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    Tradl (a(t |* Packed with « Crosswords, , Wordsearches sudokus and ; |" much more! ' Win) 00 IN COSI Prizes! SPECIAL OFFER! SPECIAL OFFER! SPECIAL OFFER! Get your magazine delivered to your door and save money! Packed with FE Subscribe by Direct Debit and get crosswords, iy wordsearches, |), Sudokus and’ © Six months of issues for just £15, or £28 for a whole year. For card payments, please call 01293 3121 36 and our friendly team will be happy to take your order. All rates quoted are UK only - please call for overseas rates. | | e, Order using the coupon opposite==—=> or online at: puzzlelife.co.uk Puzz eWorld” \ ivi! ° (| Alp . Issue 123 hwislAlt Hello and a warm welcome to Family Puzzle World! In these PuzzieLife | pages you'll find a huge range of ted mi crosswords, wordsearches, criss Editor: Ned Walker crosses, codewords and loads more | Editorial Team: James Barrett-Sterling, of your favourites. Sarah Hornsby, Chris Candler Please feel free to drop us a line Forall editorial enquiries, please write to: at the address to the right if you James Barrett-Sterling, Keesing Media UK Ltd, ; Hyde Park House, 5 Manfred Road, have any comments or suggestions | (3oicn swis ons. ~ we're always pleased to hear from | .._ ° ‘mail: enquiries@keesing.co.uk our readers and like to make sure For subscription enquiries, please call 01293 312136 we're giving you the very best in Published by Keesing Media UK Ltd, mixed puzzles. Hyde Park House, 5 Manfred Road, 7 ' London SW15 2RS. Finally, don’t forget to enter our Newstrade distribution by Marketforce (UK) Ltd. great £2,500 cash competition - Printed in the EU. see puzzle 10 for how to enter. © Keesing Media UK Ltd 2023. Good luck! The Editor Next issue on sale May 4th a —~- eee LLL met ORDER FORM Please tick one box as appropriate: LPtease send me Family PuzzleWorld for six months for just £15 - | have filled in the Direct Debit form on the right 7 Please send me Family PuzzleWorld for a year for Postcode: £28 - |have filled in the Direct Debit form on the right Di tenctose a cheque for £30.00 to receive Family PuzzleWorld for a year serene For card payments, please call 01293 312136 deputies ntact reiesaa srs Het Signed Date oan WlOIgIaIgIZ) QD Banks Name: Your Address: Name(s) of account holders(s) Keesing MesiaUK Ltd may wish to contact yo and promations Please ck here if you are happy to receive suchoffersby © post ne era O tree is Oe crt stected compares mgt he occesionaliy with offers and pro tickhereifyouarehappy torecdivesuchotfersby © post © telephone C)emak free Sus, ACROSS 1 Lie down (6) 5 Throw (5) 7 On-screen captions (9) 10 Pig meat (4) 11 Shades (4) 12 Intermittent (9) 16 Rain particles (5) 17 Guidance, counsel (6) |" DOWN 1 Fixes an election (4) 2 Indian garment (4) 3 German river (4) 4 Says yes (6) 6 Terminates (6) 8 Crypts (5) 9 Robust (6) 10 Chinese temple (6) 13 Bishop of Rome (4) 14 Domestic servant (4) 15 Get by (4) ACROSS 1 Stargazing (9) 6 Straighten (5) 7 Ice-skating venues (5) 9 ___ Baldwin, US actor (4) 10 Polynesian island (6) 12 Bruise tincture (6) 14 Partially (4) 17 Hawaiian greeting (5) 18 Cake decoration (5) 19 Rock specialist (9) DOWN 2 Expression of joy (5) 3 Fruit peel (4) 4 Oslo's country (6) 5 Irish Sea strait (5) 6 US state (7) 8 Taking by force (7) 11 Scribble (6) 13 Rope loop (5) 15 Reviews and corrects (5) 16 Bell sound (4) A-mazing See how quickly you can find the right path through this maze. f See een leed Le eee L ii Hale oy oy (I =) fel 4 cn er ae Par Ay r mr iar “| , [rH aes Material world Can you fit these fabrics into the squares? 4 LETTER NYLON POPLIN 8 LETTER FELT POULT SATEEN CRETONNE LACE RAYON VELOUR PLEATHER LAWN TAMMY TERYLENE VAIR TULLE 7LETTER WOOL TWEED ACRYLIC 9 LETTER VOILE CHEVIOT CRIMPLENE SLETTER HESSIAN GABERDINE CHINO. 