28 The Sunday Times May 1, 2022PUZZLES
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Each row, column and 3x3 box
must contain the digits 1 to 9.
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English Dictionary & Thesaurus.MEPHISTO (^3218) Across
1 Very large intelligence
service for East German
citizens (5)
5 Hearts sit back in
Inverness ground — that’s
trouble in Edinburgh (7)
10 Lawyer’s briefly right
behind drawing (9)
11 Diamond mentioned for a
pointer once (5)
12 One jolly good hour to go
round anonymous town (6)
13 Enclosure in county for
four-wheeled carriage (8)
15 Girl’s lines penned by
river (4)
16 Months to get case of
ecological wine (5)
17 Extinct reptile goes astray
in lax USA? Right (9)
20 Fossilized footprint
possibly neolithic (9)
22 Huge sea wave from the
east, those on edge off to
get a hand (5)
26 Not so many leaving with
old mate (4)
27 Child that’s tiny, also
mistreated — mother
expecting complaint (8)
28 No tips for unchanging
fare in Chinese outfit (6)
29 This guy is merciless,
leaving wife (5)
30 Slops put out in litres,
say (9)
31 Relations free from
restraint in all sections (7)
32 Society noisy about
wanting independence,
plump for Sturgeon (5)
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Across
1 Love child? (5)
4 Vole relative (7)
8 Concerning (7)
9 Expressive (5)
10 God (7,5)
13 A snip (5)
14 Codeine source (5)
16 Rip tide (12)
18 Karahi dish (5)
19 Charnel house (7)
21 Hindrance (7)
22 Seize (5)
Down
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Each number in the main grid can be formed by adding or
multiplying a pair of numbers in the strip below the grid. Each
pair of numbers should be used twice: once as part of an
addition and once as part of a multiplication. For example, a 10
and 24 in the main grid may be solved by the sums, 4 + 6 and 4
x 6, respectively. Enter each sum in the boxes below its answer.
Any blanks in the strip must be deduced, bearing in mind the
numbers are listed in ascending order.
123 45 6789
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reference. Readers are invited to visit Tim Moorey’s
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NAME ...................................................................................
ADDRESS...................................................................................
21 Person to be admired (5,3)Effects (13) ...................................................................................
3 Slope down (3)
4 Give ear (6)
5 Cinema patron (9)
6 Uncaring (13)
7 Great divide (4)
11 Polite term (9)
12 February birthstone (8)
15 Educate (6)
17 Border (4)
20 Aphorism (3)
POLYGON
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
21 words, average; 29, good;
37, very good; 45, excellent.
Each row, column
and 3x3 box must
contain the digits
1 to 9. The digits
within each group
of cells joined by
dotted lines must
add up to the
figure in the top-
left-hand corner
of each group.
Within each
dotted-line group,
a digit cannot be
repeated.
224 17 248 39
13 128 36 42
60 34 66 24
35 253 14 264
TETONOR MODERATE
Tim Moorey
1 Aunt Lucy is one of this fictional character’s few known
relatives (10,4)
8 “No , no breath, shall testify thou livest” (Romeo and
Juliet) (6)
12 Archaically, a week (2,5,4)
13 “Painting isn’t an operation; it’s a form of magic
designed as a mediator between this strange hostile world
and us” (Picasso) (9)
15 has the easternmost abbey on the Borders Abbeys Way (5)
16 Detention centre “treatment” promised as a future
government action by William Whitelaw in 1977 (5,5,5)
18 Composer of the operas Wozzeck and Lulu (5,4)
19 Of a rope, separated into individual strands (nautical) (6)
20 1976 comedic novel by Tom Sharpe (4)
23 Online communication platform with a logo called Clyde (7)
24 Incapable of being relieved or mitigated (13)
25 “I am at a stage in my life [...] where I am completely to
what I am as a writer” ( John le Carré) (10)
27 “Ha, ha! Give me to drink ” (Antony and Cleopatra) (10)
30 Mansion (pictured) used as the basis for Lara Croft’s home
in Tomb Raider films and video games (8,5)
32 , Oh Why was the B-side of Paul McCartney’s 1971 debut
single as a solo artist (2,5)
34 1992 Robin Williams film with Jamie Foxx in his film debut (4)
35 Word for “child”, ultimately from Latin “unable to speak” (6)
36 Like a mule or hinny (9)
38 Pantomime character based on a medieval merchant (4,11)
39 In old-fashioned informal speech, in disguise (5)
41 A kind of scheme that may be
associated with space, training,
or research (9)
42 1992 legal drama film based on a
1989 Aaron Sorkin play (1,3,4,3)
44 Palindromic name of biblical
prophet Samuel’s mother (6)
45 The town missing from this list:
Burslem, Hanley, Fenton,
Longton, Tunstall (5-4-5)
Across SUKO
CELL BLOCKS
Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the
spaces so that the number in
each circle is equal to the sum of
the four surrounding spaces,
and each colour total is correct.
