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February 8-14, 2018 Dubbo Photo News
The Book Connection
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HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box GRID636 contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once. Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column, or 3x3 box.
1. Aquarium favourite 5. Wheel tooth 8. Vatican official 12. Ornamental fabric 13. Attila, e.g. 14. Viscount’s superior 15. Baker’s need 16. Important span 17. Nuclear particle 18. Bother 20. Lightweight metal 22. Blue bloom 24. Jostle 28. Most overused 31. Homeless
dog 32. Boater’s utensil 33. Chick’s noise 35. Pub beverage 36. Kilt feature 38. Strained 40. Bluish grey 41. Paddy product 42. Hymn of praise 44. Organised 48. Stretch across 51. Canberra territory 53. Swoop 54. Suggest strongly 55. Tip of Italy 56. Square 57. Brief
FIND THE WORDS
farewells 58. Piece of turf 59. Break
26. Storm wind 27. Looked at 28. Drenches 29. Towering 30. Designated DOWN space 1. Pig’s food 34. Had being 2. Where roof overhangs wall 37. Expiates 39. Newspaper 3. Serves user perfectly 43. Dines 4. Soup bean 45. Donate 5. Adore 6. Possessive 46. Preholiday pronoun nights 7. Flying pest 47. Fender8. ... butter mishap mark 9. Mare’s morsel 48. Underwater 10. Tennis boat (abbrev.) instructor 49. Nose 11. Shady tree around 19. Built 50. Iron or 21. Examine Bronze 23. Direct 52. Pigeon’s call PUZZ903 25. Darn!
WUMO
This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 12 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.
Staying in
amiable backgammon calm canasta cards charades chess darts dominoes doze drink games hobbies idea indoor letter writing mending mix munch music nibble odds
by Wulff & Morgenthaler
piano poker pool puzzle question time quiz radio rest sewing slides supper telephone television tidy treat unusual
INSANITY STREAK
by Tony Lopes
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BAKER’S DOZEN TRIVIA TEST
1. LANGUAGE: What is a lexicon? 2. PSYCHOLOGY: What is a fear of fish called? 3. ASTRONOMY: What is the sixth planet from the sun? 4. WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Which is the only U.S. state to begin with the letter “P”? 5. SCIENCE: What is the term used when heat is transferred through a solid object? 6. FAMOUS QUOTES: Which 20th-century playwright once said, “If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance”? 7. MOVIES: In what movie did an American actress say: “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night”? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What kind of flower bulbs once were used as a form of currency? 9. ART: What is the painting called “La Gioconda” more commonly known as? 10. HISTORY: When did the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet
Union end? 11. FLASHBACK: Michael Jackson (pictured) had a hit in 1987 with “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”. Who sang the other half of the duet? 12. SPORT: American professional golfer Brooks Koepka, in 2017, tied a men’s US Open record for lowest score to par (16 under) in winning the event. Who else did it? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that contains this lyric: “How can people be so heartless, How can people be so cruel.”
OUT ON A LIMB
by Gary Kopervas
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