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MindGames
Fill the grid
using the
numbers 1 to 9
only. The
numbers in each
horizontal or
vertical run of
white squares
add up to the
total in the
triangle to its left
or above it. The
same number
may occur more
than once in a
row or column,
but not within
the same run of
white squares.Fill the grid so
that every
column, every
row and every
3x2 box contains
the digits 1 to 6© PUZZLER MEDIAKakuro No 3180
© 2010 KENKEN PUZZLE & TM NEXTOY. DIST. BY UFS, INC. WWW.KENKEN.COMFill the blank squares so that every row and column contains
each of the numbers 1 to 5 once only. The symbols between
the squares indicate whether a number is larger (>) or smaller
(<) than the number next to it.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.
KenKenEasy No 5587 Futoshiki No 4221
© PUZZLER MEDIASlide the letters either horizontally or vertically back into the grid to produce a
completed crossword. Letters are allowed to slide over other lettersEvery letter in this crossword-style grid has been substituted for a number from 1
to 26. Each letter of the alphabet appears in the grid at least once. Use the letters
already provided to work out the identity of further letters. Enter letters in the main
grid and the smaller reference grid until all 26 letters of the alphabet have been
accounted for. Proper nouns are excluded. Saturday’s solution, rightCluelines Stuck on Codeword? To receive 4 random clues call 0901 293 6262 or
text TIMECODE to 64343. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. For the full solution
call 0905 757 0142. Calls cost £1 per minute plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm).Lay tracks to enable the train to travel from village A to village
B. The numbers indicate how many sections of rail go in each
row and column. There are only straight rails and curved rails.
The track cannot cross itself.Mini Sudoku
Train Tracks No 1637
Lexica No 6361 No 6362
WAEPLLULHYOARIASGPAUOMAOSEBREATERMPIASMSOXOECodewordNo 4595
Winning Move
General Knowledge Crossword No 130
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This position is from
Sadhwani-Dreev,
Rapid Championship,
chess.com 2022.White has been trying
to manoeuvre his way
into the black kingside.
He now found a way
to co-ordinate his
pieces and force a
winning endgame with
a clever combination.
Can you see how?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 1112 1314 15 16 171819 202122 23 2425 2627 28Across
1 Ale with a “noticeable hops”
flavour according to Camra (6)
4 Multi-Coloured ---, classic
children’s TV show (4,4)
9 Scottish and Irish folk music
and dancing event (7)
11 New Zealand city known for its
geysers and hot mud pools (7)
12 Claudio ---, great 20th-century
Chilean pianist (5)
13 Naturally magnetic rock (9)
14 Drink said to resemble a
friar’s habit in colour (10)
16 Pudding made from a starchy
palm-derived substance (4)
19 Double-reeded musical
instrument (4)
20 Distinctive three-star asterism
in the winter night sky (6,4)
22 Italian-born conductor who
released a host of popular
light music albums (9)
23 Painful muscle contraction (5)J IMLAKER APOGEE
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25 Man depicted on Bank
of England £10 notes from
1992 to 2003 (7)
26 Udon or soba, eg (7)
27 Fish of the genus
Hippocampus (3,5)
28 Sarah ---, Britain’s most
successful Paralympian (6)Down
1 14th-century Italian writer
of the Decameron (9)
2 Historic city near Germany’s
border with Luxembourg (5)
3 Greek thinker associated with
the pursuit of pleasure (8)
5 New Order single recorded
with the England football
team in 1990 (5,2,6)
6 Alkaline substance once made
by leaching burnt wood (6)
7 Yorkshire town where Agatha
Christie was found after her
1926 disappearance (9)
8 Author of Gormenghast (5)
10 Ancient location of the
Tomb of Mausolus (13)
15 Seafaring country of the
classical-era Mediterranean (9)
17 Bond film with Maud Adams
playing the title character (9)
18 Peggy ---, Oscar winner for her
role in A Passage to India (8)
21 Ravel piece used in a famous
Torvill and Dean ice dance (6)
22 Legendary king of Phrygia (5)
24 Larry ---, US harmonica
virtuoso (5)