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18.03.22

Word watch Sudoku Mild No 13,077 Difficult No 13,078 Fiendish No 13,079
David Parfitt

Piggin
a An apple variety
b A hybrid language
c A small wooden
bucket

Monoblepsis
a The technical name
for a full stop
b An eye condition
c The narwhal

Laches
a Milky residue
b A bout of shivering
c Negligence in
enforcing a legal right

Answers on page 19

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2094 by Juno

Across

1 Stella met hysteria, displaying

jewel (8)

8 Fairy king from Borneo

originally (6)

9 Attitude I put on for sea god

(8)

10 Little devil messed up Dee’s

hamper (6)

11 Nothing standard in old POW

camp (5)

12 Charlie drawing vehicle that

needs to be drawn? (4)

13 Mounts first of rings in flexible

pipes (6)

15 Dull one might say “welcome”

(3)

16 Snowmobile soon contracted

to carry child (6)

18 Twelve? Almost nobody (4)

19 Be sufficient for arguing, tho,

every so often (3,2)

21 Number of the Spanish flat (6)

23 Mansion I refurbished a

problem after retiring? (8)

24 For something very heavy, it’s

tiny (6)

25 Cry when leaping damaged

minor ego (8)

Down

2 Dance Armstrong was first to

do? (8)

3 Everything that helotism

contains (3,3)

4 Doyle disposed to sing high (5)

5 Performing in short stockings

later this evening (7)

6 Moderate rage (6)

7 Syrupy stuff daughter finds

agreeable (4)

14 Mexico’s right, somehow,

dispatching spirits (8)

15 Black attire, we hear, for early

part of day (7)

17 Dedicate energy to volume,

edited after reflecting (6)

18 A native of Rouen, maybe, and

not an island (6)

20 Busybody concerned with

offspring turning up (5)

22 High-flying singer’s frolic (4)

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Yesterday’s solution on page 19

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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GEORGE KENDALL WARREN/NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY/SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/REUTERS

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 19

1 The bofsandwich
is the traditional
Danish take on which
staple of American
fast food?

2 In 1985, Michael
Harrison made the
first UK call with
which device?

3 The state carnivorous
plant of North
Carolina, Dionaea
muscipula is better
known by which name?

4 Who succeeded
Stephen Harper
as Canada’s prime
minister?

5 Which actor plays the
title role in the 2022
film The Batman?

6 Ernest Shackleton’s
ship Endurance has been

found at a depth of

3,008m in which sea?

7 The Henry VIII

Gate can be found at

which hospital, the

oldest in London?

8 Rangatira are the

chiefs of a hapu (clan)

in which culture?

9 Author of the novel

Murder Most Fab,

which comedian

performed as The Joan

Collins Fan Club?

10 Which English

sci-fi author wrote the

novels Trouble with

Lichen (1960) and

Chocky (1968)?

11 Which Lorraine

Hansberry work was

the first drama by an

African-American

woman to be produced

on Broadway?

12 The Battle of the

Aegates (241BC) was a

decisive Roman victory

in which war?

13 Which US

composer wrote

the Afro-American

Symphony (1931)?

14 In netball, which

position is signified by

the letters GK?

15 Which 19th-century

African-American

abolitionist is pictured?

Suko No 3440

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