Pretoria News Weekend July 11 2020

AFFLUENCE | Saturday, July 11 2020
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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS: 9 Issue more than the others
the maximum (9)
10 The answer is to have a liquid mixture
(8)
12 Achieve the correct balance with the
ornamentation (4)
13 No mere mortal, I guess (6)
14 Will lay on drink, you think (7)
15 Commits an error in writing the clue for
"odes" (4,5)
17 Was a welsher a shortcoming, indeed
(9)
18 Spots an insect crawling round the
hole (7)
20 Very keen to get the other flighty
daughter into (3-3)
21 He's come back with a fresh egg (4)
24 Hasn't it yet learned to steer clear of
insect spray? (8)
26 Bought back and restored oneself to
favour (8)
28 So after all is left unfinished, too (4)
29 Going back, see the trainee's mistake
(4-2)
31 Is fast finding what all the study was
for (7)
34 Very sad he ruined the roast again (5-4)
36 A dash just before take-off (5,4)
38 "Lacks stability," they add (7)
39 With which to pay the minder? (6)
40 Story Sally was given specially to
break (4)
41 Only commenting on briefly, but it's
poignant (8)
42 A difficult task for High Command (4,5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS: 9 Serene (9) 10 Conversation
(8) 12 Always (4) 13 Gambling place (6) 14
Washing cloth (7) 15 Riddle (9) 17 Genuine
(9) 18 Ecstasy (7) 20 Boil (6) 21 Rodents
(4) 24 Conventional (8) 26 Of the Middle
Ages (8) 28 Unsightly (4) 29 Golf club (6) 31
Infernal (7) 34 Sluggish (9) 36 Unpleasant
surprise (9) 38 Jury's decision (7) 39
Probable (6) 40 Magician's stick (4) 41 False
teeth (8) 42 Infamy (9)
ACROSS: 1 The sort of dialect that
to an Irishman is nothing (6)
8 A sailor and I get the cadet to
formally give up (8)
9 What a noise! My stomach – last
month! (6)
10 Dr Leo takes ten? That smells! (8)
11 Give me a car! You be the judge
in it! (6)
12 It's very moving to be so
expendable! (4)
13 Moves tables just to find one
match? (5)
16 You get left with that sly one to
tarnish it (5)
19 I get mad with my hired help (4)
21 I read about having the right to
defend myself against him (6)
22 Let me go, Bert! I will give you
the ale! (8)
23 In a way I'd lost but remained
impassive (6)
24 Cheers in the Territory on seeing
places made available for soldiers
(8)
25 Roy comes to an unusual end
over there (6)
JUMBO CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC 320
DOWN: 1 Interrupted only when I tend to
digress (6,2)
2 Go out when you light up (6)
3 Do get involved in some game (8)
4 Pearls are round, by the way (6)
5 Went up and roughly cased all round,
you conclude (8)
6 Heavy rain accompanied by lightning?
(5,5)
7 Doesn't retire and creates a logjam (5,2)
8 Managed to leave when it became
known (3,3)
11 First the raging gale drowned the
noise (7)
16 Like a really bad oil lamp? (6)
19 Spoils the acts (5)
20 He's a catch (3)
22 Question the female we apprehended
(5)
23 Finds out that money constitutes a
snare (6)
25 Show yourself to have a heart,
perhaps, and emulate (6,4)
26 Knock back the usual (3)
27 Carrying the spray (mace) and a knife
(7)
30 Standing outside "The Goat's Head,"
Peter is worried (8)
31 Keeps it a secret from the firm and
freelances (8)
32 A job you are safe and at home in? (8)
33 Eke out the bit of porridge (7)
35 Fighting to get something done (6)
36 A little flash (6)
37 To hinder from grasping power, I deem
wrong (6)
DOWN: 1 Gun attachment (8) 2 Vascular
organ (6) 3 Differ in opinion (8) 4 Spiritualist
(6) 5 Recommend (8) 6 Improbable (3-7) 7
Furniture item (4,3) 8 Soft fruit container
(6) 11 Shine intermittently (7) 16 Zero
(6) 19 Danger (5) 20 Number (3) 22
Middle-Easterner (5) 23 Kingdoms (6) 25
Disparaging (10) 26 Spoil (3) 27 Survive
(7) 30 Singer (8) 31 Humbleness (8) 32
Vacations (8) 33 Diversity (7) 35 Small
tower (6) 36 Swimsuit (6) 37 Rubber (6)
DOWN: 2 How they flatter and laud
during tea! (7)
