Daily Mail - 03.03.2020

Page 42 Daily Mail, Tuesday, March 3, 2020

hidato

CoMplete the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 48, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 48. 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

need a clue? Call 0901 293

6238 or text KilleR to 65700

and receive four clues to

today’s puzzle. Calls and texts

cost £1 plus your standard

network charges. Today’s

clues available between 00.01

today and 23.30 only.

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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.

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1. What was the occupation
   of Dick Francis before
   becoming a writer?


2. In which country in 1989
   did the Tiananmen Square
   protests occur?


3. CIA agent Carrie Mathison
   is a character from which
   American TV drama?


4. At a height of more than
   2000 metres, the Simplon
   Pass connects Italy with
   which other country?


5. What nationality is
   former Barcelona and Real
   Madrid footballer Luis Figo?

Solution: pullout

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permit

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Solution: pullout back page

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12.

all the solutions read

clockwise around their

numbers. the solution

to clue number 1 starts

from the given letter.

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1. What line is coloured green
   on a standard London
   underground map?


2. Which part of the body might
   be affected by podagra?


3. Camelopard was an early
   name for which mammal?


4. For which English Premier
   League club does striker Billy
   Sharp play?
   5. Which candidate in the
   current Democratic Party
   primaries was mayor of New
   York from 2002 to 2013?
   6. Actress Grace Kelly’s
   father, John B Kelly Sr, won
   several Olympic gold medals
   in which sport?

Solution: pullout back page

1. A shop contains 55
   motorbikes and quad bikes
   combined. If there are 138
   wheels altogether, how many
   motorbikes are there?


2. What connects Julius, Auric
   and Emilio?


3. Which recently appointed
   Cabinet member may

VENERATE A MANLY REIN?

4. Which is the odd one out: Dik-
   Dik, Dab-Dab, Gub-Gub, Too-Too?


5. Using the chemical symbols,
   how corrosive may calcium,
   uranium, sulphur, titanium and
   carbon be?

Solution: pullout back page

8d. Golden swimmer imparts

Kazakhstan flavour (4,5)

2d. Yields to the ‘under-

gloves’? (7)

18a. What’s pink but stony-

faced? (What a gem, eh?) (4,6)

1a. At the end of the day, its just

oats bonded together (3,2,2,3)

15a. Julia’s a cook to Stow-on-

the-Wold (8)

1d. Everything ok with the wall

built around Lisle (3,2,4)

5a. Dance site that’s surely

not spherical? (8)

10d. Aid for a car in trouble in

Pan’s place (7)

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ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Picture Clue

9 Primarily, I’m a major

religious leader (4)

10 A service, back in the

distance (4)

11 Take it back to her, it

belongs to those

people (5)

12 Times when ears can be

damaged (4)

14 Opt to take a crazy

position (4)

15 Picture Clue

18 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 Picture Clue

3 Lubricate the

painting? (3)

4 Dos, listed in order of

preference (1,1,1)

6 Compared with second

rock plant, say? (5,2)

7 Loafer’s a bit of a yob (3)

8 Picture Clue

10 Picture Clue

13 A real corkscrew,

beginning to curve (3)

16 Rower sounds

alternative! (3)

17 We have nothing for

sorrow (3)

YeSteRdaY’S Solution — a CRoSS: 1 Non-European. 5 Exceeds. 7 Tiger. 8 Tenet. 9 Eclat. 11 Testa. 12 Pertain. 13 Eyelet

punch. DoWN: 1 Near the bone. 2 Ulcer. 3 Overt. 4 Nightmarish. 5 Eggflip. 6 Sinks in. 10 Three. 11 Tramp.