Puzzles

CROSSWORD

Crossword Clues

Across

1 Steep rock faces (6) 4 Prickly plant (6) 9 Word with same meaning (7) 10 Flat household item (5) 11 Protective clothing (5) 12 Lessened (7) 13 Comment or remark (11) 18 Unvarying (7) 20 Mistake (5) 22 Queen's messengers (5) 23 Indigenous residents (7) 24 Stand firm (6) 25 Grown ups (6)

Down

1 Informal (6) 2 Lying within (5) 3 Management of money (7) 5 Played out (5) 6 Plant leaves used for smoking (7) 7 Unshakeable (6) 8 A change for the better (11) 14 Spans (7) 15 Given medical care (7) 16 A light evening meal (6) 17 Decisive moment (6) 19 Fertile spot in desert (5) 21 Opponent (5)

SUDOKU WORDSEARCH

Fill in the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through to 9 with no repetition. You don't need to be a genius. These puzzles use logic alone. Algarve Barbados Bulgaria Corfu Corsica Crete Cuba Cyprus Egypt Florida France Goa Greece Ibiza Italy Jamaica Kenya Lanzarote Madeira Majorca Maldives Sicily Tenerife Tunisia

SOLUTIONS TO THE CROSSWORD, WORDSEARCH AND SUDOKU WILL BE IN THE NEXT ISSUE

QUOTES

B In 1973, who famously said "I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime" on the BBC TV show Val

Meets The VIPs? C Often misquoted as "Houston, we have a problem", the quote "Houston, we've had a problem" was famously spoken on which lunar mission? D Who was responsible for the famous quote "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration"? E In a line often misquoted as "play it again,

Sam", what song is Sam famously asked to play in the film Casablanca? F In his acceptance speech of nomination for US President, who said "Read my lips – no new taxes"? G In which Shakespeare play would you find the famous quote "To be or not to be, that is the question"? H In a famous quote, Marilyn Monroe said that all she wore to bed was what? I In 1998, who was Bill Clinton referring to when he said "I did not have sexual relations with that woman"? J What famous four-word quote was said on November 10th in 1871 near Lake

Tanganyika in Africa? K In 2005, the American Film Industry listed their top 100 quotes from the history of American cinema. What eight word quote was at the top of this list?

Look out for the answers in the next issue!

JULY ISSUE SOLUTIONS

Quiz Answers

B Playboy C Mystic Meg D Films E The Daily Bugle F Readers Digest G The disappearance of

Madeleine McCann H Bella I Today J The Sunday Times K The Lady