3 Put little Leonard in our circle?
That's rich! (7)
4 Pa gets a shiner – the tyrant! (6)
5 Refuses to acknowledge him and
now Sid's upset (7)
6 Some time after, Capone came
on side (7)
7 You cry in tune when you're 100!
(7)
13 I love receiving thanks but you
abuse me! (7)
14 Bats for the French but these are
for their horses (7)
15 States I have a camera (7)
17 Poor humour on campus or
fabulous? (7)
18 Being sheltered, the general
joins our team (7)
20 Doctor! Most of this composition
is showy! (6)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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8
10
12
13 14 15 16 17 18
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36 Minute. 37 Im-P-ede.
EASY: Across: 9 Impassive. 10 Dialogue. 12
Ever. 13 Casino. 14 Flannel. 15 Conundrum. 17
Authentic. 18 Rapture. 20 Seethe. 21 Mice. 24
Orthodox. 26 Medieval. 28 Ugly. 29 Driver. 31
Hellish. 34 Lethargic. 36 Bombshell. 38 Verdict.
39 Likely. 40 Wand. 41 Dentures. 42 Notoriety.
Down: 1 Silencer. 2 Spleen. 3 Disagree. 4
Medium. 5 Advocate. 6 Far-fetched. 7 Sofa bed.
8 Punnet. 11 Flicker. 16 Nought. 19 Peril. 20 Six.
22 Iraqi. 23 Realms. 25 Derogatory. 26 Mar. 27
Outlive. 30 Vocalist. 31 Humility. 32 Holidays.
33 Variety. 35 Turret. 36 Bikini. 37 Eraser.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
TODAY’S SOLUTIONS:
CRYPTIC: Across: 9 Utter-most. 10 Solution. 12
Trim. 13 Divine. 14 Sup-pose. 15 Does wrong.
17 De-fault-ed. 18 N-O-tices. 20 Re-d-hot. 21
O-wen (rev). 24 Green-fly. 26 Redeemed. 28
Al(l)-so. 29 S'lip-up (rev). 31 Careers. 34 He-artso-re.
36 Minus sign. 38 Totters. 39 Tender. 40
Epic. 41 Touching. 42 Tall order.
Down: 1 But-ted in. 2 Strike. 3 Do-minoes. 4
St-ring. 5 Asc-end-ed. 6 Flash flood. 7 Stops up.
8 Got out. 11 Lea-din-g. 16 Wicked. 19 Turns. 20
Ray. 22 W-her-e. 23 L-earns. 25 Follow suit. 26
Rap (rev). 27 Mac-het-e. 30 Presti-g(oat)-e. 31
Co-nceals. 32 S-in-ecure. 33 Stretch. 35 Action.
1 2 3 4 5 6
TODAY'S
SOLUTIONS:
Across: 1 Patois.
8 Abdicate. 9 Tumult.
10 Redolent.
11 Camera. 12 Pawn.
13 Vesta. 16 Sully.
19 Maid. 21 Raider.
22 Liberate. 23 Stolid.
24 Trenches.
25 Yonder.
Down: 2 Adulate.
3 Opulent. 4 Satrap.
5 Disowns. 6 Lateral.
7 Century. 13 Violate.
14 Stables.
15 America.
17 Unicorn.
18 Leeside.
20 Dressy.
NICK BARNETT CHESS
WHAT IS THE CHESS headline you least expect?
‘Magnus Carlsen loses after 4 moves!’ And yet that
is what happened. Of course there is a back story:
Magnus was well on his way to winning the $150,000
Chessable Masters but in the semi-final against China’s
Ding Liren with a minute left, Ding was disconnected
and awarded a zero under the rules. The comments
page went ballistic.
But then Game two, with Ding as White: 1 c4 e6 2 g3
Qg5? 3 Bg2 Qxd2+?? 4 Qxd2 and Carlsen resigns with
this comment: ‘I have immense respect for Ding as a
chess player and as a human being, and … I think it was
the right thing to do.’
It was in the best sporting traditions of chess.
The final result: Magnus Carlsen won the Chessable
Masters.
