Bay Harbour: March 23, 2022

Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 23 2022
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PUZZLES
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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Across
1. One pressed in order to make it vanish (8)
4. It can be responsible for a hold-up in the
middle (4)
8. A seer can go back and forth (3)
9. Concede everything and nothing to the
West (5)
10. Amusement got from the endless money
supply (3)
11. How to write in noted fashion (7)
12. Cut first car in its traffic stream (5)
13. Make it cite paper for wandering (11)
17. Aim to return, via motorway, to one US
city (5)
18. It has pot to smoke (7)
20. It is not in China one will get tea (3)
21. This side is close to one at sea (5)
22. One will take on such a particle (3)
23. Understand leading Democrat to be
chosen tournament player (4)
24. Spiritless fellow, daredevil when
beheaded (8)
Down
1. Thoroughly soak one with a dose of physic
(6)
2. Vapour coming from tea’s starting to
moisten (5)
3. A classical greeting for ointment (5)
5. Find fee for creating old Turkish title (7)
6. Feeling sore, seeing it follow locomotive (6)
7. Maybe grew silent, it was so hot (10)
9. Naval rating, not a copy of one in Australia
(10)
14. Name tea that could arise from a source
(7)
15. Has a flavour of fishing-boats (6)
16. Has she any carnivores like this? (6)
18. Piece of garlic for a completely different
flavour (5)
19. It is no sophisticated painting style (5)
SUDOKU
Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9.
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QUICK CROSSWORD
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Across
1. Pressure (6)
4. Virginal (6)
9. Church centrepiece (5)
10. Anger or indignation
(7)
11. Water tank (7)
13. Resound (4)
14. Of extreme interest
(11)
17. Animal skin (4)
18. Implore (7)
21. Suitcases (7)
22. Relating to hearing or
sound (5)
24. Spookily (6)
25. Alter (6)
Down
1. Hard to find (6)
2. Humdrum grind (3)
3. Gush (5)
5. Decision-making
position (3,4)
6. Profound
transformation (3,6)
7. Balanced (4)
8. By birth and upbringing
(4,3,4)
12. Scrounger (9)
15. Shrill whistle of
mockery (7)
16. Select (6)
19. Sweeping cut (5)
20. Musical instrument (4)
23. Animal home (3)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Stress, 4. Chaste, 9. Altar, 10. Outrage, 11. Cistern, 13. Echo,
14. Fascinating, 17. Pelt, 18. Beseech, 21. Baggage, 22. Audio, 24. Eerily,
25. Change.
Down: 1. Scarce, 2. Rut, 3. Surge, 5. Hot seat, 6. Sea change, 7. Even,
8. Born and bred, 12. Scavenger, 15. Catcall, 16. Choose, 19. Slash, 20.
Oboe, 23. Den.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Disperse 4. Belt 8. Eye 9. Allow 10. Fun 11. Compose 12.
Lance 13. Peripatetic 17. Miami 18. Chimney 20. Cha 21. Along 22. Ion
23. Seed 24. Feckless.
Down: 1. Drench 2. Steam 3. Salve 5. Effendi 6. Tender 7. Sweltering 9.
Aboriginal 14. Emanate 15. Smacks 16. Hyenas 18. Clove 19. Naïve.
TARGET
ethyl helot helotry henry hero
heron heronry hoer hole holey
holt holy hone honey horn
hornet hotel hotly north norther
NORTHERLY other then theory
they thole thorn thorny throne
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
Y R N
R H E
O L T
Good 14
Very Good 20
Excellent 25+
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