City Matters 130

Your puzzle challenge
CROSS CODE
12 5 16 6 7 6 17 7 16 5 25 24
5 24 23 17 3 16 18
1 23 14 24 11 5 18 5 3 16 24 8
4 12 25 18 11 4 24
3 6 17 7 24 17 10 10 4 3 24 11
24 13 17 2 18 11 1
21 5 25 23 5 11 24 26 4 7 16 7
9 5 5 4 8 7 24
3 19 14 20 5 18 7 7 6 5 11 12
17 17 18 18 14 11 5
19 23 3 3 5 5 14 5 15 4 1 25
12 6 11 1 3 7 24
23 1 5 11 14 24 8 22 24 24 12 7
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
S
R
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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.
MAGIC SQUARE
TRAITOR TO CHICAGO
Using all 16 letters of the phrase above, form
four words each of four letters which will fit in the
grid to form a magic square in which the words
can be read both horizontally and vertically.
SUDOKU
Easy
9 6 5
3 1 6 2 9
1 8 6
9 7 2 5
7 2 9 8
5 1 7 4
9 6 8
6 5 7 3 2
2 3 9 5 4
U
NONAGRAM
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:
24 Good; 28 Very Good;
33 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).
Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.
Quiz Challenge
1. What can be supplied in the
following types: slotted, pan
head, mirror and Phillips?
2. ‘Hello darkness, my old
friend’ is the opening line of
which Simon & Garfunkel
song?
3. Which commodity is sold in
therms?
4. Which character owned the
bear Winnie-the-Pooh?
5. Ewood Park is the home
ground of which English
football club?
M O F
N R R
T S A
8 6 5
2 8 1
7 3 4
3 1 9 5
3 6
2 1
2 9
8 4
3 5 7
6. Dr Hannibal Lecter and Clarice
Starling were characters in
which 1991 hit film?
7. Former cricketer Andrew
‘Freddie’ Flintoff co-hosts which
TV motoring series?
8. Captain Vernon Kell and Sir
David Petrie were early leaders
of which intelligence
organisation?
9. Which traditional Christmas
plant is named after a former US
diplomat?
10. Which vitamin is produced in the
skin after exposure to sunlight?
WORD PYRAMID
Spell out a 15-letter word or
phrase by moving from one
chamber to another within
the pyramid. You may
only enter each of the
chambers once and
may only proceed
through openings
in the walls. The
first letter may
appear in any
chamber.
FIVE ALIVE
HA AS SL EA LT
AW OI IE
RA ER GS OE TN
SR EM RO
DH OR RA WS NE
Hard
F
A
T
T H R
M S E C
S A I R H
Here are two
miniature fivesquare
crosswords
using the same
grid – but the
letters have
been mixed up.
You have to
work out which
letters belong
to which
crossword.
EQUALISER
8 5
15 1 3
2 3
3 1 3
8 6
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.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1
5
9
11
10
13
20
19
1
9
14
18
2
13
ACROSS
2. Some are gleaning in the
field (3)
5. Beachwear that is much
reduced (6)
7. Disposed of antiques at
loss for a piece of shining
metal (6)
9. Saying that the confused
male inside is causing
deadlock (11)
10. Poor state to be in (6)
11. Receiving most of the
receipts (6)
13. Suffering owners
deteriorate (6)
16. Travelling show in Oxford
perhaps (6)
18. Assessment of the present
situation as to how big
something is (3,4,2,2)
19. That is not so hot first for
labourer (6)
20. Neat feline let out (6)
21. Do you shortly want some
colouring matter? (3)
1
9
11
20
26
29
2
18
6
12
3
13
3
21
27
2
15
21
13
14
21
8
12
16
18
21
QUICK CROSSWORD
4
8
10
22
23
28
3
7
11
14
16
20
DOWN
5
19
8
6
4
17
7
12
1. It’s Susan with an
agglomeration of lies (6)
2. Expected to happen when
Kelly and I are involved (6)
3. Sal repositioned a book
obliquely across (6)
4. Heard bird using form of
English (6)
6. Where shortly fruit can be
found (2,1,8)
8. Anything but a dead loss
(5,6)
10. Cat’s foot, it doesn’t sound
good (3)
12. Somewhat disgusting
fellow (3)
14. Deceive unfashionable sly
creature (6)
15. Land that is shortly
arranged to be secured (6)
16. Compel firm to use Irish, we
hear (6)
17. Such wealth is never
revealed (6)
5
15
19
5
24
6
10
16
6
25
7
24
7
17
SOLUTIONS
30
NONAGRAM:
arson; farm; faro; fart; form; formant;
format; fort; from; frons; front; frost;
manor; marron; mart; matron; morn;
mort; mortar; norm; orra; raft; ransom;
rant; roam; roan; roar; roast; roman;
rota; smart; snort; soar; sonar;
sora; sort; star; storm; stroma; tarn;
taro; torn; torr; tram; TRANSFORM;
transom; tsar.
