Daily Mail - 29.08.2019

Page 44 Daily Mail, Thursday, August 29, 2019

HIDATO

COMPLETE the

grid so that all

the numbers,

1 to 72, connect

consecutively —

horizontally,

vertically or

diagonally.

Hint: you

don’t have to

begin with

1 or 72. Working

on the

mid-numbers

might give you

a better start.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

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.

SOLUTION

TOMORROW

TRAIN TRACKS

PUZZLES PRIZES

FILL in squares in the grid

so each row, column and

each 3x3 square contains

all digits from 1 to 9. Each

set of cells joined by

dotted lines must add up

to the number in the

top-left corner. Numbers

can’t be repeated within

each set of cells.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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clues available between 00.01

today and 23.30 only.

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13 19 13 11 9 12 17

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1. In the mid-1970s, who
   wrote and recorded the
   song 50 Ways To Leave
   Your Lover?


2. Which landmark
   birthday will Prince Andrew
   celebrate next February?


3. What is the surname of
   Steph, the BBC TV presenter
   born in Middlesbrough
   in 1982?


4. What does a
   sommelier serve?


5. Golfer Ian Poulter
   is an avid fan of which
   English Premier League
   football club?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT

BACK PAGE

QUICK QUIZ

MINDBENDER

MASTERQUIZ

KILLER

SUDOKU

Banished

Birthmark

Season

Corrects

Throngs

Tennis shot

Shouted

Crescent

Bronzed

Begrudges

Calm

Delay

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

ALL the solutions read

clockwise around their

numbers. The solution

to clue number 1 starts

from the given letter.

HONEYCOMB

12 B

1 2 3 4 5 6

7

8

9

10

11

1. How long is an Olympic-size

swimming pool?

2. What was the title of the
   1960s TV comedy sketch show

written by and starring Peter

Cook and Dudley Moore?

3. The Republic of San Marino is
   completely enclosed by which

other European country?

4. Which 1979 film stars Phil
   Daniels as young 1960s Mod
   Jimmy Cooper?


5. Piers Gaveston was a
   favourite of which English king?


6. Which biplane torpedo
   bomber of the Second
   World War was also known
   as the Stringbag?

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

1. An after-school club has less
   than 100 children. They can

stand in groups of seven with
no-one left over. However,
when they stand in groups of six
there are five children left

over, and the same when they
stand in groups of eight. How
many children are at the

after-school club?

2. What connects bar, tea
   and sin?


3. Which astronaut may
   HANDLE A SPAR?


4. Which is the odd
   one out: Taiwan, Bali,
   Singapore, Zanzibar?


5. Starting with A, add a
   letter and shuffle to make
   a new word each time until
   you reach REANIMATE.

SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE

6d. Fixed, but cheated (7)

4d. Bad cop cleansed when

beaten by one (6,5)

18a. Box for visionaries, or is

it a drinker’s holdall? (7,4)

1a. Endorses scurrilous rag

for hybrid patches? (4,7)

13a. I was put out as one

stays awake (5,2)

1d. Spotting and ironing

out GCSE results (11)

9a. Aroma, in and around

Bucharest place (7)

8d. Crush what the letter

needs (5,2)

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PITCHERWITS

TM

ACROSS

1 Picture Clue

5 Social class, sometimes

said to be aside (5)

7 ABC is how elementary

it is (5)

9 Picture Clue

11 Maiden name to be

sneezed at? (3)

12 Sloppy soil from

Bermuda (3)

13 Picture Clue

16 Lemur, spin-dried then

sped off (5)

17 Divine food at the big old

house, say (5)

18 Picture Clue

1 Picture Clue

2 Plumage taken up

and made to shine (5)

3 Flier, in the middle of

disrobing (5)

4 Picture Clue

6 Picture Clue

8 Picture Clue

10 Cunning way to

express oneself (3)

14 They give you

the creeps in

garden

centres? (5)

15 Cisterns underneath

engines? (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Gas engine. 5 Coo. 6 Awe. 7 Rosebay. 10 Not. 11 Rattler. 12 Doc. 13 Spy ring. 16 USA.

17 Tis. 18 Foul mouth. DOWN: 1 Go astray. 2 Seer. 3 Gaze. 4 Easy access. 5 Cannons off. 8 Often. 9 Birdbath. 14 Real. 15 Guru.