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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

7958 3124

79832 5312

986 12 31

86 9314258

5132 13

21 2135

8915326 68

97 51 689

1279 46897

3198 5897

W EBB

OAFO

LUN

FANCY

DA

DORMER

S P

P A L A C E

Y A R

Y E A R

E T

T R I E D

1 28 Days Later 2 Nicholas II 3 Black Beauty

4 Electric eel 5 Camembert 6 Bayeux Tapestry

7 Nairobi 8 Federico Garcia Lorca 9 Taylor Swift

10 Phonetics 11 John Sullivan 12 Isaac Julien

13 University of Bristol 14 Kyoto 15 Julia Child —

in the 2022 TV drama Julia

Kakuro 3151

Futoshiki 4192 Lexica 6304

Cell Blocks 4443 Set Square 3154 Lexica 6303

Suko 3462

Train Tracks 1604

Word watch

Fusain (c) A fine charcoal

pencil (Collins)

Georgic (a) Relating to rustic

matters (Chambers)

Preconise (b) To announce

publicly (OED)

Chess — Winning Move

1 Merit

2 Garter

3 Canada

4 Thistle

5 Ordering

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 24; Medium 812; Harder 3,970

Brain Trainer

KenKen 5552

Codeword 4560

1 ... Qxe4+! 2 Qxe4 and now the

rook and knight co-ordinate

beautifully: 2 ... Rf2+ 3 Kh1 Rf1+

4 Kg2 Rg1 mate.

40 + 4 76 + 2 2 + 8 13 x 15

95 + 1 6 x 4 11 x 15 9 + 12

(^) 6 + 4 76 x 2 15 + 11 12 x 9
40 x 4 8 x 2 1 x 95 13 + 15
1 2 2 4 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 15 15 40 76 95
10 195
96 24 165 21
44 78
26 108
160 16 95 28
10 152
Tetonor 247
Yesterday’s answers
ado, aldol, doll, dollar, dop, dopa, dorp,
droll, drop, loa, load, lop, lor, lord, oar, old,
opal, oral, pallor, parol, plod, pod, pol,
polar, poll, pollard, pro, proa, prod, road,
rod, roll
times2 CrosswordNo 8877 Brain Trainer
Just follow the instructions from left to right, starting with the number given to reach an answer at the end.
ANSWER
EASY 13
ANSWER
MEDIUM^127
ANSWER
HARDER 224
x 4 + 8 75%
OF IT
SQUARE
IT

• 181 x 3
  x 7

• 71

÷ 2

/ 2

OF IT

+^1

+ 685 /^2

OF IT

1

+ 15

+ 48

• 232 + 775

/ 3

OF IT

+^1

/ 3

OF IT

1

÷ 4

+ 17

• 89 + + 889

+ 6

• 38 /^2
  OF IT

1

/ 8

OF IT

(^7) 75%
OF IT
Across
4 Block of metal (5)
7 Story teller (8)
8 Part of the eye (4)
9 Change location (8)
10 Foolishness (6)
13 Joined by treaty (6)
14 Margin of safety (6)
15 Avoiding work (6)
18 Grass cutter (8)
19 TImpatient desire (4)
20 Current affairs film (8)
21 Complete range or scope
(5)
Down
1 Resulting from closely
related parents (6)
2 In a quick tempo (6)
3 Bridge-like structure (6)
4 Not able to be assailed (8)
5 Wall scribblings (8)
6 Very hot and dry (6)
11 Frozen dessert (3,5)
12 Person bringing a civil
action in a court of law (8)
14 Mislaying (6)
15 Sudden inward flow (6)
16 Hang around (6)
17 Agreeably, delightfully (6)
Solution to Crossword 8876
T2 CROSSWORD No 8877
1 2 3 4 5 6
7
8 9
10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17
18 19
20
21
DEMURE AFAR
U I E B C R E
TONGA L IONESS
C O C O N U T
HERETIC SEDGE
C K U D
CANNIBAL ISM
F E U A
ASSET SATSUMA
M A T T I N G
INVOLVE METRE
L O E R E E N
YOYO ARARAT
Cell BlocksNo 4444
© PUZZLER MEDIA
Polygon Set SquareNo 3155
Please note, BODMAS does not apply
KillerTricky No 8252 Solutions
KillerDeadly No 8253
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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Five Instructive Themes

14. Declaring Trump Contracts
    (d) Delaying Trumps to
    establish a long suit
    You have a long card suit in dummy
    and want to establish it. If dummy’s
    trumps contain entries, you must
    delay drawing trumps or you will
    squander those vital entries.
    Dummy
    West ♠Q102 East
    ♠ 987 ♥AK432 ♠ 65
    ♥Q10 ---- ♥J987
    Declarer
    ♠AKJ43
    ♥ 65
    In the above 4♠ game (only rel-
    evant cards shown), you can cash
    ♠A, following with ♠2, but must
    play no more spades as ♠Q10 are
    both entries. Lead to ♥AK and
    ruff ♥2 (with ♠K — to avoid
    being overruffed). Lead ♠3 to ♠ 10
    and ruff ♥3 with ♠J. Lead ♠4 to
    ♠Q and enjoy ♥4, a length winner.
    On Deal A, you win ♣K lead with
    ♣A and count nine winners —
    seven spades, ♦A and ♣A. You must
    try to establish dummy’s fifth dia-
    mond and this will require four
    dummy entries — three ruffs plus an
    entry to return to dummy to enjoy
    the long card. You have four dummy
    entries — ♦A and ♠KQJ, provided
    you do not squander an entry by
    drawing even one round of trumps.
    At trick two, lead ♦5 to ♦A and
    ruff ♦2. Cross to ♠J and ruff ♦3.
    Cross to ♠Q and ruff ♦6. Finally,
    cross to ♠K and cash the long ♦ 7
    — your tenth trick.
    On Deal B, West led ♠A, East
    encouraging with ♠10, and fol-
    lowed with ♠K and ♠5, East ruff-
    ing. Declarer won ♦4 switch with

♦A and cashed only ♥A. She

could not afford a second trump, as

dummy’s lowly ♥4 was an entry.

She finessed ♣Q, cashed ♣A and

ruffed ♣2 with ♥Q. She led ♥6 to

♥K and ruffed ♣3 with ♥7. She

then led the carefully preserved

♥3 to dummy’s ♥4 and cashed

♣4, throwing ♦6. Ten tricks

made. [email protected]

Dealer: South, Vulnerability: Neither

N

W E

S

1 ♠ Pass 2♦ Pass

2 ♠ Pass 3♠ Pass

4 ♠(1) End

(1) Loving the seventh spade.

S W N E

♠ 7

♥K9862

♦KJ98

♣J93

♠KQJ

♥ 54

♦A7632

♣ 752

♠A986432

♥QJ

♦ 5

♣A84

♠ 105

♥A1073

♦Q104

♣KQ106

N

W E

S

♠ 104

♥J105

♦KJ74

♣J1087

♠QJ3

♥K42

♦ 93

♣AQ432

♠ 987

♥AQ9763

♦A6

♣ 65

♠AK652

♥ 8

♦Q10852

♣K9

A

B

1 ♠ Pass 1NT

2 ♥ Pass 4♥ End

S W N E

Dealer: West, Vulnerability: Neither

Bridge Andrew Robson

M I S E R R A A

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I N P A T I E N T S O W

N H L O T H

S P E A R H E A D R E

T R A V A M A Z E

I N E A R N E S T I Z

L E N E R N I E

Sudoku 13,132

Killer 8250

Sudoku 13,133

Killer 8251

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