30 The Sunday Times June 5, 2022
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Each row, column and 3x3 box
must contain the digits 1 to 9.
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MEPHISTO (^3223) Across
1 Mineral is yellow — the
coal’s different (10)
12 Ingots perhaps hard to get
out, we hear? (8)
13 Greek character going
round with French pal,
showing taste (5)
14 Prestige of court blown
apart by a revolutionary (6)
15 Old schools. Old-fashioned
characters (5)
17 Jittery trainee hates to
take more chances early
on (12, three words)
18 Gun that is placed by
bridge (6)
22 Confusion of small son,
tot in a spin (4)
23 Part of tennis match
concluded by ace — it’s
hairy (4)
25 Number given to worker
who may be temporary
resident (6)
27 Mason restores ends
getting broken (12, two
words)
31 Fish hangs loosely on end
of line (5)
33 Weed in open ditch
running into river (6)
34 Gradation of differences
in Conservative policy (5)
35 Description of bar Jock’s
eager to provide for car
attachment (8, two words)
36 Tree — prominent feature
on isle, something
slippery (10)
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Across
1 Breath (4)
3 Scholarly (8)
9 Lacquer (7)
10 Immature insect (5)
11 Stunned (13)
13 Expire (5)
14 Of birds (5)
17 Argonaut mollusc (5,8)
18 Spiced rice (5)
19 Set of documents (7)
21 Epitome (8)
22 Read superficially (4)
Down
12 34 5 6 7
8
9 10
11 12
13 14 15
16
17
18 19 20
21 22
Each number in the main grid can be formed by adding or
multiplying a pair of numbers in the strip below the grid. Each
pair of numbers should be used twice: once as part of an
addition and once as part of a multiplication. For example, a 10
and 24 in the main grid may be solved by the sums, 4 + 6 and 4
x 6, respectively. Enter each sum in the boxes below its answer.
Any blanks in the strip must be deduced, bearing in mind the
numbers are listed in ascending order.
1234 567 89 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17
18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26
27 28
29 30 31 32
33 34
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36
Last week a production error meant that this puzzle was published a week early in
our online editions. Prizes will be awarded to the usual number of winners for both
3222 in print and 3223 online, and both this puzzle and Mephisto 3222 online are
non-competition puzzles.
The Chambers Dictionary 13th edition is the primary reference. Readers may email
comments or queries to [email protected]
1 Decisive (7)
2 Much (3)
4 Accomplice (6)
5 Superficial interest (12)
6 Capricious (9)
7 Decipher (5)
8 Compromising
position (6,6)
12 Disliked (9)
15 Quack remedy (7)
16 Sycophant (6)
17 Appear suddenly (3,2)
20 Kind (3)
POLYGON
From these letters, make
words of four or more letters,
always including the central
letter. Answers must be in the
Concise Oxford Dictionary,
excluding capitalised words,
plurals, conjugated verbs
(past tense etc), adverbs
ending in LY, comparatives
and superlatives.
How you rate
23 words, average; 31, good;
39, very good; 48, excellent.
Each row, column
and 3x3 box must
contain the digits
1 to 9. The digits
within each group
of cells joined by
dotted lines must
add up to the
figure in the top-
left-hand corner
of each group.
Within each
dotted-line group,
a digit cannot be
repeated.
192 21 48 38
14 57 26 110
165 40 174 39
28 96 22 61
TETONOR EASY
Don Manley
1 Author of An Inconvenient Truth (2,4)
4 In 1996, received an award recognising her as the
best-selling French language singer in history (6,4)
10 A convulsive muscular twitch (3)
12 German city where Beck’s Beer is brewed (6)
13 Anthem sung at every British coronation since 1727 (5,3,6)
15 1999 film about derivatives broker Nick Leeson (5,6)
16 “La ” is the Italian name for the first concerto in Vivaldi’s
Four Seasons (9)
17 Scottish word meaning left over or not matched (4)
18 Ukrainian national team manager who played for Chelsea
FC, 2006-2009 (6,10)
21 Ancient area including much of modern Ukraine (7)
22 The world’s largest non-polar desert (6)
23 Before this time, archaically (6)
25 Horace poem also called The Epistle to the Pisones (3,7)
27 Thomas Hardy play based on the Napoleonic wars (3,7)
30 2002 animated film featuring Manny, Sid and Diego (3,3)
31 Zoltan ’s works include the Háry János suite (6)
32 Former name of Sulawesi (7)
35 Prime Minister at the time of the coronation (7,9)
37 Town, lake and castle, a Slovenian tourist destination (4)
39 Opposers or deniers (3-6)
41 Clerk, a friend of Nicholas Nickleby in the Dickens novel (6,5)
42 Archbishop of Canterbury (pictured) who crowned Queen
Elizabeth II at her coronation (8,6)
43 Space probe which investigated Halley’s comet in 1986 (6)
44 Group whose single Lonely This Christmas was the
Christmas No 1 in 1974 (3)
45 The Conspiracy of 1820
plotted to kill all British
cabinet ministers including
the prime minister (4,6)
46 Isle of Man town, whose
Queen’s Pier is partially open
again after a 1990-2021
closure (6)
Across SUKO
CELL BLOCKS
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.
