City Matters 154

TEST YOUR BRAINPOWER
No. 5461
Quiz Challenge
1. The characters Long John
Silver and Jim Hawkins appear
in which classic adventure
novel?
2. In monetary terms, how much
is a ‘monkey’ worth to a
Cockney?
3. Which country granted
independence to Iceland in
1944?
4. What name is given to a
number that can’t be
expressed as a fraction or a
ratio?
5. What type of creature is a
merganser?
1
7
9
13
17
21
22
24
24
1
9
11
17
24
29
32
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
2
18
2 3
19
QUICK CROSSWORD
12
2
18
SOLUTIONS
3
8
14
18
3
15
25
31
EASY SUDOKU HARD SUDOKU
9 1 7 3 8 4 6 2 5 7 4 2 9 1 6 8 3 5
6 5 8 2 9 1 7 3 4 8 1 6 2 5 3 7 9 4
4 2 3 7 5 6 9 8 1 5 3 9 8 4 7 2 6 1
5 8 2 6 3 9 1 4 7 1 7 3 5 6 9 4 8 2
1 3 6 4 7 5 8 9 2 2 5 8 3 7 4 9 1 6
7 4 9 1 2 8 3 5 6 6 9 4 1 2 8 5 7 3
2 6 5 9 1 3 4 7 8 9 2 7 6 3 5 1 4 8
8 9 1 5 4 7 2 6 3 3 8 1 4 9 2 6 5 7
3 7 4 8 6 2 5 1 9 4 6 5 7 8 1 3 2 9
O
F
26
13
H
C
25
12
W
B
24
11
M
L
23
10
R
K
22
9
X
A
21
8
13
20
10
16
22
V
T
20
7
10
4
8
13
23
30
33
Q
D
19
6
4
14
20
5
14
19
J
G
6. Joe Cullen is an English
professional in which sporting
field?
7. How does a chiromancer tell
fortunes?
8. The hit films The Fifth Element,
Lucy and The Transporter were
all directed by which
Frenchman?
9. Which is the largest marine
shipping canal to have no
locks?
10. What F is an item of furniture
that requires the buyer to
assemble it?
18
5
15
16
21
23
5
10
20
26
E
Z
17
4
5
N
Y
16
3
11
6
27
U
I
15
2
6
S
P
15
21
14
1
12
7
28
ACROSS
FIVE ALIVE
OY ER BA RI TN
UI GL AE
TE LR AO OT EP
EL IA DI
DR OU TN EO SR
Here are two miniature five-square
crosswords using the same grid –
but the letters have been mixed up.
You have to work out which letters
belong to which crossword.
3. Peruse article about stringing
beads (9)
7. Is able to produce part of
poem (5)
8. Surprisingly retrieves from
northern waterway (5,4)
9. Girl takes small part that is
not suitable (5)
10. Dismiss the bank
employee (7)
13. Last month took alternative
furnishings (5)
14. Heather’s Latin alter ego (5)
16. Posh vessel found under
water (1-4)
17. Sticking with temporary
housing (7)
21. Entice casual worker before
end of August (5)
22. A girl more confused by the
rambling account (9)
23. Run out at noise made by
sculptor (5)
24. Horse will flag first in
county (9)
NONAGRAM:
adit; admit; amrit; dart; data; date; demit; diet; dirt;
DRAMATIZE; drat; dreamt; edit; emit; irate; item; matai;
mate; mated; mater; meat; merit; mite; mitre; mitred;
radiate; raita; rata; rate; rated; readmit; remit; rite; ritz;
tamari; tame; tamed; tamer; tare; team; tear; terai; term;
tiara; tide; tied; tier; time; timed; timer; tirade; tire; tired;
trad; trade; tram; tread; triad; tried; trim; tzar; zeta.
CROSS CODE
ACROSS
1. Pastoral (7)
5. Barrels (5)
8. Beer (3)
9. Lethargy (7)
10. Pack animal (5)
11. Governed (5)
13. Developed (7)
15. Gaelic
language (4)
17. Midpoint (6)
19. Reliable (6)
22. Blackthorn
fruit (4)
24. Rejoinder (7)
26. Frolic (5)
29. Sloping
trough (5)
30. Gleaming (7)
31. Hatchet (3)
32. Upright (5)
33. Draw back (7)
Across – Orbit; Troop; Rotor.
