Page 48 Daily Mail, Thursday, March 5, 2020
hidato
CoMplete the
grid so that all
the numbers,
1 to 60, connect
consecutively —
horizontally,
vertically or
diagonally.
Hint: you
don’t have to
begin with
1 or 60. 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
need a clue? Call 0901 293
6238 or text KilleR to 65700
and receive four clues to
today’s puzzle. Calls and texts
cost £1 plus your standard
network charges. Today’s
clues available between 00.01
today and 23.30 only.
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pitcherwits — the
exciting puzzle where
some of the answers
are in pictures! the
solutions to the visual
clues fit into the shaded
spaces on the grid.
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- In which decade did
American author John
Steinbeck write the
novella Of Mice and Men? - In Roman numerals,
which number is
represented by LXXX? - What is the name of the
new album by Canadian
singer Justin Bieber? - How many vowels
are there in the second
row of letters on a
QWERTY keyboard? - Nicknamed The Millers,
Rotherham United Football
Club currently play in
which English division?
Solution: pullout
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quiCK quiz
miNdbeNdeR
maSteRquiz
KilleR
SudoKu
package
Devastate
Car port
painter
peak
Wine bottle
Joined
Carved
Disfigure
Motor home
Rubbish
Flexible
Solution: pullout back page
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10.
11.
12.
all the solutions read
clockwise around their
numbers. the solution
to clue number 1 starts
from the given letter.
hoNeyComb
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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10
11
- The city of York is located at the
confluence of which two rivers? - Who was captain of the
German FIFA World Cup final
losing team in 1966? - What part of the body is
protected by a piece of armour
called a poleyn?
4. Which player scored the only
try in England’s recent Calcutta
Cup win over Scotland?
5. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet,
the line ‘The lady doth protest
too much, methinks’ is spoken by
which character?
6. What symbol was adopted in
1773 as the hallmark of silver
made in Birmingham?
Solution: pullout back page
- Mona and AJ have bought
three times as many Lil Rascal
albums between them as Kevin,
who has bought half as many as
Esme. If the four of them have
bought thirty Lil Rascal albums
altogether, and AJ has bought
one more than Mona, how
many has AJ bought? - What connects Watteau,
sweep and chapel?
3. Which recently appointed
Cabinet member may be
MINDING A LLAMA?
4. Which of the following words
is the odd one out: merlin,
caracara, kestrel, osprey?
5. Starting with A, add a
letter and shuffle to make a
new word each time until you
reach STATESIDE.
Solution: pullout
back page
5d. Be virtually a burden to
poor characters (6,4)
2d. An aphid becoming a
little swimmer (7)
17a. Hatches treatment went
bad (not on purpose) (6,4)
1a. Stroppy girl gets bolder
in hot dog environment (6,4)
11a. Ideal he could break with
a fib to come? (3,5)
1d. ‘Sub’ railway going through
lichen-covered barn (6,4)
9a. Americas’ weld, worn
out (3,5)
10d. Lord to make a bid for
the Dodo (3,4)
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PitCheRwitS
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ACROSS
1 Picture Clue
6 They say a window can
give you a twinge (4)
7 Google’s sticky
beginnings (3)
8 Near the old ‘Nightingale’
front (4)
9 Picture Clue
11 Picture Clue
14 Girl’s fellow is talk of ‘The
Archers’ (4)
15 Stunning backdrop for
Hazel (3)
16 Against a piece of
circumstantial
evidence (4)
17 Picture Clue
1 Picture Clue
2 Picture Clue
3 Irene went in to
make it fresh (5)
4 Regal, but up to
getting the beer! (5)
5 Picture Clue
10 Picture Clue
12 Extraordinary
piece has more
to offer (5)
13 With ear to
environment
of pump (5)
YeSteRdaY’S Solution — aCRoss: 1 Non-stick pan. 5 Drops by. 9 Heed. 10 Dido. 11 Nehru. 12 Olio. 13 Even. 14 Serfdom.
16 Overbalance. DoWN: 1 North Borneo. 2 Nod. 3 Pry. 4 Newborn babe. 6 Red nose. 7 Push off. 8 Be due to. 14 She. 15 Men.