Bay Harbour: October 13, 2021

Bay Harbour News Wednesday October 13 2021
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Across
1. Female side, if fast, could follow
Democrat leader (7)
5. Small drum and bar to play it with (5)
8. Idle talk, and tract he makes of it (7)
9. The humble moo is duly halved (5)
10. It may be pooled, but it will score
forty (6,3)
12. Type of deer in part, theoretically,
making a comeback (3)
13. The thing that changes darkness (5)
17. At one in the morning it is one’s
purpose (3)
19. Anyone can cause such aggravation
(9)
21. To play from the tee, be behind the
wheel (5)
22. Might take drink with editor, being a
like spirit (7)
24. Stinging sort of return made, right
away (5)
25. He makes drainage cuts the church
tried to organise (7)
Down
1. The fish is in the river, to put it in
plain language (6)
2. Treat us according to our height (7)
3. Suitable beginnings always produce
talent (3)
4. Before anyone else, a top degree (5)
5. Communication, mind to mind, of the
type Al produced (9)
6. Anchor at front of recess in the
garden (5)
7. Made corresponding sound to my
herd scattering (6)
11. A feature met in lane that winds
about (9)
14. A king among the butterflies (7)
15. Carriage to put one down on a
forbidden turn (6)
16. Put in a bid for a boat’s small craft
(6)
18. Corn one found in the labyrinth (5)
20. Having nothing on, this eye sees
without glasses (5)
23. Food that may be bolted (3)
SUDOKU
Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9.
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Across
1. Leans to one side (5)
4. Thinly spread (6)
7. Facial twitch (3)
8. Unborn offspring (6)
9. Dried grape (6)
10. Difficult word
sequence (6,7)
14. Non-believer (5)
15. Minor crash (5)
18. Reach the required
standard (3,3,7)
23. Month (6)
24. Disperse widely (6)
25. Bother (3)
26. Sign (6)
27. Out of practice (5)
Down
1. Up in the air (5)
2. Gesture of
indifference (5)
3. Affected by drugs
(colloq) (6)
4. Scribble (6)
5. Awry (5)
6. Mud, ooze (5)
10. Subject (5)
11. Time of darkness (5)
12. Ornamental
headband (5)
13. Inflexible (5)
16. Relating to the
teeth (6)
17. On-screen pointer
(6)
19. Money-lending (5)
20. Hitch a ride (5)
21. Conditions (5)
22. Prepared (5)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Lists, 4. Sparse, 7. Tic, 8. Embryo, 9. Raisin, 10.
Tongue twister, 14. Pagan, 15. Prang, 18. Cut the mustard, 23.
August, 24. Spread, 25. Ado, 26. Symbol, 27. Rusty.
Down: 1. Limbo, 2. Shrug, 3. Stoned, 4. Scrawl, 5. Amiss, 6.
Slime, 10. Topic, 11. Night, 12. Tiara, 13. Rigid, 16. Dental, 17.
Cursor, 19. Usury, 20. Thumb, 21. Terms, 22. Ready.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Distaff 5. Tabor 8. Chatter 9. Lowly 10. Double top 12.
Roe 13. Night 17. Aim 19. Annoyance 21. Drive 22. Kindred 24.
Urent 25. Ditcher.
Down: 1. Decode 2. Stature 3. Apt 4. First 5. Telepathy 6. Bower
7. Rhymed 11. Lineament 14. Monarch 15. Landau 16. Tender
18. Maize 20. Naked 23. Nut.
TARGET
able bach back backhoe
backs bake bakes bale bales
base bash bask beach beak
beck belch black blah bleach
bleak bloc block blocks bloke
bock bolas bole bosh cable
cables lobe lobs obeah sable
scab SHOCKABLE slab slob
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
A H K
O B C
L S E
Good 20
Very Good 27
Excellent 33+
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