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How many words of four or
more letters can you make
from the letters shown in
todays puzzle? In making a
word, each letter may be used
once only. Each word must
contain the central letter. There
should be at least one seven
letter word. Plurals, foreign
words and proper names are
not allowed. British English CRYPTIC CLUES
Dictionary is used as refer-
ence. Across Down
1 Losing form due to a rise in 1 Claimed to be a test of
temperature (7) fitness (7)
5 Walked back around a man 2 Its short and possibly
SCRAMBLE sleeping (7) conical (7)
WIZARD OF ID HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Rearrange the letters in the four 9 Refuse to go through all the 3 I can time railway route (9)
word jumbles, one letter to each cases? (7) 4 Think of America (5)
square/circle, to make four ordinary 10 Type of fiction unfamiliar to 5 Guard seen changing
words the French (7) overalls (9)
11 Thrash about the ring showing 6 Concentrate on cutting the
HOW TO PLAY little craft (5) hedge (5)
Now arrange the letters in the 12 Alarming to find acid in drink 7 Joining forces and rallying
circles to form the answer to the (9) without a leader (7)
riddle or to fill in the missing 13 Though a pound short, 8 A crying necessity in mob
word as indicated victualler may be well paid (9) control? (4,3)
15 Imprisons many for a long 14 Make a stop on the way? (9)
BMEER time (5) 15 Yet its wrong to imitate
16 Pert - like a robin? (5) anything like this (9)
18 The first man to fly an aircraft 16 Imprisonment for
CKOOR (4,5) possession (7)
21 Soccer war erupts and its a 17 La Costa resort by the sea
frightening thing (9) (7)
24 King-size is unusually large (5) 19 He inherits blended tea with
AIKDMO 25 Dismissed with anger - its a glee (7)
scandal (7) 20 Like vultures only found in
26 Get hint about contract (7) Thailand borders (7)
BELUBB 27 Tell you its wrong to shout in 22 Muse to appear after a very
pain (4,3) long time (5)
28 Sign of fever perhaps and 23 Potboiler notorious for bad
rash (7) spelling (5)
Perhaps the worlds second worst
crime is ____. The first is being a
__. Jean Baudrillard (7,..,4)
QUICK CLUES
Across Down
1 Yielded good results (4,3) 1 Mythical winged horse (7)
5 Seeking to remain detached 2 Bill (7)
LOOP THE LOOP TIMES KAKURO TIMES SUDOKU MINDBENDER (7) 3 Not at correct pitch (3,2,4)
Rules How to begin: Example (Fig A) - Begin with the
The numbers in the coloured squares refer to Note: A digit cannot appear more than once At the start of the cricket season, Rons batting 9 A French peasant dance (7) 4 A vagary of nature (5)
Connect zero next to 3. Since no lines can be drawn
adjacent dots around zero, mark crosses around it, as shown. the sums of the digits that you must fill into in any particular digit combination. For average after the first match was 23. His average 10 Summary of facts (5-2) 5 Falling back (2,7)
with vertical orNow there is a cross in one space around 3. So the empty spaces directly below or to the instance in the example, we cannot have the
after the second match was 28. Given that he had 11 Severe (5) 6 US composer of marches
right of the blue square containing the num- combination of 8+4+8 for 20.
Not allowed horizontal we know the three lines of 3 can only be drawn 12 Shakespeares (tamed) Shrew
(Fig A) (Fig B) lines, creating a in the remaining three spaces. Next, these lines ber. For instance, in the given example, the 2 20
been dismissed three times in these two matches, (5)
single loop (Fig A). can only be extended in one direction each. boxes below 12 must contain 2 digits that 12 (9)
add up to 12, whereas for 20, the 3 boxes what is the minimum number of runs he would 13 To gamble (9) 7 Temporary accommodation
Crossovers or branches are not allowed (As Continue, using the same logic. Example
shown by dotted lines in Fig B).
placed horizontally next to it must add up to need to score in the third match to raise his sea- 15 Ill-defined in meaning (5) (7)
Hints: Keep eliminating possibilities by 20. No zeroes are used here, only the digits
Numbers in the puzzle indicate the number of Level: Medium sons average to 40? 8 Put back (7)
lines that should surround it, while empty cells
marking crosses in spaces between dots one through nine. 16 Creator of Robinson Crusoe (5)
may be surrounded by any number of lines.
where a line isnt possible, i.e., if you have
18 Communicate intelligibly (3,6) 14 Now (2,7)
already completed required lines or where a
You cant draw lines around zeros. 15 The other way round (4,5)
Each puzzle has just one unique solution.
line extension may create a branch or cause
a deadend (Fig B) TIMES SU-DOKU CHAMPIONSHIP 21 So as to create an impression
(3,6) 16 Turn aside (7)
24 Full of life (5) 17 Promote (7)
Represent India at the World 25 Heighten (7) 19 Thrust oneself forward (7)
Sudoku Championships in 26 Sweet smell (7) 20 Able to pay debts (7)
27 Rushing stream (7) 22 Practice swordplay (5)
Bulgaria. Compete in the 28 Regional form of language (7) 23 Unenthusiastic (5)
Bengaluru Round of the Times
Sudoku championship, in SOLUTIONS FOR CROSSWORD NO. 3001
association with DY Patil CRYPTIC QUICK
University, on July 26 at St
Patricks Community Hall, 21,
Museum Road. To
participate in the Bengaluru
HOW TO PLAY Level: Medium round, SMS
Fill in the grid so that every horizontal row, every vertical col- TOISUDB<space>NAME
umn and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9, without
repeating the numbers in the same row, column or box.You
<space>AGE to 58888.
cant change the digits already given in the grid. Every puzzle
has one solution.
All solutions to games/ puzzles on Page 4