Times 2 - UK (2020-12-03)

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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 13 words, average;

18, good; 24, very good; 30, excellent

  

 


  

 

 
 

   

  


 
 


 


  

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1 Prince George (of Cambridge) 2 Indira Gandhi

3 Warsaw 4 David Frost 5 Definitely Maybe 6 James

Tiberius Kirk 7 Steve McQueen 8 Kit Kat. It echoes

“kitto katsu” so Japanese students receive them as

good luck gifts during entrance exam season

9 Sting 10 Ben More 11 Polio or poliomyelitis

12 Sasa Stanisic 13 Eight 14 Jonny Wilkinson

15 Mohinga

1 Qe5+! Kg8 2 Rf8+! chases the

black king to its doom, eg 2 ...

Kxf8 3 Qxh8+ Kf7 4 Ne5+ Ke

5 Qg8+ Kf6 6 Qg6 mate

Vanitas (c) An artwork, esp a

still-life, acting as a reminder

of mortality

Wuther (a) (Of wind) to blow

forcefully with a roaring sound

(as in Wuthering Heights)

Afflatus (b) A divine impulse of

creative power

Kakuro 2797

Futoshiki 3838 Lexica 5596

Cell Blocks 4018 Set Square 2800 Lexica 5595

Suko 3037

Train Tracks 1189

Chess — Winning Move Word watch

1 Acre

2 Crest

3 Restate

4 Estates

5 Stateside

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 49; Medium 282; Harder 2,

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

bice, bier, bile, blue, ceil, circle, ciré, cleric,

clue, crucible, cruel, cube, cubicle, cure,

curie, ecru, lieu, lube, luce, lucre, lure,

relic, rice, riel, rile, rube, ruble, rule, ulcer

times2 CrosswordNo 8452 Brain Trainer

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MEDIUM 7 x^4 WER

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+ 35

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OF IT

(^777) / 151
OF IT
DOUBLEE
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Across

1 Longcrustyloaf( 6 , 5 )

8 Odour( 5 )

9 Expressionofdisgust( 7 )

10 Chinesecurrency( 4 )

11 Insidethebody( 8 )

113 Singleroom

accommodation( 6 )

14 Polararea( 3 , 3 )

17 Expectorating( 8 )

19 ((Offsparkkllingwine))very

dry( 4 )

22 Policesearchoperation( 7 )

23 Splitfffifffty-fffifffty( 5 )

24 Largeandclumsy( 11 )

Down

1 Fastidious;fffinicky( 5 )

2 Greengemstone( 7 )

3 Peaceffful,undisturrbed( 4 )

4 Goaaawaaay!( 6 )

5 Factspresentedincourt( 8 )

6 WWWastechannel( 5 )

7 Looseskinbelowthe

throat( 6 )

12 Fulllengthofarace( 8 )

1113 Nextto( 6 )

15 Italianbaroqqquecomposer((( 7 )

16 Seizequickly( 6 )

18 Visualrepresentation( 5 )

20 Topic( 5 )

21 Frontofthelowerleg( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8451

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7

8 9

10 11

12

13 14 15

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17 18 19 20

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22 23

24

DENIM LEGIBLE

E U A I R A N

LORGNETTE L IT

T E I A E T H

ANY FINANCIER

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MOVES ORIEL

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DUNGAREES MEN

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AGE INAUGURAL

T D O G A A O

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Cell Blocks No 4019

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Polygon Set Square No 2801

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Gentle No 7473 Solutions

Killer Tough No 7474

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 were fun and games on this

deal from a Tuesday afternoon

duplicate at ARBC (back when live

y

bridge was played).

The best E-W score came at

Table One, care of greed from

North defending 6 ♠. Declarer,

East, ruffed South’s ace of dia-

monds lead in dummy, crossed to a

spade and led the eight of hearts to

the queen (cleverly hiding his jack).

North won the king and would

have been well advised to cash the

ace of clubs. However, he hoped to

score both his ♣AQ over dummy’s

king. Declarer ruffed his diamond

return, crossed to the jack of

hearts, ruffed a diamond, and shed

his two clubs on dummy’s♥AQ.

Small slam made.

Kiril Delev secured the N-S top

at Table Two — with a courageous

5 ♦bid at adverse vulnerability.

West cashed the ace of spades and

found the great switch to the

queen of hearts. Declarer won

dummy’s king, crossed to the ace

of diamonds (West discarding), led

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the ten of clubs to the queen, led a

second diamond to the jack,

cashed the king (felling East’s

queen) and ran all his diamonds.

On the last diamond, We st,

unable to let go a club (promoting

dummy’s ♣A9), elected to throw

the ten of hearts. No good —

declarer discarded dummy’s nine of

clubs and led a heart. West won the

ace and led a club, dummy’s ace and

promoted heart winning the last

two tricks. Doubled game made.

To defeat the game in the ending,

West must discard the ace of

hearts, hoping his partner holds

the jack (with his winning spades).

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Contract: 6 ♠ (by E) , Opening Lead: ♦A

Dealer: East, Vulnerability: North-South

N

W E

S

♠ 6

♥K9 64

♦ 742

♣AQ 965

2 ♠( 1 )

3 ♦( 2 ) 6 ♠( 3 ) End

( 1 ) Weak Two.

(2) Technically, South should pass, as you

do not pre-empt over a pre-empt.

( 3 ) Loving his void, hoping partner’s values

are elsewhere, likely given South’s bid.

Table One

S W N E

♠ 2

♥ 753

♦AKJ9 653

♣ 102

♠QJ

♥J

♦Q

♣J

♠AK10 95

♥AQ10 2

♦-

♣K8 74

Pairs

Table Two

S(Delev) W N E

2 ♠

Pass 4 ♠( 1 ) Pass Pass

5 ♦ Dbl( 2 ) end

( 1 ) Put me down for a 4 ♦ splinter bid, show-

ing a slam try agreeing spades with diamond

shortage (East would sign off in 4 ♠).

( 2 ) Tempting to go 5♠.

Contract: 5 ♦ Dbled (by S), Opening Lead:♠A

Advanced

N

W E

S

♠-

♥ 96

♦-

♣A 9

♠-

♥ 75

♦ 3 (led)

♣ 2

♠QJ

♥J

♦-

♣J

♠-

♥A1 0

♦-

♣K 8

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Sudoku 11,

Killer 7471

Sudoku 12,

Killer 7472

Sudoku 12,

Quick Cryptic 1757

KenKen 5127

Codeword 4135