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Word watch Sudoku Difficult No 13,263 Fiendish No 13,264 Super fiendish No 13,265
David Parfitt
Opeidoscope
a A forecast of one’s
romantic future
b A middle-ranking
bishop
c A device illustrating
sound using light
Nelson’s blood
a Rum
b Seawater
c A bright red type of
algae
Wa ve r
a Fried seaweed
b An expert in finding
routes using footpaths
c A young tree left
when others are cut
Answers on page 15
The Times Quick Cryptic No 2152 by Hurley
Across
1 Exceptional talent of Bill in
race, swimming (10)
8 A part-time worker captivated
by non-drinker’s endeavour (7)
9 Dark — somewhere to sleep in
Paris (5)
10 Large room in hotel? Entirely
(4)
11 Limit time off work, initially
resulting in crankiness, temper
(8)
13 Italian city Anne exits,
regularly going back (5)
14 Leather had influence
reportedly (5)
16 Shopkeeper, he tells stories (8)
17 Happen in mountain route (4)
20 Factory scheme finally right
(5)
21 Some unsold, Tim explains,
being ancient (3-4)
22 Card game boss’s defensive
position (10)
Down
1 To some extent maybe a
charming seaside place (5)
2 Egghead perhaps I let call tune
disastrously (12)
3 US city postgraduate
becoming priest (4)
4 Two articles on Mike’s song (6)
5 Comfortable including new
version of true politeness (8)
6 As, say, many momentous
money matters — trial, leave it
to be sorted out? (12)
7 Condition protecting
university sculpture (6)
12 Staircase feature miler Roger’s
spoken of (8)
13 Discard energy creating
predicament (6)
15 Back a very short time (6)
18 On reflection, hard to
understand Society drug (5)
19 Heard one much admired is
not working (4)
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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 Which Spanish artist
depicted his children in
the painting Claude et
Paloma (1950)?
2 Which queen was
described by Charlotte
Brontë as looking
like “a little stout,
vivacious lady”?
3 Lulamae Barnes is
the real name of which
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
character?
4 Al-Fatiha (“The
Opening”) is the first
sura (chapter) of which
sacred text?
5 Which Canadian city
was founded by Paul
de Chomedey de
Maisonneuve (1612-76)?
6 Which two large
chest muscles assist in
movements of the
shoulder and upper arm?
7 Which right-hand
man of Henry VIII
was dubbed “malleus
monachorum” (Hammer
of the Monks)?
8 In 1918, Salote Tupou
III became queen of
which Pacific country?
9 Danish dance act
Infernal had a 2006 hit
with From Paris to ...
which European capital?
10 Showcasing Tuareg
music, the Festival au
Désert (2001-2012)
was held in which
African country?
11 Sawel Mountain is
the highest peak in
which mountain range
in Northern Ireland?
12 What is the world’s
largest NFT marketplace?
13 Called the “father of
English botany”, which
dean of Wells wrote A
New Herball (1551)?
14 Which football
club was founded in
1887 at a meeting in St
Mary’s Church hall in
Calton, Glasgow?
15 Born in London in
1971, which composer
is pictured?
Suko No 3510
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