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MindGames
Fill the grid
using the
numbers 1 to 9
only. The
numbers in each
horizontal or
vertical run of
white squares
add up to the
total in the
triangle to its left
or above it. The
same number
may occur more
than once in a
row or column,
but not within
the same run of
white squares.Fill the grid so
that every
column, every
row and every
3x2 box contains
the digits 1 to 6© PUZZLER MEDIAKakuro No 2710
© 2010 KENKEN PUZZLE & TM NEXTOY. DIST. BY UFS, INC. WWW.KENKEN.COMFill the blank squares so that every row and column contains
each of the numbers 1 to 5 once only. The symbols between
the squares indicate whether a number is larger (>) or smaller
(<) than the number next to it.All the digits 1 to 6 must appear in every row and column. In
each thick-line “block”, the target number in the top left-hand
corner is calculated from the digits in all the cells in the block,
using the operation indicated by the symbol.
KenKenEasy No 5023 Futoshiki No 3751
© PUZZLER MEDIASlide the letters either horizontally or vertically back into the grid to produce a
completed crossword. Letters are allowed to slide over other lettersEvery letter in this crossword-style grid has been substituted for a number from 1
to 26. Each letter of the alphabet appears in the grid at least once. Use the letters
already provided to work out the identity of further letters. Enter letters in the main
grid and the smaller reference grid until all 26 letters of the alphabet have been
accounted for. Proper nouns are excluded. Saturday’s solution, rightCluelines Stuck on Codeword? To receive 4 random clues call 0901 293 6262 or
text TIMECODE to 84901. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. For the full solution
call 0905 757 0142. Calls cost £1 per minute plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm).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.Mini Sudoku
Train Tracks No 1086
Lexica No 5421 No 5422
ACITTEDAALNSBTSLAAINENKTPONRFDYEFEACUIFFZYERCodeword No 4031
Winning Move
General Knowledge Crossword No 36
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White to play.
This position is from
Karjakin-Tsyhanchuk,
“Titled Tuesday”,
chess.com 2020.The positions in the
week July 13-17 focused
on classic checkmating
combinations. Today’s
puzzle also concludes
with a classic finish.
What is its name and
how does White
engineer the finale?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 1112 131415 161718 19 20 212223 242526 2728 29Across
1 School formerly attended by
Tucker Jenkins, Imelda Davis
and Pogo Patterson (6,4)
6 Substance that turns
litmus paper red ( 4 )
9 Parasitic aquatic creature ( 7 )
10 Japanese venue of the
1972 Winter Olympics ( 7 )
12 Starfish or sea urchin, eg (10)
13 Sutton ---, Suffolk site of an
Anglo-Saxon ship burial (3)
15 Mammal also known
as the prairie wolf ( 6 )
16 Artist whose The Treachery
of Imagesdoes not depict a
pipe, or so we are told ( 8 )
18 Dutch exotic dancer and
First World War spy (4,4)
20 North Macedonia’s capital ( 6 )
23 Dwight D Eisenhower’s
nickname ( 3 )
24 French writer of the
classic novel Bel-Ami ( 10 )BIPED ROBANDREW
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BALZAC CILANTRO
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BHAGAVADGI TA
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26 Joan ---, actress who starred in
three series of Miss Marple (7)
27 Garden plant bearing dense
clusters of small flowers ( 7 )
28 National emblem also
known asAllium porrum ( 4 )
29 Highly pungent resin used
in some curry dishes (10)Down
1 Second-least reactive of
the metallic elements ( 4 )
2 National Hunt champion
jockey every season from
1 995-96 to 2014-15 (1,1,5)
3 Overall winner of the
2018 Tour de France (7, 6)
41 966 debut single for the
Jimi Hendrix Experience (3,3)
5 City whose name means “the
meadows” in Spanish (3,5)
7 Craft in which a hook is
used to interweave yarn (7)
8 Meteorological instrument
for measuring dewfall (10)
11 County whose coast forms
a UK national park ( 13 )
14 Premier League-winning
goalies Peter or Kasper (10)
17 Friendly faun inThe Lion, The
Witch and The Wa r d r o b e (2,6)
19 Thick syrup made
when refining sugar (7)
21 Pakistan’s most widely
spoken language (7)
2 2 Group of mountain peaks ( 6 )
2 5 Seventh incarnation
of the god Vishnu (4)