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Word watch Sudoku Mild No 11,762 Fiendish No 11,763 Super fiendish No 11,
Josephine Balmer
Nard
a A plant
b To inlay
c An informer
Nooch
a A sniffer dog
b To explore a new place
c Yeast flakes
Nostrum
a A devotional prayer
b A quack medicine
c A two-seater bench
Answers on page 15
The Times Quick Cryptic No 1683 by Tracy
Across
7 Soil shortage initially ignored
(5)
8 Mongrel dog — what it wags
cut short (7)
10 Coach beginning to toil,
damaged in rear (7)
11 Show lack of interest in Irish
rugby (5)
12 Cromwellian’s plump leader (9)
14 My heart listened to (3)
15 Join band, briefly (3)
16 Find out when positive (9)
18 Come in to register (5)
20 Revolutionary spoke about
Conservative (7)
22 Credible number left in
Lincoln? (7)
23 Good scope for one working in
stable (5)
Down
1 Attend a sanctuary, and
withdraw (4,1,7)
2 Endless delight, of course,
producing riches (8)
3 Flimsy article, short (4)
4 Few panic catching cold (6)
5 Campaigner, more coarse,
when held up (8)
6 Pretty fine tune (4)
9 Drink can make me ill, a
danger when mixed (5,3,4)
13 Bitter speech from US
prosecutor about island breed
(8)
14 Unexpectedly find gamble
working (6,2)
17 Tooth decay — one probing is
concerned (6)
19 Pitch in the direction of
Geordieland? (4)
21 Some homeless GI driving
over to find accommodation
(4)
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 89
10 11
12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19 20 21
22 23
Yesterday’s solution on page 15
© PUZZLER MEDIA
15
S&G/PA
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 The disorder
amblyopia is more
commonly known as
“lazy ...” what?
2 In 1990, which
Solidarity co-founder
succeeded Wojciech
Jaruzelski as president
of Poland?
3 Used by
meteorologists, a
pluviometer is also
known as what type
of gauge?
4 Which ITV drama
focused on members of
Blue Watch, based at
the fictional Blackwall
fire station?
5 Which all-female
Motown group had hits
with Dancing in the
Street, Nowhere to Run
and Jimmy Mack?
6 The son of an Ipswich
butcher, who was made
Bishop of Lincoln and
then Archbishop of
York in 1514?
7 Which British
co-founder of analytic
philosophy won the 1950
Nobel prize in literature?
8 Known for its luxury
fashion boutiques,
Via de’ Tornabuoni is in
the centre of which
Italian city?
9 Microsoft has held
talks to buy which
video-sharing mobile
app from Chinese
owner ByteDance?
10 The title of the
Lin-Manuel Miranda
musical In the Heights
refers to which New
York neighbourhood?
11 Which Peruvian
painter of pin-up
models created the
movie poster for The Sin
of Nora Moran (1933)?
12 A Penrose triangle
with “Palace” written
on each side, what is
the Palace Skateboards
logo called?
13 Dubbed “Asia’s
number one driving
range”, Phothalai
Golf Park is in which
capital city?
14 Chris Froome is
leaving Team Ineos to
race for which Israeli
cycling team?
15 Which cricket
writer and music critic
is pictured?
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