Daily Mail - 16.08.2019

Page 44 Daily Mail, Friday, August 16, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 90, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 90. Working

on the

mid-numbers

might give you

a better start.

SOLUTION

ON MONDAY

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

ON MONDAY

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 ON MONDAY

PIT your wits against

Pitcherwits — the

exciting puzzle where

some of the answers

are in pictures! The

solutions to the visual

clues fit into the shaded

spaces on the grid.

SOLUTION ON MONDAY

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4 6 5 4 1 3 6 1

A

B

10 11 13 3 9 20

14 19 3

9 7 9 11

8 19 13 20

13 11 6 16

13 11 9

14 15 15 8

10 10 21 9

9 11 6

1. From which
   country does Parma
   ham originate?


2. What is the official
   language of Ecuador?


3. Who plays
   Thomas Edison in the
   historical drama film
   The Current War?


4. Monkey nut
   is another name
   for what?


5. In darts, who
   beat Michael Smith
   18-13 in the final of
   this year’s PDC
   World Matchplay?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

KILLER QUICK QUIZ

SUDOKU

Cut-offs

Perm

Inebriates

Kowtows

Slants

Civil

Smaller

Hinder

Devils

Knobble

Emissary

Levels

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 S

1 2 3 4 5 6

7

8

9

10

11

MASTERQUIZ

1. In which month is the
   liberation of Paris at the end

of World War II celebrated

in France?

2. The late Eddie Waring was a

popular TV commentator
associated with which sport?

3. Bento is a type of meal which
   originated in which country?


4. Who played Hyacinth Bucket’s

husband Richard in

British TV sitcom Keeping

Up Appearances?

5. Which German architect
   was the last director of
   the Bauhaus school before
   his emigration to the U.S.
   in 1937?


6. Which international
   airport is known by the
   International Air Transport
   Association code ORD?
   SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

MINDBENDER

1. Johnny is one third as old as

Jimmy, who is two-thirds as

old as Jenny. In ten years’
time, Jenny will be twice as

old as Johnny. How old is
Jimmy now?

2. What connects The Inverted
   Jenny, The Tyrian Plum and The

Whole Country Is Red?

3. Which England
   netball player may design
   THE CAMPANILES?


4. Which of these is the
   odd one out: Pom, Darius,
   Flora, Alexander?


5. Rearrange the letter
   groups to make three medical
   complaints: GIA RHO DYS TIS CIR
   HRI PHA SIS ART.

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

6d. Part-payment

episode? (10)

5d. You think it will happen

after life? (10)

18a. Take to Ben’s plans one

for a carnivore’s plate (1-4,5)

1a. Waste pipe on fire? Break

‘foible’ rule (6,4)

14a. Bard’s killer-king could be

match for it (7)

3d. Absent ages ago once logon

gen’s been worked out (4,4)

8a. Kerb goo production, so

no more solvent! (2,5)

9d. Arch brat’s mess, it could

be graphic! (3,5)

6 7

10

12 10

15 14

16 17

1 1 2 3 4 5

6

7

8 9

11

13

14

17 16

18

PITCHERWITS

TM

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

7 Any long

jumper has

material (5)

8 Picture Clue

11 Want rough

force to

have a nasal

sound? (5)

13 Dance can

go haywire (5)

14 Picture Clue

16 Against, but about

clownish stunt (5)

18 Picture Clue

DOWN

2 Recoiled from

sunflower follower (3)

3 Picture Clue

4 A number of

our letters (4)

5 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

9 Picture Clue

10 No writer can

begin with this (4)

12 He’s a lace maker (4)

15 Bran mash in

farmer’s store (4)

17 Meal from

estate agents? (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Be out of step. 5 Tacit. 7 Basic. 9 Connect. 11 Elk. 12 Tug. 13 Pachisi. 16 Ratio. 17 Doggo.

18 Youth leader. DOWN: 1 Battle array. 2 Titan. 3 Fibre. 4 Package tour. 6 Cockpit. 8 Setting. 10 Nth. 14 Cloth. 15 Indie.