Notable was the second set against Anish Giri in which
he used a strong pawn sacrifice in the opening which
prompted Yasser Seirawan to suggest it for a best game
collection and who described Carlsen’s play as ‘poetry
when he’s on his game’.
The fourth event of the Magnus Carlsen Tour, dubbed
“Legends of Chess” begins on July 21st.
* * *
ARKADY DVORKOVICH was elected FIDE president in
2018, and proclaimed that ‘women’s chess would be
women’s chess’. In many countries only 5%-10% of
adult chess players are women, although participation
is stronger in Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and India.
Among primary school children numbers are more
balanced.
True to his word an online Olympiad starting 22 July has
been announced. where the teams of six players must
include at least three women, at least one of them aged
under 20. The event lasts a month.
* * *
SLOWLY BUT surely, Chess South Africa is springing to
life. Documents on the www.chessa.com.za website:
• FIDE has recently announced the 'FIDE Online
Olympiad'. Entry to the tournament is by invitation only.
The tournament will be hosted on the LiChess online
platform on the 11 and 12th July. Unfortunately, too late
for my deadline
• Election of Commissions and Technical Committees.
The Chess SA EXBO, in line with the Chess SA
Constitution, announces the formation of the Chess
SA Online Committee. The committee members will be
appointed by the Chess SA Executive Board. In addition,
to find skilled individuals to serve on the committee
itself ExBo will accept recommendations from the
community as well. Nomination for positions on the
various Committees and Commissions is also now open.
Closing date for all nominations is 12 July 2020.
• Remember that ad hoc online tournaments can be
found on their Facebook page.
* * *
For comment or news please write to thechessnik@
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PUZZLE BY C Planck
If today is your birthday:
This new year take things your stride, you have
the strength to carry on no matter what. Might
as well face your in for a ride, but you were
prepared. So carry on regardless, you will be
fabulous!
Aries (21 March-20 April)
A week of new experiences awaits you. So time
to be prepared for anything, fate favours the
prepared. Somehow what you couldn’t get before,
is on the agenda. So take the good with the bad.
It’s all a learning curve.
Taurus (21 April-21 May)
It’s all about believing in yourself. This week you
are expressing yourself effectively, leaving nothing
to chance. You are always sure of yourself, so take
that confidence and make it work for you. It’s all in
what you feel.
Gemini (22 May-21 June)
No reason you can’t get what you want. No reason
you should stop trying. Change the game , change
the plan and see yourself trending. So keep the
pressure, and change all that wasn’t working for
you and see what is.
Cancer (22 June-23 July)
Time for a new attitude, but you knew that. New
times require new directions. So change the goal
posts. It wasn’t going, now you can turn things
around. Perhaps to see yourself getting what you
set out for.
Leo (24 July-23 August)
A week of new plans, new desires. You’ve
changed the game plan and turned things to your
favour. Time to cash in. So see to it that you get
all you want and more. it’s simply a case of you
being you.
Virgo (24 August-23 September)
In these times discard anything that’s been
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holding you back, and you can say I gave it my
all. Leave nothing to chance, and plot the way
forward. You are on your way, even if it doesn’t
seem that way.
Libra (24 September-23 October)
This week you have a brand new attitude. You
have changed the way you do things. All this in
the pursuit of a new dream, a new way of doing
things. Much can be achieved, all you need is the
necessary vision.
Scorpio (24 October-22 November)
You were almost there. Time to try again. Renew
those efforts to realise that dream. It’s not
impossible. Times are hard but so are you. You
can go all the way and get all you were hoping
for. Simply put, stick to it.
Sagittarius (23 November-21 December)
In these times it’s a good idea to follow your
heart. Perhaps you’ll stumble onto a good thing.
It’s not a matter of what you want, but who you
want. Yes, even now you can find love. So keep
an eye out.
Capricorn (22 December-20 January)
Before all this started you were on your way. Time
for a reset and try again, and see where you go. So
follow those plans, they are achievable, don’t throw
them away. And yes you can say “I am who I am”.
Aquarius (21 January-19 February)
You had an idea of how to approach things, now
run with it and see what happens. All you need to
know there’s room for innovation. So try something
new and maybe you can get what you want.
Pisces (20 February-20 March)
You can see clearly now, you need that selfconfidence.
