City Matters 134

Your puzzle challenge
CROSS CODE
7 21 1 11 1 3 1 11 9 19 20 16
22 11 20 20 23 26 11
1 10 26 20 9 7 11 22 23 5 19 7
16 5 25 14 13 8
16 20 9 1 24 1 17 8 23 11 1
11 21 23 22 1 7 7 5
20 6 20 2 1 22 18 23 20 25 9 5
19 5 9 7 9 20 15 7
9 20 5 4 24 7 25 5 9 20 11
23 26 6 25 12 14
19 26 11 21 1 18 11 7 24 23 25 18
20 1 6 26 23 25 7
15 23 22 7 21 1 11 25 23 18 13 9
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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
UNDER-USED SOPRANO
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
9 10 11 12 13
T
23 24
I
6 9 4 3 8
6
1 3
3 7 2
2 7 4
4 5 6 2 8
6 8 2 3 1 4
6 8
4 9
25 26
N
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:
17 Good; 20 Very Good;
23 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. Which generic group of trees
produces softwood?
2. Who won Best Actress
Academy Awards for the films
Fargo, Nomadland and Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri?
3. How many athletics throwing
events are included in the
modern Olympics?
4. Where might The Chair,
Valentine’s and Becher’s Brook
be found?
5. The gharial is a mostly aquatic
type of which animal?
I U I
O A T
B S M
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
9
2 7 9 1
8 5 6
5
4 8 6 9
3 7 4
6 1 3
5 7 3
4 6
6. Sandra Oh plays British
intelligence agent Eve Polastri
in which spy thriller series?
7. What name was given to the
Mediterranean region of
Algeria infamous for its piracy?
8. In the Gilbert and Sullivan
opera The Mikado, what was
Ko-Ko’s official title?
9. Which town was England’s last
possession in France – lost in
1558?
10. A Discovery of Witches is a
2011 historical-fantasy novel
by which writer?
Hard
D
GT RA AP EI LD
EU RB IO
LA AM OI NR DG
FS VC OH
SE AR EK CE ST
S
A
H
O G
B L S U
O O T T O
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
8 12
7 6 4
10 3
6 2 3
2 1
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
5
9
11
10
13
20
19
1
9
14
18
2
13
ACROSS
2. Received the present (3)
5. Sound of a bowler’s loud
appeal (6)
7. Sea monster concealed
bloomer (6)
9. Haggard mine owner (4,7)
10. Obvious statement about
rust I’m removing (6)
11. Half chance after endless
gin caused sleepy state (6)
13. Rash part of London with
complicated maze (6)
16. Eccentrically used this in
France to lead astray (6)
18. Do they find no more stars
are moving? (11)
19. A measure of whisky
labourer found in space
station (6)
20. Keen setter’s food? (3,3)
21. Tool a divorcee returns (3)
1
9
11
14
17
22
11
7
26
6
2
23
3
13
11
16
19
2
15
21
3
20
8
12
16
18
21
QUICK CROSSWORD
12
26
3
7
11
14
16
20
DOWN
5
19
8
6
4
17
7
12
1. Large storage container of
course (6)
2. Swindle amount of cash for
white mineral (6)
3. I enter vacant room (6)
4. Spread out (6)
6. Quilt from mainland
Europe (11)
8. Order Moses first and
another ten to appear in old
book (11)
10. Extremity getting to the
point (3)
12. Preventing inclusion of
lady (3)
14. Eccentric found starting
handle last Monday (6)
15. A second English degree on
elementary life form (6)
16. Calm down, 14 Down
shooter had been sawn
off (6)
17. Usual way of having
trade (6)
4
21
5
8
13
15
18
5
10
20
24
8
6
28
25
SOLUTIONS
27
28
NONAGRAM:
about; abut; ambit; AMBITIOUS;
ambo; atom; autism; auto; bait;
bast; bias; biota; boast; boat; boma;
iambus; iota; mast; moat; oast; sabot;
sati; soba; soma; stab; stoa; stoma;
tabi; tabu; tibia; tosa; tsuba; tuba.
