YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1. Forties 8. Heaven (Fortyseven) 9. Phoenix 11. Eyeliner 12. Fleet 14. Adds 15. Jodhpurs 17. Rubbishy 18. Base 20. Bored 21. Hell-bent 23. Eardrum 24. Rotate

25. Roaring.

2. On hold 3. Themes 4. Erie 5. Wealthy 6. Avuncular 7. Engrossed 10. Xylophone 12. Fair share 13. Edibility 16. Kibbutz 18. Border 19. Sequin 22. Taro.

KILLER SUDOKU

Love Sudoku, but feel you’ve mastered the game? We’ve got a new challenge for you: Killer Sudoku. Your clues are the caged numbers that represent the sum of the numbers in that cage. The convention followed is that duplicate numbers cannot exist within a cage even if the cage crosses.

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Jack may be in it (TV, that is) (3,3)

In bed, a senior officer can be very persuasive (6) Semi-royal relatives? (3) Berkshire’s rugged coast! (5)

Graphic illustration of a city 18 19 21 22 in a poor light (7)

A measure used in plainchant (4)

It presumably has sharp bows (6)

Tough as Cassidy? (5) Widow’s associates killed by the gardener (5)

Bolt a plate while it’s hot (5) The head of the family isn’t weak (5)

Welsh welfare centre in a colourful setting (5)

Out of the flood centre, a stick will float (5) Go everywhere while the cat’s in a state of rest (7) Live, yes, amid the wild deer! (6)

The legitimate position Edison could have been in (6) 23

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28 Vaguely recall where the wine is (6)

First among ministers (5) Only a share, but it could be mistaken for the lot! (4) The Boar’s Head takes in a lot of wine (3)