The way you approach problems
reveals who you are. Time to take a difficult
situation and turn it to your advantage. You can be
all that you can be, and don’t forget it.
Bill Holbrook
Dik Browne
10 MINUTE CROSSWORD
9
8
10
White to move and mate in 2
Solution:
1. Qd8 Kxa6 2. Qb6 mate!
NEIL HAYWARD BRIDGE
ACROSS
1 Perfectly sound (5,2,4)
9 Insult openly (7)
10 Battle in France, 1916 (5)
11 Deserve (4)
12 Large marsupial (8)
14 Obsequious subordinate (3-3)
16 To champion (6)
18 Apt (8)
19 Exasperate (4)
22 Reconnoitre (5)
23 Loud and hoarse (7)
24 Obstinately perverse (5-6)
DOWN
2 Deduce (5)
3 Owl's cry (4)
4 Existing in fact (6)
5 Acquiescent (8)
6 Plunge into liquid (7)
7 Motto advising caution (6,5)
8 Treated as inferior (6-5)
13 Country of south Asia (8)
15 Help in time of need (7)
17 Quest (6)
20 Unaccompanied (5)
21 Russian legislature (4)
TODAY’S SOLUTIONS:
Across: 1 Right as rain. 9 Affront. 10 Somme. 11 Earn. 12 Kangaroo. 14 Yes-man. 16 Defend.
18 Inclined. 19 Gall. 22 Scout. 23 Raucous. 24 Wrong-headed.
Down: 2 Infer. 3 Hoot. 4 Actual. 5 Resigned. 6 Immerse. 7 Safety first. 8 Second-class.
13 Pakistan. 15 Succour. 17 Search. 20 Alone. 21 Duma.
11 12 13 14 15 16
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19
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ACROSS
3 What might we call a grappler (8)
7 Name a wagon attached to a
steam locomotive (6)
8 To have regarded with blind
devotion, is to have done what (8)
9 Name a table wine of Bordeaux
France (6)
10 To broadcast by TV is to do
what (8)
11 Which term describes an
individual (6)
14 What are customary ways of
doing things (6)
17 To have attributed, is to have
done what (8)
18 To keep possession of, is to do
what (6)
19 To take it easy when doing
nothing, is to do what (4,4)
20 Name a metallic element,
symbol Ag (6)
21 Name an alternative term for
indifference (8)
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20
DOWN
1 What is a direct route (7)
2 Name the place where a person
lives (7)
3 To have produced a letter, is to
have done what (7)
4 Name an English comedian and
character actor, Peter ... (7)
5 To be durable, is to be doing
what (7)
6 When one blushes, one does
what (7)
11 Name an undulating treeless
tract of land (7)
12 Name some racially bigoted
persons (7)
13 What is a personal view (7)
14 To disrobe, is to do what (7)
15 Which term means sharply (7)
16 What are motors known as (7)
TODAY’S SOLUTIONS
Across: 3 Wrestler.
7 Tender. 8 Idolised.
9 Claret. 10 Televise.
11 Person. 14 Usages.
17 Ascribed. 18 Retain.
19 Rest idle. 20 Silver.
21 Easiness.
Down: 1 Beeline.
2 Address. 3 Written.
4 Sellers. 5 Lasting.
6 Reddens. 11 Prairie.
12 Racists. 13 Opinion.
14 Undress.
15 Acutely.
16 Engines.
NORTH
♠ 8 3 2
♥ K 8 4
♦ A 9 2
♣ A Q T 3
WEST
EAST
♠ A 6 4 ♠ Q J T 9
♥ 9 ♥ T 6
♦ K Q T 4 3 ♦ J 7 6 5
♣ 9 8 6 4 ♣ K 5 4
SOUTH
♠ K 7 5
♥ A Q J 7 5 3 2
♦ 8
♣ J 7
Contract: 4♥ by South
Opening Lead: ♦K. What is your plan?
Recommended Line: The key is this: if
East holds the ♣K, a spade lead through
your ♠K could mean you lose three
spades and a club. You could claim that
was unlucky, but you are after success,
not sympathy. This is the way: let West
win the first trick. If West now switches
to a club, win with the ace, and cash the
♦A, discarding your ♣J. Then play the
♣Q. If East plays low, discard a spade.
