SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLES

WORD WHEEL: delve, delving, devein, devil, dive, divine, diving, endive, envied, even, evil, give, given, inveigle, inveigled, ivied, levied, live, lived, liven, livened, livid, living, neve, nieve, veil, veiled, veiling, vein, veined, veld, vend, vied, vigil, vile, vine.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 7 Bacteria. 9 Unseat. 10 Naan. 11 Plutocracy. 12 Alumni. 14 Entangle. 15 Inverted comma. 17 Adherent. 19 O’Brien. 21 Accountant. 22 Hips. 23 Storms. 24 King Kong.

DOWN: 1 Bacall. 2 Stun. 3 Trippier. 4 Buyout. 5 Astronomer. 6 Marcella. 8 Amusement park. 13 Moviegoers. 15 Indicate. 16 Croutons. 18 Ernest. 20 Epping. 22 Hake.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,826

ACROSS: 1 Pudding. 5 Put off. 9 Antenna. 10 Ortolan. 11 Ash. 12 Sensitivity. 13 Xylem. 14 Rectangle. 16 Audacious. 17 Actor. 19 Insuperable. 22 Tom. 23 Chaotic. 24 Tapioca. 26 Venous. 27 Headset.

DOWN: 1 Phalanx. 2 Dutch elm disease. 3 Inn. 4 Grain. 5 Provinces. 6 Tutsi. 7 Filling stations. 8 Enzyme. 12 Sumac. 14 Roof racks. 15 Amaze. 16 Apiece. 18 Rampant. 20 Patio. 21 Botch. 25 Pea.

MAILWORD

ACROSS: 1 Yobs. 5 Stalag. 11 Emit. 12 Iodine. 13 Tale. 14 Cranky. 15 In-law. 17 Peas. 18 Ligature. 21 Ayr. 24 Pup. 25 Par. 26 Loosened. 29 Lull. 30 Deify. 34 Oblong. 37 Cola. 38 Teepee. 39 Atom. 40 Strewn. 41 Laps.

DOWN: 1 Yeti. 2 Oman. 3 Bill. 4 Steal. 5 Sic. 6 Tor. 7 Adapt. 8 Line up. 9 Ankara. 10 Geyser. 16 Wipe. 19 Gun. 20 Aped. 21 Allots. 22 You bet. 23 Roller. 27 Slope. 28 Decal. 31 Iota. 32 Flop. 33 Yams. 35 New. 36 Gen.*

SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Fist. 5 Expo. 6 Rial. 7 Maya. DOWN: 1 Ferm. 2 Ixia. 3 Spay. 4 Tola.