New_Zealand_Listener_09_14_2019

62 LISTENER SEPTEMBER 14 2019

DIVERSIONS

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LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION

LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION

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MEDIUM HARD

Fill the grid so that every column, every row

and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Place a number from 1 to 9

in each empty box.

2. The sum of each vertical or
   horizontal block equals the
   number at the top or on
   the left of that block.


3. Numbers may be used
   once in each block.

BRIDGE BIDDING QUIZ SOLUTION

If South had passed, you would have said

only 3S. Now you have to decide whether

to pass or overbid slightly with 4S. Holding

a five-major is enough to make you lean

towards the overbid.

Awards: 4S – 10, Pass – 7.

CHESS SOLUTION

1 Rxf6+! Kxf6 2 Qb6+! Qxb6, draw by

stalemate.

10 QUICK QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1. True. That is according to a UN-backed
   report titled “Scientific Assessment
   of Ozone Depletion: 2018”.


2. Hale-Bopp.


3. Mary Decker.


4. Bob Hope.


5. Démarche.


6. Morgan Freeman.


7. Indonesia is fourth with about
   264 million people.


8. The masseter is located in the cheek
   area and enables biting and chewing.


9. Australia II.


10. Life in Hell.