Times 2 - UK (2020-11-13)

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MindGames

© PUZZLER MEDIA

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 16 words, average;

22, good; 25, very good; 29, excellent

 
 


 



 

  

  

  

  



 

  

   

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FAR I

WBOG

AEG

DREARY

EM

HBOW

MOVE

RDH

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HEALER

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Kakuro 2783

Futoshiki 3824 Lexica 5568

Cell Blocks 4001 Set Square 2786 Lexica 5567

Suko 3020

Train Tracks 1172

Lava-lava (a) A Polynesian

skirtlike garment

Namma hole (c) A natural well

in a rock

Swivet (c) A state of anxiety,

confusion or excitement (US)

Word watch

1 Cynic

2 Truro

3 Myopic

4 As usual

5 Sideswipe

Quintagram

1 Flambé 2 Doctor [John] Dolittle 3 Horse 4 The Last Supper

5 Octavian (later Augustus). His foes, Cassius and Brutus,

committed suicide 6 The Price Is Right 7 Black Rod or Lady

or Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod — to hear the speech

from the throne in the Lords 8 Symphony No 9 [in D minor]

or the Choral Symphony 9 Mary Quant 10 Pamela Voorhees

(known in the film as Mrs Voorhees, Jason’s mother)

11 La Rochefoucauld or François VI, Duc de La

Rochefoucauld 12 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13 Tosa

14 Gymnastics. Aurelia Dobre won individual all-around,

balance beam, and team all-around golds at the 1987 Artistic

Gymnastics World Championships 15 The Magnificent Seven

1 Rd8+! Bxd8 (1 ... Kg7 2 Rg8+

Kh6 3 Qf4+ mates) 2 Qe5+ Bf

3 Qxf6 mate. In the game

White strangely missed the

point of his own play with 2

Qxd8+ and after 2 ... Kg7 the

game fizzled out to a draw

Chess — Winning Move

Quiz

Easy 100; Medium 27; Harder 77

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

abdicate, abed, abide, acedia, acid, adit,

aide, bated, bead, bide, bidet, cadet,

cadi, cedi, dace, dacite, data, date, debit,

debt, dice, diet, ecad, edict, edit, iced,

idea, tide, tied

times2 CrosswordNo 8435 Brain Trainer

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Across

1 Basisffforcheese( 5 )

7 Hospitalbedonwheels( 7 )

8 Newness( 7 )

9 Pillaredentrancewaaay( 7 )

10 Musicalstagework( 5 )

11 Enchant( 7 )

113 Colouringsubstance( 3 )

15 Muscleconvulsion( 3 )

17 Putinthewrongfffolder( 7 )

19 Formoffoxygen(( 5 ))

21 Essence(suchasvanilla)( 7 )

23 Strongfffeeling( 7 )

24 Airportarriiivalprocess( 5 - 2 )

25 Delicious( 5 )

Down

1 Harmony( 7 )

2 Showofsketchesand

songs,etc( 5 )

3 Programmeofstudies( 8 )

4 Sternorgloomy( 4 )

5 Manualdexterity( 7 )

6 Syntheticfffabric( 5 )

7 Putonpaper

mechanically( 11 )

12 StudyofGodand

religion( 8 )

14 VVVacated( 7 )

16 Inapuremanner( 7 )

18 Respondtostimulus( 5 )

20 Drugfffrompoppies( 5 )

22 Requests( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8434

1 2 3 4 5 6

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11 12

13 14 15 16

17

18 19 20

21 22

23

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Cell Blocks No 4002

© PUZZLER MEDIA

Polygon Set Square No 2787

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Moderate No 7442 Solutions

Killer Deadly No 7443

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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When dummy has only low cards,

third hand plays high. Really high.

Here are two analogous situations.

(A) Dummy

West ♣ 97653 East

♣Q1082 --- ♣AJ

Declarer

♣K

In (A), West leads ♣ 2 (v say 4♥)

and dummy plays ♣ 3. East must

not insert ♣J, perhaps hoping to

win a trick with this lower card.

How can playing♣J be right? If it

does turn out West has♣KQ

(unlikely — West would have led

the♣K), winning with

yy

♣A will do

you no harm (your partnership

have all the winners whatever you

do). You must win♣A, a classic

third hand plays high. When

declarer’s♣K falls, you know

you’ve done the right thing.

(B) Dummy

West ♥ 8762 East

♥QJ 1 04 --- ♥A 953

Declarer

♥K

In (B), West leads ♥Q (v say

4 ♠), top of a sequence denying

y

the♥K. Many Easts are reluctant

to play ♥A on their partner’s♥Q

and mistakenly play low (perhaps

y

an encouraging signal of ♥9).

Wrong — now declarer wins her

singleton ♥K. Even if declarer’s

♥K is not singleton, (eg partner

has ♥QJ10 and declarer ♥K 4 ), it

won’t cost to play the♥A on part-

ner’s♥Q. And if you need to

make an important switch, it

could be vital.

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West guessed to lead♥ 4 v 4 ♠ and

East gambled by playing ♥Q. Oops.

A grateful declarer won their bare

♥K and could now draw trumps

and cash the ♣AKQJ. Twelve tricks.

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After ♥4, ♥ 3 , it cannot gain for

East to play♥Q. After all, if We st

does hold ♥K,♥A and ♥Q are

equals. However, if declarer holds

♥K, possibly singleton, clearly East

must play♥A — third hand high,

really high.

When declarer’s♥K falls under

East’s♥A, they know they must

switch to diamonds, dummy’s

weakness. They cleverly switch to

♦J, just beating dummy’s highest

card, a Surround Play. Declarer

must cover with♦Q (or

y

♦J wins);

however, West wins♦A and leads

♦ 7. East beats dummy’s ♦ 8 with ♦ 9

and cashes ♦K. One down.

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Dealer: South, Vulnerability: Neither

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♠K 2

♥ 10653

♦ 1083

♣AKQJ

♠AQJ

♥K

♦Q 65

♣ 84

♠ 964

♥AQ 8

♦KJ

♣ 963

♠ 10

♥J9 742

♦A 74

♣ 10752

Contract: 4 ♠, Opening Lead: ♥ 4

1 ♠ Pass 2 ♣ Pass

2 ♠ Pass 4 ♠ End

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Sudoku 11,

Killer 7440

Sudoku 11,

Killer 7441

Sudoku 11,

Quick Cryptic 1743

KenKen 5110

Codeword 4118

11 x 16 10 + 20 6 + 27 6 x 27

11+166x213+312x

6+217+267x262+

10x203x319+169x

27

126

33 182 72

200 25 144

33 162

27

93

34 140

176 30

Tetonor 100