Times 2 - UK (2020-10-26)

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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

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; 32, excellent

  



  

 



  


 

 

  


 

  


  

1 Dalai Lama 2 Herring 3 Egyptian hieroglyphics

4 HMS Pinafore 5 Laos 6 Cuba

7 Kelly bag — as in Grace Kelly 8 The Iliad

9 U Thant 10 Gloria Estefan 11 HelloFresh 12 Cajón

13 Victorio Macho. The sculpture is also the site of his

tomb 14 Laura Flessel-Colovic. She won five medals in

épée events 15 Cassiopeia

Mese (b) The middle

string of a lyre

Nithing (c) A villain or

coward who breaks a code

of honour

Piccadill (c) A high stiff

collar of the early 17th

century

Kakuro 2769

Sudoku 11,

Killer 7411

Futoshiki 3810

Cell Blocks 3985 Set Square 2772

Suko 3004

Train Tracks 1156

Word watch

Quiz

Saturday’s answers

afire, faerie, fain, fair, fake, faker, fakie,

fakir, fane, fare, fear, feria, fern, fine, fink,

fire, frae, frank, frap, frappé, freak, free,

infer, kafir, kenaf, kerf, knife, knifer, naïf,

paperknife, perfin, reef, refine, rife

times2 CrosswordNo 8419 Brain Trainer

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  CUBE ÷ 12
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• ÷ 15 – 138

Across

1 Permitauthorisingentryby

police( 6 , 7 )

8 Largeroom( 7 )

9 Soothingointment( 5 )

10 Longperiodofhistory( 3 )

11 Sleeper'ssupport( 8 )

113 Makelonger( 6 )

14 Passagetothelungs( 6 )

17 Bathhingcostume(( 8 ))

19 Nocturnalbird( 3 )

21 Shine;typeofpaint( 5 )

22 HomeoftheGreekgods( 7 )

24 Firmness,resolution( 1113 )

Down

1 Nauseated( 8 )

2 Refffusingtochange( 7 )

3 YYYoungwolforbear( 3 )

4 Intensityofemotion( 6 )

5 Oneliableffforcall-up( 9 )

6 Bookofmaps( 5 )

7 Rowww,level( 4 )

11 Madeassmallaspossiiible( 9 )

12 Bikeriders( 8 )

15 Shoutofexcitementor

joy( 7 )

16 Domeinaroof( 6 )

18 Entire( 5 )

20 Averylongtime( 4 )

23 Still;bynow( 3 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8418

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8 9

10 11

12

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17 18 19

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21 22 23

24

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K R I K E N I

UNKINDEST KIN

L S K O A L E

LOOK BUNKBEDS

M P T I I

SKEWER SNACKS

E E Q G H

THANKFUL KIEV

B S A A K C O

AUK BARRACKED

C E O K N E K

KOWTOWS TANKA

Cell Blocks No 3986

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Polygon Set Square No 2773

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Gentle No 7412 Solutions

Killer Tricky No 7413

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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Cluelines Stuck on Sudoku, Killer or KenKen? Call 0901 293

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Simon Stocken of Yorkshire sent

me this gem from India. Plan the

play in 5 ♠ on♥K lead.

How about this natural-looking

line? You win dummy’s ace of

hearts and draw two rounds of

trumps, finishing in dummy with

the king in order to lead and pass

the queen of diamonds, West dis-

carding. You cross to your ace,

return to a third spade in dummy

and lead the jack of diamonds,

ruffing away East’s king. Dummy’s

ten of diamonds is promoted ... but

you can’t reach it. You have to lose

three club tricks — one down.

It’s an annoying deal, for you

appear to have 11 winners — seven

spades, the ace of hearts and three

diamonds. However, communica-

tions are a problem; especially as

letting East win the lead (with the

y

king of diamonds) is clearly fatal,

East firing the jack of clubs

through your king.

As so often, the mistake came at

trick one. You must let West’s king

of hearts win the first trick. West

can do no better than lead a sec-

ond heart and again you withhold

dummy’s ace, ruffing in hand

(there’s a special job for the ace of

y

hearts, which cannot be done until

West’s spades are removed — can

you spot it?). You draw two rounds

of trumps finishing in dummy and

pass the queen of diamonds.

And now comes the really

clever bit. You cash the ace of

hearts and jettison the ace of dia-

monds (key play). You remain in

dummy (this is the crucial point)

yyyy

and can now lead the jack of dia-

monds for a ruffing finesse. East

(say) covers with the king but you

ruff, cross to dummy via the third

spade and can enjoy the promoted

ten-nine of diamonds, discarding

two losing clubs. You made the 11

tricks you started with — seven

spades, three diamonds and the

ace of hearts — but in a somewhat

unusual order.

You can perhaps work out the

winning defence. West has to start

with an improbable low heart. No

longer can you duck dummy’s ace,

for East will win the heart and fire

through the jack of clubs.

Don’t you love that trick on

which the two red aces appear?

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Contract: 5 ♠, Opening Lead: ♥K

Dealer: West, Vulnerability: North-South

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1 ♥ Pass 2 ♥

4 ♠ 5 ♣(1) 5♠ End(2)

( 1 ) Bidding his second suit to involve part-

ner over 5 ♠.

( 2 ) Tempting for East to bid 6♥ at the

favourable vulnerability given his singleton

spade — only one down on best play, losing

just a spade and a heart.

S W N E

♠ 8

♥J 109

♦K 865432

♣J

Teams ♠K7 6

♥A 43

♦QJ1 09

♣ 753

♠AQ 109432

♥ 2

♦A

♣K4 2

♠J

♥KQ87 65

♦-

♣A Q 10 9 6

Bridge Andrew Robson

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1 Rose

2 Shell

3 Salmon

4 Shocking

5 In the pink

Easy 20; Medium 612; Harder 37

1 Bxg6! fxg6 (1 ... Bxe2 2 Rh

mate is the first queen

sacrifice) 2 Rh8+ Kf7 3 Qf3+

Ke7 4 Qf6+! (the second queen

sacrifice) 4 ... gxf6 5 R1h7 mate

GRADGR I ND CAT

A L U D I H H

SPARS ITEMISE

M T O T N J

PROV INCE COKE

A E Y C O T

LOUISA SHAKES

A N T H E E

TOWN DECREP I T

A O A A U E

BOUNDER BYRON

L N D S I T I

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