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The Observer

25.08.19

Puzzles

Everyman crossword No. 3,802 Sudoku classic

SOLUTION No. 3,801

Fill in the blank cells

using the numbers

1 to 9.

Each number must

appear just once in

every row, column and

3x3 box.

Across

1 French pair with James Brown classic,
shaking rear-ends: a theatrical
device (4,2,7)

8 Greedy, demanding star fl ipped (4)

9 Sweet caught by hacking at tree? (7,3)

10 English fi nanciers beheaded
communist (6)

11 Originally Byzantium, a sunlit resort? (8)

12 Draws symbol involving face of Malcolm
X (5,4)

16 ‘By ear?’ ‘By ear.’ ‘By mouth!’ (4)

17 Siberian city? No time for Siberian
city! (4)

18 Group chant, ganglions atingle (9)

23 Von Rompuy etc’s sad bleatings wasting
time (8)

24 Clumsy poetic angler might announce
this (6)

26 Style of gown with crumpled ermine
pile (6-4)

27 Money invested in neuroscience (4)

28 Come to our gigs: dancing and a bit of
philosophy (6,4,3)

Down

1 Morse, say, imbibing a French drink,
reveals genius (2,5)

2 One from France superior to two from
Italy? Inappropriate (5)

3 Old-time Catholic customs, off ering
indulgences (7)

4 Leaderless regiment bungled
encounter (7)

5 Feature with topaz, vacuous fl oral
design (6)

6 Largely popular offi cer (2,7)

7 Typical: USA messed up twice, then

left (2,5)

13 Relaxed with a piece of cake before

departure (4-5)

14 Ionise oddly, creating connections (3)

15 In turn, oddly missing sister (3)

17 Candid note about amateur attempt to

amuse (4-3)

19 Encourage erection of Ulster steeple (7)

20 Travel on horse, holding poem, to deliver

brick (4,3)

21 Casinos: Trump taking a cut; it’s

bogus (7)

22 PM with outfi t, they say, to achieve

success (4,2)

25 Clears ice, reportedly (5)

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Everyman No. 3,800 winners

Ian Gillett, London SE25

Marjorie Smith, Skipton

Mr R Green, Llangynidr, Crickhowell

Linda Davidson, London SW6

M Gray, Bristol

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Photography

Your pictures of...

Appetite

Each Sunday we run a selection
of contributions from a weekly
themed photography assignment.
Next theme: brilliant (to appear
1 September). Share your photos
of what ‘brilliant’ means to
you at gu.com/ONR by 10am
on Wednesday 28 August. The
winners will be published in print
next Sunday.

1 ‘White-tailed deer in Bushy Park,
London.’ Idalina Robinson

2 ‘My granddaughter Anna, nine,
with one of many ice-creams
consumed this summer.’
Andy Kershaw

3 ‘A ground squirrel sitting in the
shade of its own tail in the Kalahari.’
Chris Leggatt

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