Daily Mail - 13.08.2019

Page 40 Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 48, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 48. 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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clues available between 00.01

today and 23.30 only.

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clues fit into the shaded

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3 7 3 2 2 5 6 3

A

B

14 13 17 8 10 15

11 13 12 14

7 8

16 11 11

13 4 8 17 7 22

9 9 9

6 12 8 23 12

26 4 11 6

19

1. What colour is the thick
   pungent root of the
   horseradish?


2. What type of animal is a
   Lhasa Apso?


3. Which Conservative
   politician, a member of the
   Cabinet, is the MP for South
   Staffordshire?


4. In which European
   country is the town
   of Nyon, the headquarters
   of UEFA?


5. Where on the body is a
   sombrero worn?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

QUICK QUIZ

MINDBENDER

MASTERQUIZ

KILLER

SUDOKU

Grant

Ordinary

Hindmost

Morals

A disease

Revs

Looks happy

Tenant

Boil

Sore

Distant

Reply

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 C

1 2 3 4 5 6

7

8

9

10

11

1. How many gates were set
   into the boundary walls of the

ancient Roman settlement
of Pompeii?

2. In which European city
   did poet WH Auden die in 1973?


3. What instrument did
   Glen Matlock play with
   the Sex Pistols?
   4. Who did Andy Murray beat in
   the men’s singles final at the 2012
   London Olympics?
   5. What was the name
   of the mule who last
   year won a dressage event
   in Gloucestershire?
   6. ‘Owling’ is an archaic term for
   the illegal smuggling of which
   commodity?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

1. On Monday afternoon Brooke

added 20 sweets to her tin. The
next day, she took out 10 per cent
in the morning, and a further 29
sweets in the afternoon. During

the rest of the week, Brooke
removed 75 per cent of the
remaining sweets, before adding
45 on Friday, which left her with

130 sweets in the tin. How many
sweets had been in Brooke’s
tin on Monday morning?

2. What connects wildflower,
   comb and monofloral?


3. Which England netball player
   may find NEITHER ARGUES?


4. Which is the odd one out:
   Happy Days, Mork & Mindy,
   Endgame, Ghost Trio?


5. Using the chemical symbols,
   how may hydrogen, iridium,
   sulphur, uranium and tellurium
   be hairy?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

6d. Hanger-on, botanically

speaking (7)

4d. Timpani that settled out

in the murk (6,5)

15a. Moodier types to stir up

retirement places (11)

1a. Unworthy comment tries

to harm cake rep (5,6)

14a. Delayed action offhandedly

not Andy’s way (4,3)

1d. Gave doctrine, but

confusingly (11)

5a. Scored well by crashing

his taxi! (3,1,3)

7d. Get ready to fight with

tot playing in sand (5,2)

DOWN

11 13

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

8 9

10 12

14

15

PITCHERWITS

TM

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue

8 Repeat showing,

from clearer

understanding (5)

9 Unmanly – not my

way to invalidate (5)

10 Rule out change

to bishop being

more sea-

coloured (5)

12 Makes me odd, being

vaulted (5)

14 Picture Clue

15 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 Gas there by

mistake (5)

3 Anxious, but not so as

to produce a

hormone (5)

4 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

7 Picture Clue

11 Doorkeeper,

generous at

last to that

woman (5)

13 Civvy street wear,

soldier? (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Edward Lear. 7 Eclat. 8 Clamp. 9 A posteriori. 11 Light relief. 14 Naomi. 15 Amigo.

16 Flashlamps. DOWN: 1 Eyeballing. 2 Wilco. 3 Rut. 4 Lucerne. 5 Alamo. 6 April Fools. 10 Titbits. 12 Growl. 13 Idiom. 15 All.

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