CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Gasp at magic dragon? (4)
4. Nice cities heard pleasant things (8)
8. Happy around lax group of famous people (6)
9. Slid over to be unemotional (6)
10. Evert, twisted bra from part of spine (8)
12. Love god’s sore back (4)
13. Rodent turns from celebrity (4)
15. Matador’s cry is a little violent (3)
16. Slash left out of band (4)
17. Before 11 mother put on long dress (4)
19. Break or secure useful supply (8)
21. Bring to an end, or annoy! (4,2)
22. Slice up on right of heirlooms (6)
23. It causes a reaction when feline put on a list, we’re told (8)
24. Sketched Ms Barrymore? (4)
DOWN
2. Turn to herb, it’s a customary practice! (5)
3. Compliment on how your tummy looks on a diet? (7)
4. Five leave Navy? No! (3)
5. Can tastes shift for Spanish instruments? (9)
6. Steak one given after TB (1-4)
7. Fabulously storied journalists (7)
11. New boy and I accept graph and life story (9)
14. Sinatra troubled Russian empress (7)
16. Al eaten by sea creature that’s foul and repulsive (7)
18. At home aid sent back to country (5)
20. Bike in a circular pattern (5)
22. I left riot? Nonsense! (3)
SUDOKU
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each smaller 3x3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
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ACROSS
1. Doha is there4. Multitude, a … of choices8. Chinese herbal medicine, … biloba12. Fairy tale,16. Bone of the upper leg18. Playwrights or dramatists, eg19. Using only one colour, a … design21. Diaphanous dressing gown23. Mexican raccoon24. Intense happiness and joy26. Written laugh sound (2,2)28. Instance of disease, a … of measles31. Make as one32. Style of singing, … canto34. Measuring device, pressure …35. Senseless, an … comment36. Clothes horse37.singer, John Paul …38. Tugs sharply39. As soon as possible (1,1,1,1)41. Religious wrongs44. RNZ’spresenter, … Hipkiss45. Broad-bladed jungle knife49. Raises mood51. Striped horselike animal53. Shining, luminous54. Long-fingered lemur (3-3)56. Weekends, … and Sundays57. Swirled spiced pastry, cinnamon …59. Snakelike fishes60. Gratify, … your appetite62. Indonesian dyeing method63. Operates, … a computer64. Overtime compensation, time off in …65. Read quickly, … the documents67. Coarse coconut material, … matting70. Bill Withers song, (3’1)73. Draw air into lungs75. Carefree, happy-go-lucky76. Sound system77. Mulled over, considered78. Feeling of bored weariness79. Person from Sana’a, eg80. Allocates, … responsibilities84. Entices
