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Brainfood
from Cove magazine
crossword CROSSWORD time for ten TIME FOR TEN
CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES
No. 3001
ACROSS 1 Get rid of/sling cooked/ boiled balls of dough (9) 6 The male golfer of some note follows well (5) 9 Epicene offspring is a wild animal? (5) 10 South American variety of tangerine (9) 11 Tipsy sleuth, with gold filling, knocked back normal drink (3,5) 12 Damage in a docking facility (6) 14 Recalled processed cheese (4) 16 Intimidated doctor, one imprisoned by a greatly admired man (9) 18 Human transporter engaged by native (9) 20 Person from Asia that almost finished off one (4) 23 Worship a God primarily in dwelling place (6) 24 Lashings of light, creamy dish, also known as Greek food (8) 27 Fish camouflaged by a sort of subtle metallic colour (5,4) 28 Pressure applied to conduct petition (5) 29 Strips off backing applied to nap (5) 30 Small ancient town, in a notable achievement, is wiped out (9) DOWN 1 Foundation fixed up its accounting entries (6) 2 Wrongly interpreted dream is wrongly interpreted (7) 3 Head of Ladbrokes terminates loans (5) 4 Errand a fan distributed over great distances (4,3,3) 5 A great, uplifting story (4) 6 Waste time on a bag misplaced in hut (4,5) 7 New-fangled diet, one dealing with issue (7) 8 Property managers waste developed roads (8) 13 Male escort, dressed quite oddly, delayed people (4-6) 15 Parents, supporting mother, arrange flowers (9) 17 Weak superior starts to smoke (6,2) 19 Turn up outside for a leading entertainer (7) 21 Amusement centre giving up right next to my school (7) 22 Frank and I invested in recorded music (6) 25 Great power wielded by litigant (5) 26 Fellow ran and took off (4) ACROSS 1 Small balls of boiled or steamed dough (9) 6 Scoundrels (5) 9 Bovine ruminant (US) (5) 10 Silver (9) 11 Standard order (3,5) 12 Yachting station (6) 14 Dutch cheese (4) 16 Coerced (9) 18 Personified (9) 20 Siamese (4) 23 Tribute (6) 24 Greek dish (8) 27 Metal protectant (5,4) 28 Beseech (5) 29 Skins (5) 30 Ruined financially (9)
DOWN 1 Payments owed (6) 2 Wrongly interpret (7) 3 Furnishes (5) 4 High and low, — (4,3,3) 5 Legend (4) 6 Wait around (4,5) 7 Issue (7) 8 Racetrack officials (8) 13 Those who arrive after the appointed time (10) 15 Flowers (9) 17 Shows sudden elation (6,2) 19 MC of radio or stage show (7) 21 Professional school (7) 22 Frank (6) 25 Superannuation (coll) (5) 26 Ran away (4)
1. The opéra-comique Carmen is the masterpiece of which French composer?
2. Which 1998 film did Oprah Winfrey produce and star in?
3. In which country was novelist and Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Mann born?
4. Which orphaned girl features in the children’s book by Swiss author Johanna Spyri?
5. What name was given to the hominin remains found in Ethopia, in 1974?
6. Spiced, dark, gold and light are all types of what alcoholic spirit?
7. In which Australian state or territory was poet Banjo Paterson born?
8. Which reptile has the strongest bite of any animal?
9. Which fellow figure skater was Tonya Harding accused of conspiring to attack?
10. A paragon is a flawless diamond of at least how many carats?
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sudoku
Hard No. 836
864 9 2 1 8 7 4 2 6 64 53 8 3 7 3 5 2 4 1 453
Easy No. 837
