback (6)

22 Climbing record broken by

unknown resident abroad (5)

Times Crossword No 28,278

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opened on Thursday. Enter by post to: Times Crossword No 28,278, PO Box 2164, Colchester, Essex
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Times Crossword No 28,278

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.

Solution MindGames in Saturday Review

Suko No 3477

Quiz answers 1 Take That. 2 Maryland.

3 Sugar. 4 Iron. 5 Eggs. 6 Genetics.

7 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of

Wellington. 8 Valentina Tereshkova.

9 Tick. 10 Wiltshire. 11 Macbeth. 12 Drop

the Dead Donkey. 13 Robert Gascoyne-

Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. Harare

was called Fort Salisbury on its founding

in 1890. 14 Fibonacci or Leonardo of Pisa.

15 Flint glass or crystal or lead crystal.

16 Amina Muaddi. 17 Mary Ellen Mark.

18 Basketball. 19 Gary Player. 20 Skellig

Michael.

Concise Quintagram answers 1 Sobs

2 Hollow 3 Ornate 4 Receive 5 Transient.

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