The Times - UK (2022-05-02)

02.05.22

Word watch Sudoku Easy No 13,177 Difficult No 13,178 Fiendish No 13,179
David Parfitt

Adobo
a The national dish of
the Philippines
b A sun-baked brick
c From the beginning

Fugleman
a A player in a brass
band
b An exemplary soldier
c A gamekeeper

Pilgarlic
a A shallot
b A woodlouse
c A bald head

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2125 by Oink

Across

1 US dollars found with stolen

ammunition (8)

6 A girl scratching back sadly (4)

8 Amaze fanatics on return (4)

9 Quarrel unexpectedly at event

involving daughter (8)

10 Woman of good judgement?

(8)

12 Nothing for cricketer to avoid

(4)

13 Someone who insults Her

Majesty on a double-decker?

(6)

16 Become very angry on being

caught by children (3,3)

17 Henry getting answer twice?

That’s a laugh (2-2)

18 “A sorry tale”, cries right-

winger (3,5)

21 Plant flourishing as I write (8)

22 Single that’s music to one’s

ears (4)

23 So hard to be among trade

union strikers to begin with (4)

24 Some articles say I struck

writer (8)

Down

2 Complete madman losing head

(5)

3 Relations I met in the middle

of Orkney (3)

4 Harbour, perfect place to drop

an E (5)

5 Notes singers in the

auditorium (7)

6 Ten madmen surprisingly

making an improvement (9)

7 Join English diplomat (7)

11 Philosopher’s desperately sad

secret (9)

14 Rude and bad-tempered, a bit

like a grizzly? (7)

15 Jam quietly disposed of, or set

aside? (7)

19 Money made by son wearing

women’s clothing (5)

20 Car turns over (5)

22 Pen story where gold goes

missing (3)

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Friday’s solution on page 15

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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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 Which Egyptian
queen married Mark
Antony in 32BC?

2 What type of
structure is the Alte
Brücke in Frankfurt am
Main, Germany?

3 What does “GF”
in Coeliac UK’s GF
trademark stand for?

4 In the 1980s,
Colombian TV
journalist Virginia
Vallejo had a
relationship with
which drug lord?

5 In 2021, the National
Museum of African
American Music
(NMAAM) opened in
which Tennessee city?

6 Salvador Dali’s
1949 painting Leda

Atomica portrays a

nude Gala with which

bird?

7 Which 1942 Michael

Curtiz film is named

after the largest city in

the Maghreb?

8 Which 1963

instrumental song by

the Surfaris is named

after a term for a fall

from a surfboard?

9 Guy Crouchback is

the protagonist of which

trilogy of novels by

Evelyn Waugh?

10 The story of how

John Darwin faked his

death inspired which

2022 ITV drama?

11 The first official use

of the Beaufort wind

force scale was during

the 1831-36 voyage of

which ship?

12 In 2007, which

American fashion

designer started

the lifestyle brand

Urban Zen?

13 Which Polish-born

mathematician’s paper

How long is the coast

of Britain? was first

published in Science in

1967?

14 In Test cricket,

which two countries

play for the Benaud-

Qadir trophy?

15 Which British actor

is pictured?

Suko No 3478

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