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Word watch Sudoku Mild No 13,237 Difficult No 13,238 Fiendish No 13,239
David ParfittSorage
a Cider dregs
b A tax levied on
unused stock
c The first year of a
hawk’s life
Gowpen
a A cattle enclosure
b The hollow of two
hands held together
c The common daisy
Quale
a To cringe or cower
b A property or attribute
c A subatomic particle
Answers on page 19
The Times Quick Cryptic No 2144 by Mara
Across
7 Love huge for Greek character
(5)
8 Cooked veal and pork almost
coincide (7)
10 Extraordinary strike by opener
for Bangladesh, cut (7)
11 Tory gains cut by 60 per cent,
dance! (5)
12 Jog one’s memory — as would
campanologist? (4,1,4)
14 Gossip just as wicked,
originally (3)
15 Charity some Canadians
backed (3)
16 Never stopping, vessel guzzled
by ancient drunk (9)
18 Curry scoffed by Jack or
Margaret (5)
20 Go away — as would busy
workers? (4,3)
22 Muscle priest strained carrying
lid of casket (7)
23 Bit of a step up for taxi drivers,
vintage car ultimately (5)Down
1 Something worn in crowd
lifted, boy in hat (6,6)
2 New designer left job (8)
3 Spot old European currency
(4)
4 Bit of a smart outfit, fixture in
the East End? (3,3)
5 Labour man: he’s cruel,
unfortunately (8)
6 Odd characters in cult ain’t
family! (4)
9 “Take a risk?”, I reply — what
if foolish? (4,4,4)
13 Lively dancing in ad entertains
friend (8)
14 Heartless judge with a bad
feeling of resentment (8)
17 Spaniard initially inspired by
old measure, Picasso say (6)
19 Coach with roof off, wet (4)
21 Queen in Australia rising for
nothing (4)1 2 3 4 5 67 8910 1112 13 1415 16 1718 19 20 2122 23Yesterday’s solution on page 19© PUZZLER MEDIA15ALAMYFill 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 correctThe Times Daily Quiz Olav Bjortomt
Answers on page 191 The Golden Mile is
a promenade between
North and South
piers in which
Lancashire resort?
2 A follicular unit
extraction (FUE) is a
type of which transplant?
3 The Other Place is
a black box theatre on
Southern Lane in which
Warwickshire town?
4 Which quiz show
host’s album Chasing
Dreams was the biggest
selling debut by a
British artist in 2016?
5 More than 10 miles
long, what is the largest
natural lake in the Lake
District and England?
6 Which English
actress starred in the
films Walkabout, The
Railway Children and
Logan’s Run?7 Which painting by
Jack Vettriano sold at
auction in 2004 for
£744,800?8 The brachial artery
is a major bloodvessel in which part of
the body?9 Michael van Wijk
played which resident
bad guy in the 1990s TV
show Gladiators?10 Queen Máxima is
the Buenos Aires-born
wife of which king?11 The name of which
thick spaghetti-like
pasta comes from the
Italian word for “hole”?12 Which 2006 single
by Jamie T sampled
John Betjeman’s
recording of his poem
The Cockney Amorist?13 Geezer (2002) is
Sarah Lucas’s portrait
of which Arsenal
footballer from 1968
to 1975?14 Svetlana Romashina
of Russia is the most
decorated person in the
history of which
Olympic sport?15 Which British speed
record breaker (1921-67)
is pictured?Suko No 3500
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