The Guardian - 29.08.2019

Section:GDN 1J PaGe:12 Edition Date:190829 Edition:01 Zone: Sent at 28/8/2019 18:57 cYanmaGentaYellowbl

• The Guardian Thursday 29 Aug ust 2019

12

Ye ste r d ay ’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

Killer sudoku decoded should help you to identify other letters and words in the grid.

Easy

Codeword

Guardian cryptic crosswordNo 27,912 set by Brummie

4 Exercised caution with Mike’s

poisonous plant (8)

5 Gold Coast’s heart and soul freely

accepts new government envoy

(6)

6 Not everything that was written

about game bird by conservation

body (10)

7 Determine position of Imbruglia’s

top ten hit, led by Gold (6)

8 An occupier of Eden Avenue’s

main block (4)

13 Unsettle sound stage (5)

14 Part of a line of harmonic

accompaniment about

to stop (10)

16 Might have an obligation to

reside in Porbandar’s outskirts (5)

19 Diet no-no, munched at this time

of day? (8)

21 City’s bishop about to restrict

those with conservative views (8)

23 Bush needs fi x under pressure (6)

24 Poor Cats actor fi nally gets

dressed in old corsets (6)

26 African country’s version of

takeaway (4)

28 Bite lip (4)

29 Old people blossom with one (4)

Across

9 Current takes rook circling wood

(5)

10 In the habit of being beaten? (9)

11 Storing spades and hose (9)

12 Supporter making one smile (1-4)

13 Approval of hair arrangement,

involving initially uncut

diamonds (7)

15 Look happy to get solution to

clue over (5,2)

17 Fool around near Gulf (5)

18 M1’s gender-specifi c crew (3)

20 In Mexico, the inclination for a

bender (5)

22 Old lover, smooth, fast mover (7)

25 Isolated fi gure to expose ‘fake

news king’ (7)

26 Desire for drink? No way, given

day and position (5)

27 Rare moth fl itting round home in

Yorkshire town (9)

30 Descriptive of a kind of monster

novelist: the Old Devil, for a start

(5-4)

31 That’s a surprise celebrity (5)

Down

1 They take in sarcastic comments

(4)

2 Working without pay? ‘Oh,

fl ipping no!’, Rex and Ray

snapped (8)

3 Decrepit old thing fails to start

music (4)

12345678

910

11 12

13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29

30 31

Medium

Solution No. 27,911

CABINETLAWSUIT

BTXS SIN

CASE ACCUSAT I VE

NMMH E U A

ADDSUP I NSTANCE

OLZS TU

KNOCKEDON V I SOR

OPO

POINT CHICANERY

DDP RA H

ADDITIVE NOTION

BTCNTRM

NAT I ONWI DE ASBO

LO IA EM I

OLDNICKINSPECT

Cryptic crossword

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