Puzzles

A DIFFICULT MORNING

DIFFICULT

Place numbers into the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains each of the digits 1 to 9. No guessing is needed.

EASY

Across

1. Donkey 4. Money 8. Strike breaker 12. Sheltered side 13. Off-Broadway theater award 14. Diminish 15. Reception rooms 17. Ireland 18. Bard 19. Pool of water 21. Lord 23. Lake 24. Adolescent pimples 25. The Pentateuch 26. Definite article 29. Witty remark 30. South Korea's capital 31. Tier 32. Abstract being 33. Girl 34. Yawn 35. Staple Oriental grain 36. Wiser 37. Diagram 40. Ceases living 41. Freshwater duck 42. Residents 46. Opera solo 47. Wharf 48. Infant's bed 49. South African mountain 50. Shouts of agreement 51. Plaything

Down

1. Peak 2. Large body of water 3. Snakes 4. Bush call 5. Adjoin 6. Knight's title 7. Evening star 8. Type of turnip 9. Comic person 10. Indigo 11. Prefix, well 16. Booth 20. European mountain range 21. Crippled 22. Image 23. Elk 25. Small box for holding tea leaves 26. Cut across 27. Aspiration 28. Pitcher 30. Slender 34. Erse 35. Fall behind again 36. Jockey's clothes 37. Pierce with knife 38. Wax 39. Tress 40. Prefix, ten 43. Alas 44. Kangaroo 45. Pig enclosure

ALL STUDENTS HOPES

Ladderword puzzles are like crosswords but with a twist. The words in the middle column are anagrams of the words of the first column. The words in the last column are anagrams of the middle column plus one additional letter. The anchor words (the down clues) are related by a common theme.

Across

1. Change 3. Changes 5. Trade associations 6. Performers 7. Multitudes 8. Containers 9. Derision 10. Sings softly 11. Haloes 12. Item from which age is determined 13. Hinder 14. Featured as leading actor 15. Reigns 16. Victualer 17. Outcomes

Down 2. Brief 4. Grade