Times 2 - UK (2020-11-26)

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MindGames

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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 10 words, average;

14, good; 19, very good; 25, excellent

  

 


 


  


 

 

 


 

  

 
 


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1 Children 2 November 3 Bill & Ted or Bill Preston

and Ted Logan 4 The Grateful Dead 5 Little Rock,

Arkansas 6 Greece and Germany 7 Mashed potatoes

8 Charles II 9 Cats 10 Kate Moss 11 Burton upon

Trent 12 Miranda. Height estimates range from five

to 20 km 13 Nvidia 14 Diving 15 Golda Meir

1 Rg8+! is a clearance sacrifice.

The rook is actually getting in

the way so White jettisons it.

After 1 ... Kxg8 (1 ... Rxg8 2

Qd4+ mates) 2 Rg1+ Kf7 3 Rg7+

Ke8 4 Nc7+ Kf8 5 Qe7 is mate

Epanodos (c) A return to the

main theme after a digression

Gaskin (a) The lower part of a

horse’s thigh

Impundulu (c) A mythical bird

associated with witchcraft,

often manifested as the

secretary bird (SA)

Kakuro 2792

Futoshiki 3833 Lexica 5586

Cell Blocks 4012 Set Square 2795 Lexica 5585

Suko 3031

Train Tracks 1183

Chess — Winning Move Word watch

1 Slack

2 Flare

3 Combat

4 Jodhpur

5 Drainpipe

Quintagram

Quiz

Easy 5; Medium 261; Harder 2,

Brain Trainer

Yesterday’s answers

donor, door, dorp, droop, drop, drown,

odor, poor, porn, porno, prod, prow,

rondo, rood, snowdrop, spoor, sword,

sworn, word, worn, wors

times2 CrosswordNo 8446 Brain Trainer

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EASY 42 DOUBLE WER

IT

÷ 7

AN

S

WE

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MEDIUM^96

+++

AN

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HARDER 22422 ÷^8 WER

+ 9

x 3

• 6

÷ 16 + 48 ÷ 5

TRIPLE

IT

x 4

• 1 39

+ 55

SQUARE

IT

DOUBLE

IT

DOUBLEE

IT

+ 438 + 22^410

(^33) / 1
OF IT

• 8 4

(^333) / 44
OF IT

• ÷ 11
  CUBE
  IT
  (^555) / 888
  OF IT


• (^11) / 333
  OF IT


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• – 2 37 x 8

Across

1 Nourishment( 10 )

8 Relatingtointerstellar

regions(T,notCCC)( 7 )

9 Middaaaymeal( 5 )

10 Parasiticinsects( 4 )

11 Mattresssupport( 8 )

113 Eg,beeches( 5 )

14 Pointedproojectile( 5 )

16 Typeofpaintfffinish( 8 )

17 Pointoffllandd;

roastingrod( 4 )

20 Additiontoadocument( 5 )

21 Glassfffitter( 7 )

22 Ballgame( 4 , 6 )

Down

1 Fibrefffromagaaaveplants( 5 )

2 Inffformationretrieval

soffftware( 6 , 6 )

3 Prepareffforpublication( 4 )

4 Dormant( 6 )

5 Saladdish( 8 )

6 Temporarycessation( 12 )

7 Partialdarkness( 6 )

12 Conditionduetolackof

oxygen( 8 )

1113 Contemptibleperson( 6 )

15 Connecttopowersource

( 4 , 2 )

18 Schoolsessions( 5 )

19 Strongandhealthy( 4 )

SolutiontoCrossword 8445

1 2 3 4 5

6 7

8 9

10 11

12

13 14

15

16 17 18

19

20 21

22

B W M FAI TH

UNIVERSE M E

R N L A M A

FERN OVERKI LL

A O D S N E

SUBWAY VOYEUR

A P M N

SISTER PESTLE

A I R E O E

VOL ITION ROVE

I I U C R I

N C REGIMENT

GRACE L L Y

Cell Blocks No 4013

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Polygon Set Square No 2796

Please note, BODMAS does not apply

Killer Gentle No 7462 Solutions

Killer Tough No 7463

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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access charge. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390 (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm).

Watch and admire the play of two

Swedish women on today’s 3NT

from the online Minor Alt

Invitational III.

At Table One, the star was 32-

year-old Cecilia Rimstedt, sitting

South. West led a spade to East’s

king, East looking no further than

returning his second spade. West

beat declarer’s nine with the ten

and cashed the ace (or he’d never

win it), dummy and East throwing

hearts. At trick four, West exited

with a low heart (best).

Declarer made the key play of ris-

ing with dummy’s ace of hearts, swal-

lowing her bare king. This was so she

could run the queen of diamonds

(she was certain the finesse would

succeed, otherwise West would have

cleared spades). The queen held, as

did the jack that followed. A third

diamond went to East’s king and her

ace, and she next led a club to

dummy’s jack. East won the ace, but

declarer had a plethora of winners in

both hands — game made.

At Table Two, the star was East,

35-year-old Marion Michielsen.

After winning West’s seven of spades

lead with the king, she realised that

returning her second spade would

sever the defensive communication

and force West to cash spade win-

ners, setting up a spade winner for

declarer. She found the only winning

defence of returning a heart, mess-

ing with declarer’s communications.

Say declarer overtakes the king of

hearts with dummy’s ace (his best

y

chance) and runs the queen of dia-

y

monds, then the jack, and leads a dia-

mond to the (king and) ace. When he

next leads a club to the jack, East

wins the ace, then leads her second

spade to the nine and ten, where-

upon West can exit with a club. Stuck

in hand, declarer has to lose two

more spades to West. One down.

In practice, declarer chose not to

overtake the king of hearts with the

ace, leading a club to the jack. East

won the ace and then led her sec-

ond spade. West beat declarer’s

nine with the ten, cashed the ace,

and exited with a club. Declarer

had to lead diamonds from hand

and East scored the king — one

down. [email protected]

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Contract: 3NT, Opening Lead: ♠ 7

Dealer: West, Vulnerability: Both

N

W E

S

♠Q

♥A Q 10 9 5

♦QJ10 63

♣J

2 ♠( 1 ) 3 ♥ Pass

3NT end

( 1 ) Weak Two — very.

Table One

S(Rimstedt) W N E

♠J9 32

♥K

♦A 95

♣KQ9 85

♠K 6

♥ 87632

♦K 84

♣A10 6

♠A1087 54

♥J 4

♦ 72

♣ 743

Teams

Table Two

S W N E (Michielsen)

Pass 1♥ Pass

2 ♣( 1 ) Pass 2 ♦ Pass

2NT Pass 3 ♦( 2 ) Pass

3 ♥( 3 ) Pass 3NT end

(1) Playing Two-over-One as forcing to game.

(2) Showing his 5♥- 5 ♦shape (or more).

(3) Waiting bid, showing a little something

in hearts (partner could be 6 ♥- 5 ♦).

Advanced

Bridge Andrew Robson

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Sudoku 11,

Killer 7460

Sudoku 11,

Killer 7461

Sudoku 11,

Quick Cryptic 1752

KenKen 5121

Codeword 4129