6 LETTER HOLLAND: VELVETEEN DENIM ALPACA LEATHER DRILL BURLAP NANKEEN 10 LETTER LINEN DIMITY ORGANZA SEERSUCKER LODEN MUSLIN PERCALE NINON PONGEE Skeleton crossword The black squares and clue numbers need to be filled in, as well as the answers. We’ve given you a few black squares and grid numbers to help you get started. The finished grid is completely symmetrical. ACROSS 1 Stroke fondly 4 Elaborate cream cake 7 Golfer's average 8 Bath alternative 9 Team member 10 Juice 11 Music genre 14 Not awake 17 Oyster stones 20 Elasticated corset 23 Climbing plant 24 Gas, symbol O 25 Small compressed mass 26 Tall bird 27 Ogled 28 Hare-brained DOWN 4 Expurgator 2 Insect with pincers 3 Meagre 4 Italian brandy 5 Slave 6 Remove packaging 12 Before (literary) 13 Completely 15 ___ Lanka, country 16 Slippery fish 17 Drive forward 18 Thoroughness, precision 1g Went astray 20 Plaster of Paris mineral 21 Tumbled 22 Snare Codeword VV a iS ABCDEFGHIJKKMNOPQRSTYVWXYZ 1 2 3 4 IS 6 7 IS 9 WO 11 2 13 R L 14 15 |16 [17 /18 [19 J20 [21 22 [23 |24 [25 |26 Backwards crossword Cross through some of the squares in a symmetrical pattern to make a completed crossword that matches the clues given. Watch out - the clues aren’t in the right order! I}H/D|/T|S;/A;/S|T/E|R/K C\B/A|L|P/D/A|N/B|Z|S H|A|T/C|H|P)S/T/O/V/E A/|W|U/F]1I/G|/H|K|N/G|N L/E|M/A|N/S|B/E|Y/|O|T L/U|M/J|X/L|F/A|D/D]1 E;/C/H/O|M;|V|1I;O|L] 1 ]N N/F/A/G\E;K/|T/K]1T|]D/E G|R/UIN/T/L/T/O;TIJAIL E;I|/N|/P|N|G|E|O|H| FS T/S;/T/|R{A|D|D|L|E| FIG ACROSS § Serving aperture i Installed @ Calamity @ Sit astride @ Loose-limbed @ Complete @ Reference point @ Fiddle DOWN @ Set with a dare ™@ French motor race M® Appearasaghost i Very dark wood @ Kitchen range @ Egyptian @ Wide belt @ Low sound of pain monument @ Reverberate @ River island @ European volcano @ Guards ™ Pathfinder Starting from the centre letter, trace a YJO|G|P/A/TINIA/I path through twelve KIBIN/I TIEIHITILIG synonyms of 'big'. You can travel only left, NIEIUISITIAIM|Y/D right, up or down and you'llusealltheletters]U|/S|O|}P/|U;/L/A|S/E in the grid once only. HIEIMIE 5 Llelilz TIR|R/|S/ 1} Z/E/D L}/O;/P/Y/V/A/RIJB TIN/O/R/T/E;/A|W A|I/G/Y;/L/H/Y|N ™ Wordwheel See how many ordinary words of four or more letters you can make from the seven letters in the wordwheel. All your words must contain the i central letter L, and no proper nouns are allowed. A score of 17 is good, 19 is very good and 21 is excellent. All you have to do is solve this wordsearch and you'll find one word in the list that you can’t find in the grid — write just this Prize Answer in the coupon, add your details and send the coupon to us by the closing date of May 19th 2023 and you could be one of our lucky cash winners. The address for entries is: Competition 257 (PWR), PO Box 7577, Milton Keynes, Mka1 9GT. CLOSING DATE: May 19th 2023, COMPETITION RULES 1 Nopurchase necessary, but ro photocopies wil be accented. 2 Compson are open to reste of the UK. Isle of Man and the Channel stands, exept employees of Keesing Media UK Ut, thet agent, Sipples, citributors ad thetr immediate fares, 3 "How (enter instruetione form part ol the ues ‘4 Winning entries wl be selected st rancor fom Si thoes received anda winning enty tone that haste corect answer to that competition. 5 Entries must be eee bythe closing date Stated and Keesing Media UK id can accept no iabity for entries ost, damaged or delayed inthe post Pease do nt enclose any corespandence With yourentry.'6 Thiscompattion also being Tun inother curent Keesing Media UK Lid and Puzeelife magazines Each magacine giesyou a chance to enter but ony one entry per magazine per household salowed. 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Pease tick ert you are happy to receive such tersby LIpest L_teeptone Thema CTtee sus. ACROSS 1 Shouting in delight (8) 5 Object (4) 6 Throat-clearing sound (4) 8 Friction damage (4) 9 Hit and miss (6) 11 Town in Somerset (6) 14 ___ diagram, chart with overlapping circles (4) 15 Makes a choice (4) 16 Norway's capital (4) 17 Cabinet member (8) DOWN 1 Footpath (7) 2 Alternative (5) 3 Presented with (5) 4 Word of welcome (5) 7 Cherry variety (7) 10 Team boss (7) ACROSS: 1 Steal digital information (4) 3 Evict (5) 7 Benefactor (5) 9 Trend (5) 10 Writing skills (10) 13 Get smitten (4,2,4) 15 Adjust (5) 17 Rise (5) 18 Welsh for 'Wales' (5) 19 Young kangaroo (4) DOWN 1 Jekyll's counterpart (4) 2 Hide (7) 4 Youngsters (9) 5 Gear tooth (3) 6 Hangs onto (5) 8 Rest (9) 14 Try it! (4,1,2) 12 Edible entrails (5) Obliterate (5) Poison (5) Ballots (5) Lazily (4) Cambridgeshire city (3) Vv Vv Vv || || 3 6 | || [8 | || || | BOSSES Pt ttt ty yy P Sfmt tt ese] jo] | ttt det jo} | fol fo} [Slo] = oa ls] | | | fete | ho Pf | {3} | |7| | {9 | fo] | fat [sts] | | | j4feto] | tf 47 | ttt TTT | | | fsist4t | | | | | tT et 7] | | | fefats| | | | jets] fet | [3 | te] tT isi tT Petey et QSN Arroword was [¥ Indian ice) ¥ Pamper, |? |Asstalany |e indian} concrete [¥ aed am gale ae iso stl tet v tin cperaton co Hors: Fishy Street art Sorrow halting > ae command is ’ ’ itary ¥ bugle cal | Dolop Fe c a) Emresen],. Toy Beveled 7 eres \eriginus the corals Cental Continent ’ y Fauxpas | nny des Hate > eastot be ‘oun Anercan Europe * 8 een: Samar Ice band v ta, | tan Lovet, | wuss | costal |i wie smooth ware e v Tax Conetons| Yoere —P Mandible ts thts) ; Conine | Batis | Bed-near |. axing 5.2 partner | (abr) 1 te |, Fish-eating Staton heavens ak seaarea = v v supper |, Nocturnal | Suppress house predator Large Unisex | Ata reat Cutot Numerals | Fortis [Pande ickrame| stance | 0 steak | Ste | abbr) reason eS v v v v v v ish iol. Block | Tent ininda ook) anor ¥ Pack ar wok b> a be fate | sattim- | topped hil portance co Possessie ee synthetic |, pronoun Oat fre Letterbox Cro: out all the letter s below that appeai e than and therenl ‘ing letters will spell out a wo: ord. What is sit? A> [<|/¢lal|- nl|o|t|= vc 0 |m |= Sr (fSuco 5 = SEQEFASe a95558s8 LO0C000OgL Erica exhibition We've planted these varieties of erica into the grid. 4LETTER ALBA BALA DAWN. NANA NELL TINA WINE WYCH 5 LETTER AUREA CAMLA CREAM CREEL JANET MAURA NOVAR PLENA ROSEA 6 LETTER EXETER GLAUCA MARINA MARTIN MINIMA YVONNE 7 LETTER AQUAREL FRANCES GALICIA ISABELL OLD ROSE PALLIDA URVILLE 8 LETTER ANJA BLUM GRACILIS HILLETIE LATE PINK LILACINA 9 LETTER ATRORUBRA LAKE GARDA LOUGHRIGG ROSABELLA 10 LETTER CHAMPS HILL IRISH LEMON LAWSONIANA WHITE HOUSE ACROSS 1 Waterproof jacket (6) 6 American coin (6) 7 Jury number (6) 8 Matter (6) 10 Scolded (6) 13 Northern Irish county (6) 16 Abilities, talents (6) 17 Arched (6) 18 Gambling club (6) 19 Group of three (6) DOWN 1 Storage room (5) 2 Wore the crown (5) 3 Prepare dough (5) 4 Scrape, scratch (5) 5 Disparaging remark (4) 9 Zulu regiment (4) 11 Handsome man (4) 12 Threshing implement (5) 13 Royal racecourse (5) 16 Unwell (4) 14 Trunk (5) 15 Press, TV, etc (5) ACROSS 3 Fabrics (6) 6 Embrace (6) 7 Napoleon's wife (9) 8 Distrust (5) 10 Propose (5) 14 Ineptly (9) 15 Phonetic alphabet's 'S' (6) 16 Fabricated (4-2) DOWN 1 Peace treaty (6) 2 Bury, inter (6) 3 Bird noise (5) 4 Price list (6) 5 Discount period (4) 9 Heartless (6) 11 Boneless joint (6) 12 Call again (6) 13 Brittle, crunchy (5) 14 ___and the Ants, 80s band (4) a Codeword Vv r ep fp ep Pf fb p fo jt pays D 14 s_ fe fi7 jie |t9 f20 jer [22 [as 2a [25 [26 CIA Skeleton crossword The black squares and clue numbers need to be filled in, as well as the answers. We’ve given you a few black squares and grid numbers to help you get started. The finished grid is completely symmetrical. ACROSS 4 Admonish 6 Astute 8 Line 40 Without reason 14 Manner, bearing 13 ___ Stravinsky, composer 14 Molten rock 15 Period of wooing 48 Hopelessness, despair 20 Home projects 21 Toes the line 22 Moribund DOWN 1 Popular card game 2 Fashionable 3 Medical photos 5 Perilously 7 Manliness 8 Practised 9 Sheffield __, football club 11 Medic (abbr.) 12 Music genre 46 Sun-baked clay brick 17 Stupid 19 Latvian capital Football Can you throw this list of football words into the boxes? 4LETTER SLETTER KEEPER SWEEPER 10 LETTER BACK BENCH REPLAY THROW-IN ATTENDANCE BIBS. BOOTS TACKLE TRAINER GRANDSTAND CLUB CROWD DIVE LINES 7LETTER 8LETTER 11 LETTER FANS SCARF BANNERS AWAY SIDE FLOODLIGHTS, FOUL SEATS CAPTAIN CROSSBAR KICK SHIRT FAR POST MIDFIELD NETS. STUDS KICK-OFF OFF FIELD PASS TEAMS, ON FIELD SIDE PENALTY 9LETTER SUBS 6LETTER PLAYERS EXTRA TIME ATTACK RED CARD GROUND REFEREE ACROSS 1 Engraved (6) 5 Arrive at (5) 7 Larger than standard (9) 10 Facial feature (4) 11 ___ McGregor, actor (4) 12 Continent (9) 16 Small dog breed (5) 17 Sequential (6) DOWN 1 International exhibition (4) 2 Tidal outflows (4) 3 Atthis point (4) 4 Feudal Japanese leader (6) 6 Eye part (6) 8 