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27-05-22
No. 082 Insert the missing letters to make 10 words – five reading across the grid and five reading down. NOTE: more than one solution may be possible
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30 NOOSA TODAY Friday, 27 May, 2022
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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”.
36 words: Excellent
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What do you call the separating and purifying of large biological molecules, such as proteins and DNA?
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Who made their big-screen debut as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird?
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Gary Lightbody, Paul Wilson and Jonny Quinn are members of which band formed in Dundee, Scotland?
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The Gippsland giant earthworm can grow to how many feet in length: a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12?
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What is a baby alpaca, llama (pictured), vicuna or guanaco called?
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Francisco De Orellana was the first European to explore the course of which major river?
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What is located at 11 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York, US?
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