PUZZLES Quick CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Colossal (4) 3. Light blow (3) 5. Fewer (4) 7. Rise and fall (9) 9. By word of mouth (4) 10. Break (4) 11. Metal structure (5) 14. US film award (5) 15. Made mistake (5) 17. Bury (5) 18. Monarchs (5) 19. Meeting place (5) 20. Weird (5) 23. Overdue (4) 25. At this place (4) 27. Tired (9) 28. Tot (4) 29. Foot part (3) 30. Byway (4) DOWN 1. Forbid (4) 2. Cash register (4) 3. Unsteady (5) 4. Mickey’s dog (5) 5. Auction items (4) 6. Halt (4) 7. Enchant (9)
Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9
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9 1 6 5 2 4 2 5 1 4 3 5 5 1 8 3 2 8 4 6 3 4 2 3 9 8
8. Delighted (9) 11. Lever (5) 12. Not yet (5) 13. Boldness (5) 14. Acorn tree (3) 16. Perish (3)
21. Play out (5) 22. Problem (5) 23. Noisy (4) 24. Test (4) 25. Pile (4) 26. Engrave (4)
WORDSEARCH
5 3 2 8 4 1 7 9 4 6 7 5 2 9 3 8 Look up, down, forwards, 1 9 backwards 8 3 7and6diagonally 5 2 on the grid to find these words associated with hope 8 2 6 7 5 3 1 4 3 4 9 1 6 2 A O X 8 7 G V Q D E R Y Q A T X O B N J M B G D R C C T 7 5J X X H Z R K B Z S 1 9 8 4 6 3 F W N N R E N N Q A Z J G Z E Q W C 2 E 8N M M U W L 4 6 1 J 7 R 9A G5 V H D L E P A D G Z Q U F T M D B C E 9 1 5 4 I 3X S S R M 8 2 6 R E L I A N C E L I Q E S T P U F Q 6 7 3 F C P 2 9I Q R K Z 5 4 1 E B S I Q Z E G Q T
M O HONEYC B Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number 1. Charlie Brown’s dog 2. American biscuit 3. Crescent-shaped 4. Deliver a religious message 5. Fundraising sale 6. Distress signal
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ANSWERS 5 4 1 8 3 7 2 9 6
3 6 9 2 4 5 8 1 7
2 7 8 6 9 1 4 5 3
8 5 3 7 1 9 6 4 2
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4 2 7 5 6 8 1 3 9
1 9 6 3 2 4 7 8 5
7 3 5 1 8 6 9 2 4
9 4
9 8 2 4 7 3 5 6 1
6 1 4 9 5 2 3 7 8 8
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HONEYCOMB 1. Snoopy. 2. Cookie. 3. Lunate. 4. Preach. 5. Bazaar. 6. Mayday. QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1. Vast. 3. Rap. 5. Less. 7. Fluctuate. 9. Oral. 10. Snap. 11. Pylon. 14. Oscar. 15. Erred. 17. Inter. 18. Kings. 19. Venue. 20. Eerie. 23. Late. 25. Here. 27. Exhausted. 28. Dram. 29. Toe. 30. Path. DOWN: 1. Veto. 2. Till. 3. Rocky. 4. Pluto. 5. Lots. 6. Stop. 7. Fascinate. 8. Entranced. 11. Prise. 12. Later. 13. Nerve. 14. Oak. 16. Die. 21. Enact. 22. Issue. 23. Loud. 24. Exam. 25. Heap. 26. Etch.
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SUDOKU
AMBITION ANTICIPATION ASPIRATION ASSURANCE BELIEF CONFIDENCE
DESIRE DREAM ENCOURAGEMENT EXPECTANCY FAITH OPTIMISM
PATIENCE PROMISE PROSPECT RELIANCE REWARD TRUST
6 1 4 9 5 2 3 7 8