Times 2 - UK (2020-10-14)

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MindGames

© PUZZLER MEDIA

Divide the grid

into square or

rectangular

blocks, each

containing one

digit only. Every

block must

contain the

number of cells

indicated by the

digit inside it.

Enter each of

the numbers

from 1 to 9 in

the grid, so that

the six sums

work. We’ve

placed two

numbers to get

you started.

Each sum

should be

calculated left

to right or top

to bottom.

From these letters, make words of

four or more letters, always including

the central letter. Answers must be in

the Concise Oxford Dictionary, excluding

capitalised words, plurals, conjugated

verbs (past tense etc), adverbs ending

in LY, comparatives and superlatives.

How you rate 12 words, average;

17, good; 24, very good; 32, excellent

  



 

  


 

  

  


 

  

  

 
 

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AIRWAY

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SEE E

HURN

BW

RUSE

GNS

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FOURTH

1 North Sea 2 Branston Pickle 3 Colin Firth 4 Mary

Stuart or Mary, Queen of Scots 5 Fingerprints or ridge

patterns of the skin 6 Not the Nine O’Clock News

7 Brontosaurus 8 Amarillo 9 Leander, the lover of

Hero 10 Arthur Hailey 11 Tom Ford 12 Montana

13 Casimir Funk 14 Andrea Dovizioso 15 Sifaka

Kakuro 2761

Futoshiki 3802 Lexica 5524

Cell Blocks 3975 Set Square 2764 Lexica 5523

Suko 2994

Train Tracks 1146

Zampogna (b) An Italian

bagpipe played at Christmas

Zanjero (a) One who

supervises the distribution of

water through irrigation canals

Polemarch (b) A civilian

official in ancient Greece

Word watch

Chess — Winning Move

1 Scuba

2 Peruse

3 Malice

4 Piranha

5 Vagabond

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 138; Medium 374; Harder 23

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

cist, cite, cut, cute, cutie, cutis, est, etui,

ictus, its, jest, jet, jit, just, justice, jut, jute,

scut, scute, sect, set, sit, site, suet, suit,

suite, tec, tic, tie, tui, ute

times2 CrosswordNo 8409 Brain Trainer

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  x 4 ÷ 2 – 53 + 95 – 367
  Across
  3 Marinefffish( 3 , 5 )
  7 Empty( 6 )
  8 —OfCancer;
  —ofCapricorn( 6 )
  9 Romanarmydiiivision( 6 )
  10 Plaaayffful,humorous( 6 )
  11 Ofunknownauthorship( 4 )
  113 Measureofinclination( 5 )
  15 Cryout;phhone(( 4 ))
  17 Onboardashiporboat( 6 )
  18 Relatingtosocialgroups( 6 )
  19 Startingpoint( 6 )
  20 Raisingofasiege( 6 )
  21 Largefffish( 5 , 3 )
  Down
  1 Whalebone( 6 )
  2 Fixedallowance( 6 )
  3 Replacement( 5 - 2 )
  4 Stockcontrolpattern( 7 )
  5 Intenseelation( 8 )
  6 Commonfffoodfffish( 8 )
  11 Typeoftuna( 8 )
  12 Remote( 8 )
  1113 Greed( 7 )
  14 Gameofchance( 7 )
  15 VVVerycold( 6 )
  16 WWWealthy;laden( 6 )
  SolutiontoCrossword 8408
  1 2 3 4 5 6
  7
  8
  9
  10
  11 12
  13 14
  15 16
  17
  18
  19
  20
  21
  S C O F
  TACKLE ICICLE
  A O L L O A
  TANTALUM KNIT
  I S D A S
  CAPRI UNIQUE
  I E N M
  SCOUSE LIPID
  U C E T O
  WOOF ANYTHING
  A U M A O L
  INSTEP WHENCE
  F I N G
  Cell Blocks No 3976
  © PUZZLER MEDIA
  Polygon Set Square No 2765
  Please note, BODMAS does not apply
  Killer Tricky No 7394 Solutions
  Killer Deadly No 7395
  As with standard Sudoku, fill the grid so that every column,
