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July 12-18, 2018 Dubbo Photo News
The Book Connection
THE PLAY PAGE PHOTO NEWS SUDOKU
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CROSSWORD TIME ACROSS
HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box GRID658 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.
FIND THE WORDS
1. Jazz type 4. Not stiff 8. Doe’s partner 12. Notable timespan 13. Taken by mouth 14. Vocal solo 15. Representative 17. Snake’s tooth 18. City property 19. Modifies 21. Quiet 24. Aboriginal custodian 26. Word of sorrow 27. Indulgent 31. Glass part 32. Cloudy 34. Great Aussie meat ...
35. Sporting arena 37. Well 38. Draw up in order 40. Decorates a cake 41. To hit a nail 44. It gives a hoot 46. Tavern drinks 47. Bellies 52. Ascended 53. Scoundrel 54. Thick and sticky substance 55. Ring 56. Personality 57. Bizarre
rock 3. Sidekick 4. Trademark 5. Annoyed 6. Pad 7. Asked urgently 8. African tour 9. Corner 10. “... Misbehavin’” 11. Jokes 16. Stately trees 20. Refuse to accept 21. Sedans, e.g. 22. Touched ground 23. Tibetan priest 25. South American DOWN animal 1. Oyster plot 28. Heroic poem 2. Metal-bearing 29. Diamond
CONCEPTIS HITORI
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 10 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.
number 30. Informal shirts 32. King’s title 33. Cheers 36. Gentlewoman 37. Movie 39. Alpine call 41. Lyre’s cousin 42. Burnsoothing plant 43. Flat-topped hill with steep sides 45. Howling animal 48. Spelling contest 49. Easily bruised item? 50. Beckon 51. Surface a lawn PUZZ926
WUMO
by Wulff & Morgenthaler
Each puzzle consists of a square grid with numbers appearing in all squares. The object is to shade squares so:
Big attraction
] No number appears in a row or column more than once. ] Shaded (black) squares do not touch each other vertically or horizontally. ] When completed, all un-shaded (white) squares create a single continuous area.
INSANITY STREAK
by Tony Lopes
HEX-A-NUMBER
Alice ancient animals arts birdlife bush chain colours Curtin Springs desert dingoes
geckos guide isolated lag large lures magic Mt Connor mulga obey open parakeelya
Red Centre resort ridge rough scenic site steep stop The Olgas tourists
tracks Uluru unique views walk water Yulara
There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1 to 6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle.
OUT ON A LIMB
by Gary Kopervas
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BAKER’S DOZEN TRIVIA TEST 1. HISTORY: Who was Jesse James’ brother and partner in crime? 2. ANATOMY: Where in the human body would you find the tympanic membrane? 3. MUSIC: Which artist recorded the album titled “Blood on the Tracks”? 4. LITERATURE: Who wrote
the novel “The Swiss Family Robinson”? 5. CHEMISTRY: What is the symbol for the element magnesium? 6. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Portugal? 7. TELEVISION: What was the screen name of the wombat in the TV series “A Country Practice”? 8. LANGUAGE: What does the
Greek prefix “ornitho” refer to? 9. MATHS: What does the symbol “r” stand for in classic geometry? 10. ADVERTISEMENTS: What product’s slogan is “For a hard earned thirst”?
contains this lyric: “Where’s his 11. FLASHBACK: Which group jacket and his old blue jeans, If originally released “Where Did this ain’t healthy it is some kinda Our Love Go”? clean.” 12. SPORT: How many times has Australia won the Davis Cup SOLUTIONS FOR ALL... in tennis since the year 2000? 13. LYRICS: Name the song that are in the TV+ Guide
SURPRISE!
I can’t wait to find out how it ends...
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