Dead (5) 9 Dilly-dally (6) 10 Grip tightly (6) 13 Longing (4) 14 Raja's wife (4) 15 Miles away (4) ACROSS: 1 Idle chatter (6) 6 Loathes (6) 7 Tyre insert (5,4) 8 Money pouch (5) 10 Large bags (5) 13 Collapsed star phenomenon (5,4) 15 Subconscious mind (6) 16 Hi-fi system (6) DOWN 1 Asian desert (4) 2 Black eye (colloq.) (6) 3 Segments (5) 4 Persistent fear (6) 5 Egyptian god, husband of Isis (6) 8 Punctual (6) 9 Pick (6) 11 Close-fitting necklace (6) 12 Land measurements (5) 14 Resound (4) A-mazing See how quickly you can find the right path through this maze. mee | be pel a dt t 7 all a, r | | qe LI Anta P04 i Py eb Hin pee pt 4 (bene eSe Lar ele theyre! J bel 4 | Pee epee rote cr Sixers Write each of the six-letter answers in the grid, following a clockwise or anti-clockwise path around its clue number. We've placed a starter letter to help you, but you'll have to work out where each one starts. When you’ve filled in the grid, you’ll find a word reading clockwise around the grey boxes. 1 Scoundrel 4 Eyrie nestling 2 Clear-headedness 3 Inpoor health 5 Extra in cricket 6 Legal adviser Battleships Locate one battleship, two cruisers, three — destroyers and four submarines in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid refer to how many squares in that row or column contain ships or parts of ships. Ships cannot appear in adjacent squares, even diagonally. Any wavy lines indicate an empty patch of sea where no ship or part of a ship can be. 5 1 3 1 1 3.0 6 BRN = wn GPDHCLR CATMTCNPN DEE DAPETONLSYNKM PDNNCEUNKEH AWOWWT PNYPOPET NPLP SPVSGANGNCTURKWNU SBT VN ORTY LLKNIHGBG YPK YDTGL ATGPONV INENI BAKRNNODETMNYNM NNCBYTUAENNN SCPLNTNEWCOMEREH ELTEUHWNTHNVLDANT OU G EGSAAPISRKWPYA E AANAASRMMWNEPHEWT YRTGCTYBSUOVREN N RVEEDNLDCHGUVMESA DNNOOE PA RRSLRBCI TTTRDDKERTEMONANS No RH LOENNADI | HT 1 BC isy nemesis Can you find these words beginning with ‘N’? zac x= —SOGoseagnax SReoHOBES SZECOS55F5 222222222 EB By wots oO = SsoeSasuey FSELESASS BEgeaaeoSS 222222222 fe YY = ae awss z= «B= Zoneba BSLEESbos aaeeeguaa 222222222 Arroword Alove of n bets of Sausage J, ny Not Opposite ceed nt colt tes sanch rms | ck sat up| eves cu and ink docussed 63) t v Y Bett than| counter. ‘average part c Pa ‘peal | Treot | a formaly acum 3) oft, |, Kimono es sash c Teenage ath | aun patent | R2® | scoter | conor a sya 3 wach i v + v v v Gallery Viruaty | cies exhibits 242) o y Female domestic F> Heath servant surrey ¥ ery. Bast be eray | suitable racecourse} man's robe es cae talan 7 lid fe Parodies ae Aleged = Tenth VY] sutty | ¥ ‘ Dee's eae be cate Fe t iter ver Tread fe Aspesion p> c (very crash | Tet Ue down b> feel Requires 4 v v v v came | wre Ly Aock | pins ross | oficial | Fe, member dlthes v v v soit be toe |e! aor Le v + Clumsy be ndgration > Stap- pointed b> foolgen be c iors telsnk | Exercise | lL, Takes an |, inhabitant ~ ste ae overdose Manchester born Find a spot for these people who were born in and around Manchester. 3 LETTER ROE 4LETTER BOLT MARR SHAW THAW 5 LETTER BROWN EVANS. GOULD HENRY JOULE LASKI LEIGH LOWRY OFILI STOTT VIRGO 6 LETTER FINNEY FORMBY FOSTER MOTSON ROBENS THORPE 7 LETTER ADDISON BITHELL BURGESS. DELANEY HAMPSON KIPPING NEVILLE THOMSON WATKINS SLETTER FINNIGAN GRIMSHAW HUCKNALL PHILLIPS. SANGSTER WHILLANS OLETTER BRIGHOUSE ECCLESTON GALLAGHER WEBB ELLIS Cross out all the letters below tha and the remaini tters will s| ge — Tl) =: #3 LoL LB ‘<| *|Z/<|c/>|~ : - 2S Zz on) a om] a Pr F a3 oe = P| Tt fot ft IN| | | | tt eps} fo] E feot tL fof fol =| fot | Tt fat | | | fot te} fet | P feot ft fo} fo | | [st7] | | Iso 4] | |] | | | el 7i5{ {| fits] | | | | tT det tt fo] [ata] | | | | ay tt 7) tet 3 | Backwards crossword Cross through some of the squares in a symmetrical pattern to make a completed crossword that matches the clues given. Watch out - the clues aren’t in the right order! M|O;|R/|O/|S|/E;H|N/|W/D/E O|F/E/J/H/D|R|JE;|P|L/Y D/I|}S|/C;}U/S;/K/R/M/U/ I E;/V;'t|}T/T|P|w/O;R|T/H R/E;/S|1|/D|/U;/E|V/|D|)E/H N|IM/T/L/O|R|L|V/IC;A/S P/JA/T/Z|IWI/E|L|IC)/O|M/E G;/R/JA/IT|N/J|/D/C|S/FIL O|M/S/|R/P|R/O|}A;/M|E/D A|S|S|/A/Y/R/IN/Z/O/C/O Bi/J;/C;/Q\/I|J;/E|/T;/S/A]M ACROSS @ Value @ Not often @ Discarded cargo @ Wheat, eg @ Roman emperor @ Glum @ Switch off @ Greet DOWN @ Universe i Leftover trace @ Baghdad's country Mm Up-to-date @ Meandered @ Bard's instrument @ Response @ Congratulations! @ Test a metal @ Family insignia 1 Throwing event § Fight against ACROSS 1 Late 50s music style (7) 6 Approaches (5) 7 Tolerated (7) 9 Step (5) 10 Documents (6) 13 Bed cushion (6) 15 Olympic award (5) 17 Art of paper-folding (7) 18 Tabard (5) 19 Cleanliness (7) DOWN 1 Rams and ewes (5) 2 General commotion (6) 3 Extremities (4) 4 Long slender cigar (9) 5 Consumers (5) 8 Reliant (9) 11 Countryside walking (6) 12 Exudes (5) 14 At the same time as (5) 16 Scottish lake (4) ACROSS 1 Temporary (2,3) 4 VIP (abbr.) (5) 7 Barking sound (3) 8 Interior (5) 9 Desert havens (5) 10 Figurative, representative (8) 14 Explode (8) 17 Tropical lizard (5) 19 Email folder (5) 20 Crayon material (3) 21 Cutlery item (5) 22 Herb (5) DOWN 1 China's continent (4) 2 Give a clue (4) 3 Endure (5,2) 4 Financial manager (inits.) (3) 5 Finally (6) 6 Cut in two (6) 2 11 Between (7) 12 Proverbs (6) 13 Masonry finish (6) 15 Skilfully (4) 16 Spindle (4) 18 Have (3) LDLIWA AMS TSURTEF ° NATSRACDLOEWWCV NREABBRSSYSBAPONH OCVEXHKSMHMMCCLTA IEYRCPNIHYET HEF K TEBBOXDECACOOAHGC ASAXORWE RSTXRCRO H T VCCFUSEGRREPK RNKYBANVEMWMNTATB |EGENYAPYRYE SGHKNODDARTHWGCXY NEAGKALGRUPTHASPF OVLFBGEOROVUCBRC X CHLDLMLECOBONGPODU NEWFORESTEASLKKSS EASDG FHAUTOB OGRAPHYFR HSYHYEARCHAEOLOGY OLOBYKYKCORKNUPUX Packham in! Find these words about wildlife presenter and campaigner Chris Packham. 4 z z= £3 3S > 26 Oo Zueag « G ee Pera SaatweES Zaoereon SaUGTOr acnnnn x = > >= EY 6G ey O=nogz Sangoog esses mgrragsse = > Be g Ox = 38,038 DQuere2o toouwe mroftoart 253985 tetaiga0 TAXIDERMY VEGAN WILDLIFE TRUSTS NATURE NEW FOREST OLD CARS CBE CHARITY CONSERVATION Codeword VV 26 fi 25 AT jaa [10 23 22 27 20 [19 lt7 te ls ABCDEF@H|IJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ia Skeleton crossword The black squares and clue numbers need to be filled in, as well as the answers. We’ve given you a few black squares and grid numbers to help you get started. The finished grid is completely symmetrical. ACROSS 19 Turf conditions 5 Big party 1 Sea off Estonia 21 Kitchen range 6 High room 4 Festive drink 24 Take care of 9 Add sugar 7 __ ball, 26 Mexico's currency 11 Seasonally merry clairvoyant's tool 27 Whole number 12 Despises 8 Try out 28 In an orderly fashion 13 Slogan 10 Ata distance 29 Smoothly (music) 44 Jostle 12 Mortal 18 Get 15 Greek letter DOWN 20 Small cave 16 Knock over 1 French eatery 22 Scruffy 17 Carried 2 Discretion 23 Night watch 48 Extravagant, 3 Large rodent 25 Grime eccentric 4 Additional 26 Prim person Island hopping Arrange these islands of the Maldives in the grid. 4LETTER KAGI 5 LETTER AARAH FINEY GULHI HURAA IHURU KELAA MUIRI 6 LETTER ASDHOO ISDHOO. MUNDOO 7 LETTER GOIDHOO KURINBI MAAFARU OMADHOO VAAGALI VAKKARU. 8 LETTER DHIGGARU DHONFANU. FUNADHOO, LUNFARES MAAFUSHI NOOMARAA OLHUGIRI VELIFARU 9 LETTER ENBOODHOO FIHALHOHI HELENGELI HINNAVARU HIRUNDHOO- KALAIDHOO MILANDHOO MULHADHOO VELASSARU 10 LETTER KUDARIKILU 11 LETTER BERINMADHOO RAIMMANDHOO 7] st ¥ Tectonic Each square in a bold outlined block must contain a digit. A one-square block contains only a 1, a two-square block contains 1 and 2, a three-square block contains 1, 2 and 3, and so on. The same digit cannot appear in neighbouring squares — not even diagonally. eal fo AWNBRULSPTHSYGODNS DMLAKDODVSTYBORAE NDWARBEDB FAAIUGI TONHKBEHRKRKMEMUA IWLELMOS MGNWABNAENOGMTUHT ENRFAEMXPN BNDWBVMVGUHSTSSBO VLMP DRUEOCEVERCE E MLWRL DGKEHTARALAENLLGE OERYFHNGRDLWREXLN EOKPNLARODLSCT DPNNOND 1 NHG H VPRPS PLNGSSAFGNAEUAH BNNSRBLACKNORFOLK BASAATDSULTANFFUB GURROMAN 1 E HCMDGXNOC Game of chicken You'll find all these poultry breeds perched in our puzzle! LENESEN NARRAGANSETT PEKIN SEBASTOPOL SULTAN SUSSEX WELSUMMER LEGHORN PILGRIM ROMAN CREVECOEUR DORKING EMBDEN LAKENVELDER FAVEROLLE GAMBIAN HOUDAN LANGSHAN LAVENDER ASIL BAHAMA BARNEVELDER BELTSVILLE BLACK NORFOLK BUFF CANADA CAYUGA CHINESE Codeword V4 Vv fis 26 fi 25 [ia [10 27 20 [19 [te lt7 [16 ls ia ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ACROSS 1 Quick meals (6) 6 Drilling