Alpha Cipher

The letters A to Z have each been allocated a different number between 1 and 26. The number next to each word in this list is the sum total of the letter values in that word. So, for example, in BAR, B might equal 10, A 2 and R 13, or B might be 1, A 20 and R 4, or any other combination adding up to 25. We’ve placed some starter letters in the grid at the bottom — can you work out the values of the rest?

Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror

ADAGIO BAR

BOW

CLEF HARMONY JAZZ

KEY LENTO 67 25 29 63 46 61 41 47

MAJOR MELODY MINIM MINOR NOTE OCTAVE OPERA POP

44 53 55 43 33 58 40 41

QUAVER REST SEMITONE SEXTET SHARP STAVE TEMPO TUNE

77 24 73 58 37 42 41 50

ACROSS

1 7

12 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 23 25 28 29 32 33 34 37

39 41

42

44 46

Large store selling groceries and household goods… (11)

… and a container for your purchases! (8, 3) Railway vehicle (5) Curved structure (4) Fashion, vogue (5) Choose by vote (5) Therefore (4)

Map proportion (5)

Mild (6)

Arrange into groups (4) Drizzle (4)

Stinging weed (6) Personal (7)

Fail to care for (7)

Use a razor (5) Frequently (5)

Esteem, admire (7)

Was narrower at one end (7)

Social reject (7) Newspaper’s main editorial (6)

Leave a permanent mark (4) Military force (4)

Come out (6) 49 50 51 53 55 56

57 58 60 61 62 64 66 67 70 71 73 75 77 79 81 84 85 87 89 91 92 93 95

Grapple (7)

For what reason? (3) Female bird (3)

Made of porcelain (7) Unit of liquid volume (5) — Sam, personification of America (5)

Brochure (7)

Label (3)

Very warm (3)

Altered, modified (7) Steal cattle (6)

Entreaty (4)

Nutritious bean (4) Strain of trying (6) Design template (7) Root vegetable (7) Deadlock (7)

Rural fireplace (5) Yorkshire city (5)

Regret (7)

Clarify (7)

Business offer (6) Revolve (4)

Bridle strap (4) Sanctuary (6)

Answer (5)

Absent (4)

Waterlogged (5)

Coast (5) 97 Prohibit (4)

98 Greenfly (5)

99 Checkout area (5, 2, 4)

100 Retail experience with no assistance? (4-7)

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 6

8

9 10 11 14

18

21 22

23 24 26 27 30

Jargon (5)

Mumble (6)

Species of deer (3) Northern duck (5) Exact (7)

Passenger seat on a motorcycle (7) Doglike African mammal (5)

Pastry dish (3) Have in mind (6) Small orchard (5) Country with the capital Ottawa (6) Sharp response (6) Treacle (5) Agricultural vehicle (7)

Sailing event (7) Cosy recess (5) Customary (5) Border (on) (5) Computer telephone link (5) 31 35

36 38

40 43 45 47

48

49 50 52 54 59

60 62 63 65 66

68 69 72 74

76

Serpent (5) Wander off the path (5) Boggy area (5) Depot for storing surplus stock (9) Special offer (9) Cut short (7) Quicksilver (7) River mouth (5)

Atlantic or Pacific, eg (5) Spider’s snare (3) Weak, spineless (3) Edible kernel (3) Chip shop fish (3) European language (5) Intuitive guess (5) Redbreast (5) Collar wing (5) Headache pill (7) Bedroom footwear (7) Meadow (5)

Grilled bread (5) Sugary (5)

Utterly foreign (5) Obsolete coin (6)

Pretext (6)

Extract, snippet (7) Cry aloud (7) Painting applied to damp plaster (6) Light wind (6)

Walk heavily (5) Regal (5)

Occur next (5)

Run off to

Gretna Green? (5)

94 Domestic fuel (3)

96 Stupid lout (3) Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror 78 80 81 82

83 84 86 88 90