Daily Mail - 01.08.2019

Daily Mail, Thursday, August 1, 2019 Page 43

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NAME GAME

SUDOKU X

PUT 1-6 once in each row, column, diagonal

(highlighted to form an X) and horizontal

3x2 box (ruled). SOLUTION TOMORROW

HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a British actor. Answer the questions, then re-arrange

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

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THESE SQUARES

BOX 1: Who does Peter Bowles

(right) play in ITV’s historical

drama series Victoria?

Duke of Wellington (T)

Lord Melbourne (W)

Sir Robert Peel (J)

BOX 2: In which major

body of water are the

Leeward Islands?

Pacific Ocean (F)

Caribbean Sea (U)

Indian Ocean (I)

BOX 3: How many times

has Novak Djokovic won

the Men’s Singles title

at Wimbledon?

Three (A)

Five (E)

Seven (L)

BOX 4: In which country

in 1903 was the author

George Orwell born?

Canada (C)

South Africa (Y)

India (H)

BOX 5: Bill Wyman is best

known as a former bass

guitarist of which band?

The Who (K)

Rolling Stones (S)

The Kinks (B)

BOX 6: What does the word

‘copious’ mean?

Abundant (O)

Delayed (Q)

Unwanted (Z)

BOX 7: Chloe Ferry is best

known for appearing in

which reality TV series?

The Only Way Is Essex (R)

Made In Chelsea (V)

Geordie Shore (M)

BOX 8: Who will become the

president of the European

Commission on November 1?

Ursula von der Leyen (H)

Kristalina Georgieva (P)

Enda Kenny (N)

BOX 9: In 1986, which band

released the studio album

A Kind Of Magic?

Genesis (D)

Wham! (X)

Queen (G)

Yesterday’s answer: BILLY IDOL

(1B, 2O, 3D, 4I, 5L, 6I, 7L, 8L, 9Y).

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

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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: Ran back

arguing, becoming more confined.

RATING: 15 words, average; 20, good;

25, very good; 30 or more, excellent.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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1 Gangsta Granny children’s author (5,8)

8 World War I British field marshal (4)

9 Painting of 1642 by Rembrandt (5,5)

10 ______ Bonham Carter, English actress (6)

11 Guinevere’s lover (8)

12 Like a deregistered doctor (6,3)

14 ____ Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife (4)

15 Desmond ____ , South African archbishop (4)

16 Story involving a crime mystery (9)

20 ________ Mountains, Scottish

Highland range (8)

21 Light-sensitive area at back of eye (6)

23 Resort near Beachy Head (10)

24 Predatory gull-like bird (4)

25 One of duo first to conquer Everest (6,7)

1 Form of language peculiar to

a region (7)

2 Fashion magazine begun in 1892 (5)

3 Country using krone as currency (7)

4 Huge steel sculpture near

Gateshead (5,2,3,5)

5 Boring list (6)

6 Greek king, husband of Clytemnestra (9)

7 Common type of sugar (7)

13 The Bourne _________ , 2007 film (9)

15 Mayonnaise sauce served with fish (7)

17 Gerald, British naturalist and author (7)

18 The Blockheads’ original lead singer (3,4)

19 ______ civilisation of ancient Crete (6)

22 Puccini opera (5)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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SUDOKU PRIZE 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

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