Bay Harbour: April 03, 2024

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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Across
1. He says what will be will be (8)
4. Find a portent on getting around me (4)
8. Ay, there’s the way to polish it, Hamlet (3)
9. It takes bitterness of medicine away from
Argus (5)
10. Misinform one as to German song being
incomplete (3)
11. Buys back pledge that may have seemed
right at the start (7)
12. It is necessary to Slav: it always is (5)
13. Constraint Triton cries about (11)
17. One such as Calliope to divert one (5)
18. He gets and holds cheat who’s upset
when in credit (7)
20. The saloon from which bench is chosen
(3)
21. Mouthpieces for a doctor to see about (5)
22. Floating zoo returned from the Ukraine (3)
23. Periods of time will soundly stun one (4)
24. Dragons that turn north with the child of
a child (8)
Down
1. Wild excitement to rue, for a change (6)
2. It is in cylindrical form, but it’s up to the
editor (5)
3. Autographs more than one 4 (5)
5. Put malt out for one of mixed parentage (7)
6. Have to have the French to goad one (6)
7. Is strongly attracted to a vast tiger such as
this (10)
9. It’s in the middle of the bullseye, love! (10)
14. Court official answers query the Queen
might put to him (7)
15. Badly painted, it could turn out to be a
dud (6)
16. It won’t work if it’s not kept like a promise
(6)
18. Buck one up with food and entertainment
(5)
19. Soundly appreciates how one conducts
trial (5)
Wednesday April 3 2024 Bay Harbour News
PUZZLES 17
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. Itemises (5)
4. Break free (6)
7. Peculiar (3)
8. Relating to the stars (6)
9. Kitchen device (6)
10. Head of state (5,8)
14. Frightening (5)
15. Support bandage (5)
18. Cocksure (13)
23. Breakfast food (6)
24. Accompany (6)
25. Curve (3)
26. Sung by a choir (6)
27. Herb (5)
Down
1. Bright beam of light (5)
2. Rugby formation (5)
3. Serious (6)
4. Border (6)
5. School group (5)
6. Component (5)
10. Basil paste (5)
11. Infuriated (5)
12. String (5)
13. Spot on (5)
16. Cheerful (6)
17. Have an effect on (6)
19. Give personal
assurance (5)
20. Vertical part of a
stair (5)
21. Rot (5)
22. Hospital worker (5)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Lists, 4. Escape, 7. Odd, 8. Astral, 9. Grater, 10. Prime
minister, 14. Scary, 15. Sling, 18. Overconfident, 23. Muesli, 24. Escort,
25. Arc, 26. Choral, 27. Thyme.
Down: 1. Laser, 2. Scrum, 3. Solemn, 4. Edging, 5. Class, 6. Piece, 10.
Pesto, 11. Irate, 12. Twine, 13. Right, 16. Jovial, 17. Affect, 19. Vouch, 20.
Riser, 21. Decay, 22. Nurse.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Fatalist 4. Omen 8. Rub 9. Sugar 10. Lie 11. Redeems 12.
Vital 13. Restriction 17. Amuse 18. Catcher 20. Bar 21. Reeds 22. Ark 23.
Days 24. Grandson.
Down: 1. Furore 2. Tubed 3. Signs 5. Mulatto 6. Needle 7. Gravitates 9.
Sweetheart 14. Equerry 15. Daubed 16. Broken 18. Cheer 19. Hears.
TARGET
donor door dorp down droop
drop drown fiord fond food ford
frond frown indoor info iron noir
orpin pion pond poof poor prion
prod prof proof prow rondo
rood roof WINDPROOF wino
wood woof word worn
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
I F N
R O P
D O W
Good 17
Very Good 24
Excellent 31+
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How many words of four letters or more can you
make? There is at least one nine-letter word.
Each letter may be used only once and all
words must contain the centre letter.
No words starting with a capital, no plurals
ending in s unless the word is also a verb, e.g.
he fires the gun.
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