Daily Mail - 12.08.2019

Page 38 Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 42, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 42. Working

on the

mid-numbers

might give you

a better start.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

23144474

5 5 3 5 2 4 4 1

A

B

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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1. In English football,
   Slaven Bilic is the new
   manager of which
   Championship club?


2. In which decade was
   former PM Margaret
   Thatcher born?


3. The Silver Line charity
   was founded in 2012 by
   which TV presenter?


4. In which English county
   is the seaside town of
   Weston-super-Mare?


5. ‘Now is the winter of
   our discontent’ is the
   first line of which
   Shakespeare play?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

QUICK QUIZ

MINDBENDER

KILLER

SUDOKU

Dropped

Steps

Lessen

Tradition

Reason

Fiddle

Vetoing

Bit

Order

Deed

Lubricators

Purify

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 F

1 2 3 4 5 6

7

8

9

10

11

MASTERQUIZ

1. What was the name of the
   Roman slave who, according to

a popular folktale, once
removed a thorn from a

lion’s paw?

2. Nelson’s mistress Emma
   Hamilton was a muse to which
   18th-century artist, who painted

her more than 50 times?

3. To which island in the Indian

Ocean was the extinct bird the

dodo indigenous?

4. Who is the new leader of the
   Liberal Democrats?


5. In 2018, Maureen Beattie
   succeeded Malcolm Sinclair as
   president of which UK
   trade union?


6. What was the name
   of the last imperial dynasty
   of China?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

1. Barbara the bus driver is

making her way down a
15-mile stretch of motorway.
Due to roadworks, she crawls
along part of the way at
20mph and averages the rest at
60mph. If the stretch takes
her 21 minutes, what distance

of the motorway was covered
by roadworks?

2. What connects mess, music
   and town?


3. Which England netball player
   may NOTE HENNA JAR?


4. Find the odd one out: Hawkeye
   Pierce, Faceman Peck, Howling
   Mad Murdock, Hannibal Smith


5. Which three-letter word
   completes the following longer
   words: gr---, ---x, l---l, ag---?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

6d. Suckers to have sailor

flop, badly (5,5)

4d. Falsely act out reluctance?

Cant on Swiss land! (7)

16a. Torches showy lights? (10)

1a. Could dawdle at rear?

Nonsense, man! (6,4)

11a. Broken leg to get filthier

giving torch a break? (5,6)

1d. Staring at ale, belying

fermentation (10)

9a. Sootier pair needs washing

out, being empirical (1,10)

10d. Tasty little treats from

bird drills? (7)

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PITCHERWITS

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ACROSS

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 World events. 5 Elf. 7 Moo. 8 Airbase. 10 Mr Right. 11 Ruffian. 14 Roe. 15 Gem.

16 Wrecking bar. DOWN: 1 Wheelbarrow. 2 Deer. 3 Visa. 4 Stock farmer. 6 Far more. 7 Meeting. 9 Brief. 12 Fork. 13 Icon.

1 Picture Clue

7 Brilliance,

making do with a

broken cleat (5)

8 Holding device

in uneasy calm

and quiet (5)

9 Picture Clue

11 Picture Clue

14 Model of amino

structure (5)

15 Run out of

origanum oddly for

Spanish, mate! (5)

16 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 I’ll do that in flight,

winding coil from

tungsten (5)

3 Truth, at heart, can be a

monotonous lifestyle (3)

4 Picture Clue

5 A loam churned up in Texan fight (5)

6 Picture Clue

10 Picture Clue

12 Dog’s reaction to argument in

grande luxe apartment (5)

13 Mollified, but fell out somehow,

in a manner of speaking (5)

15 Finally, everyone’s in (3)