Page 46 Daily Mail, Friday, August 23, 2019
HIDATO
COMPLETE the
grid so that all
the numbers,
1 to 84, connect
consecutively —
horizontally,
vertically or
diagonally.
Hint: you
don’t have to
begin with
1 or 84. Working
on the
mid-numbers
might give you
a better start.
SOLUTION
ON MONDAY
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
ON MONDAY
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 ON MONDAY
PIT your wits against
Pitcherwits — the
exciting puzzle where
some of the answers
are in pictures! The
solutions to the visual
clues fit into the shaded
spaces on the grid.
SOLUTION ON MONDAY
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PITCHERRWWI
D P O £ d O b P S F
15442433
2 3 5 1 3 7 3 2
A
B
11 12 5 9 9 18
13 14 7
8 17 13 5
3 11 16 19
21 12 10 10
16 10 11
8 21 6 16
10 11 11 14
13 8 7
- What is amnesia the
partial or total loss of? - In mph, what is the
maximum speed for a
car towing a caravan
on a UK motorway? - Who plays stuntman
Cliff Booth in the 2019
film Once Upon A Time
In ... Hollywood? - Which of the planets
is known as the
evening star or the
morning star? - What nationality is
Test match umpire
Aleem Dar?
SOLUTION: PULLOUT
BACK PAGE
QUICK QUIZ
MINDBENDER
MASTERQUIZ
KILLER
SUDOKU
Pulps
Selection
Avoided
Part
Dent
Package
Ring
Desires
Harsh
Prompt
Grew close
Angel
SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE
1.
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
12 M
1 2 3 4 5 6
7
8
9
10
11
- Who scored the first goal in
the 1966 FIFA World Cup final?
- By what name was the 1st Earl
of Orford known in his political
role as de facto first Prime
Minister of Great Britain?
- With which instrument is the
musician Alison Balsom
principally associated?
- In which TV show does Lesley
Nicol play cook Mrs Patmore? - TV personality Jerry Springer
is a former mayor of which
U.S. city? - Who was Henry III’s father?
SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE
- Eric said to Shelby: ‘If you give
me five of your eggs, then we’ll
each have the same amount.’
Shelby replied: ‘But if you give
me five eggs then I’ll have three
times as many as you’ll have.’
How many eggs do Eric and
Shelby have between them? - What connects Plymouth
Rock, Brahma and Silkie?
3. Which member of Boris
Johnson’s cabinet may
SHRIVEL EARLIEST?
4. Which of the following is the
odd one out: Mercutio, Miranda,
Oberon, Cordelia?
5. Rearrange the letter groups
to make three German
composers: VEN EER BUX ERB
THO MEY UDE BEE TEH.
SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE
6d. Strange sort of respect
for the ghost (7)
4d. Cubists seen to be
creating farmers (11)
16a. Retrained, so could have
a purpose in France (6,5)
1a. Task, crisply set for
hoaxes (5,6)
11a. Actually Raymond,
according to Hoffman (4,3)
1d. Prepare dove for flight in
crack treatment (7,4)
8a. A chip? OK maybe in a
salad (3,4)
7d. Having a sort of inkling
about joining (7)
DOWN
8 9
10
11
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9
12
12 13
14 15
16
PITCHERWITS
TM
ACROSS
1 Picture Clue
5 Add-on after add-on,
ending with
Schnapps (3)
7 Initially, a Bolognaise
throw-back (3)
8 Picture Clue
10 Less money to
prune? (7)
11 Picture Clue
14 Compete with some
anchovies? (3)
15 Beginning to have a
short (3)
16 Picture Clue
1 Picture Clue
2 Basin that can go
down? (4)
3 Did the cowslip
because it saw the bull
do this? (4)
4 Picture Clue
6 Picture Clue
7 Picture Clue
9 Could a log one be also
used as boatroom? (5)
12 Main topic is something
to be keen on (4)
13 In bits, camel drivers
can join it together (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Head gasket. 6 Icon. 7 I do. 8 Hoop. 9 Fading in. 11 Card game. 14 Dome. 15 Mac. 16 Muff.
17 Bottom line. DOWN: 1 High income. 2 Drip-fed. 3 Sunni. 4 Eking. 5 John Cleese. 10 Needful. 12 Recto. 13 Gamut.