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Puzzle Time

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SUDOKU PUZZLE 1

PUZZLE 2

Difficulty level: Easy

Difficulty level: Medium

There is just one simple rule. Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box. 4 5 8 6 8 2 4 7 9 2 1 9 5 3 5 2 4 1 4 8 2 5 3 5 9 4 2 8 6 3 2 4 2 1 8 7 2 8 5 1 4 3 7 5 4 3 9 8 6 7 1 3 7 2 Totaliser: the mind-stretcher Boost your mental agility against the clock. Start with the number on the left and follow the instructions. In 30 seconds beginners should complete the Level One challenge, intermediate players Level Two and advanced players Level Three. PUZZLE 3 ➥ LEVEL ONE ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ 47 -19 3 /4 OF THIS ÷3 TIMES ITSELF DOUBLE THIS +17 80% OF THIS -14 5 /6 OF THIS

ANSWER

LEVEL TWO

5 /9 OF THIS

➥ 20% OF THIS

45% OF THIS

DOUBLE THIS

TIMES ITSELF

+61

-58

÷5

+31

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL THREE

1 /11 OF THIS

7 /10 OF THIS

175% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

+117

÷12

-119

132

➥

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL ONE

PUZZLE 4

➥ 2 /3 OF THIS

90% OF THIS

DOUBLE THIS

TIMES ITSELF

ܘ OF THIS

÷2

+31

-35

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL TWO

3 /4 OF THIS

75% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

DOUBLE THIS

➥ ܘ OF THIS

÷6

-88

+64

169

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL THREE

8 /9 OF THIS

125% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

DOUBLE THIS

ܘ OF THIS

-180

+36

➥

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

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PUZZLE 5

STARSPOT CROSSWORD

Find the celebrity name contained in this crossword. Complete the puzzle in the usual way then make a note of the letters contained in all the squares which are marked with shaded stars. These letters will make an anagram of the name.

Across

Down

1. Bone in the upper arm (7) 5. Walked slowly (5) 8. Turkish commander (3) 9. Completely (7) 10. North Italian city (5) 11. Milky sap (5) 13. Fidgety (7) 15. Irritable (4) 17. Refer indirectly (6) 19. Cure (6) 22. Flightless bird (4) 24. Mollusc (7) 26. Cowboy show (5) 29. Paint solvent (inf.) (5) 30. Heroic (7)

1. Inn (5) 2. Church cantata (5)

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3. Rested (7) 4. Uttering (6) 5. Father (5) 6. Rust (7)

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7. Succession of rulers (7) 12. Pointed instrument (3) 14. Jane ----, novel by Charlotte Brontë (4) 16. Diesel (4) 17. Judge, umpire (7) 18. Young hare (7) 20. Sound attenuator (7) 21. Female deer (3) 23. Paradise (6) 25. Lariat (5) 27. Stage show (5) 28. Chose (5)

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31. Prosecute (3) 32. Proportion (5) 33. Miser (7)

PUZZLE 6

PUZZLE 7

Subject: songs by the Rolling Stones

Subject: bones found in the human body

Word Searches Can you find the ten words hidden in each of these puzzles? The answers can be found running backwards or forwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

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PUZZLE 8

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A Having the world’s largest stalagmite B The storing of vintage champagne

A Grange Hill B Byker Grove C Tucker’s Luck D The Demon Headmaster

C Prehistoric wall paintings D The production of truffles

QUESTION 11 – for 11 points: Who preceded Theresa May as Home Secretary?

QUESTION 2 – for 2 points: Which is the only bird that can fly backwards? A Kestrel B Swift C Hummingbird D Tern QUESTION 3 – for 3 points: Which film won the greatest number of Oscars at the 2014 ceremony?

