The Sunday Mail - 01.09.2019

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The Mail on Sunday SEPTEMBER 1 • 2019
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Find the familiar phrase, name or saying in the
letters or symbols. Readers are invited to send in
Dingbats to The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451,
Norwich NR7 7NR. There is a £10 book token for
each one published. Check out the website at
dingbats.net. Answers on today’s solutions panel.

DIN gBATS



  1. From Susie Roswell,
    Ormesby
    2. From Geoff Maughan,
    West Byefleet

  2. From Carl Williamson,
    Largs

  3. From D. Clothier,
    Clevedon


KEN K EN


Fill the squares with numbers 1-6
so that each number appears
once in each row and column. The
number must also produce the
result in the top left of each area


  • multiply, add up, subtract or
    divide. Numbers may be repeated
    within an area.
    Answer next week.


STATION A

STATION C

STATION D

STATION B

START=


+134

12

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+576

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x 0.4 C to D=

–199

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+32

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legs
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for some

A-B=39, B-C=47, C-D=845.

BrAIN


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RATINGS: Good – from A to B in 30 seconds. Very good – B to C in 30 seconds or A to C in 50 seconds.
Excellent – C to D in 30 seconds, B to D in 50 seconds or A to D in 75 seconds. Outstanding – A to D in 60 seconds.


Run along our mental arithmetic train track to see how far you can get – and how long you
take to get there! There are four station stops, A, B, C and D. You can start at A, B, or C and
stop at B, C or D. From your chosen starting point, drive through the instructions to your
destination. Write your answer at each stop, then start again with the first number after the
station. Answers on today’s solutions panel.

QUICK SUDoKU


MEDIUM


Complete grids with numbers 1 to 9 so each row, column
and 3x3 block contains the numbers 1 to 9 used only once.

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BArE BoNES


Our Bare Bones Crossword is unique because you have to complete
the grid – numbers and squares – as well. We have inserted four black
squares and four clue numbers to get you going. The crossword has a four-
way symmetry: both top and bottom and left and right match, so you can fill
in 12 more squares straight away.

win A COlliNS e NgliSh DiCTiONARY AND
TheSAuRuS SeT, AND A BRADFORD’S
CROSSWORD SOlveR’S DiCTiONARY

DITLoIDS
Can you work out what the initials stand for below?
For example, 7 D of the W = 7 days of the week.
Answers on today’s solutions panel.

win £100


1    1919: S of the T of V
2 The H of the 7 G by NH
3 660 F in a F

TO ENTER: Text PRIZE
followed by your answer
(3 shaded squares read
top to bottom), name and
postcode to 65700. Texts cost
£1 plus your standard network
charge. Or call 0901 292
5088 and leave your answer
and details. Calls cost £1 plus
your telephone company’s
network access charge.
Entries will be accepted until
11.59pm on Friday. See today’s
solutions panel for terms and
conditions.
Phone/text services Helpline:
0330 1000 601. August 11
winner: Maureen Wallis, of
Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
This week’s solution will be
published next week and the
winner’s name on Sunday,
September 22.

4 A 110th S by BW
5 A C P is 22 Y L
6 C E of the 3rd K

There is a prize of a Collins English Dictionary and Thesaurus set, and a Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary. Send your
solution to: Bare Bones Puzzle No 907, The Mail on Sunday, PO Box 3451, Norwich NR7 7NR. Entries must arrive by Friday,
September 6 (photocopies not accepted). The winner’s name will be published on September 22 from the first correct entry drawn.
Winner of Bare Bones No 904: Mr Ray Pearce, of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.

SUMMIT Up


If the
number in
each
triangle is
the sum of
the two
below, what
is the top
number?
Answer next
week.

1 Lubricant

2 Earth

3 Storage towers

4 Ruins

5 Skids

6 Speech defect

7 Rim

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Answer each
clue so that
every word
contains the
same letters as
the previous
word, plus or
minus one.
Answer next
week.

WorD BUILDEr
Place the tiles into the grid so that four different
numbers and four different shapes appear in each
row and column. Answer next week.

KEIJo


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4


6


8


9


8


9


4


6


7


7


2


5


5


9


3


4


8


5


3


1


6


1


9


6


5


9 1 7 2 6 5


5 4 2 8 6 2 5 4


5


8


1


2


5


3


5


2


7


4


6


8


1


2


7


6


3


9


9


5


1


7


6


3


3


8


2


4


HArD


6


1


9


7


6


1


5


8


9


7


8


2


8


2


9


6


7


2


4


1


9


1


5


3


4


2


5


7


22

18

12

3

1


2 3


2


1


3


4


3 4


4


1 1 2


4


2


3


Answers on today’s solutions panel.
pUB QUIZ

1 MoVIES:
In how many films
directed by Alfred
Hitchcock did James
Stewart appear?
2 MUSIC: Which
17-year-old’s album,
When We All Fall Asleep,
Where Do We Go?,
debuted at No 1 in the UK
albums chart in 2019?
3 TV & rADIo:
Raymond Baxter was
the original host of which
long-running BBC show,
first broadcast in 1965?
4 SporT:
Which South African
golfer was the first
international player
to win the US Masters?

5 SCIENCE:
Haematite, magnetite and
siderite are ores of which
metallic chemical element?
6 HISTorY:
Sir Arthur Evans
is best known
for his archaeological
excavations of the Minoan
palace of Knossos
on which Greek island?
7 NATUrE:
Also known as the scaly
anteater, what is the only
mammal to be completely
covered with scales?
8 ArT:
Which school of art and
architecture was founded
in 1919 by Walter Gropius
in Weimar, Germany?

9 WorDS:
What is the meaning
of the word orchil?
a) A dye, b) A flower,
c) A beetle.
10 B rITAIN:
Which river flows
through the towns
of Buckingham,
Huntingdon, St Ives,
Bedford and King’s
Lynn?
11 THIS YEAr:
Which Dutch actor,
who starred in the
1986 film The Hitcher,
died on July 19?
12 poT LUCK:
Which 20th Century
US president had the
middle name Milhous?

    Across
1 Nothing out
of the ordinary,
for a swamp (Two
words, hyphenated)
9 Stew ingredient
gets a complaint
10 Fruit that’s round,
as it happens
11 In Newcastle area,
round number
12 Support bishop
with a great deal
of noise
13 A fake journalist
is full of remorse
14 Change the name
for most potent
greenhouse gas

17 Drink and diamonds
affected date
(Two words)
21 The crumpet acquired
some colour
22 A vine somehow
turned green
23 Religious leader has
new aim – get married
24 Dealer’s slip involved
canvas shoes
Down
2 Wrong of our chiefs
to come up with 9 to 5
(Two words)
3 Inclination for small
and big stride
4 Raid carried out in
the absence of water

5 Item of clothing turned
red on ship
6 Ordinary soldiers
flanked Iran, as
ordered (Three words)
7 Put up with a great
constellation
8 Formerly found
in prison cell
15 Every ache was
given treatment
16 Train in January with
stealthy fighter
18 Caught spool
in a basket
19 Test set in hexameters
20 Dishonest person
has left with
air-conditioning

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