- The Guardian Monday 2 May 2022
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Saturday’s
solutions
Killer sudoku Codeword
Easy
Medium
The normal rules of
Sudoku apply: fi ll each
row, column and 3x3
box with all the numbers
from 1 to 9. In addition,
the digits in each inner
shape (marked by dots)
must add up to the
number in the top corner
of that box. No digit can
be repeated within an
inner shape.Each letter of the alphabet makes at least one appearance in the grid,
and is represented by the same number wherever it appears. The letters
decoded should help you to identify other letters and words in the grid.
Sandwich sudoku
Killer sudoku 811
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guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846.Guardian cryptic crosswordNo 28,746 set by Vulcan
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1 Publicise artistic activity in fl yers
(8)
2 Food that’s topping served on the
base (5)
3 Pleasure after a sort of bath is
sweet (7,7)
4 What a toady does with a vacuum
cleaner? (5,2)
5 Shame about the inspector (7)
7 Repelled by new precious metal
in a chair (9)
8 One doesn’t enjoy being
clobbered (6)
9 Unnaturally large shadow, wildly
berserk concept (7,7)
15 Fetched by a dog? (9)
16 Regular periods, including a day
in Greek islands (8)
18 These not wanted after I saw
some attacking strokes (7)
19 Arsenal player given a giant
rhubarb (7)
20 They explode, as hospital fails
badly (1-5)
23 Unreal being fi ne and
insubstantial (5)Across
1 Praise pet that’s chewed a tasty
morsel (9)
6 In a while, a refusal from Nancy
(4)
10 Told to lift a cutter (5)
11 Be persuaded to visit (4,5)
12 Band’s crew is full of energy and
on the way (7)
13 Disease insects head off (7)
14 Why join the queue for Santa,
temporarily? (3,3,7)
17 Film made about 6 or 21 June?
(3,7,3)
21 With fi b, fail to move court offi cer
(7)
22 Knock-kneed fullback far from
totally indispensable (7)
24 Alter one’s address to earn
sympathy in the Commons (4,5)
25 One is accepted into jazz
threesome (5)
26 Singular fuss about soft drink (4)
27 They look cold-bloodedly at a fall
of the dice (5,4)12345 678910 1112 1314 151617 18 192021 22 2324 2526 27Cryptic crossword Easter specialThe winners of Can You Solve My Problems?
(No. 28,733) are: Patricia Bromley, St
Albans; D Fricker, Bexhill-on-Sea; Hazel
Ellis, Hemel Hempstead; Robert Hiley,
Harray, Orkney; Jill Leatherbarrow,
Bolton; Jonty Boyce, London; Antonina
Maj, Todmorden; Robert & Sally Foster,
Caversham; Mr & Mrs Nixon, Swanage;
Rev Jonathan Rust, Osterley.
The winners of Can You Solve My Problems?
(No. 28,739) are: John Thackray, Ipswich;
Tom Thompson, York; Tom Bradley,
London; R C Teuton, Frampton Cotterell;
M A Barker, Grimsby.
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