A Jacqui Smith B Alan Johnson C Harriet Harman D David Blunkett

QUESTION 12 – for 12 points: At which independent school was Princess Anne educated? A Benenden School B Cheltenham Ladies’ College C Roedean School D Malvern Girls’ College QUESTION 13 – for 13 points: Which common domestic item contains a magnetron? A A mobile phone

Princess Anne. See Question 12

A American Hustle B 12 Years A Slave C Dallas Buyers Club D Gravity

QUESTION 7 – for 7 points: Which of these knighted actors played the part of the butler to Dudley Moore in the film Arthur? A Ralph Richardson B John Gielgud C John Mills D Richard Attenborough

QUESTION 4 – for 4 points: Which of these literary characters was known for wearing a deerstalker hat? A Sherlock Holmes B James Bond C The Saint D Inspector Maigret

B An electricity meter C A vacuum cleaner D A microwave oven

QUESTION 8 – for 8 points: What is a cinquefoil? A A fort built in the sea B A flowering plant C A sword used in fencing D A five-sided church tower

QUESTION 5 – for 5 points: What is measured in curies? A Strength of chillies B Height of horses C Level of radioactivity D Frequency of musical notes

QUESTION 14 – for 14 points: What nationality was the revolutionary leader

Che Guevara? A Argentinian B Cuban C Mexican D Colombian

QUESTION 9 – for 9 points: Which of these ships was captained by the literary character Para Handy? A The Maid of the Isles

QUESTION 6 – for 6 points: Which is the most southerly national capital city in the world? A Wellington B Buenos Aires C Canberra D Cape Town

QUESTION 15 – for 15 points: The Stanley Cup is contested in which sport? A Snooker

B The Black Swan C The Vital Spark D The Puffin

B Ice Hockey C Badminton D Polo

Box Clever

PUZZLE 9

PUZZLE 10

PUZZLE 11

2 4

2 2

Fill each 6 x 6 grid with as many boxes as there are numbers printed in the grid. Each box must be either square or rectangular and must contain just one of the numbers. The numbers show how many squares there should be in each box.

2 3

2 4

2 6 3 6

2 6

2 2

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PUZZLE 12

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

Down

1. In the crudest sense it’s the colour of unbleached linen (4) 4. Succeed or fail in riding a bicycle (4,3) 8. It’s like a film star to be well informed (2,3,7) 9. Offer for less than a guinea (8) 10. Grizzly speculator? (4) 12. Valley flowers? (6) 14. Church official attacked about ten (6) 16. Thanks General Secretary for the tickets (4) 17. Colin, her distributor of gas (8) 20. Skilled craftsman employed at No 10 (12) 21. Have a rest at length (3,4) 22. Detest a male at heart (4)

2. Coming from Acton with part of a long poem (5) 3. Opened an eye (8) 4. Making do with a stone (6) 5. Came from the club (4) 6. Work is socially acceptable during the period before Easter for the wealthy (7) 7. Eggs that cost nothing on the mountains? (4-5) 9. Petty officer landed, taking one state of government (9) 11. Can’t hope to remove the monument (8) 13. The foreign bilge rewritten to make clear (7) 15. Building prohibition going round an Asian country (6) 18. Nitre could be chemically inactive (5) 19. Ruin a foreign party (4)

PUZZLE 13

PUZZLE 14

Difficulty level: Easy

Difficulty level: Medium

30 12

24 11

16 10

Kakuro Fill in the blank squares in the grid with numbers so that each horizontal or vertical line adds up to the total given in the box either to the left or above it. Horizontal totals are given in the top right corners of the shaded boxes; vertical totals in the bottom left corners. You can use the numbers 1 to 9, but may not use the same number more than once in any run. The number may be used again, however, in the same row or column but as part of another run.

