Abandon ship ! You ’ ve had an unfortunate disagreement with the other members of your surf tribute band ‘ Hawaiian Maiden ’. Turns out they ’ ve all ended up on different lifeboats . Can you work out who ’ s on what ?
NamE InsTrumEnT LifEboaT
Birdie Astor Maurice Olof Bessie Walton Cornelia Carrington Richard Quigg
CluEs
– The musician in lifeboat 1 plays the nose flute and isn ’ t Cornelia Carrington
– The musician who plays the shaker isn ’ t in lifeboat 2 or 5
– The musician in lifeboat 5 plays the drum and isn ’ t Maurice Olof or Birdie Astor
– Richard Quigg isn ’ t in lifeboat 3 . He plays the nose flute
– The musician who plays the triangle is in lifeboat 4
– Maurice doesn ’ t play the ukulele , the drum or the shaker
– Cornelia doesn ’ t play the ukulele , the triangle or the drum
WORD
MORPHS
Change BOAT to SHIP in five moves by changing one letter at a time . Each word must be a proper word , so BOAT to BOOT is OK but not BOAT is BZAT . Then try SAIL to SANK .
S A I L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S A N K
B O A T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S H I P
D E C K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H U L L
Oh no ! The good ship AQUILA has struck an iceberg made of words ( a wordberg ?). Can you solve the crossword clues to reveal your secret weapon .
DoWn
1 How many penguins were on the iceberg when Titanic struck it ( beginning with Z )? [ 4 ]
2 Ship ’ s escape vessel [ 8 ]
3 A raging , windy Shakespearian storm [ 7 ]
5 Titanic embarked from here on 10 April 1912 [ 11 ]
6 The ones that didn ’ t die [ 9 ]
8 Suspended in water [ 8 ]
10 The opposite of port side [ 9 ]
13 A competition to see who ’ s the fastest [ 4 ]
AcRoSs
2 Someone who watches for danger [ 7 ]
4 To wash with a rush of liquid [ 5 ]
6 Opposite of go [ 4 ]
7 Continuous , slow movement [ 5 ]
9 Dangerous [ 5 ]
11 Watchful and vigilant [ 5 ]
12 If you want to touch grass on a super cruise ship you ’ re going to have to head here [ 7 ]
14 To order or instruct [ 7 ]
Words : Freya Hardy and Josette Reeves . Illustration : Ed J . Brown , AJ Higgins and Kaley McKean
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