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THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 20 2017
Double Crossword CRYPTIC
Across 1 It’s bound to be geographical (5) 6 A ship wrecked by a soldier (5) 9 It’s for amusement, to be honest (7)
10 Manage to trace a big box (5) 11
Cheating, dishonest dingo (5)
12 A Royal Marine fellow with a gun (5)
13 Cover food as a mere whim (7) 15 It should be kept in Bulawayo (3) 17 This plant is in leaf, maybe, in one of the Shetlands (4)
18 Old horse going round a half turn (6)
19 Possible code letter meaning ornamentation (5)
20 Sound rings(6) 22
Arrange to reap something edible (4)
24 Piping? (3) 25 Of hirsute countenance and able to read in bed (7)
26 Road to cross with some speed, being confused (5) Art of jazz (5)
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28 A small “m”, note (5) 29 Singing in church makes scant difference to us (7) the
30 To Spanish, rug
weaving can be of consuming interest (5)
31 For me, also loveless, they can be sustaining (5)
Sudoku
Down 2 Jack’s double is a fierce fellow (6) 3 They’re consumed later, but faster digested (6)
4 She sounds Indian (3) 5 Burning off, I fear(5) 6 Just the job if you want to drink and not drive! (7)
7 Goad the public relations officer a lot (4)
8 Possibly useless harangues at the airport (6)
12 Yearns for a couple of aspirin? (5) 13 See a measure as a certain success (5)
14 Bird taking a very good theatrical part (5)
15 Badly ruled or drawn (5) 16 We may get rid of what’s bizarre! (5)
18 Was sorry for the cleaner fellow (5)
19 Sort of system of medical mismanagement (7)
21 It’s gas that makes the balloon go up (3,3)
22 Prays aloud as laudation (6) 23 A TV part like a character in “The Tempest” (6)
25 It’s like Bondi, initially, to everybody (5)
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Think of me touring the States (4) 28 Maxi means most to her! (3)
Solution to this week’s puzzles will be printed here next week
Across 1 Lawn (5), 6 Flower (5), 9 Master (7), 10 Portly (5), 11 Furious (5), 12 Smelly (5), 13 Hand tool (7), 15 Section (3), 17 Agents (4), 18 Scarcity (6), 19 Skinflint (5), 20 Quake (6), 22 Preposition (4), 24 Owns (3), 25 Scottish city (7),
26 Contemptuous sound (5), 27 Fire (5), 28 Swellings (5), 29 Umpire (7), 30 Cooked in oil (5), 31 Lazed (5) Down
2 Go to bed (6), 3 Dangerous feats (6),
4 Ready (3),
5 Metal fastener (5) 6 Hand over (7), 7 Dry (4), 8 Ghost (6),
12 Hindu mendicant (5), 13 Foam (5), 14 Fencing swords (5), 15 Fetch (5), 16 Cast (5), 18 Traded (5), 19 Ascended (7), 21 Preferably (6), 22 Published (6), 23 Knock over (6), 25 Avarice (5), 26 Painful (4), 28 Hawaiian garland (3)
Last week’s answers Cryptic Across:
8 9, In the m-ain 10,
Treatable 12, O-W-N-S 13, (We)St-roll 14, Surf- eit 15, Drive home 17, Touch type 18, Regards 19, Blocks 20, Her-E 23, Dropped by 25, Sentiment 26, Lied 27, Ash-O-re 29, Che-m’I-st 32, There-fore 34, Strat-a-gem 35, And-ante 36, Tart-a-N 37, Flow (rev) 38, Tor-mentor 39, The-or-iser. Down:
1, Disorder Cautions 4, In-come 2, Standing joke 5, St-I-let-to 6, Get stuck
in 7, Starchy 8, Settlement 11, B-eef-y 16, Enrapt 19, Bay 21, Evening class 22, Divert 23, Dilett-ante 24, Dish-onest-y 25, She 28, Overt-urn 29, Cor-sag-es 30, Time-worn 31, Mean-der 33, ‘Eld-’er 34, Struts Quick Across:
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Fill the grid with the number 1 to 9 so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains the numbers 1 to 9. Target: 30 minutes
2 5 7
3 2
6 5
8 1 2
9 7 9 3
1 9 2
7
1 6 9 2
3 5
3,
Chipolata 12, Aide 13, Jovial 14, Catsuit 15, Immediate 17, Traumatic 18, Example 19, Shrimp 20, Hail 23, Dragonfly 25, Sprinkler 26, Ludo 27, Disown 29, Playful 32, Challenge 34, Consensus 35, Actress 36, Soothe 37, Idol 38, Lucrative 39, Senseless.
9, Buccaneer 10, Down:
1, Abrasive 7, Costume
3, Lemonade 4, Bruise 5, Sculptor 6, Disclaimer
8, Particular
16, Deploy 19, Shy 21, All of a sudden 22, Enrage 23, Delectable 24, Friendship 25, Son 28, Overseer 29, Penchant 30, Listless 31, Illegal 33, Attic 34, Choose.
2, Academy Award 11, Adult
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