Puzzle Time 2018

PUZZLE 12

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

Down

1. City area in ecstatic

2. Denounce curse (8) 3. But par was broken, it was unexpected (6) 4. A tin hat I removed from the islander (8) 5. Call round (4) 6. Vessel showing its nationality? (6) 7. Outsize nurse at Belgian port (6) 10. Going to drop one clanger (4) 14. Weary hen removed to an unspecified place (8) 15. Lens perhaps used for seeing (8) 16. Barked at little sister for being lost in dyspepsia remedy (6) 17. Offer more money (6) 18. Have reason therein to declare (4) 19. Old boy eaten by animal in Australian city (6) 22. Leo makes new beginning after oil spill (4)

delight at the recovery (9)

8. Sign of more to come (4) 9. The gin ran out, almost a disaster (4,5) 11. Stare at old king with broken leg (6) 12. Hollow part I’m removing (6) 13. Thought I’d go round the mine with silver in (8) 16. Body of men with you formerly on Middle Eastern state railway (8) 20. Exclamation of surprise as to which person works (6) 21. Peter, upset, left the bird (6) 23. Paddy’s writing material? (4,5) 24. Weird sounding lake (4) 25. Disturbed when the bills had not been paid? (9)

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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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