Crypt-o-clue 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Awkword
Some periodic part of a Baltic company is blue (6) That wild person is violent (6) We, at our stage in life, are common parlance (5) Address it to a genderless boy (4) Hear that? A Dior mix! (5) A sexy canid (3)
This issue’s word:
“Masticate” What it means: To chew (food). What it sounds like it means: This one doesn’t need too much explanation. Use it in conversation and see what happens: “I did some heavy masticating last night.” Reason it’s awkward: Really?
Diversions Answers on page 48
Quiz 1.
Targedoku
What are the full names of Merry and Pippin in Lord of the Rings? 2. What are the first two words in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”? 3. Which former member of Monty Python directed “Brazil”? 4. True of false: Vin Diesel was in “Saving Private Ryan”. 5. In the US Army, what rank is higher, Sergeant or Staff Sergeant? 6. Name the colours on the Senegalese flag. 7. What’s the capital of Canada? 8. What is a palindrome? 9. In what year was the Great Fire of London? 10. What anagram of ‘room’ is the name for an Islamic person from 16th Century Spain?
Find as many words as you can using the letters on the Sudoku grid (including a 9 letter word). Words must be four letters or more and include the highlighted letter. Use the letters to solve the Sudoku (normal Sudoku rules apply)
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