The Guardian - 07.08.2019

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• The Guardian Wednesday 7 August 2019

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Ye ste r d ay ’s

solutions

Killer sudoku Codeword

Easy

Medium

The normal rules of

Sudoku apply: fi ll each

row, column and 3x3 box

with all the numbers from

1 to 9. In addition, the

digits in each inner shape

(marked by dots) must

add up to the number in

the top corner of that box.

No digit can be repeated

within an inner shape.

Each letter of the alphabet makes at least one appearance in the grid,

and is represented by the same number wherever it appears. The letters

Killer sudoku decoded should help you to identify other letters and words in the grid.

Easy

Codeword

Guardian cryptic crosswordNo 27,893 set by Brummie

6 Letter possibly closed with this: ‘I

saw Angel off with a kiss’ (7,3)

7 Mafi a’s casually giving up mob

chief for college board (6)

8 Scoff s: ‘Sanctimonious talk is

empty!’ (4)

13 Noisily scares off animals and

trainers? (5)

14 Overheated, I say ‘Heather, both

should swim outside’ (7,3)

16 Streep: someone’s heart races (5)

19 Finding attractive maid rude on

telephone (8)

21 Worm-like bends dominate (8)

23 Ungainly creature observed

holding page locator up (6)

24 Small case — its contents alien?

(6)

26 Halt contest (4)

28 Otherwise lies in parallel sections

(4)

29,18 Antarctic location — Diana

needs drink! (4,3)

Across

9 Barking Shadow-boxing College

(5)

10 A Hebrew pronunciation of

‘Hankies out all over Arizona’ (9)

11 A useless fi t can be prevented (9)

12 Seals’ hair (5)

13 Unexpectedly attack son with net

(7)

15 After Dante’s Inferno, the

heartless Sawlike (7)

17 Arabian piece, almost crude

externally? (5)

18 See 29

20 Pop group’s stage features (5)

22 Workplace where deal may be cut

(7)

25 Old lady after skirt top (7)

26 Camp wisecrack about ungainly

legging tops (5)

27 Ex-president recruits writer who

could assemble a cabinet? (9)

30 Alumnae so uneasy about

grandiose tombs (9)

31 Schooners possibly get cool in

two seconds (5)

Down

1 A nation’s uplifting seabird (4)

2 An obstacle to successful

retirement (8)

3 Soused, but not very exhausted

(4)

4 Steals out-of-date vegetables (8)

5 Cast fi tted round limb opening as

protection (6)

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910

11 12

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29

30 31

Medium

Solution No. 27,892

COCKCROWSWEDES

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IMPRESSED RATED

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SUPERNATURAL

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ROAN SCRAPP I E S T

USD ALS NI

MA C K I N TO S H S T Y E

SASCUD SS

TURBOCHARGER

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CLOUD REEDORGAN

KNE ODE I

SWEARSINCENSED

Cryptic crossword

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