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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 14 words, average;

19, good; 24, very good; 30, excellent

  


  

  


 


 


 
 

 


  


   

  

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PUPPY

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GRATE

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STORM

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RANK

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1 Glasgow 2 Genesis 3 American War of Independence

or American Revolutionary War 4 Tower of London

5 Fawlty Towers 6 My Way 7 Tim Vine — brother of

Jeremy Vine 8 Oasis 9 Canaan Banana 10 Staffa

11 Layla Moran 12 Kwame Onwuachi 13 Dimitris

Lyacos 14 Valerie Brisco-Hooks 15 Tarte tatin

Hautboy (a) An old name for

the oboe

Limicolous (c) Living in mud

or muddy places

Troll-my-dame (a) An old

game similar to bagatelle

Kakuro 2763

Futoshiki 3804 Lexica 5528

Cell Blocks 3977 Set Square 2766 Lexica 5527

Suko 2996

Train Tracks 1148

Word watch

Chess — Winning Move

1 Amen

2 Retro

3 Shrew

4 Black bear

5 Detailing

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 75; Medium 115; Harder 32

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

avocet, cave, centavo, convent, cove,

coven, covenant, covet, nave, nova,

novate, novena, octave, ovate, oven,

vane, vent, veto, vote

times2 CrosswordNo 8411 Brain Trainer

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• 75 + – 193

Across

1 Entranced;engrossed( 4 )

3 WWWestIndianisland( 8 )

9 YYYoungbird( 5 )

10 Partofaship's

superstructure( 7 )

11 Haircleanser( 7 )

12 Riseintotheair( 4 )

14 Temporarydischarge( 6 )

16 Disappear(( 6 ))

18 Practicalintelligence( 4 )

19 Aerialtransport( 7 )

22 Appearing(asathreat)( 7 )

23 Snap( 5 )

24 Caution( 8 )

25 Songofpraise( 4 )

Down

1 Mineralusedffforffflaaavouring

( 4 , 4 )

2 Red,greenorblue( 777 , 6 )

4 Inacarelesswaaay( 6 )

5 Coffffffeeserver( 7 )

6 Theatricaldevice( 8 , 5 )

7 Japanesewrestling( 4 )

8 Jumpover( 4 )

1113 Closureofff,eg,afffactory( 8 )

15 Hard-wearingfffabric( 7 )

17 Scotsdish( 6 )

20 Poorinquality( 4 )

21 Blemish,imperfffection( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8410

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8

9 10

11 12

13

14 15 16

17

18 19 20

21

22 23

24 25

D HYPNOSIS

TRIAGE O H M

A S N ABLAZE

TWITCHY B R L

B H O LAPEL

MANOEUVRED Y

R U S E R A

A GREGARIOUS

MOCHA G A R

O O R TESTBAN

EMBLEM N I L

B R L TICKLE

ANALYSIS Y

Cell Blocks No 3978

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Polygon Set Square No 2767

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Moderate No 7398 Solutions

Killer Deadly No 7399

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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There’s a lot of guesswork in

bridge. It’s a bit like playing the

markets — but not at all like play-

ing chess. Bridge is a game of

incomplete information.

When defending, you have a

partner who is on your side. With

every move she makes, she is try-

ing to reduce your guesswork. She

knows, as we all do, that the less

you guess, the less you guess

wrong. So give your partner as

many chances as you can to tell

you what to do.

A good example of this is delay-

ing winning an ace until your part-

ner has no more cards and can sig-

nal with their discard.

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West naturally led♠ 7 v 3NT, trick

one proceeding♠ 7 , ♠ 3 ,♠Q,♠K.

West knew declarer held ♠J

because East would have played

the cheaper♠J from ♠QJ. At trick

two, declarer led ♦J, winning, fol-

lowed by ♦7. West could see no

point in ducking his ♦A a second

time, as he could not prevent

dummy’s diamonds from winning

(♥A was an entry).

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Rising with ♦A, he sought to

put his partner on lead for a sec-

ond spade through declarer’s puta-

tive ♠Jx, and switched to the♣J. A

grateful declarer won♣K and

could now cross to ♥A, enjoy the

diamonds and return to♣A and

♥K. Ten tricks made.

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West does not know the correct

defence when he wins his♦A. He

therefore delays winning that card

until the third round, enabling part-

ner to make a signal with her discard.

East’s clearest discard is in

spades itself. Having earlier denied

♠J, the remaining unresolved ques-

tion for her partner is how many

spades she has left. With a remain-

ing odd number (as here), she dis-

cards ♠ 2 (low = odd, high = even).

West can now count that declarer

has only one spade remaining,

namely♠J. After winning his♦A,

he lays down ♠A, felling that♠J

and can now enjoy ♠ 1 084. One

down.

Note, if East’s hand was, say

♠Q62,♥9863,♦86,♣A953, she

would discard♣ 9 , flagging the

desire for a club. West would duly

switch to ♣J, whereupon East

would win♣A and fire through♠ 6.

Fatally for declarer.

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Dealer: North, Vulnerability: Neither

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W E

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♠ 53

♥A 52

♦KQ 10532

♣ 62

♠KJ

♥KJ

♦J

♣AK87 4

♠Q 962

♥ 983

♦ 86

♣Q9 53

♠A1087 4

♥Q10 4

♦A 94

♣J 10

Contract: 3NT, Opening Lead: ♠ 7

2 ♦( 1 ) Pass

2NT( 2 ) Pass 3NT( 3 ) End

( 1 ) Weak Two.

(2) Strong asking bid.

( 3 ) Maximum with a good suit.

S W N E

Bridge Andrew Robson

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Sudoku 11,

Killer 7396

Sudoku 11,

Killer 7397

Sudoku 11,

Quick Cryptic 1723

KenKen 5086

Codeword 4094

1 Rf4! g5 (forced to defend

against 2 Qxh7+!) 2 Be4! Rg6 3

Bxg6 fxg6 4 f7! and mates on f

5+124+182x402x

5x134+244x248+

2 + 16 4 x 18 5 + 13 5 x 12

3+272+403x278x

80 32

65 28 96 16

17 22

18 60

30 42 81 64

18 72

Tetonor 92