platform (3,3) 7 Greek letter (6) 8 Yellow-spotted flatfish (6) 10 Candidly (6) 13 High regard (6) 16 Toughen with heat (6) 17 Ill-treated (6) 18 Remorse (6) 19 Mass departure (6) DOWN 1 Round of artillery fire (5) 2 Timber shack (5) 3 Covered in suds (5) 4 Relieve, diminish (5) 5 Tropical fever (4) 9 Baked dessert (4) 11 Suffering (4) 12 Tired (5) ACROSS: 1 Dreaded (6) 5 Spanish for ‘friend’ (5) 7 US state (9) 10 Indolent (4) 11 Yuletide (abbr.) (4) 12 Reprimand (7-2) 16 Chest (5) 17 Blacken (6) DOWN 1 Work the soil (4) 2 Comfort (4) 3 Radiate (4) 4 Corpses (6) 6 Leg ornament (6) 8 Smack (5) 9 Northern Irish county (6) 10 Bays (6) 13 River on which Florence stands (4) 13 Cheer up (5) 14 Cornwall's county town (5) 15 King witha golden touch (5) 16 Misaligned (4) 14 Concept (4) 15 Kitchen appliance (4) Backwards crossword Cross through some of the squares in a symmetrical pattern to make a completed crossword that matches the clues given. Watch out - the clues aren’t in the right order! B;/D/E|/FJE;|N;|S/IT|V/E|P H|N/A|C/}A|F|W/S|1|H/H G/1/V/E;R/S/A/|E/|S|O|P A|K\/E;|N|S/E|M/I/T/S|/A $|}0;S/O|/Z|/S;/P/R/A;|N/G T/E|N{/F/P|/L/Y/F/G|N/E RJE;PJE|;A|/T/U;/R/T/G/A I}/H}/E|M/|N;/1/S|S/|M|F/N C;O;C/O/;A/F/K/A/|P|U|T A|G\|A/|K|M/|N| 1 /}J/E/}A|T N;/U;|N/H;|A;P;/P/T]L/Y|P ACROSS @ Sadly @ Marshy @ Average @ Show again @ Of the stomach @ Donor @ Push forward @ Greek fabulist DOWN @ Roof overhang @ Latvian capital @ Avoid @ Showy parade @ Leapt @ Brimmed straw hat @ Night-time drink Distant view @ Out of order @ Hickory nut @ Protective § Listening organs aC PCr | tsiot | | fel | | st TT fof | jo} ot TT | Fine qualities Will you be wise enough to finish this grid of good qualities? 4LETTER MORAL. 7 LETTER MERCIFUL. FAIR SUAVE AFFABLE RELIABLE FINE WITTY AMIABLE KIND DUTIFUL 9LETTER NICE 6 LETTER ‘SINCERE AGREEABLE PERT BRIGHT TRIM DECENT 8 LETTER 10 LETTER TRUE GENIAL CHEERFUL DEPENDABLE ‘WARM GENTLE DISCREET DIPLOMATIC WISE HONEST ENGAGING MODEST FRIENDLY 11 LETTER 5 LETTER POLITE GENEROUS: CONSIDERATE BRAVE SEEMLY LADYLIKE INTELLIGENT LOYAL LIKEABLE Skeleton crossword The black squares and clue numbers need to be filled in, as well as the answers. We’ve given you a few black squares and grid numbers to help you get started. The finished grid is completely symmetrical. mn |_| ; ACROSS 1 The Bard of Avon 7 Glamorgan city 10 Prefix meaning ‘of air’ 12 Practise boxing 14 Type of biscuit 16 Viral infection 17 Stitch 18 Old horse 19 Type of folder 20 Employ 22 Otherwise 23 Ran 25 Voltage regulator DOWN 2 Plus 3 Our nearest star 4 Large iron cooking stoves 5 Male relative 6 Order, layout 8 Disclosure 9 Writing messily 11 Ordinary 13 Agonising 15 Stinging insect 21 ___ Watson, actress 22 Dutch cheese 24 Barking sound MMBDAKNT YTNWXODFK TFTNOTLEHSRRDWYOX YRABBAXTEROYSOLSF LEEHEHH PSWRAOKNR A N B EBOKADSXSGHKFTOD RMFECTF NTLGHGI OOBHBAHHKEOTNBAOK ECWCAXPAYTEDDCMRB YESEPALLWRFEDSOWH WDXHTHSAAACONKNYA WDHYAWPGN Y YYREDHG LDYFRXRDBNYCEEN HWDNLAPEWDELKNNKO | KNAO RBKR OYNLMED BOENOSL I|IWOHASMRTB BBBOLEYNBLYTHCDRC SYERFFACCMTYWI EF X ABNOFLNROTKKHXOFB Any Annie! Keep an eye out for these famous Anns, Annes and Annies. WIDDECOMBE ROBINSON WILSON ROSS SHELTON PACKER RICE TODD TYLER HATHAWAY HECHE HOBBS KEEN KIRKBRIDE LANDERS MARGARET MCCAFFREY OAKLEY BANCROFT BAXTER BELL BLYTH BOLEYN BONNY DIAMOND FRANK HADDY How Long will it take you to solve our giant straightforward crossword? ACROSS: 1 Badge of office (8) 4 US state (8) 8 Think alike (5) 10 Narrows (6) 11 Fruit and nut cereal (6) 12 Ran quickly (5) 14 Finds out (6) 15 Type of lynx (6) 16 Farm labourers (5) 18 City on the Costa del Sol (6) 19 Fight against (6) 20 Lawful (5) 23 Glasses (abbr.) (5) 25 Skirt length (7) 27 Large Siberian deer (7) 30 Awaken (5) 31 Components (5) 32 Crockery items (6) 34 Irksome (6) 36 Bang (5) 38 Accurate (4-2) 40 Wildly irrational (6) 42 Peer Gynt author (5) 45 Coal industry (6) 46 Cream-filled cake (6) 47 String instrument (5) 48 Craving (8) 49 Pondering (8) DOWN 1 First letters (8) 2 Small cucumber (7) 3 Long-haired goat breed (6) 4 Nervous (2,4) 5 On the verge of (5,2) 6 Small peach-like fruits (8) 7 Emergence (10) 9 Linked (10) 13 Geometric shape (4) 16 Group