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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 12 words, average;
17, good; 24, very good; 32, excellent
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DIR
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SEE E
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BW
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GNS
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1 North Sea 2 Branston Pickle 3 Colin Firth 4 Mary
Stuart or Mary, Queen of Scots 5 Fingerprints or ridge
patterns of the skin 6 Not the Nine O’Clock News
7 Brontosaurus 8 Amarillo 9 Leander, the lover of
Hero 10 Arthur Hailey 11 Tom Ford 12 Montana
13 Casimir Funk 14 Andrea Dovizioso 15 Sifaka
Kakuro 2761
Futoshiki 3802 Lexica 5524
Cell Blocks 3975 Set Square 2764 Lexica 5523
Suko 2994
Train Tracks 1146
Zampogna (b) An Italian
bagpipe played at Christmas
Zanjero (a) One who
supervises the distribution of
water through irrigation canals
Polemarch (b) A civilian
official in ancient Greece
Word watch
Chess — Winning Move
1 Scuba
2 Peruse
3 Malice
4 Piranha
5 Vagabond
Quintagram
Quiz
Easy 138; Medium 374; Harder 23
Brain Trainer
Yesterday’s answers
cist, cite, cut, cute, cutie, cutis, est, etui,
ictus, its, jest, jet, jit, just, justice, jut, jute,
scut, scute, sect, set, sit, site, suet, suit,
suite, tec, tic, tie, tui, ute
times2 CrosswordNo 8409 Brain Trainer
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+ 7 5 2 – 2 50 + 1 3 ÷ 6 + 350
(^11) / 2
OF IT
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EASY^9 x^9 + 63 – 5^6 DOUBLE WER
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÷ 4 TREBLE– 2 00 x 3
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HARDER 51 ÷^7 HALF OFF x^9 ÷^4 WER
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x 4 ÷ 2 – 53 + 95 – 367
Across
3 Marinefffish( 3 , 5 )
7 Empty( 6 )
8 —OfCancer;
—ofCapricorn( 6 )
9 Romanarmydiiivision( 6 )
10 Plaaayffful,humorous( 6 )
11 Ofunknownauthorship( 4 )
113 Measureofinclination( 5 )
15 Cryout;phhone(( 4 ))
17 Onboardashiporboat( 6 )
18 Relatingtosocialgroups( 6 )
19 Startingpoint( 6 )
20 Raisingofasiege( 6 )
21 Largefffish( 5 , 3 )
Down
1 Whalebone( 6 )
2 Fixedallowance( 6 )
3 Replacement( 5 - 2 )
4 Stockcontrolpattern( 7 )
5 Intenseelation( 8 )
6 Commonfffoodfffish( 8 )
11 Typeoftuna( 8 )
12 Remote( 8 )
1113 Greed( 7 )
14 Gameofchance( 7 )
15 VVVerycold( 6 )
16 WWWealthy;laden( 6 )
SolutiontoCrossword 8408
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S C O F
TACKLE ICICLE
A O L L O A
TANTALUM KNIT
I S D A S
CAPRI UNIQUE
I E N M
SCOUSE LIPID
U C E T O
WOOF ANYTHING
A U M A O L
INSTEP WHENCE
F I N G
Cell Blocks No 3976
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Polygon Set Square No 2765
Please note, BODMAS does not apply
Killer Tricky No 7394 Solutions
Killer Deadly No 7395
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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3344 ..QQuuiicckkaannddSSllooowwwwDDeefffffffffffeeeeeennccee
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In the quick defence, defenders
must win all their side-suit tricks
as soon as possible. Then what?
After the defence have taken all
their tricks outside trumps, it costs
them nothing to try to promote
extra trump tricks. They do this
not by leading a trump (if there’s a
y
natural trump trick to be had, it
won’t run away) but by leading a
suit in which their partner is void.
Even if declarer is also void, there
may be a trump promotion.
(A)
yy
West leads ♣K v 4 ♠, East
encouraging with♣ 8. West con-
tinues with♣Q (crucially), top of
two remaining, then♣ 4 to♣A.
Clearly, looking at dummy’s red
suits, the fourth defensive trick has
to come from trumps. But if East
leads a spade, declarer plays♠AK
and West’s ♠Q is felled. East must
lead her lucky 13th ♣6. Whether
or not declarer ruffs high, West’s
♠Q is promoted.
In (B) across, West again leads
♣K v 4 ♠ (East signalling with♣ 8 )
and continues with♣ 4 (crucially),
low from three remaining. East
wins♣A and returns ♣ 2. West
wins♣Q and, the only hope being
a spade trick, leads♣6. East ruffs
with ♠J, an “uppercut” and,
although declarer overruffs with ♠K,
West’s♠Q is promoted. Note, left to
her own devices, declarer would cash
♠AK, felling ♠Q and ♠J.
West cashed♠AK (East playing
♠ 9 -then-♠Q — playing ♠Q
under♠A means a singleton or
♠QJ). With all the side-suit win-
ners taken, at trick three she led
♠4. East ruffed with ♥ 8 and
declarer overruffed with♥J.
Declarer crossed to ♣A and led
♥2 to♥Q. West won ♥A and led
♠6. East ruffed with ♥ 9 and,
although declarer overruffed with
♥K, West’s♥10 was promoted.
Down one, via a lovely double upper-
cut. [email protected]
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3 ♥ Pass 4♥( 1 ) End
(1) In 3NT, partner will never win her hearts
for the lack of entries.
S W N E
♠Q
♥ 983
♦J 732
♣J9 32
♠J83 2
♥ 2
♦AKQ 5
♣AKQ 7
♠ 75
♥KQJ7 654
♦ 64
♣ 64
♠AK10 64
♥A
♦ 1098
♣ 1085
Dealer: South
Vul: Neither
N
W E
S
♠ 65
♥ 1082
♦ 9752
♣A8 62
♠ 32
♥AKQJ
♦AKQJ
♣ 753
♠AKJ1098 7
♥ 64
♦ 3
♣J1 09
♠Q 4
♥ 9753
♦ 10864
♣KQ
N
W E
S
♠J
♥ 1082
♦ 97542
♣A 82
♠ 32
♥AKQJ
♦AKQJ
♣ 753
♠AK10987 6
♥ 64
♦ 3
♣J10 9
♠Q
♥ 9753
♦10 8 6
♣KQ 64
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Sudoku 11,
Killer 7392
Sudoku 11,
Killer 7393
Sudoku 11,
Quick Cryptic 1721
KenKen 5084
Codeword 4092
1 Rxd7! Rxd7 2 Nc6+ Kb7 3 Ne5!
creates a mating net around the
black king and forces a decisive
material gain, eg, 3 ... Rd2 4
Ba6+ Ka8 5 Bb5+ (5 c6 also
works) 5 ... Kb8 6 Bc6 winning
11+306+6013x301x
6 x 60 12 + 35 10 + 28 12 x 35
11 x 30 5 + 62 13 + 30 5 x 62
1 + 83 10 x 28 12 x 26 12 + 26
43
84 280 38
310
312
330 67
390 83
360 47 420 38
41 66
Tetonor 91