The Times - UK (2022-05-17)

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Word watch Sudoku Mild No 13,212 Difficult No 13,213 Super fiendish No 13,214
David Parfitt

Jettatura
a A semiprecious form
of carbon
b A painting technique
using contrasts
c The power to harm
others by look

Newel
a The central pillar of a
spiral staircase
b Christmastide
c Freshness, originality

Beurré
a A mellow variety of
pear
b A writing desk
c A felt cap

Answers on page 15

The Times Quick Cryptic No 2136 by Joker

Across

1 Team’s head managed with

referee’s backing to switch

teams (8)

5 Small item and the first nine

letters returned (4)

9 United supporters backing

confused situation (5)

10 Tonic, and what are drunk

with tonic by English (7)

11 That is full of cold? (3)

12 Modern milky coffee dairy

brewed — I must go (6-3)

13 Great intelligence one found in

part of family (6)

15 Some extreme care needed to

return arrangement of flowers

(6)

17 Sign of gold leading to plot (9)

19 Article that’s only 60 per cent

there? (3)

20 Public relations broadcast that

is plain for Americans (7)

21 Be like men prejudiced against

women going topless (5)

22 Watched you once being

introduced to editor (4)

23 Uncovered runner injured

skater in front of queen (8)

Down

1 Sampling time with sparkling

Italian wine — no good (7)

2 Silver copy that is wide open

(5)

3 Cranium excavated, strangely

grey — foul play? (12)

4 What sometimes follows

pieces of two-by-four? (5)

6 Six balls, expected late (7)

7 Cross a new grand railway (5)

8 Fall short of goal getting junior

to a church one evening (12)

14 Rarely treat in salt (7)

16 One who throws out voter has

Liberal turning to judge (7)

17 Topless model is more than

enough (5)

18 One adept at spying and at

taking in information (5)

19 Crowded hospital beset by

parasite (5)

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Yesterday’s solution on page 15

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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ALAMY

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 “Conscription” is
compulsory enrolment
for what?

2 The Old Royal
Naval College is located
in which royal borough
of London?

3 In 2012, which king’s
remains were found
under a council car park
in Leicester?

4 Which two Old
Testament books have
names that start with
the letter “P”?

5 Which character
in the comic strip
Peanuts has a crush on
the Little Red-Haired
Girl?

6 Felix Mendelssohn
dedicated his Symphony
No 3 in A minor, or

Scottish Symphony, to

which queen?

7 From 1994 to 2005,

Chandrika Kumaratunga

served as the first

female president of

which country?

8 In 1986, FLOS (the

Former Ladies of

the ...) was formed by

ex-members of which

US girl group?

9 They Came from SW19

(1992) is the middle

novel in which trilogy

by Nigel Williams?

10 Which conspirator

says “It was Greek to

me” in the Shakespeare

play Julius Caesar?

11 Which English

magician (1868-1941)

was the first president

of the Magic Circle?

12 Which self-help

book by Laura

Whitmore is named

after a lyric in Hold On

by Wilson Phillips?

13 Designed by

Henry Folland, what

was the RAF’s last

biplane fighter?

14 The “big three”

lifts in powerlifting

are the squat, deadlift

and what?

15 Which Scottish

comedian, TV

presenter and narrator

is pictured?

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