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Jumbo crossword
ACROSS
1 Reaches maximum (5) 4 Console oneself after a defeat or setback (4,4,6) 11 Planet (5) 14 Spinning blade (5) 15 Lit (11) 16 Money resources (8) 19 Caulking material (7) 20 Clay pigeon shooting (5) 21 Political party’s policy declaration (9) 24 Linked (9) 26 Ship’s kitchen (6) 27 Vitamin deficiency disease (6) 31 Malice (5) 32 Comfortable seat (8) 34 Used to (10) 38 Tuneful (7) 39 Imaginary (6) 40 Tree-lined street (6) 41 Coagulate (4) 42 Throttling (7) 45 Basis (10) 50 Stigmatised (7) 54 Portent (4) 55 Empty (6) 56 Origin (6) 57 Settle (7) 60 Ship, plane guidance (10) 61 Buried (8) 62 Armada (5) 65 Dull (6) 66 Type of hat (6) 67 Found, set up (9) 72 Spying (9) 73 Injures (5) 74 Exploded cereal (7) 79 Gloaming (8) 80 Infection-fighting drugs (11) 81 Hobbles (5) 82 Eagle’s nest (5) 83 Common sense in an emergency (8,2,4) 84 Boggy area (5)
DOWN
2 Wore away (6) 3 Small hill or mound (5) 5 Small island (4) 6 Finger joint bone (7) 7 Sounds (6) 8 Exchange (4) 9 Protective suit (8) 10 Dirtied (6) 11 Stretchiness (10) 12 Boulder (4) 13 In a hurried manner (7) 17 Fatuous (5) 18 Spark catcher (4,6) 22 Neck warmer (5) 23 Crushed underfoot (8) 25 View, prospect (7) 26 Large ape (7) 28 Oration (6) 29 Inn (6) 30 Residential district (6) 33 African river (5) 35 Old-fashioned (5) 36 Big cat (4) 37 Cab (4) 42 Comedian (5) 43 General summary (8) 44 Sating (anag)(6) 45 Food additive (10) 46 Consumer (4) 47 Fate (7) 48 Gibes (6) 49 Come about (5) 51 Stagger (4) 52 Pasta strips (7) 53 Begrudged (6) 58 Pushy (10) 59 Foot lever (5) 63 Grace, refinement (8) 64 Metal mixture (5) 65 Fan (7) 68 Disease sign (7) 69 Accident (6) 70 Cotton cloth (6) 71 Curtains (6) 75 Porcelain (5) 76 Jetty (4) 77 Phonograph record (4) 78 Glance over (4)
WORDGOROUND
Word Go Round
How many words of four letters or more can you make? Each letter must be used only once and all words must contain the centre letter. There is at least one nine-letter word. No words starting with a capital are allowed, no plurals ending in s unless the word is also a verb.
WORDGOROUNDGO E R Y B EB
Good 15 Very Good 21 Excellent 26+
Sudoku
2 9 84 7
8 6 23 1 8 3 4 5 2 8 9 7 4 5 3 6 6 2 9 5 3 2 156 81 9
9 8 1 5 3 7 36
287 9
MEDIUM
4 9 2 5 3 5 7 9 1 4
Last week
1432 597 86 Fill the grid so that every 5639 284 716987 2756 341 814 52 39 column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. 2174 536 4891 675 98 23 4 5 2 1 8195 3679 7 8 1 4 5348 6 7 3 236 482 9 2 5 769 9 8 74 15 6 3 21 1 7 2 6 8 4 9 3 5 9263 158 47 Last week’s CodeCracker 3465 921 87 8953 712 46 9 5 4 8 3 6 7 1 2 7312 458 69
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Last week’s crossword solution
ACROSS: 1 Cutlass, 4 Clap eyes on, 9 Falling, 13 Pelt, 14 Uranus, 15 Dainty, 16 Shorten, 19 Devastated, 20 Rational, 21 Sewer, 24 Dishes, 25 Serene, 27 Sackcloth, 32 Escapade, 33 Dea-con, 34 Saffron, 38 Sorcerer, 39 Stream, 40 Gait, 41 Filmy, 42 Dwelt, 45 As mad as a hatter, 52 Skill, 55 Trams, 56 Firm, 57 Choice, 58 Undercut, 61 Parsnip, 62 Unless, 63 Prepared, 66 Continual, 68 Cheeky, 69 Athens, 73 Piste, 74 Numbness, 76 Disappoint, 81 Robbery, 82 Panama, 83 Accost, 84 Stow, 85 Courted, 86 Challenges, 87 Shudder. DOWN: 1 Coped, 2 Televise, 3 Spread, 4 Canoe, 5 Also, 6 Endorse, 7 Exists, 8 Outdo, 10 Ache, 11 Largest, 12 Needed, 17 Assessment, 18 Banks, 22 Repeated, 23 Gleam, 24 Devised, 26 Et al, 28 Amongst, 29 Camera, 30 Warmth, 31 Normal, 33 Dregs, 35 Frisk, 36 Free, 37 Fife, 43 Warsaw, 44 Lambs, 46 Slim, 47 Ammonia, 48 Archer, 49 Aeons, 50 Accepted, 51 Runway, 52 Stereotype, 53 Itch, 54 Letters, 59 Ditty, 60 Weak, 64 Snout, 65 Resisted, 67 October, 68 Cascade, 70 Gigolo, 71 Retail, 72 Kansas, 75 Beach, 77 Incas, 78 Tower, 79 True, 80 Bang.
5x5
C D T V L R C P R T O T R
CAD E T U V U L A R E C AP I RA T E O T T ER
Insert the missing letters A T R to complete ten words U S — five across the grid A I E and five down. A E More than one solution may be possible. T E S