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PUZZLE 15

PUZZLE 16

Easy Zygolex ®

Medium Zygolex ®

BANGED

COOL

BEER

DERIVE

EXECUTED

SWEET

TOOK

LIVING

CYCLE

CHORD

SANDER

VENDETTA

BEAT

SMOOTHED

RED

ROUTE

MANDIBLE

FLUME

LOVING

CLAY

JAY

FIRE

BOND

POWER

FIST

PULL

JEER

JOKER

DRAW

RAPID

ORANGE

RHYME

LETTERS

PHRASE

MEANING

RHYME

LETTERS

MEANING

ZYGOLEX ®

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PUZZLE 17

Quick Crossword

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Down

2. Slight wound (7) 7. Merge (4) 8. Religious image (4) 9. Declaims (7) 10. Ceremonial staff (4) 12. Healing skin (4) 15. Savoury jelly (5) 17. Bends over (6) 18. Pact (6) 19. Snare (6) 21. Allot (6) 22. Serving spoon (5) 23. Act (4) 26. Unruly child (4) 28. Terrace (anag.) (7) 29. Flightless bird (4) 30. Cease (4) 31. Frozen dessert (7)

1. Cougar (4) 2. Withered (4) 3. Niche (6)

4. Choice morsel (6) 5. Snake’s sound (4) 6. Bright star (4) 10. Interpret wrongly (7) 11. Chuckle (7) 13. Early piano (7) 14. Blade fixed to rifle (7) 15. Dismay (5) 16. Earthenware pot (5) 20. Clergyman (6) 21. Llama-like animal (6) 24. Wicked (4) 25. Fall in drops (4) 26. Finest (4) 27. English river (4)

20 25

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PUZZLE 18

PUZZLE 19

CROSS CODE

Each number in the grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. You have three letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you get the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check off the alphabetical list of letters as you identify them.

N O P Q R

A B C D E F

3 1 26 23 16 26 17 6

24 8 6 14

19 20 1 10 2 1 26 22

21 13 2 20 25 6

12 14 14 16 26

10 1 19

26 17 15 24 15 26 21

22 10 23 26

21 18 6

26 25 10 23 18 19

5 1 12 21 15 26

19 24 16 17 6

4 19 18 2 10 25 14 19

26 21 15 26

19 18 25 22 19 22

22 11 19 10 21 4

S T U V W

18 1 21 26 1 14

21 26 14 26 1 6

G H I J K L M

16 14 26 21

16 1 3 3 19 18

1 7 26 19 18 22

24 14 25 26 8 6

3 23 18 16 13 2 26 15

16 17 12 6 14

19 12 14

17 25 14 23 25 18

12 11 24 15 12 17 26

2 26 26

25 9 1 7

6 19 18 14 26

X Y Z

14 13 23 10 19 26

14 20 4 4 24 5 4 26

14 18 19 19 10 2 26 14

21 26 14 22

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

W 10 11 12 13

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

S 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

A 24 25 26

G 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

U 23 24 25

PUZZLE 20

PUZZLE 21

Pathwords In each case you should start from the central shaded letter and move one letter at a time (up, down, right or left, but not diagonally) to follow the path. 1. architectural terms

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N I L O C O R G B U T T E O D A D B N I R T E L C I N E E L Y E S D C O T O T L F A J S A O L R Y S B B M T R N N P O E K A L U S A O L A O G H C R I L D P E L Y R I T A N P E U O T A A A R N T I N C G I L G V U M H F I E E P A C E L O C L A

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PUZZLE 22

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD Two sets of clues both leading to the same answers

QUICK CLUES

Across

CRYPTIC CLUES

1. Give new life (7) 5. Tine (5) 8. Lie obliquely (5) 9. Castle gate (7) 10. Cobbler (4,8) 12. Argument (6) 14. Argent (anag.) (6) 17. Equal in measure or extent (12) 21. More sapid (7) 22. Adult female (5) 23. Evade (5) 24. Sequoia (7)

Across

1. Concerning father, he’s about to revive (7) 5. Spike creates stink without right (5) 8. Slope towards a biased view (5) 9. Reps not going round to the back door (7) 10. At last he mends (4,8) 12. Discuss what society girl consumed (6) 14. Ran round inside to obtain a red stone (6) 17. Another meaner custom that’s in due proportion (12) 21. Artiste performing found it was more appetising (7) 22. Lady succeeded in getting mother in (5) 23. Trick by which Italian magistrate caught many (5) 24. Just one tree in a brightly coloured forest? (7)

