Puzzle booklet daily 14 September 2021
Transcript of Puzzle booklet daily 14 September 2021
Across 1 Rowdy sons quiet? Suspects something (9)8 It’s light and portable (5)9 Short cut from the beach? (7)10 Reformed gambler (6)11 Bronte play set in Brittany (6)12 Suit for a girl’s best friend (8)15 The night air? (8)18 Set on a particular course but utterly defeated (6)20 General method that allows margin for error (6)21 Medal that is presented for fruit drink (7)22 Perceive the meaning (5)23 How a mill hand will tell a story? (4,1,4)
Down2 He introduces us to the girl (5)3 A tense arrangement for the governing body (6)4 Native I speak ill of (8)5 Mass of people moving about in the road in the morning (6)6 Eloquently appealing for a zero assessment (7)7 New riches he’d treasured (9)11 Suffering from fewer restrictions as far as one can see? (9)13 One way of saying one doesn’t like it? (8)14 Conceals or publicly exhibits (7)16 In America wise practices (6)17 Try and use new business guarantee (6)19 Tree entitled to respect (5)
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Cryptic Solution 16722
Across: 1 Copious, 4 End up, 7 Ward, 8 Dumbbell, 10 Deductions, 12 Dismal, 13 Afloat, 15 Pickpocket, 18 Seconded, 19 Lope, 20 Yodel, 21 Steamed.
Down: 1 Cowed, 2 Paradise, 3 Studio, 4 Ebb and flow, 5 Deep, 6 Polecat, 9 Occasional, 11 Bookworm, 12 Debussy, 14 Skiers, 16 Tread, 17 Acid.
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Across 1 Disease affecting roses (5,4)8 Superior to (5)9 Stillness (7)10 Maintenance (6)11 Systematic selfishness (6)12 Exceed (8)15 Regain possession of (8)18 Mariner (6)20 Validate (6)21 Stir up concern (7)22 Wrong judgment (5)23 Highest mountain in the Alps (4,5)
Down2 Deceitful (5)3 Recognition (6)4 Eurasian maple (8)5 Interfere (6)6 Self-effacement (7)7 Cayenne (3,6)11 Always fresh and vital (9)13 Faculty of sight (8)14 Degree of eminence (7)16 Irresolute (6)17 Handgun (6)19 On many occasions (5)
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10-Minute Solution 16722
Across: 1 Pointed, 4 Bowls, 7 Type, 8 Carapace, 10 Prima donna, 12 Hairdo, 13 Dreary, 15 Iniquitous, 18 Sporadic, 19 Grab, 20 Yield, 21 Maunder.
Down: 1 Put up, 2 Implicit, 3 Drag on, 4 Brain drain, 5 Wear, 6 Specify, 9 Hand in hand, 11 Laboured, 12 Hearsay, 14 Squirm, 16 Sober, 17 Lone.
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This is the world’s most addictive numbers game. The aim is to fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. You need to reason out where to place the missing numbers by using the numbers given in the grid and a process of elimination. This is a game of logic not mathematical ability.
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Using the letter F somewhere in every word, can you make at least 23 words of four letters or more out of these letters? At least one word will have all the letters. No proper names.
Yesterday’s answer: acute, caul, clue, cuff, cult, cute, EFFECTUAL, elute, fateful, faucet, fault, flue, flute, fuel, luce, luff, luffa, lute, tufa, tuff