The Big Issue – August 20, 2018

Across

1. Express sympathy
   when master and I
   come round (11)


2. Initia lly we have a
   reliable, functional
   landing stage (5)
   10.Itsendsoutfromthe
   meter, it circulates (7)
   11.Moveinsideandfinda
   blood vessel (4)


3. Country Herodias
   couldoncehavecome
   from? (8)


4. One-dimensiona l
   article in a ship (6)
   15.Ittakesashortwhile
   totieupbargein
   Russian city (6)


5. Hurrying out of the
   sunlight (8)
   20.Littlewomanathometo
   become a member (4)


6. Greatly admire fancy
   doilies (7)
   23.Inchurchquicklysay
   ‘I will’ (5)
   24.Strictruleabout
   dangerous driving? (4,3,4)

Lastweek’s

Spot the Ball

revealed:

Liverpool v

Wimbledon

(1988)

PRIZE CROSSWORD

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This is a logic puzzle and you

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Across

1.Inference (11)

9. India n believer (5)


10. Regular action (7)
    11.Horsd’oeuvre(4)


11. Fried cake (8)


12. Indian headdress (6)


13. Old Greek coin (6)


14. Retract (8)


15. Tight-fisted (4)
    22.Wandered(7)
    23.Mainartery(5)


16. Readiness (11)
    Down
    2.Largechurch(7)


17. Noisy (4)


18. Cardboard box (6)


19. Violent behaviour (8)


20. Constellation (5)


21. T r a d e u n i o n o c i a l (4 , 7 )


22. Efusively emotional (11)


23. Rockfall (8)
    16.Informalfarewell(7)


24. Male goose (6)
    19.Clock-likedevice(5)


25. Component (4)

CRYPTIC: Across–2Ark;5Ordain;7Entice;9Flamboyance;10Tripos;11Nailed;13Afters;16Steven;18Redoubtable;19Troyes;20Lowing;21Hie.
Down–1Prefer;2Anubis;3Kenyan;4Accede;6Anappleaday;8Tenniselbow;10Tea;12Dan;14Furore;15Squash;16Settle;17Exeunt.
QUICK:Across–2Fob;5Scroll;7Result;9Calibration;10Gently;11Thwack;13Barrow;16Wherry;18Interlocked;19Sludge;20Lading; 21 Dry.
Down– 1 Icicle; 2 Flabby; 3 Breast; 4 Clinic; 6 Obliterated; 8 Shipwrecked; 10 Gob; 12 Key; 14 Avidly; 15 Warmed; 16 Woolly; 17 Riding.









 



 

 





















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GAMES & PUZZLES

SUDOKU

Down

2.Afterballdeserteris

charged for making

speech (7)

3. Miss cylindrical fabric
   to keep the hands
   warm (4)


4. Upriver he might
   become agitated (6)
   5.Oneofaverygreat
   number reputedly
   showered down in
   April (8)


5. New Testament epistle
   to a Roman emperor? (5)


6. V i t a l p i e c e o f f u r n i t u r e
   foronewhocannotsit
   still? (6-5)


7. Doughboy? He
   supportshisfamily(11)
   13.Ablowcomingfrom
   behind (4,4)


8. Signs of the times (7)


9. Nurse not right to
   change two points
   that are concealed (6)


10. Has to make part of an
    opening (5)


11. Lower part of the leg (4)

ISSUE 1320 SOLUTION

TheBig Issue Crossword (1321), second floor, 43 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 1HW by

August 28. Include your name, address and phone number.

Issue1319 winner is Kieran Sharky from Glasgow

Spot the Ball (1321), 43 Bath St, Glasgow,

G2 1HW, by August 28. Include name, address,

phone no. Enter by email: send grid position

(eg A1) to [email protected].

Issue 1320 solution