HONI SOIT SEMESTER 1 • O WEEK
19
PUZZLES
Cryptic
Puzzles by Zplig
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9. Quite angry to provide institute rank (5) 10. Side-splitting satire on Silver Age lead quitting first movie, then retiring for a drink (9) 11. Nauseous experiences reported by current comedian? (7) 12. E-reader for the everyman (7) 13. Consults books about early trends (5,2) 15. Set of numbers approaching zero? (5) 16. Suggest flaunting sex appeal after bribe was rebuffed (5) 17. Horrible to just leave out the captain? (5) 19. Wordy reference book omitted first independent record holder? (2-3) 20. Excuse was improvised by me, not close to prepared (5) 21. Store’s top tire promise (5) 22. Excellent deputy demoted to civil officer (7) 24. Once again, employs concerning heirs to manage? (7) 26. I’ve not changed, initially, God forbidding (7) 28. Boycott line of foods without milk? (9) 29. Proust’s lost daughter found in part of South America (5)
1. Everything’s heard; according to US leaning (4) 2. Persian market crashed from Emperor’s speech? (6) 3. Writer, while constructing a slur, came to like Wales? (10) 4. About to knock mum out in a frenzy (4) 5. Boat favoured by comrades? (10) 6. French coffee - it’s about strong seeds essentially (4) 7. Regularly admit a medicine? It’s possibly major (8) 8. Fabricated scar? No act’s sacred (10) 13. Copy Levi’s devotees, perhaps with red and navy striped crop tops? (10) 14. Choose one person who seeks unity with God, sounds like Dr Pangloss... (10) 15. ...way before poetically old characters were a formula (10) 18. Cool boyfriend in first-year? (8) 23. Expat of new regime (6) 25. Libertine tool to gather filth and the like? (4) 26. Against books on English support (4) 27. Wander about university in a flashy robe e.g.? (4)
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1. Long (4) 2. Kind (6) 3. Hesitate (5,5) 4. Pimple (4) 5. Informal (10) 6. Attendant, in India (4) 7. Someone who judges (8) 8. Where one keep’s their nose when working hard (10) 13. Temporary exclusion (10) 14. Approximate calculation (10) 15. Art of arranging texts for printing (10) 18. Not moving (8) 23. Low budget film (1-5) 25. Opulence (4) 26. After (4) 27. Discharge (4)
9. Slavic language (5) 10. High ranked university academic (9) 11. Died out (7) 12. Carried light (7) 13. Most recent 007 film (7) 15. Many four inning matches (5) 16. Be a student (5) 17. Cold Japanese dish (5) 19. Trainspotting sequel (5) 20. Most populous country in the world (5) 21. Clear (5) 22. Capable of reading (7) 24. Sleeveless shirt (7) 26. Final competition (7) 28. Offensive (9) 29. Three lined poem (5)
Target
Quick
Sudoku Quiz
Bad: 10, Okay: 20, Good Shit: 30, Ripper: 40
To learn how to do the cryptic and meet other cruciverbalists, join the Crossword Society Wednesdays 2-4pm outside Hermann’s (look out for the banner).
1. How much is a 2016 single-year ACCESS card? 2. By what name was Boardwalk Café previously known? 3. Which was the first University of Sydney residential college to become co-educational? 4. How many of the seven current High Court judges attended Sydney Law School? 5. Who is the Chancellor of the University of Sydney? 6. What is the Arts Society commonly abbreviated as? 7. The Edgeworth David Building on the University’s Camperdown campus is named after the 19th century geologist. In which Sydney suburb is Edgeworth David Avenue located? 8. Who is the Vice-President of the USU? 9. Name five of the University’s satellite campuses. 10. You are standing in the centre of the quadrangle. Where is your closest McDonald’s restaurant? Answers to all questions—42—will appear in next week’s paper.