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Sudoku To solve a SUDOKU puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: Each of the nine vertical columns Each of the nine horizontal rows Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes

Easy level

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Medium level

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Hard level

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Very hard level

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Quick clues:

ACROSS 3. Candidate (9) 8. Finished (4) 9. Expiation (9) 10. However (6) 11. Avarice (5) 14. Suffuse (5) 15. Go first (4) 16. Shirk (5) 18. Judge (4) 20. Yet (5) 21. Elevate (5) 24. Empty (6) 25. Song (9) 26. Aspersion (4) 27. Savagery (9)

DOWN 1. Strength (9) 2. Answer (9) 4. Way (4) 5. Of the moon (5) 6. Force (6) 7. Not any (4) 9. Consent (5) 11. Serious (5) 12. Pleasing (9) 13. Flattering (9) 17. Composition (5) 19. Loadstone (6) 22. Move furtively (5) 23. Indigent (4) 24. Huge (4)

Cryptic clues:

ACROSS 3. Something for people to obey or dance round in (9) 8. Consumes some meat spread (4) 9. Put in for one stripe, perhaps (9) 10. Approximate length of an informal adieu (2-4) 11. Finally refusing employment (5) 14. Attire suitable for climbers (3-2) 15. You won’t hear yourself so described (4) 16. Possibly smart vehicles (5) 18. He’s wicked when old (4) 20. It must be back before the tenth (5) 21. Bird came out of the pines (5) 24. Spat in the tank lethargically! (6) 25. Watch and see how long the music takes (9) 26. To turn to something fragrant (4) 27. Russian compiler’s dog? (3,6)

DOWN 1.He supplies people with the latest information (9) 2. Exercises lithe cats become involved in (9) 4. A step up the ladder (4) 5. Thoughts from Sadie (5) 6. Add a very quiet finale (6) 7. Group of actors start to fish (4) 9. To sleep in it is unfitting (5) 11. It’s the custom to give us time (5) 12. Good breeding quality (9) 13. It may come from a friend, but also from a foe in fact (9) 17. Half a quarter (5) 19.Lowers oneself? (6) 22.It may be used for coats of many colours (5) 23.Apparently not the top team (4) 24.A chore with no alternative but to hurt (4)

CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS FROM EDITION 238 QUICK Across: 1 Tame; 3 Pressing; 8 Lure; 9 Escapade; 11 Single-minded; 13 Adroit; 14 Attire; 17 Afterthought; 20 Adriatic; 21 Zero; 22 Entreaty; 23 Uses. Down: 1 Talisman; 2 Mariner; 4 Resume; 5 Stagnation; 6 Irate; 7 Glee; 10 Illiterate; 12 Destroys; 15 Ingress; 16 Strict; 18 First; 19 Late. CRYPTIC Across: 1 Toll; 3 Barnacle; 8 Airy; 9 Drawback; 11 Saint Bernard; 13 Custom; 14 Etcher; 17 King of Hearts; 20 Mastodon; 21 Liar; 22 Anecdote; 23 Ogre. Down: 1 Transact; 2 Lorries; 4 Agreed; 5 Now and then; 6 Chair; 7 Elks; 10 Stronghold; 12 Preserve; 15 Herring; 16 Afloat; 18 Issue; 19 Emma.