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MindGames
Fill the grid
using the
numbers 1 to 9
only. The
numbers in each
horizontal or
vertical run of
white squares
add up to the
total in the
triangle to its left
or above it. The
same number
may occur more
than once in a
row or column,
but not within
the same run of
white squares.Fill the grid so
that every
column, every
row and every
3x2 box contains
the digits 1 to 6© PUZZLER MEDIAKakuro No 2785
© 2010 KENKEN PUZZLE & TM NEXTOY. DIST. BY UFS, INC. WWW.KENKEN.COMFill the blank squares so that every row and column contains
each of the numbers 1 to 5 once only. The symbols between
the squares indicate whether a number is larger (>) or smaller
(<) than the number next to it.All the digits 1 to 6 must appear in every row and column. In
each thick-line “block”, the target number in the top left-hand
corner is calculated from the digits in all the cells in the block,
using the operation indicated by the symbol.
KenKenEasy No 5113 Futoshiki No 3826
© PUZZLER MEDIASlide the letters either horizontally or vertically back into the grid to produce a
completed crossword. Letters are allowed to slide over other lettersEvery letter in this crossword-style grid has been substituted for a number from 1
to 26. Each letter of the alphabet appears in the grid at least once. Use the letters
already provided to work out the identity of further letters. Enter letters in the main
grid and the smaller reference grid until all 26 letters of the alphabet have been
accounted for. Proper nouns are excluded. Saturday’s solution, rightCluelines Stuck on Codeword? To receive 4 random clues call 0901 293 6262 or
text TIMECODE to 84901. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network charge. For the full solution
call 0905 757 0142. Calls cost £1 per minute plus your telephone company’s network
access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm).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.Mini Sudoku
Train Tracks No 1175
Lexica No 5571 No 5572
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This position is from
Zakirova-Osorio,
“Titled Tuesday”,
chess.com 2020.White has a potential
discovered attack
against the black
queen as if the d5-
knight moves it will
uncover a threat from
the bishop on c4. How
can this concept be
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born in Hawaii ( 5 )
4 Creator of Jim Hawkins
and Dr Henry Jekyll ( 9 )
9 Setting for 41 of Terry
Pratchett’s fantasy novels ( 9 )
10 --- Radcliffe, holder of the
women’s course record at
the London Marathon ( 5 )
11 Joint winner of the Nobel
peace prize in 1993 (6,7)
14 Close relative of the bobcat ( 4 )
15 Novel for which AS Byatt won
the 1990 Booker prize ( 10 )
18 Pop group whose members
included Melanie Brown and
Melanie Chisholm (5,5)
19 Melanesian island nation
whose capital city is Suva ( 4 )
21 Boxing classification at which
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27 Knot used for joining ropes
of differing diameters (5,4)
28 Obsolete four-penny coin (5)Down
1Language in which the epic
poem Beowulff was written (3,7)
2 Equine such as the onager (3)
3 Author who published
The Testaments in 2019 ( 6 )
4 Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea
bearing an active volcano (9)
5 Peter ---, colour-blind 2002
world snooker champion ( 5 )
6 Drink made by forcing steam
through coffee beans (8)
7 Water sport whose UK
governing body is BSAC (5,6)
8 Slightly leavened bread
baked in a tandoor oven ( 4 )
12 Alternative name for Holy
Island in Northumberland ( 11 )
13 Document containing the
charges against a defendant
in the crown court ( 10 )
16 Stream of particles that
creates the northern and
southern lights (5,4)
17 Unit of power, often applied
to large machinery (8)
20 River flowing out of Vietnam
into the South China Sea ( 6 )
22 One of the Cinque Ports,
located west of Folkstone ( 5 )
23 Roman counterpart of Ares ( 4 )
26 Artificial language
derived from Esperanto ( 3 )