NWN-18062020

Thursday, June 18, 2020 38 puzzles n 2 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT n 2 PUZZLES NEWBURY NEWS PUZZLES

Newbury Weekly News

PUT YOUR BRAINPOWER TO THE TEST WITH THESE CONUNDRUMS

Quiz Challenge 1. Of which former country was Tito prime minister and president? 2. What nationality was the artist Rembrandt? 3. Of which Motown group were Diana Ross and Mary Wilson members? 4. In which Asian city is the famous Raffles Hotel? 5. How many sporting events comprise a pentathlon?

CODEWORD

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

6. Which singer played Dr Susan Lowenstein in The Prince of Tides? 7. What type of towns are Bath, Tunbridge Wells and Epsom? 8. Which colour of ball is worth six points in snooker? 9. Through which process are animal skins turned into leather? 10. In what voice range did Pavarotti sing? Using the clues provided, fill in each step of the ladder with a new word, changing one letter at a time. WORD LADDERS

SPLIT DECISION

Cross out one of the letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid.

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T A

N P

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H O R T

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ROOT

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T S

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

ACROSS

DOWN

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Castle

1. It’s not only cattle traders who deal here (5,6) 9. Tombstone inscription will produce a tear! (3) 10. Likely to cause ill- feeling (9) 11. Shows deficiencies – in need of tightening up, we hear (5) 13. What the referee needs when it comes to blows! (7) 14. Discovers how low noises are (6) 16. A wheel cover, we hear, is something that people can put on themselves (6) 18. Chemical charge after dark, by the sound of it (7) 19. Settle and make a fire (5) 20. He notes the proceedings minute by minute (9) 21. In the freight a residual coal product (3) 22. Suffering from cardiac arteriosclerosis? (4-7)

2. It whirls round the summit (3) 3. Irons a suit (5) 4. Native American doctor getting the bird! (6) 5. For the practical man art lies in ruins (7) 6. Providing a certain name is giving one a claim (9) 7. Absence of works of creative imagination will show naivety (11) 8. Classify crossword compilers as experts in letter arrangements! (11) 12. Shellfish could act as cure (9) 15. The road to the cemetery, maybe! (4-3) 17. Just the word to open with (6) 19. A bed to propagate shoots (5) 21. It’s used by the driver for ball bearing (3)

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 R A

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Stone

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U A N H

Series of shelves

Each number in the codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. You have two 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.

Reverse

SUMTHING

Enjoy

Fit the numbers into the grid so that all the sums are correct – reading left to right or on single lines top to bottom. The 11 digits you must use are listed to the right.

BASE

GOAD

0 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 6 7 9

ALPHAMUDDLE

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Precious metal

Rearrange the letters in the grid on the left to make five words that read both across and down. Five letters have been placed to start you off.

L U E N P R N O M I L P E T S T P S H S

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Daring

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Latch

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Water vessel

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Jacket

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COAX

SUDOKU

WORD SQUARE QUICK CROSSWORD

Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.

Easy

Hard

R E V N S D O I I

How many words of four letters or more can you make from this Word Square? Each word must use the central letter, and each letter may be used only once. At least one word using all nine letters can be found. Proper nouns and plurals are not allowed, however verb forms ending in ‘s’ are permitted. Guidelines: 25 Good; 35 Very Good; 40 Excellent.

SOLUTIONS

ACROSS 1. Own (11) 9. Place (3)

DOWN 2. Sever (3) 3. At no time (5) 4. Native American tent (6)

Across: 1 Stock market; 9 Rip; 10 Unhealthy; 11 Lacks; 13 Whistle; 14 Sounds; 16 Attire; 18 Nitrate; 19 Light; 20 Secretary; 21 Tar; 22 Hard-hearted. Down: 2 Top; 3 Clubs; 4 Mohawk; 5 Realist; 6 Entitling; 7 Artlessness; 8 Typesetters; 12 Crustacea; 15 Dead-end; 17 Sesame; 19 Layer; 21 Tee. Across: 1 Acknowledge; 9 Put; 10 Vigilance; 11 Recur; 13 Apparel; 14 Punish; 16 Beaten; 18 Imagine; 19 Cadet; 20 Tangerine; 21 Tan; 22 Traditional. Down: 2 Cut; 3 Never; 4 Wigwam; 5 Eclipse; 6 Generated; 7 Appropriate; 8 Wellingtons; 12 Container; 15 Stipend; 17 Desist; 19 Credo; 21 Tea. SPLIT DECISION: QUICK CROSSWORD: S H T F I H R R P L D A E R N T A M E Z A

Nine-letter word: DIVERSION WORD SQUARE:

10. Watchfulness (9) 11. Happen again (5) 13. Attire (7) 14. Chastise (6) 16. Thrashed (6) 18. Fancy (7) 19. Military student (5) 20. Fruit (9) 21. Brown (3) 22. Handed down as custom (11)

5. Outshine (7) 6. Produced (9) 7. Suitable (11)

ALPHAMUDDLE: Plump, Loner, Unite, Meths, Press. 7+9=16, 3x4=12, 4x5=20

8. High boots (11) 12. Receptacle (9) 15. Clergyman’s salary (7)

HARD SUDOKU:

EASY SUDOKU:

SUMTHING:

1 D P Y H B R E F K Q A C W Z M X T G N V S L J I 17. Cease (6) 19. Creed (5) 21. Beverage (3) 14

24 O U

1 Root, Rook, Rock, Rack, Back, Bask, Base 2 Goad, Gold, Bold, Bolt, Boat, Coat, Coax.

23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: 25 26

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5 1 Yugoslavia; 2 Dutch; 3 The Supremes; 4 Singapore; 5 Five; 6 Barbra Streisand; 7 Spa towns; 8 Pink; 9 Tanning; 10 Tenor. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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QUIZ CHALLENGE:

CODEWORD:

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