The Week - UK (2020-09-12)

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ACROSS

7 LivenearHertstownincave(6)

8 Mostherearenotworking(4,4)

9 Assistant’snotion:thelastshallbe

first(4)

10 Agreeableremarkaboutleaderof

Labourforhard-workingclass(10)

12 LivelyoldElgarcompositionwith

nodepth(7)

14 Bargainiswhatyougetinitially

withCD(7)

16 Rhythmgeneratednotgood(4)

18 Seepreamble(5)

20 Ladder?Note,onlyonepart

ofit(4)

21 ListentopartofPM’saddressin

comfort(7)

22 Capitolhackslikethismagazine(7)

25 Personunlikelytobefound

out(4-2-4)

28 ReligionofBangladeshi

adherent(4)

29 Somepupilsaresaidtobe

residentsinPeebles,forexample(8)

30 Exhibitor withgroupofawful

people(6)

Clueoftheweek:Pubsgettingregularstosigninbeforestartofsession(4)

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SolutiontoCrossword 1224

ACROSS: 1 Absent 5 Cockatoo 9 Oriental 10 Amabel 11 Presidential

13 Goon 14 Goodness 17 Reproach 18 Trot 20 Heart of stone 23 Stoned

24 Oddballs 25 Proceeds 26 Opener

DOWN: 2 Barb 3 Eye-opener 4 Totter 5 Calling the shots 6 Chaperon

7 Apart 8 One-man show 12 Love-letter 15 Notre Dame 16 Caboodle

19 Hoodoo 21 Runic 22 Blue

Clue of the week:Indian fare like nothing mother’s served up

(6 first letter S)Solution:SAMOSA (asOmas reversed)

The winnerof1224 is RogerBrittonfrom Dorchester

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them are older people. Many older peoplefind constant

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Foundedin2011, we werethe firstorganisation dedicated to tackling

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Fillinallthesquaressothat

each row, column and each

of the 3x3 squares contains

all the digits from1to9

SolutiontoSudoku 768

3 4 86 15927

712943685

569278431

135784296

897526314

426391578

951862743

283457169

674139852

5 1 3 6

2

8 9

7 8 3 9

1 8 4 5 7

4 2 1 8

4 6

1

2 3 9 4

Sudoku 769 (medium)

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1 ProgrammebroadcastinIsrael?(6)

2 Onetofollowisquietlyexpert

compil er(10)

3 EyeoldrecordheldbyLord(6)

4 Somefearbankruptcycomingup

forScottishbank(4)

5 Endlesslyexcelinclimb(4)

6 (8)

11 Faint;swiftdescent(5)

13 Belongingtous;yes(3)

15 Foreachassignmentthere’s

consent(10)

17 (8)

18 TwoEnglishrivers(5)

19 Floorcovering;consume(3)

23 OscarstudiesEnglishinDanish

city(6)

24 Quietremarksmadebytop

teams(1-5)

26 Story’sthread(4)

27 Noendofbotherwithstirin

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