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NEWBURY NEWS PUZZLES puzzles n 2 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT n 2 PUZZLES Newbury Weekly News

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PUT YOUR BRAINPOWER TO THE TEST WITH THESE CONUNDRUMS

Quiz Challenge 1. In Greek mythology, who was leader of the Argonauts? 2. Which zodiac sign is represented by a centaur with a bow and arrow?

CODEWORD

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

6. In which part of the body does a migraine primarily cause pain? 7. The Downing Street Years are whose memoirs? 8. In chess, which colour starts the game? 9. What is the Church of England’s ruling body called? 10. The Faroe Islands are a part of which country? Using the clues provided, fill in each step of the ladder with a new word, changing one letter at a time. WORD LADDERS

3. In which country is Nazareth? 4. Tenerife is the largest in which group of islands? 5. Who is Tweety Pie’s mortal animated enemy?

SPLIT DECISION

Cross out one of the letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid.

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DOOR

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Anchor

7. No retreating – hurry! Attack! (6) 8. One who goes on the ship, we hear, for the frontier (6) 10. She is used to having high scores (7) 11. What two members of a union do (5) 12. Jar for a kind of berry! (4) 13. Intends to make a redistribution of names (5) 17. Not seeing a window- screen (5) 18. Protective cover for the post (4) 22. This sounds like the result of a truce for a bit (5) 23. Touching very lightly, but causing to overbalance (7) 24. Assault and battery may require it! (6) 25. The kind of ball to ricochet (6)

1. A short cut for one who has taken orders (7) 2. Suggest a professional attitude (7) 3. Try to produce a literary work (5) 4. The agony of having more disturbance with high explosive around (7) 5. Love to make an entrance, we hear (5) 6. They may be of use to those who are waiting to carry off cups (5) 9. Romantic entanglements? (4-5) 14. Hypersensitive state that may have a rash result (7) 15. Showing forbearance for one who needs to be properly treated (7) 16. Bottles of wine go in open fruit tarts (7) 19. There’s a pungent flavour in aspic, evidently (5) 20. About to bet on a race (5) 21. Use the hose on a cluster of flowers (5)

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 N I Each number in the codeword grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. You have two letters in the control grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you get the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check off the alphabetical list of letters as you identify them.

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Disputable

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Black substance

Nasal mucus

SUMTHING

Elitist

Fit the numbers into the grid so that all the sums are correct – reading left to right or on single lines top to bottom. The 11 digits you must use are listed to the right.

KNOB

FOAL

1 1 1 2 2 3 6 6 7 8 9

ALPHAMUDDLE

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Simpleton

Rearrange the letters in the grid on the left to make five words that read both across and down. Five letters have been placed to start you off.

H S T E A P S A S C N H M E A D A S T E

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Implement

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Fee

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Lanky

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Ring

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CALF

SUDOKU

WORD SQUARE QUICK CROSSWORD

Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each 3 x 3 box.

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Hard

N S M O S O R U T

How many words of four letters or more can you make from this Word Square? Each word must use the central letter, and each letter may be used only once. At least one word using all nine letters can be found. Proper nouns and plurals are not allowed, however verb forms ending in ‘s’ are permitted. Guidelines: 20 Good; 25 Very Good; 30 Excellent.

SOLUTIONS

ACROSS 7. Empower (6) 8. Pleasantly odd (6) 10. Merit (7) 11. Blemish (5) 12. Strike with open hand (4) 13. Abrupt in manner (5) 17. Annul (5)

DOWN 1. Decision (7) 2. Forge (7) 3. Renown (5) 4. Vindicate (7) 5. Very bright (5) 6. Condition (5) 9. Tedious (9) 14. Cheerful (7) 15. Get (7) 16. Arbitrator (7) 19. Trifling (5) 20. Long (5) 21. Precise (5)

Across: 7 Onrush; 8 Border; 10 Soprano; 11 Marry; 12 Rasp; 13 Means; 17 Blind; 18 Mail; 22 Piece; 23 Tipping; 24 Charge; 25 Cannon. Down: 1 Tonsure; 2 Propose; 3 Essay; 4 Torment; 5 Adore; 6 Trays; 9 Love- knots; 14 Allergy; 15 Patient; 16 Flagons; 19 Spice; 20 Relay; 21 Spray. Across: 7 Enable; 8 Quaint; 10 Deserve; 11 Taint; 12 Cuff; 13 Gruff; 17 Quash; 18 Ache; 22 Enemy; 23 Mixture; 24 Throng; 25 Scarce. Down: 1 Verdict; 2 Falsify; 3 Glory; 4 Justify; 5 Vivid; 6 State; 9 Wearisome; 14 Buoyant; 15 Acquire; 16 Referee; 19 Petty; 20 Yearn; 21 Exact. SPLIT DECISION: QUICK CROSSWORD: P E L I R E O O E V S N E C U T A D T L U

Nine-letter word: MONSTROUS WORD SQUARE:

Chasm, Haste, Aspen, Stead, Mends.

ALPHAMUDDLE: 2x9=18, 6+7=13, 8x2=16

18. Dull pain (4) 22. Adversary (5)

HARD SUDOKU:

EASY SUDOKU:

SUMTHING:

23. Blend (7) 24. Crowd (6) 25. Rare (6)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD:

14 G I Y C H R F K W B E A X 15 16

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1 Door, Moor, Moot, Soot, Snot, Snob, Knob 2 Foal, Fool, Tool, Toll, Tall, Call, Calf.

6 1 Jason; 2 Sagittarius; 3 Israel; 4 The Canary Islands; 5 Sylvester; 6 The head; 7 Margaret Thatcher; 8 White; 9 The General Synod; 10 Denmark. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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QUIZ CHALLENGE:

CODEWORD:

WORD LADDERS: