BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 1 Alterations( 7) 5 One of two arches of facial hair( 7) 9 Savage or brutal( 9) 10 A punctuation mark( 5) 11 Within the range of hearing( 7) 12 Putting money into your account( 7) 13 Seekers( 9) 15 Effeminate( 5) 17 Savor( 5) 19 Warehouse( 9) 22 Got away( 7) 25 Ammunition chest( 7) 26 Relative of a spouse( 5) 27 Refurbishing( 9) 28 Not a brand-name drug( 7) 29 Temporarily expel( 7)
ANSWERS PAGE 38 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1 Spiders make these( 7) 2 Farmers( 9) 3 Drawing( 7) 4 Abruptness( 9) 5 Made easier to bear( 5) 6 Omits( 7) 7 Backsides( 5) 8 Rich( 7) 14 Enclosed displays( 9) 16 Polish footwear( 9) 17 Swarming( 7) 18 Delegate( 7) 20 They decide what goes in a magazine( 7) 21 Administered( 7) 23 Intestine( 5) 24 An order of classical Greek architecture( 5)
To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: Each of the nine vertical columns Each of the nine horizontal rows Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box. Good luck!
ACROSS 1 Predictor( 14) 10 Sound( 5) 11 Will( 9) 12 Rod-shaped bacteria( 7) 13 Swordfish( 7) 14 State of existing( 5) 16 Discoverers( 9) 19 Door-to-door pollster( 9) 20 Full of flavor( 5) 22 Move in a sinuous manner( 7) 25 One who examines processes( 7) 27 Perverse( 9) 28 Regions( 5) 29 In accordance with fundamental law( 14)
sudokU 1
DOWN 2 Not enlargement( 9) 3 A sound of animal aggression( 5) 4 Foreigners( 9) 5 Savor( 5) 6 Winners( 9) 7 Step( 5) 8 Television program rankings( 7) 9 Monkey-bread tree( 6) 15 Sentry station( 9) 17 Not temporary( 9) 18 An abnormal condition of the lungs( 9) 19 Fine white linen( 7) 21 Hate( 6) 23 City in Colorado( 5) 24 Cook in an oven( 5) 26 San Antonio fort( 5)
To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: Each of the nine vertical columns Each of the nine horizontal rows Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box. Good luck!
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