PEOPLES DAILY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2013
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Quick CrossWord (102)
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ACROSS 4 Howler (4) 7 Serious play (5) 9 Young Pooter in The Diary of a Nobody (5) 10 Abbot’s subordinate (5) 11 School exam (inits) (4) 12 Family animal (3) 15 Similar in years (2,2,3) 16 Odd specimen (5) 17 Follows (6) 18 Small freshwater fish (6) 21 Custom or mannerism (5) 23 Pungent chemical used in smelling salts (7) 25 __ and Dec, TV presenter duo (3) 26 Giant teal-brewing vessles (4) 28 Compensage (5) 30 Of the Netherlands (5) 31 Zipped bags (5) 32 Freedom from worries and problems (4)
SUDOKU Getting Started Each sudoku puzzle is a 9 by 9 grid of horizontal and vertical rows, evenly separated into 9 squares with 9 spaces each. Instead of word clues, each puzzle’s solution is determined by the pattern of the numbers already filled in you. You solve the puzzle by filling in the missing digits so that, when completed, each row and each square will have all the number from 1 to 9; each number will appear in exactly nine spaces within each puzzle.
DOWN 1 Instruct thoroughly (5) 2 Domestic fuse unit (3) 3 Soft animal hair (3) 4 The __ Sleep, Philip Marlowe mystery (3) 5 Promptly (2,3) 6 Start to perspire (5,5) 8 Military weapons (9) 9 Worshipped (5) 12 Energetic person (10) 13 Sailors (4) 14 Declaring formally (9) 19 __ Bawden, children’s author (4) 20 Trust (5) 22 Strong links (5) 24 Unsuitable (5) 27 Prosecute (3) 28 __ of God, result of natural forces (3) 29 ‘To __ is human; to forgive, divine,’ Pope quotation (3)
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
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Panda-style: Giant bear gets in on the Gangnam craze as he dances on his back legs Source: Dailymail.co.uk