Daily Mail - 23.08.2019

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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and receive four clues to

today’s puzzle. Calls and texts

cost £1 plus your standard

network charges. Today’s

clues available between 00.01

today and 23.30 only.

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PITCHERRWWI

D P O £ d O b P S F

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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

1. What is amnesia the
   partial or total loss of?


2. In mph, what is the
   maximum speed for a
   car towing a caravan
   on a UK motorway?


3. Who plays stuntman
   Cliff Booth in the 2019
   film Once Upon A Time
   In ... Hollywood?


4. Which of the planets
   is known as the
   evening star or the
   morning star?


5. 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

1. Who scored the first goal in

the 1966 FIFA World Cup final?

2. By what name was the 1st Earl

of Orford known in his political

role as de facto first Prime

Minister of Great Britain?

3. With which instrument is the

musician Alison Balsom

principally associated?

4. In which TV show does Lesley
   Nicol play cook Mrs Patmore?


5. TV personality Jerry Springer
   is a former mayor of which
   U.S. city?


6. Who was Henry III’s father?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

1. 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?


2. 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.