Royal Air Force News Friday, October 18, 2019 R'n'R 8
R'n'R Prize Crossword No. 259
Solve the crossword, then rearrange the nine letters in yellow squares to find an RAF station.
Prize Su Doku
Solutions should be sent in a sealed envelope marked 'Prize Crossword' with the number in the top left-hand corner to RAF News, Room 68, Lancaster Building, HQ Air Command, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 4UE to arrive by November 1, 2019.
No. 269 Fill in all the squares in the grid so that each row, each column and each 3x3 square contains all the digits from 1 to 9.
Across 1. Licence to overtake? (4) 8. Six get little sleep at Nag’s Head (4,1,5) 9. Veteran bomber nimble moving outside house (8) 10. Island of exile for the Spanish airline (4) 12. Talk incessantly about Big Ears (6) 14. Mammal has decay around lair (6) 15. Plane flying North or South, presumably (6) 17. Escapee without a strip (6) 18. Fasten securely every available lock, initially (4) 19. Depend on US money being put in just now (8) 21. Noisy perch disturbed by next generation of fighters (10) 22. Anxious to sing sadly? (4) Down 2. Combine a mother, Lady Godiva, with a graduate, Thomas Edison (10) 3. Steer clear of heartless animated sheep (4) 4. He shares a museum with Victoria (6) 5. Don’t harm me with that! (6) 6. Subhunter attitude I get into (8) 7. A girl either way (4) 11. Enable Claw to confuse Defence Minister (3,7) 13. Second clap of thunder that is first signal for umbrellas (8) 16. From one side to the other of a mongrel (6) 17. Without first unearthing at speed (6) 18. Some also hover in part of London (4) 20. Pinch old devil (4) Name ................................................................................................................... Address ............................................................................................................... .............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................................
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The winner of Crossword No. 257 is P/M Findlay Maghee of RAF Waddington who wins a copy of Battle of Britain Broadcaster Charles Gardner by Robert Gardner (pen-and-sword.co.uk). Solution to crossword No. 257 Across – 1. Shoe 8. Favourable 9. Airspace 10. Exam 12. Costly 14. Batman 15. Steppe 17. Madras 18. Trio 19. Altitude 21. Carnations 22. Keen. Down – 2. Helicopter 3. Efts 4. Aviary 5. Superb 6. Talented 7. Term 11. Adam And Eve 13. Typhoons 16. Exacts 17. Meteor 18. Tact 20. Task.
RAF station:.................................................................... Crossword No. 259
RAF station: Valley
Theatre
Music
UK tour
Club Classics UK tour
Craig Revel Horwood
Soul II Soul
The soul survivors
Craig Revels in the spotlight...
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Solutions should Solution to Su Doku No: 268 be sent in a sealed envelope marked 'Su Doku' with the number in the top left-hand corner to RAF News, to arrive by November 1, 2019. Su Doku No. 268 winner CJ Hill wins a copy of Ladies Of Lascaris by Paul McDonald (penand-sword.co.uk).
BC1 Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood is taking to the road in the spring with his debut solo tour. He will talk about his life from Australia to the West End, to Strictly, and promises to reveal a wealth of backstage gossip. He will also present a special performance of some of the music which has been the soundtrack to his career. Best-known today for being a judge on all 17 series of Strictly, Craig’s professional training began in his home country of Australia where he appeared in productions including West Side Story and La Cage Aux Folles. On arriving in Europe, he joined the famous company at the Lido De Paris as a dancer and then as principal singer at the legendary Moulin Rouge, joining the UK tour of Cats a year later. He went on to appear in the West End in Miss Saigon and was an original cast member of Crazy
For You. He crossed over into choreography to huge success, being nominated for an Olivier Award for the West End productions of Spend Spend Spend and My One and Only. Since then he’s had numerous credits as director/choreographer across the world, ranging from the UK tour of Sister Act to the movie Paddington 2. Craig continues to perform on stage, with 10 years in pantomime and as Miss Hannigan in Annie in the West End and on tour. He is now head judge on Dancing With The Stars Australia and his many other TV credits range from discovering his ancestry in Who Do You Think You Are? winning BBC2’s Maestro at the Opera and runner-up on Celebrity Masterchef. n Go to: ents24.com for tour and ticket details. THE STRICTLY Live Tour is back for 2020 with 33 sequin-filled shows across the UK from next January.
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REVEL HORWOOD: Strictly a star, darling
The tour will star TV judges Craig (who directs the live show for the 10th year), Shirley Ballas and Bruno Tonioli. They will be joined by 2018 TV show winner Stacey Dooley, who is hosting the tour which will also feature celebrities and professional dancers from the 17th series of the award-winning show. Head judge Shirley Ballas said: “I had such a wonderful time this year on my first Strictly tour, so I’m really looking forward to doing it again in 2020.” n Go to: ticketmaster.co.uk for more information.
OLLOWING THE success of their shows last year, iconic British band Soul II Soul will take their acclaimed tour back on the road in 2020, paying tribute to their debut album Club Classics Vol 1. The double Grammy Awardwinning and five-time Brit Award nominated band will play 15 dates in the UK in October and November next year, including a date at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The band’s main man Jazzie B said: “Who would have thought that 30-odd years later we’d still be on the road with this thing? “It’s been a helluva journey – literally – and I feel truly blessed. Now, I’m looking forward to going back to some of the familiar venues where we’ve made a lot of friends. “I’m just as pumped about testing out places we’ve never been before but I’m seriously excited about playing the Royal Albert Hall. “I want to thank to the fullness everybody who’s given their support up until now, and I’ll see you along the way; a happy face, a thumpin’ bass for a lovin’ race.” With huge hits including Keep On Movin’ (which sold over a million copies in the US alone) and
ON THE ROAD: UK tour for Soul II Soul
the UK number one single Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)‚ Soul II Soul progressed from being one of the leaders of the 1980s warehouse scene to pioneering British black music around the world, and securing commercial success for themselves and the huge number of artists they have influenced. During the course of their stellar career the band have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide and Jazzie B was awarded an OBE for services to music in 2008, as well as winning an Ivor Novello Award for Inspiration, as ‘the man who gave British black music a soul of its own’. n Tickets are available now. See bit.ly/SoulClubClassics for more.