Christmas and New Year TV and Puzzle Guide 2019

PUZZLE 22

TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD Two sets of clues both leading to the same answers

QUICK CLUES

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CRYPTIC CLUES

1. Badly judged (3-5) 6. Long cylinder (4) 8. Aquatic organism (4) 9. Leave furtively (5,3) 10. Restored fast (7,6) 11. Waistband (4) 13. Vessel platform (4) 17. Industrial action (3-4,6) 20. -------- Keith, English actress (8) 21. St ----’s fire, electrical discharge (4) 22. Holes in needles (4) 23. Act of throwing out (8) 2. Run in an ungainly way (6) 3. Apprentice (7) 4. Hebrew lawgiver (5) 5. Hoped for (7) 6. Sign (5) 7. Refreshment bar (6) 12. Line for pulling (3,4) 14. Occurring now (7) 15. Showy adornments (6) 16. Limbs extending outwards (6) 18. Attire (5) 19. Subdivision of an act (5)

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1. Inopportune, but I will go with Timothy and Edward (3-5) 6. Underground pipe (4) 8. Seaweed reaches part of coastal gardens (4) 9. It’s not on that telltale is first to slip out (5,3) 10. Least said before it is repaired quickly (7,6) 11. All-round supporter (4) 13. Chair not normally used with a card-table? (4) 17. Dissatisfied workers will not stand for it (3-4,6) 20. Faithful woman makes the writer run off and marry (8) 21. Saint whose fire destroys mole (4) 22. They look like organs (4) 23. Oriental and I in France get fresh tonic despite expulsion (8) 2. Look, two learners with little work lounge about (6) 3. Bad weather in starting place for learner (7) 4. Some confusion about second prophet (5) 5. Imagined being asleep (7) 6. To know Scottish symbol (5) 7. Polish up other-wordly visitor to go on sideboard (6) 8 10 12 16 17 20 22

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12. Poor wet contraption for pulling another vehicle (3,4) 14. Flow of electricity in general use (7) 15. Very good lines in elaborate design (6) 16. One doctor, during a knock-out, has hands on hips (6) 18. Put on this coat or shirt perhaps (5) 19. Theatrical view? (5)

PUZZLE 23

Telephone dialling pads combine several letters on one key. Here several sets of words or items have been encoded by using numbers rather than letters. Then they have been divided into groups of three characters and all the words have been run one after another to make your task a little more difficult. Can you crack the code?

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Dialling Codes

parts of a flower

bakery products

UK cities

4. cities which have hosted the Summer Olympics 738 251 782 636 176 553 617 895 316 827 912 684 371 752 236 821 737 251 632 827 912 277 351 784 462 168 853 176 554 648 617 787 168 235 587 766 317 862 546 561 865 961 237 546 128 436 716 352 687 631 667 269 156 636 612 689 377 172 747 128 526 821 435 746 541 686 424 166 687 325

5. 368 446 881 622 276 661 446 437 273 231 326 474 172 787 916 833 461 247 284 817 266 316 374 648 313 527 522 517 878 335 142 832 812 769 643 622 546 867 417 662 461 524 685 316 457 546 194 632 432 837 122 731 266 725 186 726 281 522 538 138 335 312 562 516 837 255 162 685 319 727 outer garments

6. 566 366 123 532 781 274 786 512 273 433 154 837 766 513 346 287 441 693 673 145 274 691 226 837 287 916 679 424 162 624 378 371 226 274 343 835 372 673 172 722 488 312 429 253 126 678 837 174 666 472 741 435 426 783 718 437 666 383 717 826 274 631 897 397 483 712 867 361 287 637 historic inventions

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2 ABC

3 DEF

4 GHI

5 JKL

6 MNO

7 PQRS 9 WXYZ Spaces and any punctuation marks are represented by 1. 8 TUV

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