Times 2 - UK (2020-09-11)

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MindGames

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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 10 words, average;

14, good; 19, very good; 24, excellent

 

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1 Petroleum or crude oil 2 Judas 3 Michael Caine

4 Skin cells 5 Ulysses 6 Emma [Woodhouse]

7 Ghostbusters 8 Messerschmitt 9 Natasha Lyonne

10 Tom Waits 11 Lumpsucker or lumpfish

12 Masaniello 13 Theo Paphitis 14 Seve Ballesteros

15 Peter Carl Fabergé, aka Karl Gustavovich Fabergé

Kakuro 2738

Futoshiki 3779 Lexica 5478

Cell Blocks 3947 Set Square 2741 Lexica 5477

Suko 2966

Train Tracks 1119

Pigeon pea (c) A seed of the

tropical dhal plant

Pigeon pair (b) Two children;

a pair of twins or siblings

Pigeon-blood (a) Of a ruby; a

deep red colour

Word watch

Chess — Winning Move

1 Sect

2 Miner

3 Houston

4 Day-Lewis

5 Monogram

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 42; Medium 327; Harder 1,

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

humor, mort, mosh, most, moth, mouth,

mush, muso, must, musth, rhomb,

rhombus, rhumb, shmo, shtum, smut,

storm, strum, stum, sumo, thrombus,

thrum, thumb, tomb, tumor, umbo

times2 CrosswordNo 8381 Brain Trainer

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Across

3 Can;element( 3 )

8 Additional( 5 )

9 Makebigger( 7 )

10 Outraged( 7 )

11 Packingcase( 5 )

12 Violentcoup( 6 )

14 CapitalofRRRwanda( 6 )

15 Tags( 6 )

17 Relatingtowords( 6 )

20 Dismisses;bbags(( 5 ))

21 Crest,tuffftofhair( 7 )

24 USnotes( 7 )

25 Growlwithbaredteeth( 5 )

26 Headcovering( 3 )

Down

1 Confffusedsituation( 4 )

2 Mostextreme( 6 )

3 Pieceofwork( 4 )

4 VVVerypoor( 5 )

5 Optional( 8 )

6 Listofmistakes( 6 )

7 Intendedtocureorput

right( 8 )

12 Fenceofstakes( 8 )

1113 Wintryperiod( 4 , 4 )

16 Leaaave(ayacht)without

wind( 6 )

18 Tree-dwarfffingart( 6 )

19 Secretstore( 5 )

22 Earlierpartoflifffe( 4 )

23 Soffftmineral( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8380

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TRANSPORTER

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PURGE TINGLED

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PANSIES EVERY

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Cell Blocks No 3948

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Polygon Set Square No 2742

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Moderate No 7343 Solutions

Killer Deadly No 7344

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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ppaarrttnneerrttoooolleeaaddtthheessuuiittbbaacckk

Good defence is all about commu-

nication and co-operation. Partner

is not clairvoyant. When you lead

a suit (on opening lead or after

yy

dummy is tabled), you can send a

message. If you want the suit led

back, you lead low (think “Lead

y

Low for Like” — L-L-L). If you do

y

not want a suit to be led back, you

return high (think lead “High for

y

Hate” — H-H).

If you’re leading or switching

from, say ♠KJ82, you’ll lead the

♠2 (leading low for like). Whereas

y y

if you’re switching from, say,

♦ 8 632, you’ll lead the♦ 8 , leading

high for hate. How else can part-

ner know whether or not to return

the suit?

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We st guessed to lead a heart, and

correctly chose the♥ 8 — leading

high for hate. Note in passing that

the one suit West should not lead

is a diamond — as per the saying,

“Don’t lead away from an ace” ie

don’t lead from a suit headed by

the ace (without the king) on the

y

first trick to a trump contract.

East won the first trick with the

♥A and, knowing from partner’s

high (for hate) heart card not to

return a heart, looked at dummy

and switched to diamonds, the

weaker suit. He (carelessly) led ♦ 3 ,

thinking it didn’t really matter which

piddling diamond card he chose.

West won♦A and, (correctly)

interpreting East’s low diamond as

leading low for like, returned♦5. A

grateful declarer won♦K, drew

trumps, cashed♥Q, crossed back

to a third spade in hand, and enjoyed

♥K10, discarding two of dummy’s

clubs. Only one club was now lost —

ten tricks and game made.

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West leads ♥ 8 to East’s♥A and,

correctly knowing not to return a

heart (partner has led high for hate)

yy

and correctly working out to switch

to diamonds (dummy’s weakness),

y g

East carefully selects the ♦ 9 as his

switch card.

West wins ♦A but knows not to

lead a diamond back as partner has

led high (for hate). Hearts are out

— partner would have won the

cheaper♥K from ♥AK, so declarer

has♥K. Only one suit remains and

that’s clubs. West switches to the

♣ 9 (leading high for hate) in the

hope her partner holds good clubs.

Bingo — East can win♣Q and

cash♣A (or, if dummy’s♣K is

played, win♣A and cash♣Q). The

defence have scored the first four

tricks — one down is good bridge.

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Dealer: South, Vulnerability: Neither

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♥QJ

♦QJ

♣K

♠AKJ

♥K1 063

♦K

♣J

♠-

♥A9 7

♦ 97643

♣AQ87 6

♠ 97

♥ 8542

♦A10 8 5

♣ 943

Contract: 4♠, Opening Lead:♥ 8

1 ♠ Pass 4 ♠ End

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Sudoku 11,

Killer 7341

Sudoku 11,

Killer 7342

Sudoku 11,

Quick Cryptic 1698

KenKen 5056

Codeword 4064

White could have got in first

with 1 Rxg7+! Kxg7 2 Qh6+ Kg

3 Qh8 mate. After 1 Rhg5?

Black forced mate with 1 ...

Rxf2+ 2 Kg1 Rf1+! 3 Kxf1 Qxf3+

4 Ke1 Bb4+ 5 c3 Bxc3 mate

8 + 30 10 x 33 11 x 18 8 + 32

8 x 32 11 + 21 16 + 21 12 x 25

12 x 21 12 + 25 12 + 21 8 x 30

10 + 33 16 x 21 11 x 21 11 + 18

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