Daily Mail - 05.03.2020

Page 48 Daily Mail, Thursday, March 5, 2020

hidato

CoMplete the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 60, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 60. 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.

pit your wits against pitcheRWit S book offeR

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 toMoRRoW

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1. In which decade did
   American author John
   Steinbeck write the
   novella Of Mice and Men?


2. In Roman numerals,
   which number is
   represented by LXXX?


3. What is the name of the
   new album by Canadian
   singer Justin Bieber?


4. How many vowels
   are there in the second
   row of letters on a
   QWERTY keyboard?


5. Nicknamed The Millers,
   Rotherham United Football
   Club currently play in
   which English division?

Solution: pullout

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miNdbeNdeR

maSteRquiz

KilleR

SudoKu

package

Devastate

Car port

painter

peak

Wine bottle

Joined

Carved

Disfigure

Motor home

Rubbish

Flexible

Solution: pullout back page

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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. The city of York is located at the
   confluence of which two rivers?


2. Who was captain of the
   German FIFA World Cup final
   losing team in 1966?


3. What part of the body is
   protected by a piece of armour
   called a poleyn?
   4. Which player scored the only
   try in England’s recent Calcutta
   Cup win over Scotland?
   5. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet,
   the line ‘The lady doth protest
   too much, methinks’ is spoken by
   which character?
   6. What symbol was adopted in
   1773 as the hallmark of silver
   made in Birmingham?

Solution: pullout back page

1. Mona and AJ have bought
   three times as many Lil Rascal
   albums between them as Kevin,
   who has bought half as many as
   Esme. If the four of them have
   bought thirty Lil Rascal albums
   altogether, and AJ has bought
   one more than Mona, how
   many has AJ bought?


2. What connects Watteau,
   sweep and chapel?
   3. Which recently appointed
   Cabinet member may be
   MINDING A LLAMA?
   4. Which of the following words
   is the odd one out: merlin,
   caracara, kestrel, osprey?
   5. Starting with A, add a
   letter and shuffle to make a
   new word each time until you
   reach STATESIDE.

Solution: pullout

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5d. Be virtually a burden to

poor characters (6,4)

2d. An aphid becoming a

little swimmer (7)

17a. Hatches treatment went

bad (not on purpose) (6,4)

1a. Stroppy girl gets bolder

in hot dog environment (6,4)

11a. Ideal he could break with

a fib to come? (3,5)

1d. ‘Sub’ railway going through

lichen-covered barn (6,4)

9a. Americas’ weld, worn

out (3,5)

10d. Lord to make a bid for

the Dodo (3,4)

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PitCheRwitS

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ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

6 They say a window can

give you a twinge (4)

7 Google’s sticky

beginnings (3)

8 Near the old ‘Nightingale’

front (4)

9 Picture Clue

11 Picture Clue

14 Girl’s fellow is talk of ‘The

Archers’ (4)

15 Stunning backdrop for

Hazel (3)

16 Against a piece of

circumstantial

evidence (4)

17 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 Picture Clue

3 Irene went in to

make it fresh (5)

4 Regal, but up to

getting the beer! (5)

5 Picture Clue

10 Picture Clue

12 Extraordinary

piece has more

to offer (5)

13 With ear to

environment

of pump (5)

YeSteRdaY’S Solution — aCRoss: 1 Non-stick pan. 5 Drops by. 9 Heed. 10 Dido. 11 Nehru. 12 Olio. 13 Even. 14 Serfdom.

16 Overbalance. DoWN: 1 North Borneo. 2 Nod. 3 Pry. 4 Newborn babe. 6 Red nose. 7 Push off. 8 Be due to. 14 She. 15 Men.