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08.06.22

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?

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