City Matters 132

Your puzzle challenge
CROSS CODE
20 16 12 6 4 9 13 4 25
23 6 15 13 3 6 19 4 2 7
8 13 3 3 2 4 5 16 21
22 13 24 21 6 13 13 11 13 16
19 26 9 19 6 7 2 2 26
20 10 19 5 6 4 5 6 7 20 26 13
4 18 7 16 12 7
6 26 14 13 19 5 26 19 17 10 19 22
9 13 24 2 22 13 16 4 13
12 13 4 14 10 6 16 5 19 4
18 10 9 4 19 20 12 5 22
4 19 7 20 13 10 6 1 26 13
5 16 10 4 20 13 4 11 13
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3 4
R
14 15 16 17 18
Each number in our Cross Code grid represents a different letter
of the alphabet. You have three 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.
MAGIC SQUARE
HEAR NEWER CHICKEN
Using all 16 letters of the phrase above, form
four words each of four letters which will fit in the
grid to form a magic square in which the words
can be read both horizontally and vertically.
SUDOKU
Easy
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
T
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
I
2 8 6 7 5
1 5 7 4
8 9 4
9
7 9 1 3 5 8
8 1 9 6 7
3 5 6 7
4 2 7 1 3 6
7 6 4 1
NONAGRAM
How many words of four
letters or more can you
make from this
Nonagram? 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.
Guidelines:
23 Good; 27 Very Good;
32 Excellent.
Any word found in the Concise
Oxford Dictionary (Tenth Edition) is
eligible with the following
exceptions: proper nouns; plural
nouns, pronouns and possessives;
third person singular verbs;
hyphenated words; contractions
and abbreviations; vulgar slang
words; variant spellings of the
same word (where another variant
is also eligible).
Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.
Quiz Challenge
1. What is the difference between
libel and slander?
2. The Man-Machine was a 1978
album by which influential
German band?
3. In May 2021, tennis player
Cameron Norrie was ranked No.
2 in Britain. Who was ranked No.
1?
4. Which fuel is a by-product of the
process of burning coal to make
coal gas?
5. The Mindhunter book and TV
series detail the FBI’s attempts
to profile which type of
criminals?
E I P
R B T
U L N
WORD PYRAMID
Spell out a 15-letter word or
phrase by moving from one
chamber to another within
the pyramid. You may
only enter each of the
chambers once and
may only proceed
through openings
in the walls. The
first letter may
appear in any
chamber.
FIVE ALIVE
3 2
1 3 4 6 7
4 9
2 6 8 5
7 5 2 4
7
6 8 4 1
9 8
5
6. The Museo del Greco, which is
devoted to the works of the
painter El Greco, is in which
city?
7. Michael York starred as the
boyfriend of Sally Bowles,
played by Liza Minnelli, in which
classic film?
8. Which US TV comedy-drama
shares its name with garments
worn in operating theatres?
9. Why is the flower polyanthus so
called?
10. Bernina, Singer, Husqvarna and
Pfaff are all brands of what?
Hard
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CP OL UR MC PH
AI SE IO
TD RO IT EL LM
ET NR OE
TA IL OG HU DT
T
N
M N I
M C M A
O C O P L
Here are two
miniature fivesquare
crosswords
using the same
grid – but the
letters have
been mixed up.
You have to
work out which
letters belong
to which
crossword.
EQUALISER
6 4
14 2 1
2 4
5 5 3
4 9
Place the four signs (add,
subtract, multiply, divide)
one in each circle so that
the total of each across
and down line is the same.
Perform the first calculation in each
line first and ignore the mathematical
law which says you should always
perform division and multiplication
before addition and subtraction.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1
8
9
11
16
20
22
10
ACROSS
2
12
11
17
21
1. Wildcat joins flyer in light
plane (5,4)
6. Keep under – lower (3)
8. An exaggeration about the
bowling analysis (13)
9. Financially and physically
exhausted (5)
10. Clumsy pathologist loses
plot – how foolish (7)
11. Thanks non-drinker
with spectacles for the
design (6)
13. Dance in a short jacket (6)
16. Australian island, it’s in
East Anglia (7)
18. Met Fred initially with Bill
and Edward (5)
20. Deceitful – like a twoheaded
lizard? (6-7)
22. City entirely hidden (3)
23. Cut inside French
father and continue
steadfastly (9)
1
8
12
18
26
29
21
2
16
19
13
3
17
23
3
11
20
28
15
9
4
10
15
QUICK CROSSWORD
21 25
13
13
16
DOWN
5
14
18
6
19
7
21
1. Sounds like a number as
well (3)
2. Be breaking leg first on
church land (5)
3. Rex is to return to the
dish (7)
4. Nothing on the hills but
fruit (6)
5. Expression of surprise about
longing to find this animal (5)
6. Shift for pharmacist having
time off with sweetheart (7)
7. Observe some letters making
up phrase (9)
9. Excite border clique (3,2,4)
12. Resort has landing-place
below rocky height (7)
14. Illegal act of a receiver (7)
15. Fish right for one on ice (6)
17. Neat edge of a bloomer (5)
19. Photograph, we hear, is a
slide (5)
21. Expected novice to leave
fight (3)
4
8
10
14
17
22
22
27
30
5
23
15
6
24 26
7
25
SOLUTIONS
31
32
NONAGRAM:
belt; bent; bier; bile; bine; bint; birl;
bite; biter; blent; blin; blip; blue;
BLUEPRINT; bluer; bluet; blunt;
blunter; blur; blurt; brine; bruin; bruit;
brunt; brut; brute; built; bunt; burin;
burl; burn; burnet; burnt; burp; butler;
lube; nubile; rebuilt; rebut; ruble; tribe;
tribune; tube; tuber; turbine.
