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QQQ Daily Mail, Thursday, March 5, 2020

The Mail is published by ANL, 2 Derry St, London W8 5TT.

QUICK CROSSWORD 8,479

WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION (No 8,478) — ACROSS: 1 Acacia. 4 Girth.

7 Backgammon. 8 Ugly. 9 Ashes. 11 Saucers. 13 Deadpan. 15 Bleat. 17 Gent.

18 Swear blind. 20 Earth. 21 Retain. DOWN: 1 Albums. 2 Clay. 3 Awkward.

4 Ghana. 5 Rum. 6 Hangs. 7 Blouse. 10 Hopped. 12 Secular. 14 Notion. 15 Baste.

16 Torch. 17 Gnat. 19 Err. SOLUTION TOMORROW

ACROSS

1 Fault or defect (11)

7 Opening

for coins (4)

8 Shut entirely (5,2)

9 Pose a question (3)

10 Turnip-like

vegetable (5)

11 Say again (6)

13 Vocalist (6)

16 Church table (5)

18 Donkey (3)

19 One in charge

of a dog (7)

20 Sound a horn (4)

21 Type of relative (11)

DOWN

1 Comfort in

distress (6)

2 Note group (6)

3 Fare receipt (6)

4 Woodwind

instruments (5)

5 Shipping

hazard (7)

6 Student’s twelve

month break (3,4)

11 Selfish driver (4,3)

12 Plant type (7)

13 Ancient

Greek city (6)

14 Snuggle (6)

15 Physical or mental

exertion (6)

17 Annoyed (5)

ENGLAND’S final Six Nations
game against Italy in Rome has

been postponed following an

intervention by the Italian
government.
In a bid to contain the coronavirus
outbreak in the country, all sporting

EXCLUSIVE

By CHRIS FOY Rugby Correspondent

TURn TO pagE 94, COL 1
«

++ England’s match in Rome postponed over coronavirus ++

++ Tournament chaos with doubts over France v Ireland too ++

SIX naTIOnS

FI naLE IS OFF

events in Italy have been suspended for
30 days unless they can be played
behind closed doors.
The Italian rugby federation (FIR)
and their RFU counterparts, along with
Six Nations organisers, had to hastily
consider whether to proceed on those
terms and last night they decided to
postpone the match instead.
There was no official announcement
last night, but financial factors are

SIR CLIVE WOODWaRD:

now scrap the whole thing

Page 94

Moment of

madness: Dier

climbs the stand

as stunned fans

look on TWiTT er/rex

InTO CROWD anD

COnFROnTS Fan aFTER

FURIOUS DIER WaDES

SpURS CRaSH OUT

Fa CUp

Fa CUp REpORTS

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