of wives (5) 17 Loose rock debris (5) 20 Cutting light (5) 21 Plural of this (5) 22 Jewelled headdress (5) 23 Establish (3,2) 24 Cuts with scissors (5) 26 Paper-cutter (10) 27 Irritated (5) 28 Small shop (5) 29 1890s design style (3,7) 33 Cat's feet (4) 35 Congregation (8) 37 Sticking (8) 39 Point of view (7) 41 Large coarse fern (7) 43 Pugilism (6) 44 Lace hole (6) ACROSS 1 Heavy outer garment (8) 7 Hoodlums (5) 8 Flower (5) 9 Called for (6) 10 Engrave with acid (4) 12 Horse colour (4) 14 Jeans (6) 17 Israeli desert (5) 18 Condemns (5) 19 Good financial standing (8) DOWN 1 Handy (2,3) 2 Simpler (6) 3 Taxis (4) 4 Overhead (5) 5 Wanderer (9) 6 Stress (9) 11 Muscle fibre (6) 13 English prefix (5) 15 Dry humour (5) 16 Tel___, Israeli city (4) ACROSS 1 Sportsmanship (8) 5 Drag along (4) 6 Overhead shelter (4) 8 Tidal outflows (4) 9 African antelope (6) 11 Spanish rice dish (6) 14 Disparaging remark (4) 15 Black (poetic) (4) 16 Act (4) 17 Protection (8) DOWN 1 Sudden attack (5-2) 2 Origins (5) 3 Piercing (5) 4 Wall painting (5) 7 Escort vessel (7) 10 By now (7) 12 Clothes horse (5) 13 Praises (5) 14 Animal tracks (5) RVWBTORERUOCS ESN | VUCYCVNLN AUUHKGA EUNCESTLRWULCGOHE RNAA HRRB YNRHUGR I LTCNETSELBBUBRPEA SRUUKLRKVKSSULABV RHOWPKCD SHWASHER ARDTDTS ERLNUSREN AUO HNS DWwW 1! CHKTEATOWELGU AOBHGPESKRSCRAPEB UTCFPODKS T SLROL YTYRAESGVYK YCUTOVCEELONGRESN IWSWVLWRUROFBNLU AHHAE RTVOGOFROLV UTSTAAPVWEOURPE PAPEAPDSCLPBNGVGS wii Search the suds Make a splash with this washing-up grid! SAUCERS SCOURER SCRAPE SPATULA SPONGE SPOONS STACK SUDS DISHWASHER DRAINER DRY HOT WATER FORKS GLOVES KNIVES RACK APRON BASIN BOWL BRUSH BUBBLES CLEAN CLOTH CUPS TEA TOWEL RINSE DETERGENT Enlightenment era This criss cross is all about Enlightenment era intellectuals. 4LETTER HOME HUME SLETTER BACON BAYLE BURKE HAYDN HOOKE JARIC MONSE MUTIS WOLFF 6 LETTER BEKKER BUFFON GIBBON HOBBES NEWTON 7 LETTER BOEHMER KARAZIN LEIBNIZ LESSING NOVIKOV ORFELIN QUESNAY SLETTER BOSKOVIC DE GOUGES, FONVIZIN GENOVESI VOLTAIRE 9LETTER CLAVIJERO CONDORCET JEFFERSON LOMONOSOV OBRADOVIC SARMIENTO. SUMAROKOV 10 LETTER SWEDENBORG 11 LETTER MENDELSSOHN Sixers Write each of the six-letter answers in the grid, following a clockwise or anti-clockwise path around its clue number. We've placed a starter letter to help you, but you'll have to work out where each one starts. When you've filled in the grid, you'll find a word reading clockwise around the grey boxes. 1 Recognition 4 Narrow gorge 2 Jewel case 5 Repudiation 3 Brutal 6 Bearer of tidings Battleships Locate one battleship, 4 two cruisers, three destroyers and four submarines in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid refer to how 4 = many squares in that row or column contain ships or parts of ships. Ships cannot appear in adjacent squares, even Set diagonally. 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RATHLIN ROSSMORE ROSSROE RUTLAND SHERKIN TARBERT TORY OMEY FURNACE GOLA GREAT BLASKET HAULBOWLINE HORSE ARRANMORE AUGHNISH ACHILL BULL INISHMORE INISHLYRE LAMBAY COLLANMORE CLARE CLEAR MWEENISH VALENTIA CRUIT DALKEY | || L [=fo, TT TT | lot | [xfolo| Vv Vv Vv 8 | 1 | 3 | || |_| El || || | | |] fet tt jo] TTT ty fe P sfefe] Tey | | TT | ope | =| 1 fT fof TT |p| 4] | | | fet | | 5] | | [1] falst | | jéfs{ j7| {| fo] | | | | tat | Yt fz 49 | | ist | | fel | BREEDER | [5] | |6| fois] | | jolat [et | | 4 Lt dst tt | Jojo Tet Ty NN Roman around Figure out where these place names from Roman Britain go. 4LETTER NAVIO 7LETTER SLETTER TRIMONTIUM DEVA ONNUM ADANSAM EBORACUM VERULAMIUM ISCA RATAE AGELOCO. MAROMAGO. MAIA VARIS. CONDATE 11 LETTER VENTA. CONOVIO OLETTER VINDOCLADIA 5 LETTER EPEACUM EVIDENSCA ALONE 6 LETTER ISURIUM LONDINIUM BANNA. ALAUNA MAGLONA SEGELOCUM BIBRA ANAVIO RUTUNIO. BOMIO GLEVUM ‘SALINAE 10 LETTER BRIGE LEODIS UXACONA = AQUAE SULIS CORIA OTHONA CLAUSENTUM CURIA DURNOVARIA LAUNA MEDIOLANUM Codeword Vv ABCDEF@HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ia fs fe fi7 jie |i9 f20 jer [22 [as 2a [25 [26 ACROSS 1 African stork (7) 6 Making up stories (5) 7 Treachery (7) 9 Hate (5) 10 Bargain for (6) 13 Browned by the sun (6) 15 Parts of a dollar (5) 17 Indian bread (7) 18 Pacific republic (5) 19 Skill (7) DOWN 1 Bishop's hat (5) 2 Fundamental steps (6) 3 Forearm bone (4) 4 Country south of Latvia (9) 8 Tuba-like 12 Part of a play (5) 5 Aggressive instrument (9) 14 Every 24 hours (5) behaviour (5) 11 French seaport (6) 16 Dirty froth (4) ACROSS i z s iS 6 1 Facial hair (5) 4 Auctions (5) 7 Tattooist's medium (3) 8 Pakistan's chief river (5) 9 Angry (5) 10 Length (8) 14 Gains entry to (8) 17 French river valley (5) 19 Prickly plants (5) 20 Zero (3) 21 Got by (5) 22 Our planet (5) DOWN 1 Inducement (4) 2 Tags on (4) 3 Discharge (7) 4 Snow runner (3) 5 Finds out (6) 6 Hi-fi system (6) Dark syrup (7) Of France (6) Be frugal (6) 15 Wound mark (4) 16 Alongside (4) 18 Conclusion (3) NRFLNEFOHRYAMULLL CELUOBERGURGLOEXN LODZGFLERMOOSOCAB SZKLOEAKOKCNBYHTM wil N EFOBNNKSEEFELD H WHCLLSNXUTRETN BAPNLSK AFOU NTXKESSFH AO |EAFPMC AG DSFRSGMUTPTALPMXA RLNB BBTAG GERPFEEZUZLN AROAFRMA Pp SFDKNTMPALZUHTTEL TANABLFCLTLCHESODA EUEHLMHZAUSEGEEEY FMROLRS STENFYLL NDSSEGGZURSWUWUAA KWESAKCURBSNN X UR RAWPYYSOLREGTDHRU At the lodge Race through the grid to find these Austrian ski resorts. & == = a ZaN ga4%e S2s anau he aeoauZzkein Biesas=gae wHoOoOrHGaS UVNnAAHZNN z za a #508 @ wt2es 25 eoog ran S2_OrfGoO&s SERreeacacgy S588 2eaab xZ OraZgrn ZaeSo ru ZuSs>fux Mrrzoess DHBUHHHDHS n ws = aQn 0 souls ew Zeea2z5cy SrtOoZanw eSsZzeege SEZOAaace 2 Bon 248 ESaougae SrrreeOSvug weed agaaaaé Arroword Video #7 Horse- Unitof sera [¥ seco |* fray pol * recording vena | 18 |* ona |* frat command diference + [Remaining | ‘Newly Ml oa New Ful-enath Si v y erieh sing ok | biry, | academy disgusting (nts) large He Ambitious P= ous, Exces- it fing [> sve ee cab an (ints) emotional & & wory | aniseed | ¥ | pote u U incessant iqueur sores? ‘Secure a 1 ¥ sirage Care. 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ACROSS: 1 US law officer (7) 4 Nattering (9) 8 Standing one behind the other (6,4) 9 Funeral oration (6) 10 Hooligans (4) 12 Trudge, plod (5) 14 Guarantee (6) 16 Area of expertise (10) 17 Vindicate (7) 19 Scene of rural simplicity (5) 21 Gathering (5) 22 Tomato sauce (7) 24 Cowboy show (5) 26 Rational thought (5) 27 Waterway (5) 28 Tells (7) 31 Mingled (5) 32 Parking area at the roadside (3-2) 33 Length of fabric (7) 36 Massive (10) 37 Purloins (6) 39 Prize (5) 41 Leg joint (4) 42 Achieve (6) 43 Cooking measure (10) 44 Collectable signature (9) 45 Seals' breeding colony (7) DOWN 1 Our galaxy (5,3) 2 Cuts with scissors (5) 3 Portuguese tourist region (7) 4 Do well (2,3) 5 Drowsily (8) 6 Tablets (5) 7 Swiss cheese (7) 11 Transport boarding point (3,4) 12 Hauling line (3,4) 13 Nosy parker (8) 15 Legibility (11) 18 Moral principle (5) 19 Enhancement (11) 20 Worked hard (8) 21 Greyish-black colour (8) 23 Large feline (5) 25 Singly (3,2,3) 26 Tall (5) 29 Mixed up (7) 30 Give reasons for (7) 34 Wine vessel (8) 35 Congregation (8) 36 Marsh fever (7) 37 Hair product (7) 38 Sound broadcast (5) 40 __ Fiennes, actor (5) 41 Rap (5) ~/A-mazing See how quickly you can find the right path through this maze. 4] | cL 7 rl CL } ie | ay [2 n See poe ce FE L TIFr_t tt qe > Lu C — +H Fas cr ee PTH rt [5 4H L] LT. _ UF Tre Pala Ser itr rior PRE AES CH $3 r pla ealp lea ae ACROSS 1 Slum area (6) 6 Practicable (6) 7 Genuine (9) 8 Travels on (5) 10 Sieves (5) 13 Type of biscuit (6,3) 15 Motor (6) 16 Skiing discipline (6) DOWN 1 Francisco, Spanish painter (4) 2 Departed (6) 3 Sheeplike (5) 4 Polynesian island (6) 5 Oyster stones (6) 8 Shouted (6) 9 Panacea (6) 11 Smokestack (6) 12 Stares rudely (5) 14 Rain heavily (4) py ACROSS 1 Side effect (2-7) 6 Flimsy (5) 7 Type of plastic (5) 9 Increase (4) 10 Disconcert (3,3) 12 Robust (6) 14 As well (4) 17 Emit (5) 18 Parody (5) 19 Golf building (9) DOWN 2 WB __, poet (5) 3 Anger (4) 4 Pious (6) 5 African river (5) 6 Predict (7) 8 Rocket's launch (4-3) 11 Descriptive word (6) 13 Ordinary (5) 15 Appearances (5) 16 Norwegian port (4) po! [et | Tt fe | te[e} | fot | | Et Et Tt Hy Backwards crossword Cross through some of the squares in a symmetrical pattern to make a completed crossword that matches the clues given. Watch out - the clues aren’t in the right order! 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