Quiz Challenge

1. The characters Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins appear in which classic adventure novel?

2. In monetary terms, how much is a ‘monkey’ worth to a Cockney?

3. Which country granted independence to Iceland in 1944?

4. What name is given to a number that can’t be expressed as a fraction or a ratio?

5. What type of creature is a merganser?

6. Joe Cullen is an English professional in which sporting field?

7. How does a chiromancer tell fortunes?

8. The hit films The Fifth Element, Lucy and The Transporter were all directed by which Frenchman?

9. Which is the largest marine shipping canal to have no locks?

10. What F is an item of furniture that requires the buyer to assemble it?

Cryptic Crossword

Five Alive Equaliser

7 6

3 9 3

5 3 11 9 2

8 2

Here are two miniature five-square crosswords using the same grid –but the letters have been mixed up. You have to work out which letters belong to which crossword.

3. Peruse article about stringing beads (9)

7. Is able to produce part of poem (5)

8. Surprisingly retrieves from northern waterway (5,4)

9. Girl takes small part that is not suitable (5)

10. Dismiss the bank employee (7)

13. Last month took alternative furnishings (5)

14. Heather’s Latin alter ego (5)

16. Posh vessel found under water (1-4)

17. Sticking with temporary housing (7)

21. Entice casual worker before end of August (5)

22. A girl more confused by the rambling account (9)

23. Run out at noise made by sculptor (5)

24. Horse will flag first in county (9)

Quick Crossword

1. Pastoral (7)

5. Barrels (5)

(3)

(7) animal (5)

Place the four signs (add, subtract, multiply, divide) one in each circle so that the total of each across and down line is the same. Perform the first calculation in each line first and ignore the mathematical law which says you should always perform division and multiplication before addition and subtraction.

1. Uncle Rod’s upset the rascal (9)

2. Peerless when without the other sock perhaps? (9)

3. Anguish or utter chaos (7)

4. Len is taken in by each girl (5)

5. Language that is incomprehensible even when repeated! (5)

6. It is pleasant to hold oriental girl (5)

10. Many cod-like fish act like barnacles (5)

11. Cause trouble with trendy sideboard (9)

12. Others make a sound by saying it again (9)

15. Stern south wind on the point (7)

18. In Windsor I bicycled past an antelope (5)

19. Morning spent in canal to find the full extent (5)

20. Point upwards? (5)

1. Blear (anag.) (5)

2. Artificial waterway (5)

3. Wash clothes (7)

4. Tooth decay (6)

5. Stringed instrument (5) 6. Deprives of food (7)

Cross Code

Nonagram

How many words of four letters or more can you make from this Nonagram? Each word must use the central letter, and each letter may be used only once. At least one word using all nine letters can be found.

Guidelines:

Any word found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition) is eligible with the following exceptions: proper nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words; variant spellings of the same word (where another variant is also eligible).

1 I 234567891011

C 1213

S 14151617181920212223242526

Each number in our Cross Code grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. You have three letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares.

As you get the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check off the alphabetical list of letters as you identify them.

Sudoku

Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.

9 8 652 7 427 6 81 2 3 9 58 2 79 8 5 2 1 4 7 89 2 63 9

Solutions