  every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. Each set
  of cells joined by dotted lines must add up to the target number
  in its top-left corner. Within each set of cells joined by dotted
  lines, a digit cannot be repeated.
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  TThheeNNeexxttLLeeevvvvvvvvvveeeeeell
  3344 ..QQuuiicckkaannddSSllooowwwwDDeefffffffffffeeeeeennccee
  ((iiiiii))TTrruummppPPrrroooommoottiioonn
  In the quick defence, defenders
  must win all their side-suit tricks
  as soon as possible. Then what?
  After the defence have taken all
  their tricks outside trumps, it costs
  them nothing to try to promote
  extra trump tricks. They do this
  not by leading a trump (if there’s a
  y
  natural trump trick to be had, it
  won’t run away) but by leading a
  suit in which their partner is void.
  Even if declarer is also void, there
  may be a trump promotion.
  (A)
  yy
  West leads ♣K v 4 ♠, East
  encouraging with♣ 8. West con-
  tinues with♣Q (crucially), top of
  two remaining, then♣ 4 to♣A.
  Clearly, looking at dummy’s red
  suits, the fourth defensive trick has
  to come from trumps. But if East
  leads a spade, declarer plays♠AK
  and West’s ♠Q is felled. East must
  lead her lucky 13th ♣6. Whether
  or not declarer ruffs high, West’s
  ♠Q is promoted.
  In (B) across, West again leads
  ♣K v 4 ♠ (East signalling with♣ 8 )
  and continues with♣ 4 (crucially),
  low from three remaining. East
  wins♣A and returns ♣ 2. West
  wins♣Q and, the only hope being
  a spade trick, leads♣6. East ruffs
  with ♠J, an “uppercut” and,
  although declarer overruffs with ♠K,
  West’s♠Q is promoted. Note, left to
  her own devices, declarer would cash
  ♠AK, felling ♠Q and ♠J.
  West cashed♠AK (East playing
  ♠ 9 -then-♠Q — playing ♠Q
  under♠A means a singleton or
  ♠QJ). With all the side-suit win-
  ners taken, at trick three she led
  ♠4. East ruffed with ♥ 8 and
  declarer overruffed with♥J.
  Declarer crossed to ♣A and led
  ♥2 to♥Q. West won ♥A and led
  ♠6. East ruffed with ♥ 9 and,
  although declarer overruffed with
  ♥K, West’s♥10 was promoted.
  Down one, via a lovely double upper-
  cut. [email protected]
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  3 ♥ Pass 4♥( 1 ) End
  (1) In 3NT, partner will never win her hearts
  for the lack of entries.
  S W N E
  ♠Q
  ♥ 983
  ♦J 732
  ♣J9 32
  ♠J83 2
  ♥ 2
  ♦AKQ 5
  ♣AKQ 7
  ♠ 75
  ♥KQJ7 654
  ♦ 64
  ♣ 64
  ♠AK10 64
  ♥A
  ♦ 1098
  ♣ 1085
  Dealer: South
  Vul: Neither
  N
  W E
  S
  ♠ 65
  ♥ 1082
  ♦ 9752
  ♣A8 62
  ♠ 32
  ♥AKQJ
  ♦AKQJ
  ♣ 753
  ♠AKJ1098 7
  ♥ 64
  ♦ 3
  ♣J1 09
  ♠Q 4
  ♥ 9753
  ♦ 10864
  ♣KQ
  N
  W E
  S
  ♠J
  ♥ 1082
  ♦ 97542
  ♣A 82
  ♠ 32
  ♥AKQJ
  ♦AKQJ
  ♣ 753
  ♠AK10987 6
  ♥ 64
  ♦ 3
  ♣J10 9
  ♠Q
  ♥ 9753
  ♦10 8 6
  ♣KQ 64
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  Sudoku 11,
  Killer 7392
  Sudoku 11,
  Killer 7393
  Sudoku 11,
  Quick Cryptic 1721
  KenKen 5084
  Codeword 4092
  1 Rxd7! Rxd7 2 Nc6+ Kb7 3 Ne5!
  creates a mating net around the
  black king and forces a decisive
  material gain, eg, 3 ... Rd2 4
  Ba6+ Ka8 5 Bb5+ (5 c6 also
  works) 5 ... Kb8 6 Bc6 winning
  11+306+6013x301x
  6 x 60 12 + 35 10 + 28 12 x 35
  11 x 30 5 + 62 13 + 30 5 x 62
  1 + 83 10 x 28 12 x 26 12 + 26
  43
  84 280 38
  310
  312
  330 67
  390 83
  360 47 420 38
  41 66
  Tetonor 91