Easter Puzzle Time 2019

PUZZLE 22

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

QUICK CLUES

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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)

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

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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)

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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

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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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