TAKE A BREAK - Gulf Daily News

Gulf Daily News Monday, 12th January 2015
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TAKE A BREAK ...
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ACROSS
4 Unquestionable truth (6), 7 Finland’s capital (8), 8 Antelope (6), 10 Sullen or angry frown (5), 13
Short sharp sound (4), 14 Indian dress (4), 15 Hop-drying kiln (4), 16 Diving bird (3), 17 Fathers (4), 19
Planet (4), 21 Become disillusioned (4,5), 23 Amphibian (4), 24 Pointed tooth (4), 26 Small barrel (3), 27
Overwhelming defeat (4), 29 Leave out (4), 32 Nobleman (4), 33 Trap (5), 34 Spanish dish (6), 35 Strangle
(8), 36 Go back on a promise (6)
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DOWN
1 Board game (5), 2 Room’s lower surface
(5), 3 Slay (4), 4 Lasses (5), 5 Ooze (4), 6 Mass
departure (6), 9 Assassin (3,3), 11 Popular
pet (3), 12 Bereaved wife (5), 13 Lacking
confidence, shy (7), 15 Lyric poem (3), 16
Skill (3), 18 Of the stars (6), 20 Inert gas (5), 21
Lower limb (3), 22 Chew and swallow (3), 23
Nullify (6), 25 Tree (3), 28 Address the public
(5), 30 Boy’s name (5), 31 Native American
tent (5), 32 Otherwise (4), 33 Pimple (4)
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LEVEL: HHIII
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ACROSS
Rodents having a name for
spitefulness (6)
Where to make honourable love
to a girl (8)
Sissy’s room for the weekend (6)
To fall over him could be fatal (5)
Had to go out East with the boss
(4)
Finish with some skill (4)
The sheer size of the master’s
swollen head (4)
Could it give you a bit of a fright
on the road? (3)
Start by being honest (4)
Mark’s dog? (4)
Not one in a hundred, strangely,
could be a Parliamentarian! (9)
Go on the rota (4)
Handiest of tube stations (4)
Could you call one a mini? (3)
He may have a chapter to himself
(4)
Could you credit a sailor catching
one? (4)
One on the flighty side? (4)
Prop up a broken-down horse (5)
Discreditable charges? (6)
Was this style of bowling such
sweat? (8)
Gets upset about half the food
being starchy stuff (6)
DOWN
Informal girl, very stylish, at the
King’s Head (5)
Smith’s property under the
hammer? (5)
In music, does it mean you’ve left
three notes out? (4)
Divine females get some of you
in a terrible mess (5)
Prepare to shoot what may be
shot (4)
Cried sadly upon finishing last,
would you believe? (6)
More than one permit is
acceptable (6)
Fifty-one pence? What cheek! (3)
Basically, the shop has one (5)
A womanly weapon (7)
Old boys of the same name (3)
A famous sculptor took him in (3)
Know-all put out about the
terrible din (6)
20 A little area for a quiet chat,
maybe (5)
21 A letter from Ruby at the
massage parlour? (3)
22 She’s the party type (3)
23 Latent flair? (6)
25 A long way to rise in the air force
(3)
28 Follow in a manner almost
unseen (5)
30 Nonsense like duty lists (5)
31 Looks delighted at the strong
support (5)
32 It can be quite a blow (4)
33 The woman had been dropped
(4)
YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1, Grouse 7, Short cut 8,
Wasp 10, P-lent-y 11, E-state 14, Buy
16, Pop-up 17, Doss 19, Dail-y 21, PaLL-y 22, J-ewe-l 23, Pays 26, Sever 28,
C-ox 29, Writhe 30, Famine 31, Amps
32, Recapped 33, Ermine.
DOWN: 1, Ga-s-ped 2, U-RA-nus 3,
E-spy 4, Cr-ispl-y 5, Scrap 6, St-e-ep
8, Webs 9, Sty 12, Toy 13, Tummy 15,
Ca-le-b 18, Outer 19, Daw 20, Ill 21,
Per-h-aps 22, Jet 23, Pom-pom 24,
Axis 25, S-ledge 26, Sword 27, Vi-N-ce
28, Cam 30, Fad-e.
YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1, Repair 7, Elephant 8, Pots
10, Elicit 11, Arrive 14, Lee 16, Rules
17, Salt 19, Pagan 21, Bacon 22, Hated
23, Camp 26, Honey 28, Lob 29, In a
row 30, Secure 31, Toot 32, Evidence
33, Winter.
DOWN: 1, Riders 2, Avocet 3, Rest 4,
Sporran 5, Basil 6, Styes/Sties 8, Pill 9,
Tie 12, Run 13, Venom 15, Races 18,
Arson 19, Pat 20, God 21, Bayonet 22,
Her 23, Cocoon 24, Abut 25, Prefer
26, Hides 27, Nadir 28, Leo 30, Stew.
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 25; very good 38;
excellent 50 (or more).
Solution tomorrow.
Yesterday’s solution
inlet into lenity lent lentil
lento levity lilt lint lintel
linty lite note novelty tell
telly tile till tine tiny toil
toile toll tone vent veto
violent VIOLENTLY violet
volt vote yeti
S R O
H P I
A C D
1 What is the capital city
of Sicily?
2 In which event did Australian athlete Cathy
Freeman win gold at the
Sydney Olympics?
3 In meteorology, what
unit is used to measure
the amount of colour
cover?
4 What word has been
coined for a self-portrait
that includes a group of
people rather than just
the individual holding
the camera?
5 The acronym UMIST refers to which academic
body?
1 Palermo
2 400 metres
3 Okta
4 Usie, or ussie
5 University of Manchester
Institute of Science and
Technology
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