Daily Mail, Friday, August 30, 2019 Page 45
PUZZLES PRIZES
£3,000 TO BE WON EVERY WEEK!
NAME GAME
PRIZE SUDOKU
SUDOKU X
Put 1-6 once in each row, column, diagonal
(highlighted to form an X) and horizontal
3x2 box (ruled). SOLUTION ON MONDAYHiDDen in the grid is the name of a former athlete. Answer the questions, then re-arrange the
letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION ON MONDAYinsert letters to form listed words, moving
between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or
diagonally in any direction. insert all remaining
letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all
listed words are spelt out. SOLUTION ON MONDAYWIN
£500
BOX 1: How many Olympic
gold medals has seb Coe
(pictured) won?
Two (S)
Four (L)
Six (H)
BOX 2: to the nearest
million, what is the
population of Greece?
Seven million (B)
11 million (A)
15 million (N)
BOX 3: in which 1979
Bond film does Michael
Lonsdale play the
villain Hugo Drax?
Moonraker (R)
The Spy Who Loved Me (P)
For Your Eyes Only (G)
BOX 4: What is a papaya?
Type of fruit (E)Small mammal (O)
Paper size (W)
BOX 5: Belgium’s Kim
Clijsters is a former world
no 1 in which sport?
Golf (D)
Tennis (E)
Snooker (F)
BOX 6: What does the
word ‘fatuous’ mean?
Hungry (I)
Rueful (Y)
Silly (C)
BOX 7: in which decade
was the english actress
Kate Winslet born?
1960s (K)1970s (M)
1980s (U)
BOX 8: Who wrote the
Fifties play the Crucible?
Eugene O’Neill (J)
Tennessee Williams (X)
Arthur Miller (T)
BOX 9: Who wrote
the British sitcoms
Dear John and Just
Good Friends?
David Renwick (Q)
John Sullivan (V)
Johnny Speight (Z)
Yesterday’s answer:
Ken LOACH (1K, 2C, 3A,
4L, 5O, 6N, 7E, 8H).Picture: GETTYPLAy our accumulator game! For your chance to win a Cross ballpoint pen, solve the
crossword to reveal the letter in the pink circle. if you have been playing since
Monday, you should now have a five-letter word. to enter, call 0901 133 4423 and leave
your answer and details. Or text 65700 with the word FIVE and your answer and name.
n TEXTS and calls cost 50p plus standard network charges. One winner chosen from all correct entries received
between 00.01 today and 23.59 this Sunday. UK residents aged 18+ excl NI. Full terms apply, see Page 66. Mon Tue Wed Thu FriWRITE YOUR
LETTERS IN
THESE SQUARESWIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN
SEE
BELOWSUDOKU
FiLL in all the squares in the grid so that each row, column and each of the
3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. SOLUTION ON MONDAYDifficulty rating HHHHH Difficulty rating HHH✩✩
REVEAL the three shaded
squares for your chance
to win £500. HOW TO
ENTER: Call 0901 292
5009 and leave today’s
three-number answer
(reading left to right)
and your details. Or text
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charges. One weekly
winner chosen from all
correct entries received
between 00.01 Monday
and 23.59 Friday.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
6 Fruit also called alligator pear (7)
7 Rock band formed in Manchester in 1991 (5)
9 Repeated phrase in jazz or rock music (4)
10 Leading 1960s Pop Art exponent (4,6)
11 Thread inside a light bulb (8)
13 ______ the Bruce, Bannockburn victor (6)
15 Indonesian island and stronghold of Hinduism (4)
17 R&B, rhythm and _____ (5)
18 Northeast Scottish river noted for its salmon (4)
19 Concentrated beef extract used
for flavouring (6)
20 Raheem, Manchester City’s wide forward (8)
23 Tim, World Wide Web inventor (7-3)
26 Bluish white metal used in galvanising (4)
27 1994 action thriller starring Keanu Reeves (5)
28 Breed of sheep reared in Northumberland (7)1 Thrilla in Manila loser (3,7)
2 Bread or pastry with topping, served
at parties (6)
3 Henry, Prom concerts founder (4)
4 School of magic in the Harry Potter series (8)
5 Nicholas II was the last one of Russia (4)
6 Excuse (5)
8 Attila the Hun, nicknamed _______ of God (7)
12 Lynne, Eats, Shoots & Leaves author (5)
14 Popular pot-plant of the Impatiens genus (4,6)
16 Long-legged wading birds (7)
17 Capital of the former Yugoslavia (8)
21 Its rugby union side is called the Chiefs (6)
22 Musical composition for nine performers (5)
24 ____ Fielding, The Mighty Boosh star (4)
25 ____ Locket, English nursery rhyme (4)SOLUTION ON MONDAYDOWN
yOu have ten minutes
to find as many
words as possible
using the letters
in the wheel.
each must use
hub letter and at
least three others,
and letters may
be used only once.
you can’t use plurals,
foreign words or proper nouns.
Verbs ending in ‘s’ permitted. Clue for
today’s nine-letter word: note tiny fins
somehow increase the experience.
rAtinG: 15 words, average; 20, good;
25, very good; 30 or more, excellent.
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