Down

1. Corrosion (4) 2. Momentary illumination (5) 3. Beseech (7) 4. Funnel-shaped receptacle (6) 5. Turkish governor (5)

6. Infested (7) 7. Originate (8) 11. Tutored (8) 13. Stupefied (7) 15. Moved swiftly and directly (7) 16. Loan shark (6) 18. Omit, run together (5) 19. Musical speed (5) 20. ---- Blyton, children’s author (4)

Down

11. Learned after having been taught (8) 13. Meditate in bed when dazed (7) 15. Pointedly indicated? (7) 16. Moneylender certain to be found in an old city (6) 18. Abridge some novel ideas (5) 19. Time in the bar (5) 20. In the finish I found the woman (4)

1. Are you looking at a good man with brown coat? (4) 2. Vulgar item of news (5) 3. In shopping centre a tramp will beg (7) 4. One jumping into a container? (6) 5. Father has arranged a title (5) 6. Went too far and knocked down when in reverse (7) 7. Bring about another teenager (8)

PUZZLE 23

Telephone dialling pads combine several letters on one key. Here several sets of words or items have been encoded by using numbers rather than letters. Then they have been divided into groups of three characters and all the words have been run one after another to make your task a little more difficult. Can you crack the code?

units of measurement old and new

Dialling Codes

gases

reptiles

6. 837 727 461 242 635 366 126 272 188 785 312 771 549 273 186 786 473 143 256 126 226 632 125 544 286 717 288 537 625 314 482 621 276 263 453 625 821 463 421 926 242 162 642 421 766 254 212 977 871 345 416 372 518 424 526 317 464 276 731 639 193 252 631 842 632 172 547 826 186 642 countries which drive on the left

4. 645 317 827 814 726 122 731 387 566 415 487 317 686 319 273 174 681 328 466 154 566 387 315 324 831 566 814 624 146 871 366 816 468 831 866 556 931 836 385 527 176 237 714 282 752 715 272 127 236 261 442 516 674 261 878 362 612 673 371 742 427 371 468 441 927 631 928 441 268 426 surnames of famous cricketers

5. 358 674 631 936 661 638 426 317 767 263 163 661 493 764 361 266 664 216 487 643 613 849 536 316 994 361 435 486 124 567 463 127 466 172 366 437 285 371 724 488 274 871 674 661 236 828 787 122 623 714 937 212 946 871 274 371 877 216 256 717 472 371 436 464 173 427 871 263 766 332 constellations

1 [ ] ’ –

2 ABC

3 DEF

4 GHI

5 JKL

6 MNO

7 PQRS

8 TUV

9 WXYZ

Spaces and any punctuation marks are represented by 1.

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SIGNWORD In this crossword the clues are printed in what would be the ‘black’ squares usually. Follow the signs from each clue to find where the word should fit. PUZZLE 24

----- Campbell,

On either side

Grown- ups Afterwards

Spring flower

super- model (pic)

Timber

Aviate

Flog

Small songbird

Build

Enduring

Nowadays

Greeting

------Mar- golyes, actress

Crushing defeat

Soft drink Affirmative vote

Retired for the night

Carrying board Steeples

Belinda --------,US singer

Move furtively

Fleet of ships

Braced

Torpedo vessel Capital of Zambia

Princess -------- of York

Firmly held opinion

----- Boyle, Scottish singer

Strap for hawk

Frock Listening organ

Allow

Sediment

Celsius tempera- ture scale

In a stranded condition

Supported in dispute

Stiff paper

---Maria, liqueur

Powerful beam

Grasp

Cat noise Boiled

Copy

Scientist's workplace (abbrev.)

