Bay Harbour: December 13, 2023

Bay Harbour News Wednesday December 13 2023
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PUZZLES
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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15/12
Across
1. Collection of odds and ends Lea can smile
about (11)
8. With ten-tenths cloud, it’s votes car needs
(8)
9. Two thou, in France, for a ballet skirt (4)
10. Sort of skating out of Paris (5)
13. Drag along for the laugh, perhaps? Gee,
no! (4)
16. Can hold hydrogen, if skinny (4)
17. The West, to his confusion, is father to the
thought (4)
18. Has debts, so we must change (4)
20. ‘Frailty, thy name is __’ (Hamlet) (5)
24. Advantage one has in being a seed,
generally (4)
25. A hydrant in the Gulf, ripe for
development (4-4)
26. Equestrianism is a regular pursuit,
dressed in this (6-5)
Down
2. What occurs to one Gilbertian Princess
about the East (4)
3. Company repeatedly needing a hot drink
(5)
4. Light beam put up in picture salon (5)
5. Is not going to church to mark the score (5)
6. Psychologically prepared, once it did no
different (11)
7. Get to end of difficulty as with hyphen it
cleans gun (4,7)
11. Member of wife’s family working as a
solicitor? (2-3)
12. Bad weather on street or motorway (5)
14. Indigo shows no goals after a start (4)
15. It’s as plain as a fish on the staff (4)
19. A mount set out on end without a middle
(5)
21. Being due to come in first, go up and
hold it (5)
22. Where sport takes place in a square,
naturally (5)
23. Evil comes out of the swamp in America
(4)
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. Tall building (5)
4. Tedious (6)
7. Primate (3)
8. Lemon, lime or orange
(6)
9. Stitch (6)
10. Appear uninterested
(4,4,2,3)
14. Martian (5)
15. Misgiving (5)
18. Betrayed (6-7)
23. Baby (6)
24. Small worship space
(6)
25. Be due (3)
26. Bowl-shaped cavity (6)
27. Off-colour (5)
Down
1. Judicial hearing (5)
2. Fret (5)
3. Scallywag (6)
4. Next to (6)
5. Proportion (5)
6. Mettle (5)
10. Tartan (5)
11. Farewell (Fr) (5)
12. Tumbler (5)
13. Shy (5)
16. Guide, teacher (6)
17. Suspenders (6)
19. Proprietor (5)
20. Brag (5)
21. Debonair (5)
22. Material used for a
nail file (5)
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Tower, 4. Boring, 7. Ape, 8. Citrus, 9. Suture, 10.
Play hard to get, 14. Alien, 15. Qualm, 18. Double-crossed,
23. Infant, 24. Chapel, 25. Owe, 26. Crater, 27. Seedy.
Down: 1. Trial, 2. Worry, 3. Rascal, 4. Beside, 5. Ratio, 6.
Nerve, 10. Plaid, 11. Adieu, 12. Glass, 13. Timid, 16. Mentor,
17. Braces, 19. Owner, 20. Boast, 21. Suave, 22. Emery.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Miscellanea 8. Overcast 9. Tutu 10. Pairs 13.
Haul 16. Thin 17. Wish 18. Owes 20. Woman 24. Edge 25.
Fire-plug 26. Riding-habit.
Down: 2. Idea 3. Cocoa 4. Laser 5. Notch 6. Conditioned 7.
Pull through 11. In-law 12. Storm 14. Anil 15. Pike 19. Steed
21. Owing 22. Arena 23. Vlei.
CODECRACKER
TARGET
airmen amen amine anime anise arisen arsine
earn earns inane inner insane insaner main
mains mane manner MANNERISM mans manse
marine mean means merman mien mine miner
mines misname name names near nears nine
rain rains rani rein reins remain renin resin
rinse risen sane saner sarnie seminar senna
serin sienna sine sinner siren snare
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
M S E
I N M
N A R
Good 25
Very Good 32
Excellent 42+
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