The Sunday Mail - 01.09.2019

The Mail on Sunday SEPTEMBER 1 • 2019

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Find the familiar phrase, name or saying in the

letters or symbols. Readers are invited to send in

Dingbats to The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451,

Norwich NR7 7NR. There is a £10 book token for

each one published. Check out the website at

dingbats.net. Answers on today’s solutions panel.

DIN gBATS

1. From Susie Roswell,
   Ormesby
   2. From Geoff Maughan,
   West Byefleet


2. From Carl Williamson,
   Largs


3. From D. Clothier,
   Clevedon

KEN K EN

Fill the squares with numbers 1-6

so that each number appears

once in each row and column. The

number must also produce the

result in the top left of each area

• multiply, add up, subtract or
  divide. Numbers may be repeated
  within an area.
  Answer next week.

STATION A

STATION C

STATION D

STATION B

START=

+134

12

XVI

+576

54 9 A to B= 156

t CB o =

x 0.4 C to D=

–199

x 21 +33

+32

–43

(^36035)

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fortnight

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days in

3

sixes

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x itself

the x

senses a square –73

• ..sides of

legs

+274xoctopus

unluckyx

for some

A-B=39, B-C=47, C-D=845.

BrAIN

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RATINGS: Good – from A to B in 30 seconds. Very good – B to C in 30 seconds or A to C in 50 seconds.
Excellent – C to D in 30 seconds, B to D in 50 seconds or A to D in 75 seconds. Outstanding – A to D in 60 seconds.

Run along our mental arithmetic train track to see how far you can get – and how long you

take to get there! There are four station stops, A, B, C and D. You can start at A, B, or C and

stop at B, C or D. From your chosen starting point, drive through the instructions to your

destination. Write your answer at each stop, then start again with the first number after the

station. Answers on today’s solutions panel.

QUICK SUDoKU

MEDIUM

Complete grids with numbers 1 to 9 so each row, column

and 3x3 block contains the numbers 1 to 9 used only once.

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BArE BoNES

Our Bare Bones Crossword is unique because you have to complete

the grid – numbers and squares – as well. We have inserted four black

squares and four clue numbers to get you going. The crossword has a four-

way symmetry: both top and bottom and left and right match, so you can fill

in 12 more squares straight away.

win A COlliNS e NgliSh DiCTiONARY AND

TheSAuRuS SeT, AND A BRADFORD’S

CROSSWORD SOlveR’S DiCTiONARY

DITLoIDS

Can you work out what the initials stand for below?

For example, 7 D of the W = 7 days of the week.

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

win £100

1    1919: S of the T of V

2 The H of the 7 G by NH

3 660 F in a F

TO ENTER: Text PRIZE

followed by your answer

(3 shaded squares read

top to bottom), name and

postcode to 65700. Texts cost

£1 plus your standard network

charge. Or call 0901 292

5088 and leave your answer

and details. Calls cost £1 plus

your telephone company’s

network access charge.

Entries will be accepted until

11.59pm on Friday. See today’s

solutions panel for terms and

conditions.

Phone/text services Helpline:

0330 1000 601. August 11

winner: Maureen Wallis, of

Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

This week’s solution will be

published next week and the

winner’s name on Sunday,

September 22.

4 A 110th S by BW

5 A C P is 22 Y L

6 C E of the 3rd K

There is a prize of a Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus set, and a Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary. Send your

solution to: Bare Bones Puzzle No 907, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday,

September 6 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on September 22 from the first correct entry drawn.

Winner of Bare Bones No 904: Mr Ray Pearce, of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

SUMMIT Up

If the

number in

each

triangle is

the sum of

the two

below, what

is the top

number?

Answer next

week.

1 Lubricant

2 Earth

3 Storage towers

4 Ruins

5 Skids

6 Speech defect

7 Rim

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Answer each

clue so that

every word

contains the

same letters as

the previous

word, plus or

minus one.

Answer next

week.

WorD BUILDEr

Place the tiles into the grid so that four different

numbers and four different shapes appear in each

row and column. Answer next week.

KEIJo

3

4

6

8

9

8

9

4

6

7

7

2

5

5

9

3

4

8

5

3

1

6

1

9

6

5

9 1 7 2 6 5

5 4 2 8 6 2 5 4

5

8

1

2

5

3

5

2

7

4

6

8

1

2

7

6

3

9

9

5

1

7

6

3

3

8

2

4

HArD

6

1

9

7

6

1

5

8

9

7

8

2

8

2

9

6

7

2

4

1

9

1

5

3

4

2

5

7

22

18

12

3

1

2 3

2

1

3

4

3 4

4

1 1 2

4

2

3

Answers on today’s solutions panel.

pUB QUIZ

1 MoVIES:

In how many films

directed by Alfred

Hitchcock did James

Stewart appear?

2 MUSIC: Which

17-year-old’s album,

When We All Fall Asleep,

Where Do We Go?,

debuted at No 1 in the UK

albums chart in 2019?

3 TV & rADIo:

Raymond Baxter was

the original host of which

long-running BBC show,

first broadcast in 1965?

4 SporT:

Which South African

golfer was the first

international player

to win the US Masters?

5 SCIENCE:

Haematite, magnetite and

siderite are ores of which

metallic chemical element?

6 HISTorY:

Sir Arthur Evans

is best known

for his archaeological

excavations of the Minoan

palace of Knossos

on which Greek island?

7 NATUrE:

Also known as the scaly

anteater, what is the only

mammal to be completely

covered with scales?

8 ArT:

Which school of art and

architecture was founded

in 1919 by Walter Gropius

in Weimar, Germany?

9 WorDS:

What is the meaning

of the word orchil?

a) A dye, b) A flower,

c) A beetle.

10 B rITAIN:

Which river flows

through the towns

of Buckingham,

Huntingdon, St Ives,

Bedford and King’s

Lynn?

11 THIS YEAr:

Which Dutch actor,

who starred in the

1986 film The Hitcher,

died on July 19?

12 poT LUCK:

Which 20th Century

US president had the

middle name Milhous?

    Across

1 Nothing out

of the ordinary,

for a swamp (Two

words, hyphenated)

9 Stew ingredient

gets a complaint

10 Fruit that’s round,

as it happens

11 In Newcastle area,

round number

12 Support bishop

with a great deal

of noise

13 A fake journalist

is full of remorse

14 Change the name

for most potent

greenhouse gas

17 Drink and diamonds

affected date

(Two words)

21 The crumpet acquired

some colour

22 A vine somehow

turned green

23 Religious leader has

new aim – get married

24 Dealer’s slip involved

canvas shoes

Down

2 Wrong of our chiefs

to come up with 9 to 5

(Two words)

3 Inclination for small

and big stride

4 Raid carried out in

the absence of water

5 Item of clothing turned

red on ship

6 Ordinary soldiers

flanked Iran, as

ordered (Three words)

7 Put up with a great

constellation

8 Formerly found

in prison cell

15 Every ache was

given treatment

16 Train in January with

stealthy fighter

18 Caught spool

in a basket

19 Test set in hexameters

20 Dishonest person

has left with

air-conditioning

8

23

6

9

2 549

1315

28 22

51 50

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