Down – Outer; Bloat; Tapir.
Across – Yearn; Elate; Dunes.
Down – Yield; Again; Needs.
(2)
FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
Clockwise from top left – add;
divide; multiply; subtract. Total: 4.
EQUALISER:
DOWN
DOWN
1. Blear (anag.) (5)
2. Artificial
waterway (5)
3. Wash clothes (7)
4. Tooth decay (6)
5. Stringed
instrument (5)
6. Deprives of
food (7)
7. Emergency
replacement (5-2)
12. Employ (3)
14. Blocking vote (4)
16. Repose (4)
17. Small round
boat (7)
18. Planet (7)
20. Proof of
purchase (7)
21. Bind (3)
23. Inferior (6)
25. Perspire (5)
27. First in rank (5)
28. Correct (5)
EQUALISER
7 6
3 9 3
5 3
11 9 2
8 2
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.
1. Uncle Rod’s upset the
rascal (9)
2. Peerless when without the
other sock perhaps? (9)
3. Anguish or utter chaos (7)
4. Len is taken in by each girl (5)
5. Language that is
incomprehensible even when
repeated! (5)
6. It is pleasant to hold oriental
girl (5)
10. Many cod-like fish act like
barnacles (5)
11. Cause trouble with trendy
sideboard (9)
12. Others make a sound by
saying it again (9)
15. Stern south wind on the
point (7)
18. In Windsor I bicycled past an
antelope (5)
19. Morning spent in canal to find
the full extent (5)
20. Point upwards? (5)
NONAGRAM
Z E D
I T A
R A M
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:
31 Good; 37 Very Good;
43 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).
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Bucolic; 5 Casks; 8 Ale; 9 Languor; 10 Llama; 11
Ruled; 13 Evolved; 15 Erse; 17 Centre; 19 Trusty; 22 Sloe; 24
Riposte; 26 Caper; 29 Chute; 30 Shining; 31 Axe; 32 Erect;
33 Retreat.
Down – 1 Baler; 2 Canal; 3 Launder; 4 Caries; 5 Cello; 6
Starves; 7 Stand-by; 12 Use; 14 Veto; 16 Rest; 17 Coracle;
18 Neptune; 20 Receipt; 21 Tie; 23 Lesser; 25 Sweat; 27
Prime; 28 Right.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
Across – 3 Threading; 7 Canto; 8 River Tees; 9 Unapt; 10
Cashier; 13 Decor; 14 Erica; 16 U-boat; 17 Lodging; 21
Tempt; 22 Rigmarole; 23 Rodin; 24 Wiltshire.
Down – 1 Scoundrel; 2 Unmatched; 3 Torture; 4 Elena; 5
Dutch; 6 Niece; 10 Cling; 11 Incommode; 12 Restating; 15
Austere; 18 Oribi; 19 Gamut; 20 North.
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Treasure Island; 2 £500; 3 Denmark; 4 Irrational number; 5 Bird; 6 Darts;
7 By reading palms; 8 Luc Besson; 9 The Suez Canal; 10 Flat-pack.
EASY
HARD
CROSS CODE
23 8 22 12 25 2 16 5 12 22 17 24
26 2 8 15 4 2 26
11 8 16 19 15 17 7 26 12 12 15 22
14 9 10 14 16 9 22
8 14 9 17 6 24 8 7 17 22 3
18 6 17 20 2 10 7 2
26 2 10 14 10 17 7 25 3 23 16
15 15 1 8 7 12 25 5
22 2 12 25 10 3 25 15 11 11 3
16 9 8 14 11 26 14
17 21 2 14 7 8 14 12 17 7 2 12
3 17 17 2 8 12 15
14 15 22 13 14 10 2 1 14 25 26 6
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
I
C
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
S
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.
SUDOKU
Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9,
and so must each 3 x 3 box.
9 8
6 5 2 7
4 2 7 6 8 1
2 3 9
5 8 2
7 9 8 5
2 1 4 7
8 9 2 6 3
9
3
8 4
5 3 2 6
3 9
5 4
6 9 2 8
9 2 5 4 8
1 9 7
6 9
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