What would you probably do if you got pepper in your

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

QUICKIE CROSSWORD

ACROSS 3. Dare (9) 8. Vanquish (4) 9. Sue (9) 10. Character (6) 11. Curt (5) 14. Forefinger (5) 15. Flank (4) 16. Youthful (5) 18. Page (4) 20. Speak (5) 21. Artless (5) 24. Recess (6) 25. Gladly (9) 26. Sensible (4) 27. Save (9)

CAN YOU MASTER THE

SUDOKU CHALLENGE?

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. DOWN 1. Maxim (9) 2. Curator (9) 4. Charter (4) 5. Beam (5) 6. Shun (6) 7. Entrance (4) 9. Deputy (5) 11. Beast (5) 12. Invented (9) 13. Injured (9) 17. Ravine (5) 19. Dropped (6) 22. Poison (5) 23. Record (4) 24. Charity (4)

ANSWERS Week 809

QUICK ACROSS: ACROSS: 1 Face; 3 Sprinkle; 8 Gale; 9 Sonorous; 11 Transcendent; 13 Veered; 14 Inhale; 17 Presumptuous; 20 Intrepid; 21 Comb; 22 Frontier; 23 Byre. DOWN: 1 Fugitive; 2 Collate; 4 Phoney; 5 Inordinate; 6 Known; 7 Else; 10 Assessment; 12 Feasible; 15 Apology; 16 Umpire; 18 Ratio; 19 Tiff. CRYPTIC ACROSS: ACROSS: 1 Ruth; 3 Together; 8 Team; 9 Platonic; 11 Oxford Circus; 13 Accent; 14 Castle; 17 Pay attention; 20 National; 21 Less; 22 Garotted; 23 Stud. DOWN: 1 Rational; 2 Traffic; 4 O'clock; 5 Entertains; 6 Hindu; 7 Rich; 10 Bring about; 12 Red-nosed; 15 Trident; 16 Strafe; 18 Actor; 19 Snug.

ACROSS 3. Reproduce an appropriate entrance, I hear (9) 8. Flat excavations (4) 9. Hurrying to get the gins an' mixers (9) 10. Raid in the street (6) 11. A wanderer? On the contrary, insane (5) 14. A sense of spectacle (5) 15. Incline towards being thin (4) 16. Help for Northern Ireland gets misdirected to Asia (5) 18. A pledge made in the boathouse (4) 20. Knock over the firelighter (5) 21. Agree about being keen (5) 24. Choose the best (6) 25. Complete dismissal of a cockney's charity (3-3-3) 26. Examine love of prohibition (4) 27. Medical man consumed to a higher degree (9)

DOWN 1. Access to a confession (9) 2. Sum needed to get garage built (9) 4. Study article carried by Communist (4) 5. An area of occupation (5) 6. Angel I found to be pleasant (6) 7. Nurse in attendance (4) 9. Leaders having an interesting time in a Caribbean republic (5) 11. Drain out at the lowest point (5) 12. Handed over an organ indeed (9) 13. Rising prices discovered by Ian in loft conversion (9) 17. An impasse, too, could involve an advantage (5) 19. Have not heard of a Hampshire town (6) 22. The Spanish and the German are senior (5) 23. Writer Victor shows love after an embrace (4) 24. Fit costume (4)

LEADER TRIVIA QUIZ (Answers on page 23) 1. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote? 2. How many points for potting all six colours in Snooker? 3. On which day did God make the Sun the Moon and the Stars? 4. What are the 4 sources of renewable energy? 5. What are the four planets with rings? 6. What is the year 2009 when written in Roman Numerals? 7. What is the name for a beavers home? 8. Which is the only vowel not found on a standard keyboard top line? 9. George W Bush was the President of the USA. What number was he? 10. What does the term Prima Donna literally mean? 11. What was the Beatles last Album called? 12. How many prostitutes did Jack the Ripper Actually kill? 13. What would you probably do if you got pepper in your proboscis? 14. What was Fred Flintstones child’s name? 15. In which county is Stonehenge? 16. Name the date of St Georges Day. 17. How is Rubella better known? 18. What is name of the French port where over 300, 000 Allied soldiers were evacuated from in May/June 1940? 19. What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books? 20. Name the 6 items used to murder the victim in the board game Cluedo. 21. What is the Maximum Score in a game of 10 Pin Bowls? 22. What is the height of tennis net at the centre? 23. What is the highest finish in Darts? 24. Yorkshire CCC play home games at which English Test Ground? 25. How high are the goal posts in a standard football goal?