2020-04-08_Daily_Express

4 Daily Express Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Alphapuzzle® tests logic and word power. Each grid number stands

for a letter. Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter

or letters — below the main grid — to start. Solution tomorrow

DIFFICULTY: 6/10; TARGET: 21 mins; CLUE: Elevate fowl swallowing number.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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H

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

EXTRA LETTER CLUES: 0907 181 2568 (Hear up to six Extra Letters, deduct

two minutes for each clue letter heard) Alternatively, for six extra letter clues direct

to your mobile, text DXALPHA to 84901. Texts cost £1 plus normal network

operator rate. FULL SOLUTION: 0907 181 2565;

ACROSS ONLY: 0907 181 2561; DOWN ONLY: 0907 181 2562.

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NAME

ADDRESS

POSTCODE

CAN you crack the Alphabeater? Each grid

number represents a letter – or black square.

As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet

is used. But you have to complete the grid too!

Use the given letters and black squares below

the grid to start. The grid is ‘rotationally

symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the

same if you turn the page upside down.

Solution tomorrow

Extra letter clues

0907 181 2560

(Deduct three minutes for

each extra clue letter heard)

Full solution

0907 181 2558

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your telephone company’s

network access charge.

● Alternatively, for six Extra Letter clues to your mobile,

text DXBEAT to 84901. Texts cost £1 plus your usual operator rate

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN

Read down the letters in the highlighted

squares to reveal the mystery word.

TARGET

TIME:

36 minutes

Puzzles

1

5

2

4

11

FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden

in the grid. The numbers to the right of and

below the grid indicate how many of the

squares in that row are filled in with ships or

parts of ships. The ships do not touch each

other, even diagonally. Some squares have

been filled in to start you off.

Solution tomorrow

A

1 B C D E F G H I J

2345678910



          

1 x Battleship

4 x Submarine

3 x Destroyer

2 x Cruiser

L C B

A R K

B D I

HOW many words of four letters or

more can you make from the letters

shown here?

In making a word, each letter may be

used once only. Each must contain

the centre letter and there must be at

least one nine-letter word. No plurals

or verb forms ending in “s”.

TODAY’S TARGET

Good 17 ; very good 26 ; excellent 35

(or more). Solution tomorrow

● The

Ta r g e t

uses

words in

the main

body of

Chambers

21st

Century

Dictionary

(1999

edition)

Call 0907 181 2585

for today’s Target solution

*Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone

company’s network access charge.

TARGET

BATTLESHIPS

WIN

£100

CASH

2 3 3

1 2 3

1 2 4

1 2 4

1 4

4

3

Place the tiles into

the grid so that

four different

numbers and four

different shapes

appear in each row

and column.

Solution

tomorrow

KEIJO

1 2 3

K

4 5 6 7 8

■

9 10

■

11 12 13

21 2223 24

■

25 2627 2829 3031 32

G

33

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

3435

H

3637383940

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2

40

35

10

1

14

33

32

4

21

11

7

12

24

21

37

34

35

4

35

4

31

25

4

33

8

8

1

11

16

17

7

15

36

40

16

21

34

32

14

35

29

26

31

26

37

34

12

35

9

1

11

4

2

10

4

15

29

18

28

31

25

20

6

7

26

29

4

21

38

21

37

30

39

29

27

7

26

29

40

15

38

15

1

23

6

33

27

8

25

26

21

4

12

9

8

5

4

24

37

26

4

32

29

7

8

35

10

18

13

17

29

40

37

6

15

21

20

6

34

20

22

34

5

26

2

11

4

36

9

32

34

20

8

25

29

31

21

39

33

30

16

2

31

2

3

10

1

4

20

4

26

35

29

28

4

22

37

9

19

34

11

40

9

16

6

27

31

15

MONDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Search, 4 Scabbard, 10 Batsman, 11 Panacea,

12 Roost, 13 Incipient, 14 Magic lantern, 18 Flower people,

23 Son of a gun, 24 Sidle, 25 Etruria, 26 Ego trip, 27 Downhill,

28 Merlin. DOWN: 1 Subprime, 2 Although, 3 Comet, 5 Copycat,

6 Bonaparte, 7 Archer, 8 Dearth, 9 Angina, 15 Call forth,

16 Epidural, 17 Peter Pan, 19 Wagtail, 20 Render, 21 Ascend,

22 Andrew, 24 Score. Prizeword: Hustler

ACROSS

1 Insulated after fellow gets

tired (7)

5 Cutting edge, journalist

noticed (7)

9 Grass gets reporters

inhibited (9)

10 Parking by tree upset a

saint (5)

11 Because engineers are

wholehearted (7)

12 Mistake by son about

footwear (4-3)

13 Structure with silage –

too awful for digger (13)

18 Finished ale off, admitting

movement is excessively

ardent (13)

20 Axe a helicopter (7)

23 Was former spouse sited

incorrectly? (7)

25 Right to boot out a

machine (5)

26 Sounds reasonable and

gets a different part of

bus route (4,5)

27 Artist transported crate

in a competitive way (3,4)

28 Bishop is not worried

about energy being most

thin (7)

DOWN

1 Wrong of the others to get

a lot of trees (6)

2 A quiet errand boy hides

result in attachment (9)

3 Downing last beer –

drunken diver (5)

4 Outlaw distraught to lose

last couple at party (9)

5 Awful place – in Chad,

especially (5)

6 Island produce provides a

sign (9)

7 Ready to join an

argument (3-2)

8 Wearing ties after function

in industrial area (4,4)

14 Placate or corrupt a

queen (9)

15 Nothing, as it happens –

dull, a shade military (5,4)

16 Unsettled, I will join a

playful person (3,2,4)

17 Score improved by runs,

having acquired English

wizard (8)

19 A hollow victory included

appearance (6)

21 Gold section will go

round (5)

22 Search for a weapon (5)

24 Nibs switched, admits

European writer (5)



 

 

   







    

 

 

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