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ACROSS 1. A merry-go-round (8) 5. A limb you walk with (3) 7. The ocean at the North Pole(6) 8. A huge giant and Greek mythological god (5) 9. A word describing the tide going out (3) 10. To put up with (6) 11. Past tense of to eat (3) 14. A dent caused by the impact of a large object, especially on a moon or a planet (6) 16. What you might call a senior officer or, in the past, your teacher (3) 17. A simple word meaning extremely (4) 19. Jealous (7) 21. Not very clever (6) 22. Female pigs (4)

DOWN 1. Both a type of bird and a large building machine (5) 2. Autumn month (7) 3. A bag traditionally made of coarse cloth (4) 4. The language of the ancient Romans (5) 5. The main ingredient of salad (plural) (8) 6. Run, run, run as fast as you can! What is nursery rhyme character you can’t catch made of? (11) 9 A common abbreviation meaning “and all that sort of stuff” (3) 12. Very hungry (past tense) (7) 13. These flow into the sea (6) 15. Helicopter blades (6) 18. A sharp cry of pain, often from a dog (4) 20. A cutting tool (3).

Well done to both our winners of the Summer art competition about ‘My favourite thing to do on summer holiday’, who win a £5 book token. Tulsi, aged 5, from Sunlands Kindergarten in Stroud painted a picture of her paddling in a stream. She looks like she’s having such fun! And Nelly, 8, from Charlton Kings Junior School, Cheltenham, has painted an amazing picture of her camping under the stars in a modern art style, with strong shapes and splashes of paint.

TOO HARD? Why not ask a grown-up for ideas? Children under 7 will find the yellow clues easier.

The joke’s on us Q: Why are lift jokes so good? A: Because they work on so many levels

COMP WINNERS Birdland & Agent Stilton Congratulations to:

Ellie Duffy of St Catherine’s Primary, who wins a family ticket to Birdland for being the first correct answer chosen, identifying the colour most associated with flamingoes: c) pink. And to James Gasher, 9, of Charlton Kings Junior, who solved Agent Stilton’s code: “We know you love puzzles so we will send you an Amazon voucher if you crack this and are picked out first.”

Artytude!

PAINT A PICTURE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A

£5 BOOK TOKEN

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Tulsi

If you’d like the chance to win a £5 book token, enter the next Artytude competition on the subject:

MEETING UP WITH MY SCHOOL FRIENDS AGAIN

Send your entry to: Artytude, Starfish Publishing, The Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN or as a high resolution image to gloscompetitions@primarytimes.co.uk by Monday 13 September with the subject Artytude.

Don’t forget to include your name, age, school and home address so we can send you the prize. See primarytimes.co.uk/gloucestershire/tcs for competition terms and conditions.

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How to play this mini-sudoko: fill the empty boxes with a number from 1 to 4. Each box, each row and each column contains all four numbers but the same number cannot appear twice in the same box, row or column.