If West wins, your ♠K is not vulnerable
for the time being. In reality, East covers,
and you ruff. Later, when drawing their
last trump, using the ♥K, you will cash
an established club. You score seven
heart tricks, one diamond, and two clubs.
Luck doesn’t come into it. Good play
overcomes the bad lie of the cards.
SHOE
TREKNET
Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly
Gavin Thomson and Dave Gomersall
DOUBLE CROSSWORD
SUDOKU
TODAY’S SOLUTIONS
CRYPTIC: Across: 1 Picot. 4 Dress up.
8 Passion. 9 Allay. 10 Even. 11 Flatfish.
13 Foot. 14 Moor. 16 Stands in. 17 Scar.
20 Eagle. 21 Express. 22 Sadists. 23 Remus.
Down: 1 Puppetmasters. 2 Caste. 3 Trim.
4 Dangle. 5 Exaction. 6 Soldier.
7 Psychiatrists. 12 Loudness. 13 Flagged.
15 Miners. 18 Cream. 19 Spar.
QUICK: Across: 1 Jewel. 4 Purport.
8 Regular. 9 Cream. 10 Spry. 11 Converse.
13 Nail. 14 Grin. 16 Downcast. 17 Ague.
20 Niece. 21 Exploit. 22 Ejected. 23 Royal.
Down: 1 Jurisprudence. 2 Wager.
3 Lull. 4 Pardon. 5 Recovery. 6 Overrun.
7 Temperamental. 12 Discreet. 13 Nowhere.
15 Ascend. 18 Glory. 19 Spar.
CLANCY
Mark Lynch
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS: 1 A piece of embroidery
makes an unusual topic (5)
4 DS and Super turn out in disguise (5,2)
8 Ardent affection for a kind of
martyrdom (7)
9 Calm some of the hysterical laymen (5)
10 Remove creases from uniform (4)
11 Sole representative of this kind of
marine life (8)
13 & 6 Dn March will provide a definite
time for his movements (4,7)
14 Part of the house taken aback by
'Othello' (4)
16 Doesn't sit at home, but acts as a
deputy (6,2)
17 Mark the leading characters of
Shakespeare's Coriolanus' at rehearsal
(4)
20 Unrestrained glee about a score
below par (5)
21 Make a statement formerly in the
newspapers? (7)
22 Their actions may be painfully
apparent to others (7)
23 Uncle is a classical figure (5)
DOWN: 1 Expert string-pullers (13)
2 Social distinction is apparent in
America's temperament (5)
3 Neat cut (4)
4 Five hundred on the corner hang
about loosely (6)
5 Previous court case showing demand
for extortionate amount (8)
6 See 13 Across
7 They seek to change people's minds
(13)
12 The extent of the volume (8)
13 Gave a signal but grew languid (7)
15 Young people, we hear, are golddiggers
(6)
18 The elite often subjected to whipping
(5)
19 Box for non-metallic mineral (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
4 Gist (7)
8 Normal (7)
9 Best part (5)
10 Agile (4)
11 Opposite (8)
13 Claw (4)
14 Stupid smile (4)
16 Dejected (8)
17 Shivering fit (4)
20 Brother's
daughter (5)
21 Feat (7)
22 Threw out (7)
23 Kingly (5)
DOWN
1 Science of law (13)
2 Bet (5)
3 Soothe (4)
4 Forgiveness (6)
5 Reclamation (8)
6 Infest (7)
7 Variable in mood
(13)
12 Circumspect (8)
13 Not in any place
(7)
15 Climb (6)
18 Renown (5)
19 Pole (4)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every
3X3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9 with no repeats.
WORD PLAY
We have found 61 words that can be made from the letters
in the square, each of which uses the letter in the middle
and contains at least four letters. We challenge you to beat
this, and also to make at least one nine-letter word. No
abbreviations, initials or foreign words unless they form
words in everyday use. No plurals.
Today’s Target: Good 40; very good 49; excellent 61.
Today’s solutions: argosy arms arose easy eros essay eyas
gasser gassy gesso goes gorse gorsy gossamer GOSSAMERY
grass grassy greasy gross mars maser mass masse massy
mesa mess messy morass morassy mores morse mosey moss
mossy oases ogress orgasm osage oyes ramose rase rasse
rose rosy sage sago same saros sayso seam seamy sear
smear smeary smog soar soma some sora sore soya