Times 2 - UK (2020-10-13)

the times | Tuesday October 13 2020 1GT 15

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

three 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 14 words, average;

19, good; 25, very good; 31, excellent

  


 

  

 


 


 

 


   

 
 

  

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1 John F Kennedy 2 Robin. It shielded the baby Jesus

from the sparks of a fire 3 A Midsummer Night’s Dream

4 Samuel Johnson 5 Wiltshire 6 Minos 7 Rob Roy

8 Tay Bridge disaster 9 Stephen Graham 10 Olive

11 Charley’s Aunt 12 Essequibo River 13 Alan Weisman

14 Pig 15 Imran Khan

1 ... Rxg4+! 2 hxg4 Qxg4+ 3 Kh

Nf3 threatens mate on h3.

After 4 Qd7, the clever 4 ... Qf4!

threatens mate on h2 while

also hitting the white rook on

d2. After 5 Kg2 Nxd2 Black

won easily

Oliphant (c) An ivory hunting

horn

Sauve qui peut (c) A stampede

or state of panic

Shanghai (b) A catapult (Aus

and NZ)

Kakuro 2760

Futoshiki 3801 Lexica 5522

Cell Blocks 3974 Set Square 2763 Lexica 5521

Suko 2993

Train Tracks 1145

Chess — Winning Move Word watch

1 Cat

2 Iron

3 Spider

4 Invisible

5 Supergroup

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 5; Medium 246; Harder 18

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

amour, arm, arum, dorm, dour, dram,

drum, dural, lard, lor, lord, lour, lur, mar,

marl, modular, molar, moral, morula,

mudra, mural, oar, oral, our, rad, ram,

road, roam, rod, rum

times2 CrosswordNo 8408 Brain Trainer

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MEDIUM 40 DOUBLE WER

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• 95 x 1 4 HHALF OFF÷ (^10) x 9 – 1 50
  IT

• 250 + 30

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EASY 17 + 3^7 x^4 – 20^6 DOUBLE WER

IT

+ 1 2 4 x 7

(^11) / 4
OF IT

• ÷ 12 – 9

A

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HARDER 13001 – 50^0 TREBLE WER

IT

DOUBLEE– 177 x 2

IT

÷ 10 + 3 9 x 2 ÷ 2 4

Across

5 Equipment;

fffoottballaction( 6 )

7 Frozendrip( 6 )

9 Metallicelement( 8 )

11 Causetounite( 4 )

12 IslandnearNaples( 5 )

113 Unlikeanythingelse( 6 )

15 Liiiverpuddllianddiallect(( 6 ))

17 Fattyacid( 5 )

19 Barkingnoise( 4 )

20 Anunspecifffieditem( 8 )

22 Partofthefffoot( 6 )

23 Fromwhatplace( 6 )

Down

1 Unmoving( 6 )

2 Prisoner'sroom( 4 )

3 Rigoperatiiive( 6 )

4 Greatachievement( 4 )

6 Clearlyvisible( 11 )

8 Quantityused( 11 )

10 Goodbye( 5 )

14 Placeofentry( 5 )

16 Norwaaaylobsters( 6 )

18 Sharpbend( 6 )

19 Homelesschild( 4 )

21 Signofboredom( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8407

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11

12 13 14

15 16 17 18

19 20 21

22 23

PRIGGISH BANG

E N U P G S A

REUNIFICATION

M I L K I N G

STUD ENTRIES

S E D N T

YOGURT CHEESE

N O N E R

OVULATE RATE

P A R L O U R

SOCIALSCIENCE

I H B O S I E

SEEM INIMICAL

Cell Blocks No 3975

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Polygon Set Square No 2764

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Moderate No 7392 Solutions

Killer Tough No 7393

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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The semi-finals of the 2020

Zimmermann Cup at the European

Winter Games featured four power-

ful teams, each with at least two

world champions. This was the cru-

cial deal in Russia v Gupta.

East’s double of 6♣ said, “Please

lead a spade, partner.” We st ,

Debbie Rosenberg of California,

replied, “Shan’t.” She led a trump.

The Russian declarer played low

from dummy and beat East’s

queen with the king. He crossed to

the king of diamonds, returned to

his ace, and ruffed his jack of dia-

monds (with the ace). At trick five,

he led a spade from dummy.

East, Naren Gupta, rose sharply

with the ace and led a fourth dia-

mond. Whether or not declarer

ruffed high, West’s eight of clubs

was promoted. One down.

It was a great trump lead by

Rosenberg. I’m betting declarer

would have made 6♣ if West had

obediently led a spade. East wins

the ace and (say) returns a (low)

y

spade. Declarer wins the king and

may cross to the ace of clubs

(felling the queen) and return to

yy

his♣KJ10, throwing hearts from

dummy. He has three red-suit

entries to dummy, two to ruff the

third and fourth spades and one to

enjoy the fifth. Slam made.

Perhaps declarer should have

made 6♣ on a trump lead too.

West would hardly lead from the

queen, so one option is to win the

first club with dummy’s ace (felling

East’s queen). He can now ruff a

y

diamond (low) and lead up a

spade, still holding♣KJ 1 09 to pre-

vent the trump promotion.

Alternatively, declarer can win

the club in hand, then cross to the

ace of clubs to lead up a spade.

East wins the ace and switches to a

diamond (best) but declarer wins

the ace, draws trumps, cashes the

king of spades and has the entries

to set up and enjoy dummy’s fifth

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Contract: 6 ♣ Dbled, Opening Lead:♣ 3

Dealer: North, Vulnerability: Neither

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1 ♠ Pass

2 ♣( 1 ) Pass 2 ♥ Pass

3 ♣( 2 ) Pass 3♦( 3 ) Pass

3 NT Pass 4♣( 4 ) Pass

4 ♠( 5 ) Pass 6 ♣( 6 ) Dbl( 7 ) End

( 1 ) North-South were playing “Two-over-One”

(a Two-level response is forcing to game).

(2) I must say I’d have bid 2NT. In Acol,

where neither 2NT nor 3♣ is forcing, South

has to choose between 3 ♦ fourth suit forc-

ing (technically best) or 3NT.

(3) Waiting bid.

( 4 ) North has a very strong hand facing

partner’s probable spade shortage.

Opposite♠x, ♥Qxx, ♦Axx, ♣KQJxxx,

6 ♣ will make, while 3NT may fail (when

the opponents can cash five spade tricks).

(5) Suggesting a contract.

(6) A tad optimistic, as North’s hand has

declined facing a doubleton spade.

(7) Asking for a spade lead, dummy’s first

bid suit.

S W N E

♠AQJ 2

♥Q

♦ 98653

♣Q

Teams ♠ 87543

♥AKJ

♦K 4

♣A

♠K1 0

♥ 65

♦AJ

♣KJ1097 6

♠ 96

♥ 9872

♦Q10 7

♣ 8543

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