52 Entertainment
CRYPTIC
Across 1
Down Stop to give a lift? (4,2)
7 Having departed from the house for good, was a blow (4,4)
8 A firm master with an optical defect (4)
10 Said to be fine in the use of pens (6)
11 The devil will work with striking effect (6)
14 A hat like this could belong to a Roman Catholic (3)
16 Father of uniform sons (5) 17 Loud sound of explosion in central Harrow (4)
19 Substitute fieldsman? (5) 21 Trimmed in twos, we’re told (5) 22 Revolutionary – or master traitor? (5)
23 Mum’s joining the Turk’s Head staff (4)
26 Less than severely cut (5) 28 He gets it wrong a lot (3) 29 Bound to be capable of effortless carpentry (6)
30 It’s full of interest when mum’s out of service (6)
31 A significant movie? (4) 32 Picks up, one gathers (8) 33 He had little to eat and might have been poisoned (6)
1 Officer having to whistle for his money? (6)
2 One beautifully suitable in a new role? (6)
3 Prepare to move up in final position (4)
4 Made an impressive show of petulance? (7)
5 The wanderer Damon turned up (5)
6 Fish or steak minced (5) 8 The decorator’s daughter? (4) 9 In short, the sunny area familiar to travellers (3)
12 Standard piece of apparatus (3) 13 Get over being peevish (5) 15 Just a bad molar (5) 18 Some red roses returned, direct (5)
19 A vehicle for French? (3) 20 Could one help a sick dog to a few pieces of meat? (3)
21 On the quiet, bent on getting a drink? (7)
22 The chaps point to me (3) 23 Being tight, they miss out half the beer (6)
24 A concluding article on humanity (4)
25 A warning cry of strange timbre ( 6)
26 They help one to see the little bits mentioned (5)
27 Jump downstairs? (5) 28 A minor corporation? (3) 30 The majority have a moist exterior (4)
QUICK
Across 1 Sacred beetle (6), 7 Enjoyment of food (8), 8 Witches (4), 10 Rubs out (6), 11 Hate (6), 14 Charged particle (3), 16 Romantic flowers (5), 17 Farm building (4), 19 Playful skip or leap (5), 21 Woo (5), 22 Untidy (5), 23 Walking stick 4), 26 Buffalo (5), 28 Faucet (3),
29 Very nearly (6), 30 Large wooded area (6), 31 Yes votes (4), 32 Makes bigger (8),
33 Conservatives (6 Down
1 Excellent (6), 2 Motive (6), 3 Fish type (4), 4 Young hare (7), 5 Flying toys (5), 6 Cults (5),
8 Brush this (4), 9 Information (3), 12 Hill (3),
13 Chair carried on poles (5),
15 Short
stoppage (5), 18 Month (5), 19 Lettuce (3), 20 Snoop (3), 21 Reprimand (7), 22 A low (3), 23 Move swiftly along (6),
24 Primates (4), 25 Goes in (6), 26 Bread maker (5), 27 Facial
expression (5), 28 Plaything (3), 30 Go without food (4
Last week’s answers Cryptic Across: 10, Rigid Doors
11, Rut 18, P-a-M 3, Shift 12, CL-aim 8, Throw 13, Tuesday 15, 19, Can-can 21, Gun-play 22,
Pa-rr 23, (blue) Fun-k 24, Do-wager 26, O-beron 29, Fir 31, Fe-lo-n 32, Degrees 34, Paris 35, U-re 36, Fleet 37, Place 38, Seeks. Down:
5, Friday 6, Timon 7, Lib.-RA 9, Rue 12, C-a-MP- ion 14, Dan 16, O-CC-ur 17, Snake 19, Caraf-e-s 20, Spoof 21,Gruel 23, Ferrule 24, Donate 25, Gig 27, Belly 28, Ropes 30, Lee-CH 32, Dirk 33, Era. Quick Across:
11, Gas 12, Blase 13, Revenue 15, Seems 18, Gag 19, Repeal 21, Cabaret 22, Wary 23, Site 24, Rosette 26, Tattoo 29, Roe 31, Sweat 32, Dentist 34, Canoe 35, Sat 36, Trait 37, Tonic 38, Tease.
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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
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THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2017
1, Shrug 2, Hotspur 4, Hol(Ida)y
3, Chars 8, Salon 10, Ultra Down:
1, Wages
2, Nosegay
4, Hole
5, Russet 6, Sleep 7, Drama 9, Lav 12, Bugaboo 14, Nab 16, Eerie 17, Sleek 19, Referee 20, Swats 21, Crate 23, Stetson 24, Rotate 25, Ton 27, Award 28, Tacit 30, Astir 32, Dons 33, Ian.
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