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Quiller Memorandum actress delivered a meat sandwich we hear (5,6)

SENTA BERGER

Am I reasonably expected to know that, or, more scarily, am I becoming a REALLY old fogey such as the judge in the mid sixties who had never heard of The Beatles? I am honestly being serious.

I think you would need to be an old fogey to have heard of her considering the film was from 1966

Seems a pretty tough clue

What a relief, candledave!

It might have been a reasonable clue in the 60s, maybe even the early 70s - but not, surely, in 2026! Is that crossword one of the ones where old puzzles are recycled (years later)?

The i reprints puzzles from the Independent. This clue seems to come from a 2023 Indi puzzle by Tees. Though not identical it’s very similar…

Quiller actor delivered a meat sandwich we hear (5,6)

Oh, for the days of a good old Herbert Beerbohm Tree clue, They just don't write 'em like that anymore,

In my days of doing the N Y Times daily crossword ('80s and '90s), Senta Berger often (or at least often enough for me to recall) appeared in solutions and clues. I never even knew who she was, but filed the name in my "crosswords only" vocabulary memory. 😂