Daily Mail - 28.08.2019

Page 38 Daily Mail, Wednesday, August 28, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 72, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 72. Working

on the

mid-numbers

might give you

a better start.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

LAY tracks to

enable the train

to travel from

village A to

village B.

The numbers

indicate how

many sections of

rail go in each

row and column.

There are only

straight rails and

curved rails. The

track cannot

cross itself.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

TRAIN TRACKS

PUZZLES PRIZES

FILL in squares in the grid

so each row, column and

each 3x3 square contains

all digits from 1 to 9. Each

set of cells joined by

dotted lines must add up

to the number in the

top-left corner. Numbers

can’t be repeated within

each set of cells.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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clues available between 00.01

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1. In which English city
   is the prison formerly
   known as Strangeways?


2. In text talk, what does
   the I in IMHO stand for?


3. Which English county
   is the setting for the ITV
   drama series Deep Water?


4. Renowned for her
   beauty, Cleopatra was
   queen of which country?


5. With which sport was
   America’s Jersey Joe
   Walcott associated?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

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QUICK QUIZ

MINDBENDER

MASTERQUIZ

KILLER

SUDOKU

Aim

Tattered

Debase

Antenna

Alighted

Scorn

Dent

Package

Invent

Oxygenate

From there

Doctrines

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

ALL the solutions read

clockwise around their

numbers. The solution

to clue number 1 starts

from the given letter.

HONEYCOMB

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1. In The Beano comic strip, what
   was the name of the castle Lord
   Snooty and his pals lived in?


2. In which year did Damon Hill
   win the F1 World Championship?


3. The famous U.S. highway

known as Route 66 ran from
Santa Monica in California to
which city in the east?

4. Known as Deliciously Ella, food

blogger Ella Mills is the

daughter-in-law of which

late MP?

5. Saskia van Uylenburgh was
   the wife and sometime
   model of which 17th-century
   Dutch painter?


6. Who succeeded the
   historical Macbeth, styled
   King of Alba, in 1057

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

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1. A 1TB hard drive contains
   photographs, MP3s and seven
   films, with 670GB left free. If the

photographs take up 30 times
more space than the MP3s,
which use up a fifth as much
space as one of the films, how

much space do the photographs
occupy on the hard drive?

2. What connects diving,
   running and drawing?


3. Which astronaut may be a
   SILLY DEAR?


4. Which is the odd one out:
   Kim, Griff, Sue, Richard?


5. Crack the code to find three
   religious buildings: XCVKZG,
   HJNLPZ, HDINOZM.

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

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5d. Collides on the table

as big guns fire? (7,3)

4d. Get in just

with this? (4,6)

18a. Speaker in need of

breath freshener? (4,5)

1a. Engages in design

of motor (3,6)

13a. Springy sort of

nosey network (3,4)

1d. Argot, say, could make

one travel in error (2,6)

7a. Bore, say, could

produce fireweed (7)

9d. Freshen-up centre

for wingers! (8)

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PITCHERWITS

TM

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Talking of birds,

co-operation must

be in place (3)

6 A weedy bit of

wonder? (3)

7 Picture Clue

10 Negative that sounds

ropey (3)

11 Serpentine sort of football

supporter? (7)

12 What’s up little medic? (3)

13 Picture Clue

16 States of accusations (3)

17 Sit back in affirmation (3)

18 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 Prophet heard

to scorch (4)

3 Look on

magazine with

no main section (4)

4 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue

8 Commonly said

about ‘X’ (5)

9 Picture Clue

14 Genuine revealer to

veer off (4)

15 Augurs, but not

as odd religious

leader (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Midnight sun. 5 Refusal. 8 Layer. 9 Audio. 10 Passé. 12 Issue. 14 Arraign.

15 Rolling gait. DOWN: 1 Muscle power. 2 Dirty. 3 Solid. 4 New covenant. 6 Forbear. 7 Swahili. 11 Snail. 13 Senna.