Puzzle Time

Rearrange the highlighted letters to fi nd the name of a Shropshire town with an Iron Age hill fort

Sudoku

Di culty: medium

Sudoku rules

1. Every square has to contain a single number. 2. Only numbers 1 to 9 can be used. 3. Each 3×3 box can only contain each number from 1 to 9 once. 4. Each row and column can only contain each number from 1 to 9 once.

ANSWERS

OSWESTRY rearranged spell letters when The highlighted

25 Elbe 23 Dixie 22 Ivanov 19 Vibrato 17 Eboracum 15 Janissary 14 Gargantua

Across

7 Anglo-Saxon princess and the patron saint of 3 Down (8) 9 See 6 Down 10 Legislative assembly in countries such as Japan (4) 11 Twelfth Night tradition of singing to the trees in an orchard (10) 12 Diving duck of the sawbill family (9) 13 ____ Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Guide movement (5) 16 Trojan hero and lover of Dido in an epic poem by Virgil (6) 18 The angel of death in Islam and some other Abrahamic religions (6) 20 Gecko native to Asia, or a Hungarian white wine (5) 21 Drug obtained from foxgloves (9) 24 Mountain near the town of Dolgellau, Wales (5,5) 26 Tropical hardwood used in boat building and furniture making (4) 27 The home of Bollywood (6) 28 Herb used in Béarnaise sauce (8)

Down

1 Breed of sheep with especially fi ne and soft wool (6) 2 Lookout platform on the mast of a ship (5,4) 3 City known to the Romans as Deva (7) 4 The largest island in the Firth of Clyde (5) 5 The ____, site of the fi rst FA Cup fi nal (4) 6 & 9 Across Football club whose home ground is Prenton Park in Birkenhead (8,6) 8 Wife of Uriah, seduced by King David in the Old Testament (9) 14 Father of Pantagruel in novels by Rabelais (9) 15 Soldier in the Ottoman Sultan’s household troops (9) 17 Roman fort and city which became York (8) 19 Musical e ect consisting of a rapid and subtle oscillation between di erent pitches (7) 22 Play by Chekhov (6) 23 ____ Dean, centre forward who began his career at 6 Down & 9 Across (5) 25 River that fl ows through Hamburg (4)

8 Bathsheba 6 Tranmere 5 Oval 4 Arran 3 Chester 2 Crow’s nest 1 Merino

Down

24 Cader Idris 21 Digitalis 20 Tokay 18 Azrael 16 Aeneas 13 Agnes 12 Goosander 11 Wassailing 10 Diet 9 Rovers 7 Werburgh Alice Leetham is a writer and puzzle maker from Cheshire. She works in the fi ntech industry and also enjoys creating quizzes and cryptic crosswords. Contact: alice@downstream.co.uk