Daily Mail - 12.08.2019

Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019 Page 37

PUZZLES PRIZES

£3,000 TO BE WON EVERY WEEK!

NAME GAME

PRIZE SUDOKU

SUDOKU X

PUT 1-6 once in each row, column, diagonal

(highlighted to form an X) and horizontal

3x2 box (ruled). SOLUTION TOMORROW

HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a swimmer. Answer the questions, then rearrange the

letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION TOMORROW

INSERT letters to form listed words, moving

between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or

diagonally in any direction. Insert all remaining

letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all

listed words are spelt out. SOLUTION TOMORROW

WIN

£500

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PLAY our accumulator game! Every day this week, solve the crossword to find the letter in

the pink circle. On Friday, we’ll provide instructions to submit your five-letter word for your

chance to win a luxury Cross pen. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. Terms apply. Entries cost 50p. Mon Tu e Wed Thu Fri

WRITE YOUR

LETTERS IN

THESE SQUARES

WIN A LUXURY CROSS PEN

SEE

BELOW

SUDOKU

FILL in all the squares in the grid so that each row, column and each of the

3x3 squares contains all the digits from 1 to 9. SOLUTIONS TOMORROW

Difficulty rating HHHHH Difficulty rating HHH✩✩

REVEAL the three shaded

squares for your chance

to win £500. HOW TO

ENTER: Call 0901 292

5009 and leave today’s

three-number answer

(reading left to right)

and your details. Or text

SUDOKU to 65700 with

your answer and name.

Texts and calls cost £1

plus standard network

charges. One weekly

winner chosen from all

correct entries received

between 00.01 Monday

and 23.59 Friday.

Answers change daily at

00.01. UK residents aged

18+, excl NI. Full terms

apply, see Page 58.

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 John Travolta film musical (6)

8 Fleetwood Mac song released in 1975 (8)

9 Single storey residence (8)

10 Small monastery or nunnery (6)

11 Jim, The Doors’ lead singer (8)

12 Peter, golf commentator (6)

13 Small plant with tiny blue flowers (6-2-3)

18 _ _ _ _ _ _ Conran, British designer (6)

20 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Proposal, Demi Moore film (8)

22 Persian Gulf state resident (6)

23 Air force unit (8)

24 Strait of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by Tierra del Fuego (8)

25 Richard, Kenyan anthropologist (6)

1 Small piece of toasted bread in soup (7)

2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ court, unofficial

improper hearing (8)

3 Citizen Kane actor (6)

4 First British astronaut to walk

in space (3,5)

5 Terry, English 1960s photographer (1’5)

6 Holiday visitor (7)

8 Johnny English actor (5,8)

14 U.S. president assassinated in 1881 (8)

15 Orkney inhabitant (8)

16 Smooth, hard road surface (7)

17 Joe Davis was its first world champion (7)

19 Trading _ _ _ _ _ _, Eddie Murphy film (6)

21 _ _ _ _ _ _ fault, serving error in tennis (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

DOWN

YOU have ten minutes

to find as many

words as possible

using the letters

in the wheel.

Each must use

hub letter and

at least three

others, and

letters may be

used only once.

You can’t use plurals, foreign words or

proper nouns. Verbs ending in ‘s’

permitted. Clue for today’s nine-letter

word: Redress even bits of clay in the

right way. RATING: 10 words, average; 15,

good; 20, very good; 25 or more,

excellent. SOLUTION TOMORROW

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WORD WHEEL

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BOX 1: How tall is British

swimmer Duncan Scott (right)?

BOX 5: Which party does MP

Norman Lamb represent?

Labour (F)

Conservative (N)

Liberal Democrats (P)

BOX 6: How old is Oscar-

winner Hilary Swank?

25 (W)

35 (S)

45 (D)

BOX 7: In which event did Dick

Fosbury win Olympic gold?

High jump (M)

100m (G)

Marathon (J)

BOX 8: Where in England is

the grave of Pocahontas?

Gravesend (T)

Wallsend (V)

Land’s End (H)

BOX 9: Jess Thirlby is the

new coach of which

English national

sports team?

Football (X)

Netball (Y)

Cricket (Z)

Friday’s answer:

HALLE BERRY (1H, 2Y, 3R, 4A,

5E, 6B, 7L, 8R, 9L, 10E).

5ft 11in (B)

6ft 3in (A)

6ft 7in (C)

BOX 2: Where is Worthing?

West Sussex (A)

Lancashire (O)

Warwickshire (R)

BOX 3: What is the surname

of Love Island’s Amber?

Hill (L)

Will (U)

Gill (A)

BOX 4: In North America,

what is the name for a

livestock pen on a ranch?

Corral (E)

Chaparral (I)

Charabanc (K)