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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 2735
© 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 5053 Futoshiki No 3776
© 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 1116
Lexica No 5471 No 5472
CPEVUELNLCIHRIHGIAPETERHFAUUPINTESADTROMIERGCodeword No 4061
Winning Move
General Knowledge Crossword No 41
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Black to play.
This position is from
Petrov-Gumularz,
FIDE Online Olympiad,
chess.com 2020.In tactical positions it
often helps to consider
what move you would
actually like to play,
even if you can’t right
now. Here Black
would like to play ...
Nf3+ but his own rook
is in the way. So ...?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10111213 1415 16 1718 1920 2122 2324 2526 27Across
1 Walter Scott novel named
after a Warwickshire castle ( 10 )
6 Native American
people of Montana ( 4 )
9 Soviet director of
Battleship Potemkin ( 10 )
10 One quarter of a pint ( 4 )
12 Defoe heroine who lived
“a Life of Continu’d Variety
for Threescore Years” (4,8)
15 Any bird of the swallow
and martin family ( 9 )
17 Animal associated with the
writers Gavin Maxwell and
Henry Williamson (5)
18 Bet ---, Rovers Return landlady
played by Julie Goodyear ( 5 )
19 French industrial city
southwest of Lyons (2-7)
20 Kate Bush’s partner on the
1986 duetDon’t Give Up (5,7)
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25 Elvis Presley film featuring the
song Rock-a-Hula Baby (4,6)
26 Jeremy ---, high-profile MP
for South West Surrey (4)
27 Football anthem co-written
by Ian Broudie (5,5)Down
1 Capital city of Ukraine (4)
2 Body part described by
the term “rhinal” ( 4 )
3 County encompassing Boston,
Grimsby and Scunthorpe (12)
4 Mathematical system based
on the number eight (5)
5 Artificially enlarged reservoir
on the Lake District’s A591 ( 9 )
7 Imitation gem originally
made near Strasbourg (10)
8 New York thoroughfare
possibly named after a local
stockade built in 1653 (4,6)
11 Ancient structure between the
firths of Forth and Clyde (8,4)
13 Author whose The Plot
Against America was recently
adapted for television (6,4)
141 950s England fast bowler
nicknamed “Typhoon” (5,5)
16 Arabic phrase that can be
translated as “God willing” (9)
21 Canterbury Tales pilgrim
who recounts the story of
Symkyn the miller ( 5 )
22 Alliance now led by the
former Norwegian prime
minister Jens Stoltenberg (4)
23 Name adopted by 12 popes ( 4 )