Puzzle Time 2018

PUZZLE 36

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1. Great wolf moving about in the evening sky (9) 2. Needlewoman by the Thames? (9) 3. Fight to maintain faith (4,3) 4. Receiver to begin working (3,2) 5. Inventor riskily included gold lace (5) 6. Man of ducal disposition (5) 10. More melodious piano repairer? (5) 11. One caring about a lack of information (9) 12. Not late about making home in a serious way (9) 15. One who is no longer popular has the said vegetable (3-4) 18. Muse in summer at Oxford (5) 19. Team leader here arranged number (5) 20. Hoped to change into a surplice (5)

3. Jump to put an end to game (9) 7. Sheet of oil swirling round (5) 8. Modern American saints? (6-3) 9. Pointedly ossified wood (5) 10. Champion’s roast? (7) 13. Hag, an eccentric from an African country (5) 14. Managed to get central heating at the farm (5) 16. Decorate part of the homestead ornately (5) 17. The outerwear for rain, hail, etc (7) 21. Money for some musical instruments (5) 22. Just cut (4,5) 23. What the best man might be expected to do (5) 24. Adverse effect on earnings when paying ready cash (5,4)

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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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