1 Form of exercise also called an abdominal bridge (5)
2 Traditional Arabian long-sleeved hooded cloaks (9)
3 Painful condition known technically as onychocryptosis (7,7)
4 Opened in 2001, the Bridge is the world’s first tilting
bridge (9,10)
5 South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers (3)
6 First lady of the United States, 1945-1953 (4,6)
7 Australian host of the comedy talk show The Last Leg (4,5)
(pictured)
9 Filled with shock or horror (6)
10 Rapid transport system situated around Spain’s Ibaizabal
river (5,6)
11 Diacritic mark which is part of its own name in Czech (5)
14 European nation, 1992-2006, created and ended by the
break-up of nations (6,3,10)
17 The most popular scale used by British model railway
enthusiasts (2,5)
18 Hampshire town known as the home of the British Army (9)
21 Punk band founded and fronted by Dave Vanian (3,6)
22 / Day Tripper was the first UK single with two
A-sides (2,3,4,2,3)
26 1960 Everly Brothers single, their first for Warner
Brothers (6,5)
28 Colloquially, suffered humiliation (3,4)
29 Cheshire motor racing circuit, home of the F1
non-championship International Gold Cup event in the
1950s and 1960s (6,4)
31 ITV series whose theme song was performed by lead actor
Nick Berry (9)
33 Boxer Tyson Fury currently lives
in this northern seaside town (9)
37 In Hinduism, the heaven
presided over by Indra (6)
38 Intensity of emotion;
complexity of thought (5)
40 Catlike relative of the civet (5)
43 Rod Hull’s violent sidekick on
1970s and 1980s TV (3)
Down
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.
2 French way, we hear, to
dig in leafy veg (7)
3 Give in return (5)
4 Fugitive prisoner trying
on false beards (9)
5 Flood turning brook
periodically into a river (7)
6 Someone devout executed
for theft (5)
7 War campaign loot mostly
raised with crude oil (9)
8 Charge one guinea to visit
an island (7)
14 Make acceptable rugs with
a synthetic fur (5-4)
15 Surround PM, once
ordered by a bodyguard (9)
17 In tanning area, drop cap
and loosen tie (7)
18 On deck giving
satisfaction (7)
19 Unpleasant chart topper
going on a bit (7)
21 Kid that’s hot drinks
noisily (5)
23 Figures going up and
down (5)
Down
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KENKEN
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.
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ADDRESS...................................................................................
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1 Binge drinking’s ending in
Conservative leader being
axed (4)
4 Be daft and get hot playing
with a cat (3,3,4)
9 University dons prepare
for pressure (6)
10 Beam securing more
diseased ribbing (8)
11 Part in Macbeth and
someone generous (8)
12 Times Review originally
provided papers in three
parts (6)
13 In 0.999 where one 9 is
irrelevant (6,3,5)
16 7/10 for one dirty side’s
outside right (6,8)
20 Spirit, primarily rum, in
medium strength
vermouth (6)
22 Daily Times cryptic used in
treatment of OCD (8)
24 Wrongly assume a town
lacks aspiration (8)
25 A river Earth’s no longer
in shock about (6)
26 On a river, the fertile area
missing a high point (10)
27 Staunch supporter of
bloomers (4)
Across
Down
1 Jaguars seen in parts of
pound (6)
2 One is able to get below
splinter, thin wooden
strip (9)
3 Henry finally cracked
latest secret procedure (7)
4 Joins up for respect as
before (5)
5 Swallow almost over
meadow looks up for a
kestrel (7)
6 Bit of trouble with slightly
indecent lady (5)
7 Quiet member of secret
US fraternity for friendly
chat (7)
8 What’s up with flipping
endless junk mail? Very
much (5)
9 The Crown dropped very
harmful alcohol (5)
14 Spouts about university
protest? That’s the
wordplay! (9, three words)
17 Pass on advice for putting
out dip (7, two words)
18 With a change of
direction, young women
become hunting guides (7)
19 Short match covered in
one language (7)
21 Peevish All Blacks briefly
involved in brawl (6)
22 Brazilian racer seen in
Tuscan town (5)
23 Term for stubborn fellow
supporting nothing? (5)
24 Sow’s first once was called
a slip (5)
25 See less hard frosty
periods in Shetland seed
times (5)
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