Times 2 - UK (2020-08-20)

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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

four 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;

21, good; 25, very good; 29, excellent

 
 


 
  





  

   

  

 





 
 


 
 

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READY

Nard (a) An aromatic plant of

the Himalayas

Nooch (c) Nutritional yeast

flakes

Nostrum (b) An untried

medicine; a potion

Kakuro 2722

Futoshiki 3763 Lexica 5446

Cell Blocks 3928 Set Square 2725 Lexica 5445

Suko 2947

Train Tracks 1100

Word watch

1 Rxd7+! Bxd7 2 b6+ Kd8 3 Nc

and White wins material with a

decisive invasion of the black

position. After 3 ... Ke8 4 Rxd

Be7 5 Rc7 Rb8 6 Nxb7 White

won easily

Chess — Winning Move

1 Swank

2 Berry

3 Bullock

4 Jackson

5 Lawrence

Quintagram

1 Eye 2 Lech Walesa 3 Rain gauge 4 London’s Burning

5 Martha and the Vandellas or Martha Reeves and

the Vandellas 6 Thomas Wolsey 7 Bertrand Russell

8 Florence 9 TikTok 10 Washington Heights

11 Alberto Vargas 12 Tri-Ferg logo 13 Bangkok

14 Israel Start-Up Nation 15 Neville Cardus

Quiz

Easy 81; Medium 57; Harder 33

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

airport, atop, iota, orra, pair, parr,

parrot, part, patio, patriot, pita, pitta,

portrait, prat, proa, rapt, raptor, ratio,

roar, rota, tapir, taro, tarot, tarp, tart,

trait, traitor, trap

times2 CrosswordNo 8362 Brain Trainer

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MEDIUM WER

3253335 – 42^5

DOUBLE

IT

(^22) / (^333) + 87
OF IT
(^333) / 444
OF IT
DOUBLE
IT

• 18 6 +^11 /^444
  OF IT
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  HALF OFF
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• 11 + 1 2 ÷^4 – 7 SQUARE
  IT
  (^222) / 33
  OF IT
  DOUBLE
  IT
  x 4
  x 1 2
  A
  N
  S
  HARDER WER
  53

• 5913 3 ÷ 12

(^222) / 3
OF IT
TTREBLE
IT
+^11 / 22
OF IT

• 689 DOUBLE – 856
  IT
  Across
  1 Studentorschoolchild( 5 )
  4 Coveredbybuildings( 5 - 2 )
  8 Makeveryfffrightened( 7 )
  9 Raisingagent( 5 )
  10 Christmasbroadcast( 6 , 6 )
  12 Religiousleader( 6 )
  113 High-kickingdance( 6 )
  16 Againstthelaaaw( 12 )
  18 Storageffffacillity(( 5 ))
  20 Nolongerworking( 7 )
  22 Leatherfffactory( 7 )
  23 Movedveryslowly( 5 )
  Down
  1 Mine;stone( 3 )
  2 Scent( 7 )
  3 Hangingaround( 9 )
  4 Likeayoungmale( 6 )
  5 Climbingplant( 3 )
  6 Commerce( 5 )
  7 Joininenthusiastically( 5 , 2 )
  11 Realistic( 9 )
  12 AlliedfffighterinBurma( 7 )
  14 Exclusiiivegroup( 7 )
  15 Buildinglevel( 6 )
  17 Gardenplant( 5 )
  19 Golfffer'ssupport( 3 )
  21 Morsedot;archaicwordfffor
  poem( 3 )
  SolutiontoCrossword 8361
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  8 9
  10 11
  12 13 14
  15
  16 17
  18 19 20 21
  22 23
  ADJUTANT I G
  P O U HAMMER
  PENURY R P A
  A B UNLESS
  CATCALLS R S
  E H N ETHICAL
  S A A E A
  TENFOLD S P N
  L S ISOLATED
  ALWAYS U I
  V I T GIBBET
  INFUSE C L U
  E T NINETEEN
  Cell Blocks No 3929
  © PUZZLER MEDIA
  Polygon Set Square No 2726
  Please note, BODMAS does not apply
  Killer Gentle No 7308 Solutions
  Killer Tough No 7309
  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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  answers. Calls cost £1 per minute plus your telephone company’s
  network access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm).
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  6263 before midnight to receive four clues for any of today’s
  puzzles. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network
  access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm).
  Just occasionally, a bid comes
  along that you’ve never met. Take
  today’s deal from an Andrew
  Robson Bridge Online duplicate on
  Bridge Base Online (do come and
  play — see andrewrobson.co.uk).
  The wonderful thing was partner
  read it perfectly.
  With a tricky opening lead, West
  chose a low diamond. Declarer
  beat East’s queen with the king and
  ruffed a spade. He then cashed the
  ace of hearts, West discarding a
  spade to expose the 4-0 split. The
  uneven heart split was quite good
  news in a subtle way — it
  enhanced the chances of West hav-
  ing length in both minors.
  Declarer crossed to the ace of
  diamonds (East could hardly be
  void for that would have mean
  We st wo uld have led low, not the
  jack, from ♦J109xxx). He ruffed a
  second spade and, crucially, ruffed
  a third diamond. This removed
  East’s last diamond, so now only
  West could guard diamonds.
  Declarer now led out the king-
  queen-jack of hearts, drawing
  East’s trumps as West discarded
  spades. However, what could We st
  discard when, at trick ten, declarer
  cashed the ace of spades (see end-
  ing across)?
  If West discarded the jack of
  diamonds, dummy’s eight of dia-
  monds would be promoted. When
  West chose to discard a club,
  declarer could win the last three
  tricks in clubs with the king, ace,
  and long club. Thirteen tricks and
  grand slam made — there had
  been no defence. North-South
  +2,2 1 0.
  Have you spotted the par result?
  It’s 7 ♠ doubled minus six by
  East-West — “only” -1,400. Given
  that’s cheaper than defending 6♥
  (-1,430), it’s a worthwhile sacri-
  fice. One table found it. The auc-
  tion round the table was 2NT-
  3 ♠- 4 ♠- 5 ♠- 7 ♥-7♠-Dbl-end.
  [email protected]
  Contract: 7 ♥, Opening Lead: ♦ 2
  Dealer: South, Vulnerability: North-South
  N
  W E
  S
  2NT Pass 3♣( 1 ) Pass
  3 ♥ Pass 5 ♠( 2 ) Pass
  7 ♥( 3 ) End
  (1) Stayman — asking for four-card majors.
  (2) Have you met this bid? North meant it
  as, “I have a 6♥ bid with a void spade. Bid
  7 ♥ if you have a suitable hand.”
  (3) Highly suitable — holding the fifth heart
  including all the pictures, and three top
  cards in the minors.
  S W N E
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  ♦ 87874343
  ♣♣KK1076510 7 65
  ♠♠AA75 75
  ♥KQJKQJ62 62
  ♦AAKK
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Codeword 4045