Christmas and New Year TV and Puzzle Guide 2019

PUZZLE 12

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1. Penny’s way to attract attention? (4) 2. Thanks team for producing a vehicle (4) 3. Caught a revolutionary chasing after tin (6) 4. A commonplace statement somehow pointless in the entrance hall (6) 5. Independent talk in which one is at liberty to express one’s opinions (4,6) 6. Rashness of the girl I’m leading (10) 10. One can get refresher courses at this establishment (10) 11. Pass on before (10) 15. Lag ran off in an overcoat (6) 16. Instrument, it is held by the railway worker endlessly (6) 18. Clumsily handle the hammer (4) 19. Gearless model? (4)

5. Moderately good bazaar (4) 7. Leviathan let loose on steamers (3,7) 8. Watch eastern agent (4) 9. In three sections with one section worn outside (10) 12. Doesn’t resort to place on Belgian coast (6) 13. Cycles, after a short time, sped off (6) 14. Mad rush that starts after finishing one’s education (6) 16. Green place for weddings? (6) 17. They’re at home in castles, so it is said (10) 20. Georgia took Albert into the fete (4) 21. Move about aimlessly with flighty creature in the vicinity (4,6) 22. Complaint a viewer might have (4)

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PUZZLE 13

PUZZLE 14

Difficulty level: Easy

Difficulty level: Medium

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Kakuro Fill in the blank squares in the grid with numbers so that each horizontal or vertical line adds up to the total given in the box either to the left or above it. Horizontal totals are given in the top right corners of the shaded boxes; vertical totals in the bottom left corners. You can use the numbers 1 to 9, but may not use the same number more than once in any run. The number may be used again, however, in the same row or column but as part of another run.

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