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MindGames
Fill the grid
using the
numbers 1 to 9
only. The
numbers in each
horizontal or
vertical run of
white squares
add up to the
total in the
triangle to its left
or above it. The
same number
may occur more
than once in a
row or column,
but not within
the same run of
white squares.Fill the grid so
that every
column, every
row and every
3x2 box contains
the digits 1 to 6© PUZZLER MEDIAKakuro No 2780
© 2010 KENKEN PUZZLE & TM NEXTOY. DIST. BY UFS, INC. WWW.KENKEN.COMFill the blank squares so that every row and column contains
each of the numbers 1 to 5 once only. The symbols between
the squares indicate whether a number is larger (>) or smaller
(<) than the number next to it.All the digits 1 to 6 must appear in every row and column. In
each thick-line “block”, the target number in the top left-hand
corner is calculated from the digits in all the cells in the block,
using the operation indicated by the symbol.
KenKenEasy No 5107 Futoshiki No 3821
© PUZZLER MEDIASlide the letters either horizontally or vertically back into the grid to produce a
completed crossword. Letters are allowed to slide over other lettersEvery letter in this crossword-style grid has been substituted for a number from 1
to 26. Each letter of the alphabet appears in the grid at least once. Use the letters
already provided to work out the identity of further letters. Enter letters in the main
grid and the smaller reference grid until all 26 letters of the alphabet have been
accounted for. Proper nouns are excluded. Saturday’s solution, rightCluelines Stuck on Codeword? To receive 4 random clues call 0901 293 6262 or
text TIMECODE to 84901. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. For the full solution
call 0905 757 0142. Calls cost £1 per minute plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm).Lay tracks to enable the train to travel from village A to village
B. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each
row and column. There are only straight rails and curved rails.
The track cannot cross itself.Mini Sudoku
Train Tracks No 1169
Lexica No 5561 No 5562
REWANRLSAODTOOAFDITRTLYSLTIVGOARLCCAYCLTDICECodeword No 4115
Winning Move
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White to play.
This position is from
Duda-Karjakin, Speed
Chess Invitational,
chess.com 2020.White generated a
ferocious attack in this
game thanks to an
early advance with g2-
g4. Classical principles
frown on such crude
methods but they can
be very effective. How
did White finish off?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 891011 1213 1415 16 17 181920 21 2223 24252627Across
1 Only egg-laying mammal
other than the echidnas ( 8 )
9 French port besieged by
Henry V shortly before
the Battle of Agincourt (8)
10 Kate ---, the BBC’s chief news
correspondent, 1989-2003 ( 4 )
11 Either of two zones of charged
particles around Earth (3,5,4)
13 Plant of the parsley family
with an edible taproot ( 6 )
1 4 Solid whose volume may
be expressed as πr^2 h ( 8 )
15 River flowing through
Bordeaux and Toulouse ( 7 )
16 Tom Stoppard play set
in a country house (7)
20 Ornate Moorish palace
in Granada, Spain ( 8 )
22 Bird once the annual subject
of letters inThe Times ( 6 )
23 Peter Gabriel hit with a
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25 Glam rock band fronted
by Marc Bolan (1,3)
26 Recipient of a Nobel prize “for
his discovery of the law of the
photoelectric effect” ( 8 )
27 Legendary land of gold (2,6)Down
2 Flamboyant US pop star born
Stefani Germanotta (4,4)
3 Celia Johnson’s Brief
Encounterr co-star (6,6)
4 Drifting marine
microorganisms (8)
5 Shakespeare character who
speaks the line: “If you prick
us, do we not bleed?” ( 7 )
6 Writer whose nonfiction
works include The Road to
Wigan Pierr (6)
7 All-time top goal
scorer for Santos FC ( 4 )
8 Administrative capital
of South Africa ( 8 )
12 Helena ---, actress who
plays Princess Margaret
in The Crown (6,6)
15 German pocket battleship of
the Second World War (4,4)
17 - -- (Yorks), constituency
represented by Rishi Sunak (8)
18 William Kennedy novel
filmed with Meryl Streep
and Jack Nicholson ( 8 )
19 Layered Italian pasta dish (7)
21 Smallest German state ( 6 )
24 - -- O’Brien, Irish author
of The Country Girls ( 4 )