Across – Clump; Drill; Tight.
Down – Cadet; Using; Pilot.
Across – Porch; Totem; Aloud.
Down – Pitta; Retro; Homed.
(2)
FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Signet; 4 Damson; 8 Opened; 10 Sprang; 11 Taupe; 12
Hot air; 14 Ardent; 16 Sack; 17 News; 19 Pods; 22 Halt; 26 Turnip;
27 Unlace; 28 Rummy; 29 Tender; 30 Potato; 31 Svelte; 32 Render.
Down – 1 Soothe; 2 Greets; 3 Emetic; 5 Ampere; 6 Scales; 7
Negate; 9 Dark; 10 Span; 13 Aaron; 15 Dwell; 18 Status; 19
Prance; 20 Direct; 21 Spur; 22 Hump; 23 Anyone; 24 Tabard; 25
Renoir.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Tiger moth; 6 Cow; 8 Overstatement; 9 Spent; 10
Goatish; 11 Tattoo; 13 Bolero; 16 Norfolk; 18 Faced; 20 Doubletongued;
22 Ely; 23 Persevere.
Down – 1 Too; 2 Glebe; 3 Risotto; 4 Orange; 5 Hyena; 6 Chemise;
7 Watchword; 9 Set on edge; 12 Torquay; 14 Offence; 15 Skater;
17 Oxlip; 19 Chute; 21 Due.
E
EQUALISER:
Clockwise from top
left – divide;
multiply; subtract;
add. Total: 7.
WORD PYRAMID:
Common complaint.
L
MAGIC SQUARE:
when; hare; Eric;
neck.
26
13
J
H
25
12
C
Y
24
11
W
U
23
10
8 3 2 7 1 6 5 4 9
5 1 9 3 4 8 6 7 2
4 6 7 5 2 9 1 8 3
2 7 4 9 6 3 8 1 5
3 8 6 1 7 5 9 2 4
9 5 1 4 8 2 7 3 6
6 9 8 2 3 7 4 5 1
7 4 3 6 5 1 2 9 8
1 2 5 8 9 4 3 6 7
D
P
22
9
K
Z
21
8
G
N
20
7
I
A
19
6
M
T
18
5
2 9 4 8 3 1 6 7 5
1 3 5 6 7 4 9 8 2
6 8 7 5 2 9 4 1 3
4 6 3 2 8 5 1 9 7
7 2 9 1 4 3 5 6 8
8 5 1 9 6 7 2 3 4
3 1 8 4 5 6 7 2 9
9 4 2 7 1 8 3 5 6
5 7 6 3 9 2 8 4 1
EASY SUDOKU HARD SUDOKU
Q
R
17
4
S
F
16
V
O
15
B
X
14
CROSS CODE
1 2 3
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Libel is written defamation, slander is spoken; 2 Kraftwerk; 3 Dan Evans; 4 Coke; 5 Serial killers; 6 Toledo, Spain; 7
Cabaret; 8 Scrubs; 9 Because it produces many flowers on a single stem.; 10 Sewing machines.
ACROSS
1. Seal (6)
4. Small plum (6)
8. Unwrapped (6)
10. Leapt (6)
11. Brownish-grey (5)
12. Empty talk (3,3)
14. Fervent (6)
16. Large bag (4)
17. Current affairs (4)
19. Seed cases (4)
22. Stop (4)
26. Root
vegetable (6)
27. Untie (6)
28. Card game (5)
29. Sore (6)
30. Edible tuber (6)
31. Slender (6)
32. Plaster (6)
DOWN
1. Comfort (6)
2. Hails (6)
3. Causing
vomiting (6)
5. Unit of current (6)
6. Weighing
device (6)
7. Contradict (6)
9. Unlit (4)
10. Bridge (4)
13. Brother of
Moses (5)
15. Abide (5)
18. Social position (6)
19. Frolic (6)
20. Forthright (6)
21. Branch line (4)
22. Protrusion (4)
23. Whoever (6)
24. Tunic (6)
25. French artist (6)