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25.05.22

Word watch SudokuDifficult No 13,231 Fiendish No 13,232 Super fiendish No 13,233
David Parfitt

Bycoket
a A stimulant drug
b A vessel for
transporting coal
c A high-crowned hat

Venatic
a Prophetic
b Open to bribery
c Relating to hunting

Lycoperdon
a The puffball fungus
b A prehistoric mammal
c An ancient name for
Lincoln

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2142 by Hurley

Across

1 Tactless and absurd claim I’d

put on (12)

8 Offence, capital, here in Egypt

(5)

9 Excellent one mile motorway

in French southeast (7)

10 Secure draw (3)

11 A non-drinker, Dan, in

hospital department, waiting

on (9)

13 American animal, sullen? Not

right (5)

14 Made verbal contribution

identifying part of wheel (5)

16 Rapid rise transformed poor

condition (9)

17 Performance of group, Irish,

grand initially (3)

19 Flexible English carry on in

charge (7)

21 Hackneyed, ultimately worn-

out, ceremonial (5)

22 Theatre specialist, participant

in yen, euro, surge once (12)

Down

1 Unexpected result, winning

over group of people (5)

2 A rude song at sea — dicey! (9)

3 Surprisingly static — reprove

part of economy (7,6)

4 Drug work — I scoffed (6)

5 Official publicity cars pursued

by turncoat, we hear (13)

6 Watering hole popular before

noon (3)

7 To some extent ironic entreaty

for place to meet (6)

12 Close to leading, so animated!

(9)

13 Race in sea the French try at

last (6)

15 Faction starts to collapse

acrimoniously: punch-ups on

regular basis to follow! (6)

18 Campaigner good about

environment (first and second)

(5)

20 Drink event with reduced

prices failing to start (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 Cardioversion is a
medical procedure
that restores a normal
rhythm in which organ?

2 Who was elected
Labour Party leader
in 2015?

3 In 1994, Alan Fletcher
began playing Dr Karl
Kennedy in which
Australian TV soap?

4 What title is given to
the wife of a viceroy?

5 Richard Doyle’s
cover drawing for
which humour
magazine was used
from 1849 to 1954?

6 Mmmhops is an
English-style pale ale
by three American
brothers who formed
which band in 1992?

7 In its earliest known

appearance in the

West, which Italian

mathematician’s number

sequence considers

growth in an idealised

rabbit population?

8 The Husqvarna 450 II

and Stihl MS 231 are

petrol types of which

cutting tool?

9 The early English

settlement on which

North Carolina island

disappeared mysteriously

between 1587 and 1590?

10 Guillotined in

1793, who was the last

maîtresse-en-titre of

Louis XV of France?

11 Phycology is the

scientific study of

which predominantly

aquatic photosynthetic

organisms?

12 Bernard Herrmann

won an Oscar for scoring

the 1941 film adaptation

of which Stephen

Vincent Benét story?

13 Pow! (Forward) and

Fester Skank are singles

by which London grime

artist, born Maxwell

Owusu Ansah?

14 Who lost four of

his six world snooker

championship finals to

Stephen Hendry?

15 Which Irish actress,

who played Megan

Roach in Casualty, is

pictured?

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