34 Daily Express Monday, September 2, 2019
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Alphapuzzle® tests logic and word power. Each grid number stands
for a letter. Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter
or letters — below the main grid — to start. Solution tomorrow
DIFFICULTY: 8/10; TARGET: 26 mins; CLUE: Sick, popular company.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
T11 12 1314 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26EXTRA LETTER CLUES: 0907 181 2568 (Hear up to six Extra Letters, deduct
two minutes for each clue letter heard) Alternatively, for six extra letter clues direct
to your mobile, text DXALPHA to 84901. Texts cost £1 plus normal network
operator rate. FULL SOLUTION: 0907 181 2565;
ACROSS ONLY: 0907 181 2561; DOWN ONLY: 0907 181 2562.
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Alphapuzzle® ©2019 Acorn Editorial Ltd. All words appear in Chambers Dictionary.CRUSADER PRIZE CROSSWORD
THE ALPHABEATER THE ALPHAPUZZLE
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address details to 84915. Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone
company’s network access charge. Texts cost £1.50 plus your
standard network rate. Lines close at midnight tonight. Or send your
grid containing the answer in the shaded squares by posting it to:
Crusader Crossword, September 2, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield
B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by September 3 at the latest.
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number.● The winner will be the first random correct entry drawn from all entry
routes after the closing date of September 9. The Editor’s decision is final.NAMEADDRESSPOSTCODECAN you crack the Alphabeater? Each grid
number represents a letter – or black square.
As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet
is used. But you have to complete the grid too!
Use the given letters and black squares below
the grid to start. The grid is ‘rotationally
symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the
same if you turn the page upside down.
Solution tomorrowExtra letter clues
0907 181 2560
(Deduct three minutes for
each extra clue letter heard)
Full solution
0907 181 2558
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your telephone company’s
network access charge.● Alternatively, for six Extra Letter clues to your mobile,
text DXBEAT to 84901. Texts cost £1 plus your usual operator rateFOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN
Read down the letters in the highlighted
squares to reveal the mystery word.TARGET
TIME:
34 minutesPuzzles
152411FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden
in the grid. The numbers to the right of and
below the grid indicate how many of the
squares in that row are filled in with ships or
parts of ships. The ships do not touch each
other, even diagonally. Some squares have
been filled in to start you off.
Solution tomorrowA1 B C D E F G H I J
23456789102230141222 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 31 x Battleship4 x Submarine3 x Destroyer2 x CruiserT L P
A L Y
A R I
HOW many words of four letters or
more can you make from the letters
shown here?
In making a word, each letter may be
used once only. Each must contain
the centre letter and there must be at
least one nine-letter word. No plurals
or verb forms ending in “s”.
TODAY’S TARGET
Good 22 ; very good 33 ; excellent 44
(or more). Solution tomorrow● The
Ta r g e t
uses
words in
the main
body of
Chambers
21st
Century
Dictionary
(1999
edition)Call 0907 181 2585
for today’s Target solution
*Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone
company’s network access charge.TARGET
BATTLESHIPS
WIN
£100
CASHWORD BUILDER
Answer the
clues so that
each word
contains the
same letters
as the
previous
word, plus or
minus one.1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Title2 Annoys3 Avoid
4 Hit5 Journeys6 Repose7 HardenSolution tomorrow1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13
21 22 2324
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F27 2829 3031 32331415
■16 17 18 19 203435 363738■
3940PCA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
383612193036627112228135148351714836312930203737262610323371233371536292120241291288153418162419331040352537663733612181152818372736351621153126320621313357201619295834273393814118343537630379373412113213431205401811244274391315143621133333437403623740231212153920351120271853923137518223036963734LAST THURSDAY’S SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1 Scrambled, 6 Crib, 10 Revel, 11 Acclaimed,
12 Panacea, 13 Impinge, 14 Educated guess, 17 Advertisement,
21 Trounce, 22 Swahili, 24 Handshake, 25 Trite, 26 Dude,
27 Tutorship. DOWN: 1 Shrapnel, 2 Raven, 3 Male chauvinist,
4 Leakage, 5 Docking, 7 Reminisce, 8 Badger,
9 Happy ever after, 15 Unadorned, 16 Strike up, 18 Reenact,
19 Inspect, 20 Etched, 23 Irish. Prizeword: CastleACROSS
1 Foreign character in part
of house, cleaning (6)
4 Exercise after girl socialist
gets indulged (8)
10 Land fish – current is back
in (7)
11 Cancel a Republican
circular (7)
12 Learn layout of the
kidneys (5)
13 Medicate a disorder, being
very thin (9)
14 No longer liking reason to
have started (3,3,6)
18 Changing to drastic,
trendy tyranny (12)
23 Master might, after some
deliveries (9)
24 A university rector, initially
in charge of gold (5)
25 Purse thrown at doctor’s
head (7)
26 Fellow gets a great deal in
the morning rubbish (7)
27 Offered to join sensitive
journalist (8)
28 Endure marine
deviation (6)DOWN
1 Drink to convenience at
decisive event (8)
2 Writer has stab at getting a
sharpener (8)
3 Alan’s mad concerning
organ (5)
5 Native American has a hit
and a laugh (7)
6 Quietly rinse one out for
an old person (9)
7 Tell bishop to go
topless (6)
8 Mock dried out additive (6)
9 Disreputable person would
probably float (3,3)
15 Head covering musical
section (9)
16 Charm is confused with a
form of attractiveness (8)
17 Sample spice upset
soldiers (8)
19 Terrible poet has row
about drawing line (7)
20 Duty to fit RAF
deployment (6)
21 Produce group to
mollycoddle (6)
22 Wild ape was victorious
outside – that’s
dangerous (6)
24 Sailor takes poem
home (5) 17 26 20 621132615 12 26 15 11287262620264 145 7 258 6 232610102616 23 21 12 7 9 117 23208 4 4 5 115 171321 9 11 7 2121 26 19 10 8 6 24 9 8 8 9 44 8 24 11 111 7 24 5 7 2 19 7 17 4 108 1610269 2 97 25 26 2 10 10 4 2 2 7 17 4115 4 102322111272182262623 104310