Across – Gaped; Laird; Sakes.
Down – Gulfs; Prick; Dodos.
Across – Trail; Among; Erect.
Down – Tease; Above; Light.
(2)
FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Subtitle; 5 Hoof; 7 Departure; 9 Glen; 10 Blue; 11
Natal; 14 Raise; 15 Adore; 16 Egret; 17 Guild; 18 Coral; 19 Sloth;
22 Opus; 24 Lord; 26 Sour cream; 27 Lint; 28 Hay fever.
Down – 1 Snug; 2 Then; 3 Tiara; 4 Extra; 5 Herb; 6 Foretell; 7
Delicious; 8 Elbow-room; 11 Needs; 12 Torso; 13 Latch; 14
Regional; 20 Lurch; 21 Tarry; 23 Sort; 24 Lane; 25 Dear.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
Across – 2 Get; 5 Outcry; 7 Orchid; 9 King Solomon; 10 Truism;
11 Trance; 13 Eczema; 16 Seduce; 18 Astronomers; 19 Skylab;
20 Hot dog; 21 Axe.
Down – 1 Bunker; 2 Gypsum; 3 Toilet; 4 Picnic; 6 Continental; 8
Commandment; 10 Toe; 12 Eve; 14 Cranky; 15 Amoeba; 16
Soothe; 17 Custom.
U
H
EQUALISER:
Clockwise from top
left – add; subtract;
multiply; divide.
Total: 9.
WORD PYRAMID:
Tough as old boots.
MAGIC SQUARE:
sure; upon; road;
ends.
26
13
N
J
25
12
W
R
24
11
I
Q
23
10
6 3 4 2 8 1 9 7 5
2 7 5 9 4 3 1 8 6
8 9 1 5 6 7 4 2 3
7 8 6 3 9 4 2 5 1
1 4 2 7 5 8 3 6 9
3 5 9 1 2 6 7 4 8
9 6 8 4 1 2 5 3 7
5 2 7 8 3 9 6 1 4
4 1 3 6 7 5 8 9 2
D
T
22
9
V
F
21
8
A
O
20
7
C
M
19
6
G
S
18
5
5 6 7 9 4 3 2 1 8
3 2 8 7 5 1 4 6 9
1 9 4 2 6 8 3 7 5
8 1 6 3 9 5 7 2 4
2 7 3 1 8 4 9 5 6
9 4 5 6 7 2 8 3 1
6 8 2 5 3 9 1 4 7
7 3 9 4 1 6 5 8 2
4 5 1 8 2 7 6 9 3
EASY SUDOKU HARD SUDOKU
B
K
17
4
P
X
16
L
Z
15
Y
E
14
CROSS CODE
1 2 3
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Conifers; 2 Frances McDormand; 3 Four; 4 On the Aintree racecourse; 5 Crocodile; 6 Killing Eve; 7 The Barbary Coast;
8 Lord High Executioner; 9 Calais; 10 Deborah Harkness.
ACROSS
1. Secondary
caption (8)
5. Horse’s foot (4)
7. Act of leaving (9)
9. Scottish valley (4)
10. Sky colour (4)
11. Of birth (5)
14. Lift (5)
15. Worship (5)
16. White heron (5)
17. Organisation (5)
18. ----- reef (5)
19. Laziness (5)
22. Musical work (4)
24. Peer (4)
26. Dairy product
(4,5)
27. Wound
dressing (4)
28. Seasonal allergy
(3,5)
DOWN
1. Cosy (4)
2. That time (4)
3. Jewelled
headdress (5)
4. Additional (5)
5. Aromatic plant (4)
6. Predict (8)
7. Luscious (9)
8. Space for
movement (5-4)
11. Requirements (5)
12. Human trunk (5)
13. Door fastening (5)
14. Related to an
area (8)
20. Stumble (5)
21. Linger (5)
23. Type (4)
24. Country road (4)
25. Expensive (4)