Bay Harbour: March 24, 2021

Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 24 2021
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Across
1. Our veg, worth preparing if too highly
excited (11)
7. A setback could be severe, though
right to start off with (7)
9. It smacks of the second round of the
circuit (4)
11. Softens Latin stem of it (5)
12. Tease lad about being blue (6)
14. Taken apart, died around those who
belong somehow (11)
18. Go to bed, but don’t go back to work
(6)
20. The picture one may get of an idol
(5)
22. As roguish as what goes over one’s
head (4)
23. Mounted sentry perhaps vetted
expedition leader (7)
24. Maybe kicks a belt around a hundred
fish (11)
Down
2. Virginia might have been livid with the
composer (7)
3. Dance held by a fly fisherman (4)
4. A jumping game that featured in the
English almanac (5)
5. It’s the body of a game of snooker (5)
6. One in a suit found in the garden
shed? (5)
8. Either one girl or two can be
flavoursome (8)
10. A work of Stravinsky’s for the
Baltimore Oriole (8)
13. In short, a measure of power
acquired by a politician (3)
15. It’s lace that can be made to stretch
(7)
16. Money, as produced by a loafer? (5)
17. Drain the second water-jug (5)
19. Puss turns to it without a word
being spoken (5)
21. It is very bad to live it up (4)
SUDOKU
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box contains the digits 1 to 9.
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Across
1. Open sore (5)
4. Tainted (6)
8. Difficulty (7)
9. Popular takeaway
(5)
10. Catalogue (5)
11. Turncoat (7)
12. Overcast (6)
14. Regain (6)
17. Satisfied (7)
19. Solid (5)
21. Be (5)
22. Late (7)
23. A government
office (6)
24. Fragrance (5)
Down
1. Dishonourable (12)
2. Multitude (5)
3. Unstressed (7)
4. Prisoner (6)
5. Popular meal staple
(5)
6. Rice dish (7)
7. Distort, slant (12)
13. Aperture (7)
15. Infinite (7)
16. Foolishness (6)
18. Demonstration
(3-2)
20. Prod (5)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Ulcer, 4. Impure, 8. Problem, 9. Sushi, 10. Index,
11. Traitor, 12. Cloudy, 14. Recoup, 17. Pleased, 19. Dense,
21. Exist, 22. Overdue, 23. Agency, 24. Scent.
Down: 1. Unprincipled, 2. Crowd, 3. Relaxed, 4. Inmate, 5.
Pasta, 6. Risotto, 7. Misrepresent, 13. Opening, 15. Endless,
16. Idiocy, 18. Sit-in, 20. Nudge.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Overwrought 7. Reverse 9. Slap 11. Melts 12. Ribald
14. Dismembered 18. Retire 20. Image 22. Arch 23. Vedette 24.
Stickleback.
Down: 2. Vivaldi 3. Reel 4. Halma 5. Frame 6. Spade 8. Rosemary
10. Firebird 13. Amp 15. Elastic 16. Bread 17. Sewer 19. Tacit 21.
Evil.
TARGET
fail fain fair fairly fairy faun
final flair flan flay frail fray
funfair furl fury iffy luff
naff naif riff ruff ruffian
RUFFIANLY unfair unfairly
unify
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
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L F N
R I F
Good 13
Very Good 18
Excellent 22+
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