Daily Mail - 19.08.2019

Page 38 Daily Mail, Monday, August 19, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 40, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 40. 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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1. Who did Manchester City
   beat on penalties to win the
   2019 FA Community Shield?


2. In which English
   county is the market
   town of Stroud?


3. Which ITV drama
   starred Michael Kitchen
   in the title role and
   Honeysuckle Weeks
   as his driver?


4. In which decade
   was the adventurer
   Bear Grylls born?


5. Which group had a
   hit in the late 1970s with
   the song Roxanne?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

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QUICK QUIZ

MINDBENDER

MASTERQUIZ

KILLER

SUDOKU

Litany

Detain

Peak

Wine bottle

Joins

Carver

Clergyman

Salad fruit

Rapped

Eras

Bushes

Reprimand

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. Which fish is used to
   make gravlax?


2. Oak Apple Day,
   commemorating the
   Restoration of the English
   monarchy in 1660, used to be
   celebrated on which day?


3. Of which country was
   Imre Nagy prime minister?


4. Which English football club

signed Brazilian Joelinton for

a club-record £40 million?

5. Which author is credited with
   inventing the name Vanessa,
   which he conferred on his pupil
   Esther Vanhomrigh?


6. The Battle of Kleidion
   in 1014 was a turning point in
   the conflict between the
   Byzantines and which other
   medieval empire?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

1. Conor the cobbler had three
   times as many shoes to fix as his
   colleague Caitlin. After they had
   each fixed five shoes, Conor had
   eight times as many shoes still
   to fix as Caitlin. How many shoes
   did Conor initially have to fix?


2. What connects biz, home
   and trial?
   3. Which member of Boris
   Johnson’s cabinet may be a
   BARMAID ICON?
   4. Which is the odd one
   out: Betty, Bamm-Bamm,
   Wilma, Barney?
   5. Which three-letter word
   completes the following longer
   words: b---, r---ing, h---d, ---ed?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

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5d. Lurch and get rags

all torn (7)

4d. Could be just a lick for

decorators! (4,2,5)

13a. Could catch it in the neck

with speaking style (5,6)

1a. Curt, topical writing that’s

wealthy and powerful (11)

12a. Tender swearword —

sounds strident! (7)

1d. Tots dumped in playpen

for a score from here? (7,4)

5a. Slang is how one

communes non-verbally (7)

6d. Rock band that was often

downcast? (7)

DOWN

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10 11

1 2 3 4

5 6

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PITCHERWITS

TM

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue

7 Study renal

operation (5)

8 OK, has it been

arranged for a big hat

in the military? (5)

9 Sociology (not

cool!) confused

by meditative

types (5)

11 Bend down and

halt at nothing (5)

12 Picture Clue

13 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 Groan about

body part (5)

3 Smear, all about

paper blocks (5)

4 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

10 Malinger a bit

in a skull cap,

allegedly (5)

11 Scot, I

take it, is

philosophical (5)

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Boiler flue. 7 Nylon. 8 Go broke. 11 Twang. 13 Conga. 14 Macbeth. 16 Antic. 18 T-bone

steak. DOWN: 2 Oil. 3 Long gone. 4 Four. 5 Expectancy. 6 Instalment. 9 Bar chart. 10 Open. 12 Alec. 15 Barn. 17 Tea.