Daily Mail - 21.08.2019

Page 40 Daily Mail, Wednesday, August 21, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 60, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 60. 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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6238 or text KILLER to 65700

and receive four clues to

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cost £1 plus your standard

network charges. Today’s

clues available between 00.01

today and 23.30 only.

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1. Who played Private
   Frazer in the original series
   of TV’s Dad’s Army?


2. Which of the Scandinavian
   countries has the largest
   population?


3. Which ground hosted
   the first Test of the 2019
   Ashes series between
   England and Australia?


4. What is the first name of
   Mr Deary, the author of the
   Horrible Histories series?


5. Born in 1996, what type of
   animal was Dolly, the first
   cloned mammal?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

QUICK QUIZ

MINDBENDER

MASTERQUIZ

KILLER

SUDOKU

Cruel

Raps

Bypasses

Journey

Loaner

Harm

Suspender

Morals

Frightened

Rubs out

Sitting

Caught

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

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1. What is the official language
   of Panama?


2. Born in 1051, who was

the eldest son of William
the Conqueror?

3. Which famous playwright
   wrote and starred

in the 1966 TV comedy sketch
series On The Margin?

4. What nationality is the
   handball player after whom the
   European Court of Justice’s
   Kolpak ruling is named?


5. What colour is the tincture
   of opium commonly known
   as laudanum?


6. Liberal Democrat leader Jo
   Swinson is MP for which Scottish
   constituency?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

1. Darcy and Dexter are running
   around the paddling pool at
   constant rates. They start at the
   same point and run in opposite
   directions, meeting every 2.5
   seconds. If they were moving in
   the same direction, they would
   meet every ten seconds. If the
   paddling pool is 12 metres in
   circumference, and Dexter is the

slower of the two, in metres per

second how fast is Darcy running?

2. What connects double, gold
   and royal?


3. Who in Boris Johnson’s
   Cabinet may ENABLE CLAW?


4. Which is the odd one out: The
   Script, The Coronas, Hothouse
   Flowers, The Killers?


5. Crack the code to find three
   peers: TKAU, RQHED, LYISEKDJ.
   SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

6d. Rejoice about exculpation

played without a capo (5,2)

4d. Awards that could have

been top gear for jousting? (11)

16a. Snowdon OK by another

route? Total mystery! (6,5)

1a. Peter Pan’s enemy took a

chap in, cunningly (7,4)

14a. Where to come to a halt,

when difficult to spend (7)

1d. Could article be on time

for cheers? (11)

5a. Cite, per unusual proof of

payment (7)

8d. Coil cop round this little

blower! (7)

DOWN

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PITCHERWITS

TM

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue

9 Dandy, reputed to take

arrows (4)

10 Fracas happily

contained in purse,

say? (4)

11 Chilli lacked a bit of

colour (5)

12 Tuna recipe could be a

great one (4)

13 Broken coat hangers

are a curse! (4)

14 Picture Clue

16 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 For every upcoming

salesman (3)

3 Softer section

(frequently) (3)

4 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

7 Drawstring holes,

having a steely way

about them (7)

8 Picture Clue

14 Drain is pebble-

dashed (3)

15 Prefix for the real

expert (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Courtyards. 5 Bad start. 9 Pupa. 10 Here. 11 Audio. 12 Buoy. 14 Magi. 15 Graduate.

18 Evangelist. DOWN: 1 Carpetbag. 2 Rub away. 3 Ass. 4 Sir. 6 Dead Sea. 7 Ace. 8 Tree pipit. 10 Hot meal. 13 Ova. 16 Roe. 17 Urn.