The Sunday Mail - 01.09.2019

SEPTEMBER 1 • 2019 The Mail on Sunday
gET PUZZLINg!

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Try this mini-puzzle.

Answers next week.

WORD SQUARE

1

2

3

4

5

2 3 4 5

ACROSS

1    Slip

2 Of the tide

3 Correct

4 Subside

5 Failure

DOWN

1    Pilfer

2 Indeterminate state

3 Notions

4    Italian poet

5 Senior

How many words of four or more

letters can you make from the letters

given? Letters may be used only once

and the centre letter must be used in

each word. At least one word uses

all nine letters.

No words with capital, hyphen or

apostrophe, no verb forms ending

in ‘s’ and no plurals ending in ‘s’.

Answers next week.

BULL’S EyE

QUI ck

cROSSWORD

ARROWORD

Complete    the grid,   then    unscramble  the letters in  the yellow  squares to  reveal  a   film    director.   Answer  next    week.

TO ENTER: Text AWORD then your answer, name and postcode to 65700 (eg AWORD London John Smith W8 5TT). Texts cost £1 plus standard network charge. Or call 0901 292 5090 and leave your answer and details. Calls cost £1 plus your
telephone company’s network access charge. Lines close at 11.59pm on Friday. See today’s solutions panel for terms and conditions. Phone/text services Helpline: 0330 1000 601.

kAkURO

Fill    each    sequence    of  blank   squares using   the 

numbers 1-9.    Each    sequence    –   across  and down    –   

must    total   the number  in  the shaded  box at  the 

beginning   or  top of  each    line.   A   number  may be  

repeated    in  each    line    but NOT in  a   sequence.   

Answer  next    week.

13 11 8 3 15 18

14 17 5

10 7 11 9

3 23 12 10

22 14 13 16

13 11 5

14 12 3 21

5 14 16 6

13 9 9

kILLER

The normal  rules   of  Sudoku  apply.  In  addition,   

digits  in  each    inner   dotted  shape   must    add up  to  

the number  in  the top left    corner. Answer  next    week.

BATTLEShIPS

can’t

solve it?

win £100

FUTOShIkI

chESS

Here    it’s    clear   what    White’s target  is, 

but can you land    a   decisive    blow?   It’s    

harder  than    it  looks!

Our answer  on  the solutions   panel.

4 3

Each    line    across  and down    is

to  be  filled  with    the numbers 

1,  2,  3,  4   and 5.  The same    number  

cannot  occur   more    than    once    in  

any row or  column. Your    only    

clues   are the numbers given   and 

whether a   number  is  larger  (>) or  

smaller (<) than    the adjacent    

number. Answer  next    week.

Dithered

Climbed

down

Wheel

surrounds

Tropical

fruit

Talent

Expression

Noises

Knock

Gap

between

Rug

Tim _,

comedian

Summit

Foe Get up

Allow to

enter

Hoop Tier Jog

In favour

of

Eg a baby

grand

Doze

Season

Stair

Potato

snack

Boot part Certain

Not the

natural

colour

Clothing

scraps

Otherwise

Part of a

play

Brainwave Basin Devours

Had

courage

Honour

Not even

Gapes

Call Of

_ video

game

Too

Asian

country

Easter

objects

Ancestry

Allude to Feat

Plant

grain

Twin _,

cult TV

series

our handy hints at

http://www.

mailonsunday.

co.uk/puzzlehelp

will take you step

by step through

the process of

completing our

addictive sets

of puzzles

8 30 10 8 25

22 3

25 7

12 22

27

21

8

13 19

5 18

8

14 10 4 12 7

22 11

8 17

6

10

6

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Answers next    week.

hOW DID y OU DO?

Score the number of words that you found –

15 Good 20 Very good 25 or more Excellent.

Fit the coloured blocks into the square without rotating or
flipping them. The numbers covered by each block should
add up to the totals in the circles. There should be no
repeated numbers in a coloured block. Answer next week.

MENTAL BLOckS

Insert any digit from 1 to 9 in the
squares, so that the numbers in each

row and column add up to the given

totals. No digits may be repeated

within a row or column, and even

numbers must be placed in shaded

squares. Answer next week.

EVENS TETROMINOES

Using   the given   shapes, create  four    

four-letter  anagrams    by  dividing   

the  grid    into    sections.   You     may    

rotate  the shapes, but may not flip    

them.   Answers next    week.

13

27

16

29

14 16 25 30

K C K I

F T E L

A V P L

E N I B

L R

BT

I N

I L

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

a b c d e f g h

Find    one battleship, two cruisers,   three   destroyers  

and four    submarines  in  the grid.   The numbers to  

the right   of  and below   the grid    indicate    how many    

of  the squares in  that    row contain ships   or  parts   

of  ships.  The ships   do  not touch   each    other,  even    

diagonally. Answers next    week.

Battleship Destroyer

Cruiser Submarine

2

5

3

8

2

6

3

9

6

7

4

7

1

4

2

8

2

8

5

6

1

3

4

2

9

13

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21 21
1 2 1 4 1 5 0 5 0 1
1 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 0 2
ACROSS
1 and 8 Tolerant
attitude (4,3,3,4)
8 See 1
9 Sorry (8)
10 Military force (4)
12 Solitary
person (6)
14 School
avoider (6)
15 One of Santa’s
reindeer (6)
17 Dozes (6)
18 Idol (4)
19 Tall, thin person
(8)
21 Smelly (10)
22 Oak, for
example (4)
DOWN
2 Racist (10)
3 Compass
point (4)
4 Devoted fan (6)
5 Leave one’s
country (6)
6 Enjoyment (8)
7 Repudiate (4)
11 Handle
skilfully (10)
13 Biscuit
containing
almonds (8)
16 Band (6)
17 Slight trace (6)
18 Identical (4)
20 Mail (4)