Daily Mail - 19.08.2019

Daily Mail, Monday, August 19, 2019 Page 37

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£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

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 Tue 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 South-west Turkish city and resort (6)

8 Island of tiny people in Gulliver’s Travels (8)

9 Pharrell, Happy singer (8)

10 Dog with thick curly hair (6)

11 Venice arts exhibition (8)

12 ______ Grande, Dangerous Woman singer (6)

13 Fictional wizard who first appeared in

1997 (5,6)

18 Cavendish is a common variety of this fruit (6)

20 Sunil, ex-Indian opening batsman (8)

22 England’s last French possession lost in

1558 (6)

23 2009 X Factor runner-up (4,4)

24 Fabric pattern of small circular spots (5,3)

25 One of the three Greek Graces (6)

1 Supplement to a will (7)

2 Country with gold lion in its flag (3,5)

3 African antelope (6)

4 Joseph Merrick, aka The ____ Man (8)

5 ____ Gardens, Copenhagen amusement

park (6)

6 1916 World War I naval battle (7)

8 Nine-time Epsom Derby winning jockey (6,7)

14 Bohemian _____ , Queen song (8)

15 Musical group playing together (8)

16 Spanish bullfighter (7)

17 First Middle East country to hold a grand

prix (7)

19 U.S. state admitted into union in 1959 (6)

21 Star Trek’s Mr Spock’s father came from this

race (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: Heat resistant kiln has evidence.

RATING: 10 words, average; 15, good; 20,

very good; 25 or more, excellent.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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V O

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FR

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WORD WHEEL

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HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a U.S. actor. Answer the questions, then rearrange the

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

BOX 1: Which 1991 remake of a

psychological thriller stars

Robert De Niro, pictured, as

Max Cady?

Cape Fear (N)

Goodfellas (G)

The Untouchables (S)

BOX 2: What is angina?

A mountain pass (L)

A tropical fish (A)

A medical condition (E)

BOX 3: In 1973, which singer

wrote and recorded the song

Piano Man?

Billy Joel (I)

Elton John (U)

Freddie Mercury (M)

BOX 4: What colour is the

rear number plate on UK

vehicles?

White (R)

Blue (P)

Yellow (T)

BOX 5: Which American city is

the setting for the TV

sitcom Friends?

Chicago (B)

New York (N)

Los Angeles (H)

BOX 6: What is the meaning of

the word choleric?

Bad-tempered (L)

Unbelieving (W)

Sneaky (D)

BOX 7: Born in 1992, what

nationality is the footballer

Christian Eriksen?

Norwegian (F)

Danish (O)

Swedish (V)

BOX 8: What is another

name for a bay lynx?

Coyote (J)

Bobcat (K)

Aardwolf (X)

BOX 9: What is alabaster

a translucent form of?

Silica (Q)

Basalt (Z)

Gypsum (C)

Friday’s answer: BJORN BORG

(1B, 2R, 3G, 4O, 5O, 6B, 7N, 8R, 9J).