Gulf Daily News Thursday, 29th January 2015 9 TAKE A BREAK ... 23 24 26 27 29 32 33 34 35 36 ACROSS 4 Method (6), 7 Linoleum (8), 8 Native American (6), 10 Adjust (5), 13 Quarry (4), 14 Board game (4), 15 Lascivious look (4), 16 Everything (3), 17 Eager (4), 19 Skye, for example (4), 21 Food fish (5,4), 23 Uncommon (4), 24 Assistant (4), 26 Orienteering item (3), 27 Frolic (4), 29 Cheese type (4), 32 Fever (4), 33 Backbone (5), 34 Surgical knife (6), 35 Learned (8), 36 Vulnerable, sensitive (6) DOWN 1 Faithful (5), 2 Appeal humbly (5) , 3 Horizontal, level (4), 4 Portion, quota (5), 5 Swing to and fro (4), 6 Breathe out (6), 9 Interval of time (6), 11 Pair of performers (3), 12 Card game (5), 13 Author’s pseudonym (3,4), 15 Star sign (3), 16 Beer (3), 18 Come into view (6), 20 Shuteye (5), 21 Single circuit (3), 22 Drink gingerly (3), 23 Plunder (6), 25 Boy’s name (3), 28 External (5), 30 The aforementioned (5), 31 Fixes (5), 32 Sourtasting substance (4), 33 Hosiery item (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 11 12 13 15 DOWN Biblical dog country? (5) Rabid for something like scrambled eggs? (5) It’s said to be high in the Hebrides (4) Yearns to match the size (5) The appeal of the quiet part of the country (4) Figure there’s a strangely tinny effect about a note (6) Diminish what’s left at Big Bertha’s place (6) Brazilian patriotic piece (3) Support for a singer getting out of line (5) Address change for Mr. A. Love (7) A worn machine part (3) YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION ACROSS: 1, Puffin’ 7, Ear-piece 8, Like 10, Nailed 11, Incite 14, E’en 16, No-NE-t 17, Stud 19, Level 21, Boner 22, G-aunt 23, Slow 26, Ti-MO-n 28, Fee 29, Oceans 30, Win-ter 31, Exit 32, Gene-rate 33, Daring. DOWN: 1, Pa-I-nts 2, Foiled 3, Nee-d 4, Spinner 5, Begin 6, Relet 8, Lieu 9, Ken 12, Col 13, Tempo 15, Penny 18, Toxic 19, Lou 20, Vet 21, Banners 22, Go-a 23, Sen-I-or 24, Let-t 25, Wiring 26, Tough 27, Means 28, Fi-X 30, We-Ed. YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION ACROSS: 1, Banana 7, Labourer 8, Damp 10, Status 11, Remote 14, Beg 16, Dares 17, Toss 19, Pilot 21, Maxim 22, Tired 23, Nods 26, Galas 28, Wan 29, Erupts 30, Potato 31, Unit 32, Shackles 33, Honour. L M S Y I O B S M DOWN: 1, Bedsit 2, Abates 3, Alps 4, Boredom 5, Prior 6, Urges 8, Dabs 9, Mug 12, Mat 13, Tepid 15, Vixen 18, Oscar 19, Par 20, Lid 21, Mistake 22, Tap 23, Nation 24, On at 25, Shower 26, Geese 27, Lunar 28, Won 30, Push. 1 2 3 4 LEVEL: HIIII 5 To what is Edwin Starr referring in his 1970 hit with words ‘What is it good for? Absolutely nothing’? Decompression sickness, suffered by divers who surface too quickly is commonly known as ‘ the…’ what? Which Great British Bake Off contestant was named star baker of episode three last year for his filled Spanish bread crown topped with gold-foiled olives? What nationality was the painter Francisco Goya? What two-word name was given to the volunteers at 2012 London Olympics? 1 War 17 19 21 2 Bends 14 15 16 How many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters show here? In making a word, each letter may be used once only, Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. No plurals or verb forms ending in “s” no words with initial capitals and no words with a hyphen or apostrophe permitted. The first word of a phrase is allowed (e.g. inkjet in inkjet printer) TODAY’S TARGET Good 9; very good 14; excellent 18 (or more). Solution tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION dune endue endure ensure ensued ensure ensured enure enured nude nurd nurse nursed rerun reuse reused rude ruder rued rune ruse sued suede suer sunder surd sure SURRENDER under used user 4 Spanish 8 10 13 16 Hear this and it’s only a rumour (3) 18 The meteorologist’s line (6) 20 Start work on the remainder (with a wrench?) (5) 21 Mark’s little girl (3) 22 The servants’ vehicle? (3) 23 It’s not often there are new models (6) 25 He’s a bit of a hedonist (3) 28 It’s not certain the Inland Revenue will go up to heaven! (5) 30 A handy school game (5) 31 His essay is about a monarch (5) 32 One properly sunk (4) 33 To sing wildly must mean something (4) 3 Luis Troyano 7 ACROSS Lying with a bend in the backbone (6) A traditionally incisive departure out East (4-4) New angles, one gathers (6) Hardly a good present! (5) Wild hare associated with the ostrich (4) A one-woman opera (4) Untidy eating place? (4) Where a pig may come to a nasty end? (3) Old-fashioned country? (4) Go to and fro out West, say (4) Ship that made a record number of deliveries on the 4th of July (9) Moderate repetitiveness (2-2) Having a high position, sounds vain (4) Determined to take part in the match (3) Kind of mash to ban outright? (4) A place to pick out? (4) One interrupts a law-breaker to complain (4) Beryl, possibly, a saintly individual? (5) Low, venomous, calculating creatures? (6) Monarch may be mad on the stage - what a tragedy! (4,4) In bad odour? (6) 5 Games Makers 4
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