Across – Halal; Reset; Horse.
Down – Harsh; Loser; Litre.
Across – Asset; Argon; Drawn.
Down – Award; Sigma; Tenon.
(2)
FIVE ALIVE:
(1)
QUICK CROSSWORD:
Across – 1 Bounces; 8 Heiress; 9 Spatula; 10 Rickety; 11
Treadle; 14 Ass; 16 Pool; 18 Silo; 19 Peep; 20 Dead; 21 Spa; 23
Attempt; 26 Clamber; 28 Coroner; 29 Frisbee; 30 Literal.
Down – 1 Besotted; 2 Usage; 3 Could; 4 Shares; 5 Zinc; 6
Develop; 7 Ashy; 12 Acid; 13 Laos; 15 Spat; 16 Peke; 17 Littoral;
18 Satanic; 22 Parcel; 24 Tarot; 25 Minor; 26 Cafe; 27 Baby.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:
Across – 2 Lea; 5 Bikini; 7 Sequin; 9 Stalemating; 10 Penury; 11
Taking; 13 Worsen; 16 Circus; 18 The size of it; 19 Coolie; 20
Cattle; 21 Dye.
Down – 1 Tissue; 2 Likely; 3 Aslant; 4 Pidgin; 6 In a nutshell; 8
Quick profit; 10 Paw; 12 Gus; 14 Outfox; 15 Nailed; 16 Coerce;
17 Untold.
X
Q
EQUALISER:
Clockwise from top
left – divide;
subtract; multiply;
add. Total: 12.
WORD PYRAMID:
Father Christmas.
MAGIC SQUARE:
otic; Thor; iota;
crag.
26
13
G
P
25
12
E
R
24
11
U
F
23
10
1 8 4 7 3 9 2 6 5
2 9 5 6 8 1 4 7 3
7 6 3 2 5 4 1 8 9
3 1 9 8 6 7 5 4 2
4 7 2 9 1 5 8 3 6
8 5 6 3 4 2 7 9 1
5 2 7 4 9 3 6 1 8
6 3 1 5 7 8 9 2 4
9 4 8 1 2 6 3 5 7
K
V
22
9
J
D
21
8
B
S
20
7
Y
H
19
6
L
A
18
5
9 2 6 8 4 5 1 3 7
3 5 4 1 6 7 2 9 8
7 1 8 2 9 3 5 6 4
4 9 1 3 7 8 6 2 5
5 3 7 4 2 6 9 8 1
8 6 2 5 1 9 7 4 3
1 7 9 6 8 4 3 5 2
6 4 5 7 3 2 8 1 9
2 8 3 9 5 1 4 7 6
EASY SUDOKU HARD SUDOKU
O
I
17
4
T
C
16
Z
W
15
M
N
14
CROSS CODE
1 2 3
QUIZ CHALLENGE: 1 Screws; 2 The Sound of Silence; 3 Natural gas; 4 Christopher Robin; 5 Blackburn Rovers; 6 The Silence of the Lambs;
7 Top Gear; 8 MI5; 9 Poinsettia; 10 Vitamin D.
ACROSS
1. Springs up (7)
8. Woman who
inherits (7)
9. Cooking
utensil (7)
10. Wobbly (7)
11. Foot lever (7)
14. Donkey (3)
16. Small lake (4)
18. Storage
cylinder (4)
19. Quick glance (4)
20. Lifeless (4)
21. Health resort (3)
23. Try (7)
26. Climb with
difficulty (7)
28. Inquest official (7)
29. Throwing disc (7)
30. Word for word (7)
DOWN
1. Infatuated (8)
2. Accepted
practice (5)
3. Was able (5)
4. Apportions (6)
5. Metallic
element (4)
6. Evolve (7)
7. Pale (4)
12. Battery fluid (4)
13. Asian republic (4)
15. Petty quarrel (4)
16. Small dog
(abbrev.) (4)
17. Of the shore (8)
18. Fiendish (7)
22. Package (6)
24. Fortune-telling
card (5)
25. Lesser (5)
26. Coffee house (4)
27. Newborn (4)