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Jumbo crossword
ACROSS
1 Entertain (5) 4 Income obtained very easily (5,3,3,4) 14 Oily fruit (5) 15 City head (5) 16 Coach (10) 17 Ground wheat (5) 19 Curve (3) 20 School or course quitter (7) 21 Interrupted (9) 22 Animal-restraining tie (6) 25 Wandered aimlessly (9) 27 Double-cross (6) 28 Camera stand (6) 33 Feelings of mistrust (10) 35 Lubricate (3) 36 Radio interference (6) 37 Tart (4) 39 Allow (3) 41 Ancient Egyptian ruler (7) 42 Skin problem (6) 43 Debt (9) 44 Range (5) 45 Strong, steam-heated coffee (8) 50 Attending (2) 51 Nuclear reactor disaster (8) 55 Components (5) 58 Dreadful, ghastly (9) 59 Drink sachet (3,3) 60 Big bird (7) 61 Distant (3) 63 Fishing snares (4) 64 Withstand (6) 65 Frozen water (3) 66 Person unfamiliar with the sea (10) 68 Passionate (6) 69 Please (anag) (6) 71 Blue (9) 76 Pain in chest (6) 77 Rally driver’s assistant (9) 79 Fruit flower (7) 81 Fish (3) 84 Scottish estate owner (5) 85 Ramp over castle moat (10) 86 Jumped (5) 87 Courage (5) 88 Of goods sold surreptitiously (5,3,7) 89 Fully grown (5)
DOWN
2 Paltry (6) 3 Newspaper exclusive (5) 5 Possesses (4) 6 Weave (7) 7 Defective (6) 8 Spinning blade (5) 9 Of maximum size (7) 10 Prevalent (4) 11 Investigated (6) 12 Tobacco roll (5) 13 Saved from danger (7) 14 Area of fruit trees (7) 18 Quick to argue or fight (10) 23 Under (5) 24 Competent (7) 26 Empire head (7) 27 Compensating weight (7) 29 Condition in a contract (7) 30 Waterside plants (6) 31 Tall building (5) 32 Buccaneer (6) 34 Faction (4) 36 Rose (5) 38 Synthetic fibre (5) 40 Present (4) 45 Of small and delicate build (5) 46 Sharp-ended (7) 47 Repeat (4) 48 Strained (6) 49 Water vessel (5) 50 Straddling (7) 52 With languor (10) 53 Hard-wearing (7) 54 Evil (6) 55 Clearly (7) 56 Auctioneer’s hammer (5) 57 Formal dance (4) 62 Way in (5) 67 Nestle into (7) 68 Run away (7) 70 Enthusiastic approval (7) 72 Feeling (7) 73 Flag (6) 74 Panda’s food (6) 75 Force to do (6) 76 Embellish (5) 78 Very angry (5) 80 Tempo (5) 82 Slight advantage (4) 83 Eye lecherously (4)
12 6 1 4 5 4 58 2 6 5 1 3 9 5 9 8 2 4 4 8 6 3 8 91 9 48
MEDIUM
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5912 734 86 Fill the grid so that every 8345 197 626821 7436 495 589 73 12 column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. 6253 478 1976 825 91 34 2 6 5 4 8349 1793 4 5 7 8 3287 1 7 3 257 862 6 2 1 916 9 8 61 45 3 9 54 9 5 2 8 7 3 1 4 6 9165 348 27 Last week’s CodeCracker 3861 549 27 7419 263 85 2 1 3 4 9 5 6 7 8 5792 684 13
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Last week’s crossword solution
ACROSS: 1 Laces, 4 Straight as a die, 11 Build, 14 Vague, 15 Compromised, 16 Relation, 19 Compass, 20 Frill, 21 Livestock, 24 Overwhelm, 26 Feeler, 27 Cannon, 31 Dulls, 32 Reindeer, 34 Centigrade, 38 Cavalry, 39 Merino, 40 Orchid, 41 Tour, 42 Referee, 45 Gymnastics, 50 Elapsed, 54 Neat, 55 Trunks, 56 Scroll, 57 Newborn, 60 Worthwhile, 61 Lingerie, 62 Tinge, 65 Tundra, 66 Encore, 67 Flyweight, 72 Three-some, 73 China, 74 Prelude, 79 Toreador, 80 Integration, 81 Amber, 82 Dated, 83 Comfortably off, 84 Unite. DOWN: 2 Amazon, 3 Equip, 5 Tool, 6 Apparel, 7 Ghouls, 8 Twin, 9 Specimen, 10 Events, 11 Blancmange, 12 Iris, 13 Dungeon, 17 Users, 18 References, 22 Chief, 23 Infamous, 25 Village, 26 Furious, 28 Mutate, 29 Design, 30 Stride, 33 Needy, 35 Erred, 36 Free, 37 Gobi, 42 Renew, 43 Flagrant, 44 Earthy, 45 Gentleness, 46 Mess, 47 Absolve, 48 Tyrant, 49 Chloe, 51 Leek, 52 Publish, 53 Enrage, 58 Churchyard, 59 Views, 63 Commando, 64 Fibre, 65 Trusted, 68 Lengthy, 69 Heroic, 70 Cherub, 71 Advent, 75 Lemon, 76 Writ, 77 Deft, 78 Roof.
5x5
C O S O E I A E E E P E S
Insert the missing letters D E to complete ten words B A E — five across the grid A E and five down. U E D More than one solution may be possible. E T
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