Times 2 - UK (2020-07-27)

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MindGames

© PUZZLER MEDIA

Divide the grid

into square or

rectangular

blocks, each

containing one

digit only. Every

block must

contain the

number of cells

indicated by the

digit inside it.

Enter each of

the numbers

from 1 to 9 in

the grid, so that

the six sums

work. We’ve

placed two

numbers to get

you started.

Each sum

should be

calculated left

to right or top

to bottom.

From these letters, make words of

three or more letters, always including

the central letter. Answers must be in

the Concise Oxford Dictionary, excluding

capitalised words, plurals, conjugated

verbs (past tense etc), adverbs ending

in LY, comparatives and superlatives.

How you rate 15 words, average;

20, good; 24, very good; 28, excellent

  

  

  



  

 


  


  


 

 


  

1 The Office 2 Karl Marx. It is titled Young Marx 3 Prince

Charles and Princess Diana 4 [The] Aviator 5 Sandinista!

By 1980 the Sandinista National Liberation Front led the

country’s government and is currently the ruling party

6 Adolf Hitler. She was married to Adolf’s half-brother

Alois Hitler Jr 7 Deuteronomy 8 Philadelphia 9 Opel

10 Can-Can 11 Alice Neel 12 Seicho Matsumoto

13 Doppelkopf 14 Crystal Palace 15 Croquembouche

Gaokao (a) The Chinese

university entrance

examination

Gimbals (c) A suspension

device to hold instruments

in aeroplanes

Gimel (b) The third letter

of the Hebrew alphabet

Kakuro 2704

Sudoku 11,

Killer 7268

Futoshiki 3745

Cell Blocks 3907 Set Square 2707

Suko 2926

Train Tracks 1079

Word watch

Quiz

Saturday’s answers

açai, apian, aria, arnica, caipirinha, cairn,

carina, chai, chain, chair, chin, china, chip,

chirp, hair, hairpin, inarch, inch, naira,

nipa, pain, pair, panic, panir, pariah, pica,

pinch, piranha, rain, rani, rapini, rich, ricin

times2 CrosswordNo 8341 Brain Trainer

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TRIPLE + 321

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HARDER 33153 ÷ 1^2 HALF OFF x^17 ÷^9 WER

IT

(^15) + 144
(^999) / 1
OF IT

• DOUBLE
  IT

(^33) / 77
OF IT

• SQUAREE
  IT

Across

1 Passportendorsement( 4 )

3 Harmfffulprecipitation( 4 , 4 )

8 Commonstagorhind( 3 , 4 )

10 Dismisses;bags( 5 )

11 Inspiteofthat( 11 )

113 Upholsteryfffabric( 6 )

15 CapitalofCroatia( 6 )

17 Forewarning( 11 )

20 Handdcover(( 5 ))

21 Advantage,profffit( 7 )

22 Fragrantclimber( 5 , 3 )

23 Constellation;ship( 4 )

Down

1 Herrbaceousplant( 8 )

2 Afffricancountry( 5 )

4 Spanishconquistador

(Z,notSSS)( 6 )

5 Stateofdespair( 11 )

6 Onebringingcharges( 7 )

7 USspaceagency( 4 )

9 Right(tosomething)( 11 )

12 Fromthebeginning( 2 , 6 )

14 Begearnestly( 7 )

16 Animatedcorpse( 6 )

18 Deducefffromevidence( 5 )

19 Alongtime( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8340

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11

12

13 14 15

16

17 18

19

20 21

22 23

CAGINESS ONUS

O R O E B O U

MEANT MARTIAL

P P E I O S L

ECHIDNA NIECE

L I U C N

COURTEOUS

R N O U Z

EAGLE MOVABLE

J R V A E S P

EMINENT NEIGH

C P N I O S Y

THEN SCIMITAR

Cell Blocks No 3908

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Polygon Set Square No 2708

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Gentle No 7269 Solutions

Killer Tricky No 7270

As with standard Sudoku, fill the grid so that every column,

every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. Each set

of cells joined by dotted lines must add up to the target number

in its top-left corner. Within each set of cells joined by dotted

lines, a digit cannot be repeated.

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What is your favourite ever deal?

Do email me to let me know.

Graeme Knox from Stirling

emailed me with his favourite.

Admittedly, he did not play it him-

self, rather saw it reported in a US

newspaper some 20 years ago.

West leads the queen of dia-

monds v 6 ♠ and you as declarer

win the ace and try to pick up

spades without loss, crossing to the

king and returning to the jack.

West wins the queen and persists

with the jack of diamonds.

You ruff in hand and cash the

ace of spades, discarding a club

from dummy. Now what?

You count ten top tricks via five

spades, two hearts, two diamonds

and one club. It appears you need

the club finesse — which if suc-

cessful (East holding the king) will

generate the necessary two extra

tricks. The heart suit is less

promising, for you will need a

favourable split as well as a suc-

cessful finesse of the jack to make

the two extra tricks you need.

However, before committing

yourself to clubs (crossing to

dummy and running dummy’s

queen), there is an extra chance in

yy

hearts. Cross to the ace-king of

hearts. If nothing happens, you can

always shed your third heart on

dummy’s king of diamonds, and run

the queen of clubs.

The extra chance is East hold-

ing♥Qx. His queen will appear on

the second round, and you can

now cross to the ace of clubs and

lead your third heart to dummy’s

nine. You can dispose of your two

remaining clubs on the jack of

hearts and king of diamonds, and

congratulate yourself on finding

that extra chance.

And, hey presto, when you cross

to the ace-king of hearts, the

queen does indeed drop from East.

With that warm, smug feeling of

self-congratulation, you cross to

the ace of clubs and lead a third

spade to the nine ...

And, talking of the warm, smug

feeling of self-congratulation, East

wins the ten and cashes the king of

clubs. Two down.

East has found a brilliant false-

card. He knows if he does nothing

(ie follows with a low heart and

the ten of hearts), you’ll discard

your remaining heart on the king

of diamonds, and fall back on the

club finesse, which he knows will

work. So he drops the queen.

As Victor Mollo’s Rueful Rabbit

might have said, “Sorry, partner, my

cards were sticky and I didn’t know I

had the ten of hearts until too late.”

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Contract: 6 ♠, Opening Lead:♦Q

Dealer: North, Vulnerability: Neither

N

W E

S

1 ♥ Pass

1 ♠ Pass 2NT Pass

6 ♠ End

S W N E

♠ 83

♥Q10 4

♦ 96542

♣K 7

Rubber ♠K

♥AKJ 9

♦K 73

♣QJ9 2

♠AJ9 654

♥ 632

♦A

♣A10 5

♠Q 102

♥ 875

♦QJ10 8

♣ 8643

Bridge Andrew Robson

GFH

FUT I LE

RNR

FUN B

IA

GCELL

AL

SPEAK

HC

WWHY

AA

STRING

1 Groom

2 Trace

3 Bacon

4 Fielding

5 Singleton

Easy 102; Medium 510; Harder 84

1 Nxe6+! fxe6 creates a

crushing pin along the e-file.

After 2 Bxd5 Bxd5 3 Rxd

Rxd5 4 Qxd5 Rd8 5 Qe5+

White won easily

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Lexica 5410

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KenKen 5016

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Square Routes

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Tredoku 1640

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