Bay Harbour: November 24, 2021

Bay Harbour News Wednesday November 24 2021
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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Across
1. Rash of freckles didn’t start with sulphur
(8)
4. A girl, note (4)
8. Racket taken in hand instead (3)
9. It could be miles of slippery mud (5)
10. Bread, or whisky, for a gypsy gentleman
(3)
11. Mercurous chloride makes it all come
adrift (7)
12. Apply pressure to unknown quantity in
tree perhaps (5)
13. It is almost a pet doctrine, such
preferential treatment (11)
17. In that place it is comfortingly repeated (5)
18. Reels, with Robert, to the wine racks (7)
20. A bit of butter to encourage one? (3)
21. A tenth of a nautical mile of wire (5)
22. Put the fish back in the quarter to which
the winds blow (3)
23. Ditto, repeatedly, it is a bird no longer
with us (4)
24. Fowl taken to church by chap who’s at
one’s right hand (8)
Down
1. Take weight off by use of crude energy (6)
2. Waterway that makes an entry in State (5)
3. A slight accident to the flame-carrier (5)
5. He’s torn badly by such as sting (7)
6. Score five boundaries (6)
7. Belted, with lace that could be delightful
(10)
9. Moon about in silence one had left in one’s
sleepiness (10)
14. Was warned it could be altered (7)
15. Puts up with one, dead silly (6)
16. It is like a gull that is behind a sailor (6)
18. Holy writ on this sort of paper (5)
19. Mail’s been distributed to the Muslim
world (5)
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. Political doctrine (5)
4. Put upon (6)
7. Tall vase (3)
8. Tiny creature (6)
9. Shaving, flake (6)
10. Head of state (5,8)
14. Frequently (5)
15. Wed (5)
18. Helpful, compassionate
person (4,9)
23. Victor (6)
24. Pass (6)
25. Toss (3)
26. Cure (6)
27. Large sea (5)
Down
1. Giver (5)
2. Shine (5)
3. Season (6)
4. Of unsound mind (6)
5. Pangs (5)
6. Sift (5)
10. Tine (5)
11. Preface (abbr) (5)
12. Fortune telling cards
(5)
13. Synthetic fabric (5)
16. Justly (6)
17. Large portable
sunshade (6)
19. Cocktail fruit (5)
20. Move to music (5)
21. Hopping mad (5)
22. Criminal fire-setting
(5)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Dogma, 4. Impose, 7. Urn, 8. Insect, 9. Sliver, 10. Prime
minister, 14. Often, 15. Marry, 18. Good Samaritan, 23. Winner, 24.
Elapse, 25. Lob, 26. Remedy, 27. Ocean.
Down: 1. Donor, 2. Gleam, 3. Autumn, 4. Insane, 5. Pains, 6. Sieve, 10.
Prong, 11. Intro, 12. Tarot, 13. Rayon, 16. Fairly, 17. Gazebo, 19. Olive,
20. Dance, 21. Irate, 22. Arson.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Reckless 4. Chit 8. Din 9. Slime 10. Rye 11. Calomel 12. Exert
13. Favouritism 17. There 18. Bobbins 20. Pat 21. Cable 22. Lee 23.
Dodo 24. Henchman.
Down: 1. Reduce 2. Canal 3. Spill 5. Hornets 6. Twenty 7. Delectable 9.
Somnolence 14. Alerted 15. Stupid 16. Astern 18. Bible 19. Islam.
TARGET
acre apiece cape caper capper
care career carer carp carper
carpi carr cere crap crape
crappie creep crepe crier epic
erica pace pacer peace pericarp
pica piece pierce piercer price
race racer racier recap recipe
reprice rice RICEPAPER ricer
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
P R E
R C E
A P I
Good 19
Very Good 28
Excellent 34+
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