Bay Harbour: April 21, 2021

Bay Harbour News Wednesday April 21 2021
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Across
1. Assume it’s the mail has broken a
lute (9)
5. Chess piece will hop off twice (3)
7. Piece endlessly rewritten, but it’s a
great story (4)
8. Italian capital dweller with facial twitch
is sentimental (8)
10. Bird involved in a duel possibly at
some height (8)
11. In bottles sometimes there isn’t as
much (4)
13. Must bear it to the finish, sure of not
starting (6)
15. A being may be seen through his
child, who’s male (6)
18. Hybrid tea may be produced by
watering-can sprinkler (4)
19. Bird previously put on by judge
pronouncing death sentence (8)
22. Service book shows a rib, very out
of place (8)
23. Country of pure potential (4)
24. Show one agrees with its land in the
Bible (3)
25. Steady application was shown by a
stage-coach in France (9)
Down
1. Read it first in order to get cap free
(7)
2. Keep one short of a day’s work (5)
3. Keeps out of the way of empty space
as it’s around (6)
4. The impetuosity of the French is in
the language (4)
5. Takes trouble, with herbs, to mix
them (7)
6. The blows that may be afoot (5)
9. Bird substituting for midwife, they
say (5)
12. It’s pax, or a part of it, one is told (5)
14. Did surround the nets put up to
spread (7)
16. Write up a song for a marine deity
(7)
17. Could be all up, including the right,
and that’s not singular (6)
18. Sparrow’s victim may have been
born to take one in (5)
20. Not guilty of breaking lance (5)
21. It’s porridge for 9, 19 or 18 Down,
say (4)
SUDOKU
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Across
1. Bewilder (6)
5. Shooting star (6)
8. Charge (3)
9. Swallow up (6)
10. Figure in virtual
reality (6)
11. Small island (4)
13. Index (8)
14. Rushed (5)
15. Silly (inf) (5)
19. Gather (8)
21. Layer (4)
22. Introduced species
of large deer (6)
23. Knickers (6)
25. A concert or
performance (3)
26. Type of drum (6)
27. Cricket team (6)
Down
2. Memory loss (7)
3. Contagious illness
(3)
4. Representation of a
person (6)
5. Grassy field (6)
6. Move something or
someone (9)
7. Broadcasting (2,3)
12. Fanatic (9)
16. Go before (7)
17. Compel (6)
18. Downpour (6)
20. Wooden post (5)
24. Stain (3)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Baffle, 5. Meteor, 8. Fee, 9. Engulf, 10. Avatar, 11. Isle,
13. Glossary, 14. Hasty, 15. Loopy, 19. Assemble, 21. Tier, 22.
Wapiti, 23. Undies, 25. Gig, 26. Kettle, 27. Eleven.
Down: 2. Amnesia, 3. Flu, 4. Effigy, 5. Meadow, 6. Transport, 7.
On air, 12. Extremist, 16. Precede, 17. Oblige, 18. Deluge, 20.
Stake, 24. Dye.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Postulate 5. Bis 7. Epic 8. Romantic 10. Altitude 11.
Less 13. Endure 15. Person 18. Rose 19. Blackcap 22. Breviary
23. Peru 24. Nod 25. Diligence.
Down: 1. Preface 2. Stint 3. Avoids 4. Elan 5. Bothers 6. Socks 9.
Stork 12. Peace 14. Distend 16. Neptune 17. Plural 18. Robin 20.
Clean 21. Bird.
TARGET
emote enemy enjoy
ENJOYMENT etymon jennet
joey meet mete money
monte mote neem neon
neoteny none nonet note
omen teem teen teeny tenon
tome tone tonne yeomen
MEDIUM HARD
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TARGET
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Very Good 19
Excellent 23+
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