CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS ACROSS

7.Happen (5)

8.Investigate (7)

9.Vehement (7)

10.Belief (5) 12.Stolid (10) 15.Steep bank (10) 18.Track (5) 19.Tolerant (7) 21.Forgave (7) 22.Fissure (5)

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.

Solution on Page 23

1.Handy (10)

2.Player (5)

3.Impel (4)

4.Courage (6)

5.Example (8)

6.Humility (7)

11.Behead (10)

13.Safe (8)

14.Scrape (7)

16.Tune (6)

17.Gem (5)

20.Notch (4)

ACROSS: ACROSS: 1 Massacres; 8 Vie; 9 Social scale; 11 Resolve; 12 Lobby; 13 Guitar; 15 Twelve; 17 Tiger; 18 Cabinet; 20 Orderliness; 22 Cut; 23 Easy-going.

DOWN: 2 Ado; 3 Avail; 4 Rested; 5 Swallow; 6 Overbalance; 7 Repayment; 10 Casting vote; 11 Right back; 14 Abridge; 16 Scores; 19 Bring; 21 Sin.

7.Astructural member at right angles to the centre-line (5)

8.Clear space to manoeuvre in ship's cabin? (3-4)

9.Doctor should put down water shortage (7)

10.The markings of a fruity diary? (5)

12.No profit at all? Mustn't be repeated at any time! (5,5)

15.Grieved at a change in more than one colour (10)

18.The kingdom of nature, almost (5)

19.Occidental you and I put to the back (7)

21.Obviously 150 are more than punctual ... (7)

22.... and before idiot in teaching group (5)

DOWN DOWN

1.The girl had fallen but no runs were scored off it (6,4)

2.Pose a problem for a fabulous writer (5)

3.Glues things up, being too self-satisfied (4)

4.Set out twice to fly (6)

5.Poisonous plant given by worker to duck (8)

6.Sack on the spot - irregular - for delivery of mail (7)

11.Sincerity in the unmarried state? (10)

13.Eternally growing? (8)

14.Smashing wave? (7)

16.Say law is wrong every time (6)

17.Cared for wood (5)

20.Plunder for wine (4)

LEADER TRIVIA QUIZ (Answers on page 23)

1. On the flag of which country are all of the following represented? Peace, Winter and Summer, Spring and Autumn, East and West, North and South, Moon and Sun, Heaven and Earth, Man and Woman, Night and Day and Fire and Water.

2. Which band did not have hits with songs like 'Blue Suede Schubert', 'Cheese and Onions' and 'Back in 64'?

3. What was the name of the famous dancer who wore a banana skirt while performing the 'Danse sauvage'?

4. In the film 'Godzilla vs Biollante', our hero battles a 120 metre high, 220,000 tonne mutant what? a. tuna fish, b. silk worm, c. rose

5. The Portuguese football star Ronaldo was named after which man?

6. What name was given to the student army in China during the 'Cultural Revolution'?

7. With one word complete the title of the following Robert Ludlum novels. a. The Scarlatti, b. The Osterman, c. The Holcroft

8. Fred Perry was the first man to win all four Grand Slam events in tennis. In which other sport was he World Champion?

9. In 1838 the Sirius became the first ship to hold the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing. Plus or minus four days, how long did the west- ward crossing take?

10. What kind of music is literally good news?

11. JRR Tolkien, Pope John Paul II, Anthony Burgess, Friedrich Engels and Paul Robeson are a few examples of men who were fluent in many languages. Which word beginning with the letter 'P' describes such a person?

12. In which book do two countries go to war over the best way to open a soft boiled egg?

13. Which vegetable is usually found in an 'A la Florentine' dish?

14. The Stereoscope, introduced in 1844 by David Brewster, is believed to have been the world's first example of what?

15. The following words are from songs with the word 'Blue' in the song title. Can you name the song? a. Tell me no secrets, tell me some lies, b. Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar, c. Warmer than May her tender sighs, d. There's a fog upon L.A. e. She got a camouflaged face and no money

16. The name of which popular Chinese snack translated means 'a little bit of heart'?

17. What is the longest Pink Floyd song title?

18. In which films did Paul Newman play the following roles? a. Henry Gondorff, b. Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop, c. Eddie Felson, d. John Russell, e. Brick Pollitt

19. The name of which heavenly device is the Latin word for bodyguard or attendant?

20. Other than nutmeg, what is the name of the other spice derived from the Myristica fragrans or Nutmeg tree?

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