THIS WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

PUB QUIZ

1 Yesterday, 2 Lewis Capaldi, 3 People Just Do Nothing, 4 Skeleton, 5 Brown, 6 France, Russia, and the UK, 7 Annie Ernaux, 8 Sea buckthorn, 9 c) Ludicrous, 10 Lake District, 11 Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh, 12 The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

DINGBATS

1 The Mail on Sunday, 2 Double cross, 3 Cold calling, 4 That’s a big IF.

BRAIN TRAIN

A-B=24, B-C=31, CD=674.

CHESS

1. Qxh6 gxh6 2. gxf7+ Kh7 3. f8(N)+ Kh8 4. Rg8 mate.

DITLOIDS

1 8 Sides of an Octagon, 2 18 Holes on a Golf Course, 3 40 Years for a Ruby Anniversary, 4 8 Days A Week by The Beatles, 5 160 Stone in a Ton, 6 3 Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome.