Bay Harbour: May 25, 2022

Bay Harbour News Wednesday May 25 2022
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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Across
1. Spy its first tactical potential for those in
pool (7)
5. Therefore the cover has substance (5)
8. Tell how rare tan was gained (7)
9. Bodily part perhaps with pipes (5)
10. Sudden urgent situation will make me
cry, Gene (9)
12. The meadow is almost in leaf (3)
13. Goat capering around the North in a sort
of dance (5)
17. A spiteful woman was used to punish
one (3)
19. Eased off by a neck perhaps in the sled
(9)
21. An illustrious old coin (5)
22. The least hint of liking nitrogen to be
changed (7)
24. Rascal taking a bit of shady business
quietly (5)
25. Notes of meeting the time sun takes to
circulate (7)
Down
1. Somewhat sore, it being dragged behind?
(6)
2. Too much French about net being given up
as an omen (7)
3. The main chair is incomplete (3)
4. First rook building nest at back of craft (5)
5. It is bound to be full of tales (5-4)
6. For example, everything that could be
lawful (5)
7. No statement (6)
11. Stop being awake, and a limb may feel
numb (2,2,5)
14. A prisoner or con, and CV it gets him (7)
15. Views of play parts (6)
16. More than one saying it’s aged as can
be (6)
18. Bone in bait one put out (5)
20. Truth self-evident as team takes nothing
in the forenoon (5)
23. The family was upset by the start of 22
(3)
SUDOKU
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box contains the digits 1 to 9.
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Across
1. An electronic sound (5)
4. Abdominal exercise (3-3)
7. Copy (3)
8. Reveal (6)
9. Expose falseness (6)
10. Take what is offered,
or have nothing (7,6)
14. Sully (5)
15. Give out (5)
18. Captured combatant
(8,2,3)
23. Meeting plan (6)
24. Relating to the eye (6)
25. Pelt (3)
26. Idolise (6)
27. Long for (5)
Down
1. Stringed instrument (5)
2. All square (5)
3. Fence stake (6)
4. Entice (6)
5. Prohibited (5)
6. Uncontrollable fear (5)
10. Agitated (3,2)
11. Small pancake (5)
12. Relative by marriage
(2-3)
13. Cross the threshold
(5)
16. Dangerous (6)
17. Monastery (6)
19. Scallywag (5)
20. Scorch (5)
21. Animals of an area (5)
22. Once more (5)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Bleep, 4. Sit-ups, 7. Ape, 8. Unveil, 9. Debunk, 10. Hobson’s
choice, 14. Taint, 15. Allot, 18. Prisoner of war, 23. Agenda, 24. Ocular,
25. Fur, 26. Revere, 27. Yearn.
Down: 1. Banjo, 2. Evens, 3. Paling, 4. Seduce, 5. Taboo, 6. Panic, 10.
Het up, 11. Blini, 12. In-law, 13. Enter, 16. Unsafe, 17. Priory, 19. Rogue,
20. Singe, 21. Fauna, 22. Again.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Typists 5. Solid 8. Narrate 9. Organ 10. Emergency 12. Lea
13. Tango 17. Cat 19. Slackened 21. Noble 22. Inkling 24. Scamp 25.
Minutes.
Down: 1. Tender 2. Portent 3. Sea 4. Stern 5. Story-book 6. Legal 7.
Denial 11. Go to sleep 14. Convict 15. Scenes 16. Adages 18. Tibia 20.
Axiom 23. Kin.
TARGET
bail bailor bald baldric bard
bardic bipolar bird blip bloc
boar board boil bold boric brad
braid brail bridal brio broad
broil carb carob CLIPBOARD
cobra crab crib drab drib lobar
parboil rabid ribald
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
P R A
C B D
O L I
Good 17
Very Good 24
Excellent 29+
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