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How many days are there in a fortnight?
ACROSS
1) Football part 5) ___ lazuli (blue mineral) 10) Burst open 13) Annoying smell 14) Plain, in Spain 15) “Whale” or “herring” attachment 16) Wide-ranging appeal 19) Withdraw (with “out”) 20) Telltale signs 21) NBA legends Archibald and Thurmond 22) Bouillabaisse cooking vessel 24) Fee for grazing cattle 25) Does and ewes 26) “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star 28) As many as 30) Former Russian leader 31) “What did I tell you!” 34) More than merely owing 38) “ ... Bojangles and___ dance for you” 39) Circulatory trunk 40) Silver State destination 41) English Lit assignment 42) Con’s knife 44) Prepare Parmesan cheese 46) Monster in Greek mythology 49) Related on the mother’s side 50) Arrogant 52) San Francisco’s_ Hill 53) Like a soldier’s gear 56) Prayer finisher 57) Dwelling 58) Big name in cereal 59) Animal lair 60) Pre-stereo recordings 61) Bugs on a hill
DOWN
1) Advertising eye-catchers 2) Adroit 3) Called into question 4) “ ...___he drove out of sight ... “ 5) Docile creatures 6) Host before Paar and Carson 7) Advil target 8) Getaway spots 9) Barroom elbow-bender 10) Erato’s group 11) Genesis 12) Domesticated animals 15) Make pigtails 17) It may be skipped 18) Wankel’s creation 23) “Stop right there!” 24) All fired up 26) Object of worship 27) King of Siam’s employee 28) “Disgusting!” 29) “Before,” if before 30) Constellation containing Vega 31) Eisenhower opponent 32) Suffix for “Hallow” 33) Tokyo, previously 35) Winery employee 36) Finish in last place 37) Cup part 41) Finished, as a meal 42) Young hogs (Var.) 43) Stereo system of yore 44) Dwarf of folklore 45) Black bird 46) Upscale living quarters, briefly 47) Awaken rudely 48) Acts as a lookout 49) “Heavens to Betsy!” 50) Pulpit of yore 51) Boxer Spinks 54) “Miss Saigon” setting, briefly 55) Healthy vacation spot 1. Who were the two starting quarterbacks in Super Bowl LVI? 2. Who starred opposite Brooke Shields in the 1980 romance drama The Blue Lagoon? 3. How many stars are there on the Chinese flag? 4. The ballet Swan Lake was composed by which Russian composer? 5. What was the relation between Sebastian and viola in Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night? 6. How many States make up the USA? 7. Who developed the cartoon series of Tom and Jerry? 8. Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win a best Actor Oscar – it was for his role in which movie? 9. Who is Australia’s Minister for Agriculture? 10. In which Australian State would you be if you were visiting Devonport? 11. Which supermodel was married to actor Richard Gere in the 1990s? 12. Mount Everest is the part of which mountain range? 13. How many days are there in a fortnight?
Sudoku
How to play:
To solve this puzzle each 3x3 box, each row and each column must contain all the numbers from 1 to 9.
6 2 7 9 8 1 4 5 3 4 8 9 6 3 5 7 1 2 5 1 3 2 7 4 6 8 9 7 6 2 5 9 3 8 4 1 8 9 1 7 4 2 5 3 6 3 4 5 1 6 8 2 9 7 2 5 8 3 1 6 9 7 4 1 7 4 8 2 9 3 6 5 9 3 6 4 5 7 1 2 8
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