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GIANT CROSSWORD 1
Agreeably pungent (7) 4 Type of whale (8) 8 Opposite to forward (8) 11 Relating to the body (9) 13 Plan, outline (6) 14 Intact (8) 16 Improve (7) 17 Dispersion of people from their original homeland (8) 19 The 12 disciples (8) 20 Study of the history of words (9) 24 Small cooking measurement (8) 25 Docket (6) 27 Flooring material composed of marble chips in concrete (8) 29 Bivalve molluscs (7) 31 Sloth (7) 33 Invulnerability, insuperability (13) 37 Radioactive element named after a country (8) 41 Deliberately lose a game (5) 42 Blooper (5) 43 Chop finely (5) 44 Bell-like sound (5) 45 Thimbleweeds (8) 48 Extinct primitive bird (13) 51 Iterates (7) 54 Encase (7) 56 Tacit, undeclared (8) 57 Game played on a court (6) 58 Fresh (8) 59 Quality or feature (9)
63 Prehistoric stone monument (8) 65 US actress who starred in Romancing the Stone, – Turner (8) 68 Endurance (7) 69 Digital protection (8) 70 Christian festival (6) 71 Feeling (9) 72 Lets the air out (8) 73 Word blindness (8) 74 One who doubts what others believe (7)
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1 Image (7) 2 Pear-shaped fruit with oily flesh (7) 3 Subject (5) 4 23-down is a public — (7) 5 Apply pressure (5) 6 Buddy (5) 7 One of the teams playing this year’s 23down AFL match (9) 8 Shrubby climbing plant (14) 9 Popular 70-across sweet (9) 10 Pass rope through (5) 12 Ball game and contact sport (5) 15 Implore (7) 18 Fittingly (5) 21 Bound (4) 22 Bright blue gemstone, lapis — (6) 23 Day where people traditionally eat fish, — Friday (4) 26 Identify the nature of an illness (8)
28 Precipitation (4) 30 Rider’s footrest (7) 32 Beat (6) 34 Courage (5) 35 Remark (7) 36 Fluffy 70-across mascot (5) 38 Practise (8) 39 Fold (6) 40 German demon from Faustian folklore (14) 46 Rubber (6) 47 Norway’s capital (4) 49 Common 70-across activity for children, egg — (4) 50 Fasting period that ends with 70-across (4) 52 Another name for Shrove Tuesday, — Day (7) 53 Attacker (9) 54 Plant with a strong fetid smell (9) 55 Bisect (5) 59 Loss of memory (7) 60 Visualise (7) 61 Combine (5) 62 Adaptable (7) 64 Select group (5) 66 Elephant horns (5) 67 Bondsman (5) 68 Cranial cavity (5)
SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 1. Piquant, 4. Humpback, 8. Backward, 11. Corporeal, 13. Design, 14. Unopened, 16. Upgrade, 17. Diaspora, 19. Apostles, 20. Etymology, 24. Teaspoon, 25. Agenda, 27. Terrazzo, 29. Oysters, 31. Inertia, 33. Invincibility, 37. Francium, 41. Throw, 42. Error, 43. Mince, 44. Chime, 45. Anemones, 48. Archaeopteryx, 51. Repeats, 54. Sheathe, 56. Unspoken, 57. Tennis, 58. Original, 59. Attribute, 63. Megalith, 65. Kathleen, 68. Stamina, 69. Firewall, 70. Easter, 71. Sentiment, 72. Deflates, 73. Dyslexia, 74. Sceptic. DOWN: 1. Picture, 2. Avocado, 3. Theme, 4. Holiday, 5. Press, 6. Amigo, 7. Kangaroos, 8. Bougainvillaea, 9. Chocolate, 10. Reeve, 12. Rugby, 15. Entreat, 18. Aptly, 21. Tied, 22. Lazuli, 23. Good, 26. Diagnose, 28. Rain, 30. Stirrup, 32. Rhythm, 34. Nerve, 35. Comment, 36. Bunny, 38. Rehearse, 39. Crease, 40. Mephistopheles, 46. Eraser, 47. Oslo, 49. Hunt, 50. Lent, 52. Pancake, 53. Assailant, 54. Stinkweed, 55. Halve, 59. Amnesia, 60. Imagine, 61. Unite, 62. Elastic, 64. Elite, 66. Tusks, 67. Liege, 68. Sinus.
ACROSS
EASTER QUIZ
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Which confectionery company manufactures the Crème Egg (pictured): Cadbury, Nestlé or Darrell Lea?
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MEDIUM SUDOKU All blank squares must be filled in using numbers from 1 to 9. Each number can only appear once in each row, column and in the nine 3x3 blocks.
SOLUTION
Traditionally, Easter eggs were dyed red to represent what? How is the date for Easter chosen?
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5. Peeps, often shaped like baby chickens and bunnies, are a popular Easter candy made out of what? 6. What popular Easter event is hosted by the White House each year? 7.
And in what year was this event established: 1878, 1900 or 1908?
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8. Coles have recently launched a savoury hot cross bun in what unconventional flavour? 9. Traditionally, how many days in Lent are marked by fasting from both food and festivity?
SOLUTIONS
10. According to Christian tradition, which day of Easter must everyone aged 14 and up abstain from consuming meat?
PUZZLES AND PAGINATION ©
EASTER 9-LETTER
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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included, and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in ‘s’.
AIM 20 words: Good 30 words: Very good 40 words: Excellent
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SOLUTIONS
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adit, adroit, anti, attorn, dart, dint, dirt, ditto, doit, drat, droit, idiot, into, intra, introit, iota, nota, rant, ratio, ration, riot, rota, taint, tarn, taro, tarot, tart, tint, titan, toad, torn, tort, TRADITION, train, trait, triad, trio, triton, trod, trot
Which burrowing marsupial is Australia’s Easter mascot?
1. The bilby 2. Cadbury 3. The blood of Christ 4. It is the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21 5. Marshmallow 6. The White House Easter Egg Roll 7. 1878 8. Jalapeño and cheese 9. 40 days 10. Good Friday
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5 2 9 4 3 7 1 6 8
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