Daily Mail - 28.08.2019

Daily Mail, Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Page 37

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INSERT letters to form listed words, moving

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BOX 1: Which country has

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(pictured) played more than 90

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Germany (D)

Greece (B)

France (P)

BOX 2: What type of fruit is

used in the dish tarte tatin?

Plum (T)

Raspberry (G)

Dessert apple (I)

BOX 3: Which band had an

international hit single in 1982

with Pass The Dutchie?

Musical Youth (I)

The Selecter (K)

Bad Manners (E)

BOX 4: What is compunction?

Flattery (M)

Feeling of deep regret (U)

Craving (R)

BOX 5: Which cartoon

character is associated

with the words ‘I’m

hunting wabbits’?

Dick Dastardly (C)

Elmer Fudd (A)

Foghorn Leghorn (O)

BOX 6: What is the name

of Germany’s top

football division?

Eredivisie (F)

Bundesliga (L)

Ligue 1 (N)

BOX 7: Who plays

Vietnam veteran Walter

Sobchak in the 1998 film

The Big Lebowski?

John Goodman (V)

Jeff Bridges (S)

Steve Buscemi (W)

BOX 8: Petrograd is a former

name of which Russian city?

Moscow (H)

Volgograd (Y)

St Petersburg (D)

BOX 9: What does the adjective

corporal relate to?

Love (J)

Human body (Z)

Money (X)

Yesterday’s answer:

GEORGE EZRA (1G, 2A, 3O,

4E, 5R, 6E, 7E, 8R, 9G, 10Z)

Picture:

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TREK

WHO

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Apollo 11 mission’s command module (8)

9 The Negev Desert is in this country (6)

10 Nelson, three-time F1 world

champion driver (6)

11 Dish of rice, fish and eggs (8)

12 ____ da Vinci, Last Supper painter (8)

13 Dark purplish blue colour (6)

14 County that includes Sherwood Forest (15)

18 Local authority regulation (6)

20 John, former National Hunt

champion jockey (8)

23 Peggy, English stage and screen actress (8)

24 Japan, so-called Land of the ___ Sun (6)

25 ____ Onegin, Tchaikovsky opera (6)

26 Swiss dish of melted cheese on potatoes (8)

1 ____ Brown, first person born by IVF (6)

2 16th or 17th century French Protestant (8)

3 ____ dictum, passing comment (6)

4 Film trilogy starring Michael J Fox (4,2,3,6)

5 India’s main religion (8)

6 Bob, former Sky News channel anchor (6)

7 Tom, Platoon actor (8)

15 Greek hero, subject of a Homeric epic (8)

16 ___ ____ Army, founded by Cromwell (3,5)

17 Retailer of small wares (8)

19 Hannibal, killer created by Thomas Harris (6)

21 Toto song released in 1982 (6)

22 Just a ___ , BBC Radio 4 panel game (6)

SOLUTION TOMORROW

DOWN

YOU have ten minutes

to find as many

words as possible

using the letters

in the wheel.

Each must use

hub letter and at

least three

others, and

letters may be used

only once.

You can’t use plurals, foreign words or

proper nouns. Verbs ending in ‘s’

permitted. Clue for today’s nine-letter

word: Not in very confused list.

RATING: 10 words, average; 15, good;

20, very good; 25 or more, excellent.

SOLUTION TOMORROW

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WORD WHEEL

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8 9

10 11

12 13

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22

23 24

25 26

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