9 Gulf Daily News Sunday, 1st February 2015 TAKE A BREAK ... 1 6 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ACROSS 1 Warehouse (5), 6 Frolics (5), 9 Uproar (7), 10 Post off (5), 11 Befits (5), 12 Merges (5), 13 Shortage (7), 15 Male swan (3), 17 Soon (4), 18 Leisurely walk (6), 19 Annoyed (5), 20 A dogsbody (6), 22 Speed contest (4), 24 Sweet potato (3), 25 Cultivate (7), 26 Card game (5), 27 Provide food (5), 28 Apt to cry (5), 29 Gymnast’s costume (7), 30 Nuisances (5), 31 Screams (5) DOWN 2 Number (6), 3 Source (6), 4 Sound of disapproval (3), 5 Swagger (5), 6 Flower-shaped badge (7), 7 Burden (4), 8 Car fuel (6), 12 Filament (5), 13 Beau (5), 14 Assembly (5), 15 Pinkishorange colour (5), 16 Electronic sound (5), 18 Guide (5), 19 Disregards (7), 21 Plunder (6), 22 Ebb (6), 23 Force (6), 25 Decease (5), 26 Animal skin (4), 28 Dryly humorous (3) ACROSS The outcome of the exercise (5) For airmen, hopping on this is a low practice (5) Mother suffered from being badly spoken (7) Sound the organ made (5) It’s foolish to be very close to the bat (5) Feel one has to check out conflicting directions (5) Stories of explosions (7) Look on the initial ball as a high one! (3) Nothing but clamour in Valhalla (4) Where the boats are, of course, nominally female (6) To me, half London can be at the waterside! (5) Dog, red as the evening sun? (6) In making a pit, soil is disturbed (4) Actually it’s longer than a summer afternoon! (3) Player in a dramatic substitution (5-2) Maybe Tim’s a hothead with this surname (5) Bad organisation (5) You can shift it out of satin (5) Great movie (7) Well-known in association with a medium (5) Pulls out of a hotel because of the ruffians (5) DOWN The war at sea started to hot up! (6) 3 Female deadlier than the male (6) 4 Vessel used by stunt men (3) 5 Might their music produce boos out East? (5) 6 It’s a bit like sacking a German (7) 7 A fat free diet is too much for her (4) 8 Quantity maybe nearly all gone (6) 12 Direct the short way at all times (5) 13 Agitate for the right to fresh running water (5) 14 Such bread lets you fill the 2 hollow within (5) 15 Numerals in black and blue (5) 16 One a policeman may have to nab, possibly? (5) 18 Filling it may be a piece of cake (5) 19 There’s only a dimmer possibility that she exists! (7) 21 Not a single mistake! (6) 22 Pinch one’s nose (6) 23 Quick to provide a cleric’s need (6) 25 Dried plant product, a treatment for warts (5) 26 That of the building opposite? (4) 28 It’s wrong to take a rest! (3) YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION ACROSS: 1, S-Al-ad 6, D-airy 9, Maigret 10, P-le-ad 11, Voice 12, Denim 13, Rev.-OK-Ed 15, M-E-P 17, Op.-E-N 18, SE-date 19, Ramps 20, Totter 22, Bit-e 24, Spa 25, Anglers 26, Beefy 27, Fria-r 28, Stave (Vesta) 29, Wipe out 30, Aside 31, Bowls DOWN: 2, Asle-eP 3, Amazon 4, Dad (rev) 5, O-gle-d 6, De-vices 7, A-tom 8, Racket 12, Debar 13, Roots 14, Vesta 15, Mar-i-e 16, Pekes 18, Sp-in.-y 19, R-ever-ie 21, Operas 22, Blotto 23, Travel 25, After(-s) 26, BaW-d 28, Sub (rev.) YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION ACROSS: 1, Usual 6, Point 9, Deliver 10, Adore 11, Serge 12, Brats 13, Stripes 15, Hen 17, Heat 18, Create 19, Calls 20, Frozen 22, Spiv 24, Ten 25, Abalone 26, Stops 27, Cacti 28, Alter 29, Embargo 30, Crewe 31, Emits 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 17; very good 25; excellent 33 (or more). Solution tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION fain faint fame famine fast fasten fate feast feat feint fest feta fiat fiesta fine finest fist foam foamiest foeman foist foment font infest info manifest MANIFESTO motif naif often safe sift sofa soft soften X S E H P A O O N DOWN: 2, Sedate 3, Adroit 4, Lee 5, Tiers 6, Pesters 7, Ores 8, Nugget 12, Began 13, Shift 14, Rayon 15, Harpo 16, Nerve 18, Clubs 19, Centime 21, Repair 22, Slalom 23, Insect 25, Appal 26, Stew 28, Age 1 Cupreous is an adjective derived from which metal? 2 Mavis is an old word for which type of bird? 3 Which is the third month of summer in the Southern Hemisphere? 4 Tea tycoon Thomas Lipton was also a keen amateur competitor in which sport? Which Renaissance artist was the subject of Hector Berlloz’s first opera, which was premiered in 1838? 4 Yachting 3 February 2 Thrush 1 Copper 5 5 Benvenuto Cellini LEVEL: HIIII