Puzzle Time 2018

PUZZLE 22

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

QUICK CLUES

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CRYPTIC CLUES

2. Extinct bird (3) 5. Writing desk (6)

1. Disturb fairy coming up with coat (6) 2. Miss available cake (6) 3. Nowadays the rate of currency exchange when it comes to notes is slow (6) 4. Car driver? (6) 6. One who is against joining the union (11) 8. Character with journalists used to produce printed reading matter (11) 2. It was a live bird not a moment before! (3) 5. Foreign office (6) 7. Confused old chaps with a prehistoric tomb (6) 9. Dismiss a boxer – he will be in the brigade now (11) 10. Mature for three months (6) 11. Excessively inept when leaving poverty line in chaos (6) 13. Stop trying to surrender (4,2) 16. One of the family had new record cut (6) 18. Man of property who is a spy from an eastern country? (6,5) 19. Dance can be repeated (6) 20. Accountant’s on a level with wise man (6) 21. One service (3) Across Down 5 9 11 10 13 20 19

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7. Megalithic tomb (6) 9. Emergency service worker (11) 10. Time of year (6) 11. More than normally (6) 13. Renounce (4,2) 16. Male relative (6) 18. One who acts for those selling houses (6,5) 19. Uproarious dance (6) 20. ------ Weinberger, US politician (6) 21. Playing card (3)

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1. Disarrange (6) 2. Spongy bread roll (6)

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3. Slowly (mus.) (6) 4. Light fuel oil (6)

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6. Cute copiers (anag.) (11) 8. Old method of printing (11) 10. Hang down (3) 12. Coniferous tree (3) 14. Professional killer (US slang) (6) 15. Surface sheen (6) 16. Refinement, shade (6) 17. Snare (6)

10. Drop most of the pudding (3) 12. Evergreen you heard (3) 14. Inuit came in shivering (6) 15. Irishman in a film (6) 16. Pest is leaving subtle difference (6) 17. Catch ten members on strike (6)

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 names 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

stars born from X Factor

British songbirds

alternative therapy types

6. 633 482 846 616 288 767 284 912 287 862 887 312 447 677 228 421 733 539 656 491 493 768 437 279 162 772 431 678 367 284 912 766 284 372 79 672 867 461 246 725 316 683 817 243 796 138 483 126 843 617 967 466 916 737 213 268 274 212 242 835 531 782 783 817 373 623 317 663 613 838 musical forms

5. 644 484 642 531 286 846 417 727 769 134 773 716 884 282 419 248 245 179 255 691 847 874 178 275 464 197 361 252 252 473 154 663 817 595 275 252 251 234 326 122 584 212 852 684 216 678 414 747 414 634 261 272 842 163 348 377 263 261 237 428 421 733 172 243 421 528 212 274 223 26 seas and oceans

4. 243 715 569 315 366 215 394 715 488 531 649 125 392 637 212 875 316 631 347 328 466 173 232 221 337 487 661 742 963 192 731 263 542 154 59 767 812 426 724 631 724 627 771 233 716 896 126 273 886 124 278 738 731 946 312 726 391 243 371 238 622 281 786 194 475 916 323 183 766 884 alcoholic drinks

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2 ABC

3 DEF

4 GHI

5 JKL

6 MNO

7 PQRS

8 TUV

9 WXYZ

Spaces and any punctuation marks are represented by 1.

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