1 Italian driver whose two Formula One championship wins
were either side of the coronation (7,6)
2 Traditoonal undress headgear of Scottish army regiments (9)
3 Informally, a cannabis cigarette (6)
5 First name of the former boxer known as The Real Deal (7)
6 Jazz standard from the 1930 musical Girl Crazy (1,3,6)
7 To preclude in law (5)
8 Frankie Laine’s UK No 1 single at the time of the
coronation (1,7)
9 Designer (pictured) of the royal family’s latest coronation
outfits (6,8)
10 Range of hills known as the “backbone of England” (3,8)
11 Cross between buffalo and cow (7)
14 To conduct business (8)
19 US confectioner Milton created a model industrial town
in Pennsylvania (7)
20 Collectively, vehicles not stopping on a city’s roads (7,7)
22 Jewish festival also called Feast of Tabernacles (7)
24 Musical in which Officer Krupke and Lieutenant Shrank are
minor characters (4,4,5)
26 Fictional murderer whose pie-making partner in crime is
Mrs Lovett (7,4)
28 A is traditionally used to ease nettle stings (4,4)
29 One who talks condescendingly (10)
33 ’s 1995 book The Road Ahead predicted the future of
computing (4,5)
34 “It’s a maxim not to be despised. ‘Though peace be made,
yet it’s that keeps peace ’” (Oliver Cromwell) (8)
35 Sweet, usually in one of five
shapes — kidney, crown, circle,
diamond, or rectangle (4,3)
36 Nickname of the MASH
character played by Alan
Alda (7)
38 Chest pain caused by a heart
condition (6)
40 Upholstered couches (5)
Down
Divide the grid into square or
rectangular blocks, each
containing one digit only.
Every block must contain the
number of cells indicated by
the digit inside it.
1 Remains in an
institution (4,4)
2 A bit attached to this
private tutor? (5,10)
3 Carpeting salesman and
what may be pitched (7)
4 Enemies variously named
thus (2,3,4)
6 Port covering very dry
dish (7)
7 Really big or
ground-breaking (5-10)
8 Old person has to perform
with Jack Dee (6)
9 Tom’s outburst stifled by
homeowner (4)
15 Not winning game,
holding a jolly line (9)
16 Sound sounded sound (8)
18 Bring law in to drop
sugar (7)
19 Anthem that’s nothing
about nothing (1,6)
20 One year in ghetto
shelter (6)
22 Natural energy wasted,
say (4)
Down
CROSSWORD 5010 Dean Mayer
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KENKEN
All the digits 1 to 6 must appear in every
row and column. In each thick-line
“block”, the target number in the top
left-hand corner is calculated from the
digits in all the cells in the block, using
the operation indicated by the symbol.
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1 Seaside town churchgoer
winning trophy (5,3)
5 Sat on this brick? (6)
10 Aircraft transaction,
patent discussed? (9)
11 Parade to show support (5)
12 How do celebrities appear
in this? (5)
13 The same ornithologist’s
heading off to find bird (9)
14 Terry’s father? (3,2,3,5)
17 I know a little, but emo is
complicated (4,2,5,2)
21 Funny bloke eating our
dip (4,5)
23 Ground near a ground? (5)
24 A circle to draw (5)
25 Notices a fly going up and
down (9)
26 Endeavour heading left a
bit (6)
27 Races lost and won for
starter in Le Mans (8)
Across
Down
2 Traveller getting round —
movement restored? (4)
3 Like a terrible accident
with smoke going up after
short time (6)
4 Poor performers
cramping a political
organisation (5)
5 Crowd about to descend
with great desire and little
hesitation (7)
6 Crazy old army officer
shown up (4)
7 A rogue uncle once in the
world of learning (7)
8 Once like ABC (part of
alphabet here)? (4)
9 Nest is arranged for
offspring, as before (6)
10 Homeless, so tent there
may provide the
answer (11, three words)
11 Soldiers in a crisis sure
having to scatter (11)
16 Censure mother and
children ultimately (4)
19 Part of leg, not head, in a
restraining hold (4)
20 Pattern on window? What
could be finer around
church? (7, two words)
21 Period of detention brings
strain to holy type (7)
24 Stored in pocket, a long
optical device (6)
26 Aim to be quiet when
anger spreads around (6)
28 Sage’s farewell cut short (5)
29 Glasgow’s empty grave
being reported (4)
30 Fighting female, adult
repeatedly seen among
ladies? (4)
32 Some words needing to be
cut, as before (4)
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