Alternative

Recounts

US currency Headgear

Preserva- tive

Caught in a trap

Emotional

Record Vernon ---, presenter (pic)

Hot drink Male gamete

Use one's strength

Blazing

Bundle of hay Twofold

Grind teeth

Transmit electronic document Performed

Knocked

Scholarly

Twelve months Unwanted plant

Drying frame

Stag

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ANSWER

LEVEL TWO

3 /4 OF THIS

3 /13 OF THIS

140% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

-32

+58

+51

÷3

➥

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL THREE

5 /13 OF THIS

➥ 25% OF THIS

125% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

+128

-134

÷9

+153

164

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL ONE

PUZZLE 28

60% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

DOUBLE THIS

ܘ OF THIS

+22

-27

➥ ÷5

+15

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL TWO

5 /6 OF THIS

75% OF THIS

DOUBLE THIS

➥ ܘ OF THIS

-85

+135

÷5

x13

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

ANSWER

LEVEL THREE

11 /13 OF THIS

75% OF THIS

TIMES ITSELF

DOUBLE THIS

ܘ OF THIS

-155

÷3

+102

➥

➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥ ➥

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PUZZLE 29

STARSPOT CROSSWORD

Across

Down

1. Wisdom (8) 5. Wound mark (4) 9. Large and frightening imaginary creature (7)

1. Exactly alike (4) 2. Person beyond help (inf.) (5) 3. Cows (6) 4. Rotate (4) 6. Tearful child (7) 7. Withstood (8) 8. Woodland deity (5) 12. Afterwards (5) 13. Round flat cap (5) 14. Bony framework (8) 16. Empty space (3) 18. Wool-fat (7)

★ ★ ★

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★

★ ★

20. Funeral pile (4) 21. Force back (5) 23. More protracted (6) 24. Sycophant (5) 28. Spanish accent (5) 29. Capital of Arizona (7) 30. Not any (4) 31. Excellence (8)

★

21. Begin again (5) 22. Scottish loch (6)

★

25. Dullard (5) 26. Until (2,2) 27. Rotational centre (4)

★

PUZZLE 30

PUZZLE 31

Subject: languages

Subject: Commonwealth capital cities

Word Searches Can you find the ten words hidden in each of these puzzles? The answers can be found running backwards or forwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

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PUZZLE 32

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A Brain B Lungs C Liver D Kidneys

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QUESTION 2 – for 2 points: How is the year 2000 portrayed in Roman numerals?

A DD B CC C LL D MM

B Dorset C Devon D Kent

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B Brobdignag C Middle Earth D Mordor

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A Barrels B Arrows C Bricks D Saddles

B Martinique C St Vincent D Cuba

B Dadaism C Cubism D Surrealism

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PUZZLE 33

PUZZLE 34

PUZZLE 35

2 2

2 6

8 2

4 6

3 3

2 2

4 2

2 2

4 2

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PUZZLE 36

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

Down

1. Employ in a dramatic role (5,4,4) 2. Make an offer for nurse (6) 3. Left a lie about a girl (5) 4. Thicker part of the hidden serum (6) 5. This beast has its pride (7) 6. Modified a Verdi composition (6) 7. Quiet existence enjoyed in Leeward Islands? (9,4) 13. Record a few chapters in the registration document (7) 15. Preliminary sketches made by hooligans (6) 16. Somehow reticent in removing group of three rhyming lines (6) 17. Custom for American with an engineer (6) 19. Feature a country (5)

1. Repressed feelings for this type of beer (7) 8. Found in the pit – a phony inscription (7) 9. Local board which is kept in suspense (3,4) 10. Timekeeper not working at night (7) 11. Handy missile for producing explosions? (7) 12. Balance remains (7) 14. Produce the attendance figures (7) 18. Cut tax before day one (7) 20. Piper who may be used in an emergency (7) 21. Wine fromChina? It was returned (7) 22. Reconstructed an hotel in Ireland (7) 23. Gin and leisure, we hear, producing high swing (7)

PUZZLE 37

PUZZLE 38

Difficulty level: Easy

Difficulty level: Medium

21 16

4 19

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