FRIDAY’S SOLUTIONS
THE ALPHABEATER
Black squares: 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 17, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35.
Across: Flash, Flood, Acute, Solvent, Gazelle, Dye, Awe, Phantom, Pretext, Samba, Rabbi, Avian.
Down: Squalid, Road, Effulgence, Haze, Zeppelin, This, Lea, Tray, Effluent, Skim, Enjambment, Gown, Equator.
THE ALPHAPUZZLE
Across: Cosh, Forensic, Poultry, Trade, Cater, Errant, Tiptop, Scurvy, Joyful, Regal, Awake, Mollusc, Fiendish, Well.
Down: Capacity, Waif, Squat, Probate, Stereo, Field, Oxygen, Slumps, Enter, Circle, Spanner (clue), Gauze, Chef, Cyclical.
TV CROSSWORD
Across: 1 Momoa, Sara,
8 McDonald, 10 Swash, Brown,
12 Empire, 15 Alex, 16 Alesha,
17 Bing, 19 Noughts, 21 Tony,
22 Barry. Down: Over, 3 Amanda, 4 Anne, 5 Adlington, 6 Sawalha,
7 Ash, 9 Dudgeon, 13 Egan, 14 A Feather, 17 Bart, 18 Gary, 20 Una. TV show: Babylon Berlin
ARROW-WORD
Across: Street, Gaga, Taut, Meat, Sherry, NYC, Cuba, Jet, Gem, Hostage, Papers, Bid, Nose, Can, Omsk, Echo, Adele, Loser, Gladden, Eth, Ajar, Tall, Smile, Clan, Alga, Aids, Utah, Swede.
Down (left to right): Elan, Cole, Mat, Argument, Pooh, Attila, Eatery, Hesmondhalgh, Beg, Arc, Ores, Lea, Tasty, Ass, Kale, Dona, Caw, Sugababes, Julie, Begin, Lena, Add, Named, Her, Rinse. Shaded letters: Banana
WORDS
Final
MUDDLESOME
Coriolanus, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure
CLOCK-WISE
Spiv, Ivan, ante, teal, alga, gasp.
QUIZ OF THE WEEK
1 Jackson 2 Vincent van Gogh
3 Saira Khan 4 Julia Roberts Golf 6 Ariana Grande 7 800 metres
8 Bernadine Evaristo 9 Gerwig
10 Katharine Hepburn
MENTATHLON ANSWER
Navel
DITLOIDS
1 7-Mile Beach on Grand Cayman, 3 Cities in Jamaica, 2 Hummingbirds on the Trinidad Coat of Arms, 2 Nobel Prize Winners from St Lucia, 9 Parish Divisions on Bermuda.
TRIVIA WORDSEARCH
1 Oscar Wilde 2 Carpenters Russell 4 Ian Dury 5 Albion Banjo Paterson 7 Fargo 8 Shakin’ Stevens Anna Karenina 10 Queen Victoria.
SUMTHING
5x7=35, 4x4=16, 9x3=27
SMALL CROSSWORD
Across: 1 Assistant, 7 Twin, Width, 10 ONO, 11 Report, 13 Apparatus,
14 Cinema, Tea, 18 Error, Gold, 20 Dismisses.
Down: 1 Attracted, 2 Sweeps, Info, 4 Tip, 5 Adopted, 6 Thousands,
8 Warrior, 9 Appears, Humble,
15 Nags, 17 Tom.
CROSS DOUBT
Across: SONIC Down: FUNGI
SUDOKU EASY
BATTLESHIPS
QUICK CROSSWORD
KAKURO
Across: 4 Disrupt; 8 Uproar; Scarlet;
10 Tissue; 11 Deluge; 12 Roulette;
18 Aptitude; 20 Renown; 21 Spirit;
22 Linctus; 23 Dinner; 24 Emerald. Down: 1 Vulture; Brusque; 3 Manure;
5 Incident; 6 Rarely; 7 Pledge; 13 Tranquil; 14 Currant; 15 Gesture; 16 Medium;
17 Soccer; 19 Impair.
TARGET
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