PUZZLES
QUICK CROSSWORD
No. 3638
9-LETTER WORD
No. 010
Today’s Aim:
H A C
26 words: Excellent
K E
Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.
WORD STEP
ACROSS
DOWN
1 4 10 11 12 13 15
1
18 20 21 23 24 26 27 28 29
Paradise (6) Shock; surprise (8) US state (7) Liberty (7) Myths (7) Large reptiles (7) Republic in Central America (9) Land surrounded by ocean (4) Cab (4) Unnecessary (9) Australian currency units (7) Stupid (7) Famous waterfall (7) Waterway (7) Traveller (8) Redact (6)
2 3 5 6 7 8 9 14 16 17 19 22 24 25 26
Drew attention to (11) Between (5) Designer of machines or structures (8) Protect (9) – – street (3,3) Southeast Asian nation (9) Pig meat (3) Admirers (4) Awesome (11) Supplementary (9) Plane and rocket industry (9) Signal (8) African desert (6) 2.54cm (4) Melodies (5) Modern; recent (3)
No. 010
No. 799
9
19 words: Very good
U W
Level: Easy
13 words: Good
B
T
SUDOKU
9 4 2 3
6 8 5 1 2 3 9 4 9 4 7 9 2 6
4 8
2 6
6 2 5 8
9 7 8 5
3
WORK IT OUT!
Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step. One possible answer shown below.
DRIPS
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