BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 1. Interlacing yarn( 8) 5. Decreasing( 6) 9. Prolongs( 8) 10. A stage of life( 2 words)( 6) 12. Noblemen( 5) 13. Rising prices( 9) 14. Tightwads( 6) 16. He goes too fast( 7) 19. Burial ceremony( 7) 21. Gaudy( 6) 23. Sadly( 9) 25. Sporting venue( 5) 26. Inflow( 6) 27. Baptize( 8) 28. Parisian palace( 6) 29. Captivated( 8)
ANSWERS PAGE 35 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1. Destiny( 6) 2. Enclosure( 9) 3. Groups of people( 5) 4. Child caregivers( 7) 6. Crooner( 9) 7. Pertaining to modern day Persia( 5) 8. Foliage( 8) 11. Newts( 4) 15. Hold spellbound( 9) 17. Objectors( 9) 18. Gushing( 8) 20. Fifty-three in Roman numerals( 4) 21. Winged monster( 7) 22. Alerted( 6) 24. Brawny( 5) 25. Maxim( 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 Not winter( 6) 4 Became bony( 8) 10 Pleasureable( 9) 11 Flies a plane( 5) 12 Fortune telling card( 5) 13 Promote( 9) 14 Give a title to someone( 7) 16 Secure against leakage( 4) 19 A people of eastern Europe( 4) 21 Squeeze out( 7) 24 A piece of numerical data( 9) 25 Not lows( 5) 26 Ancient Assyrian city( 5) 27 Take revenge( 9) 28 Extolling( 8) 29 Remained( 6)
sudokU 1
DOWN 1 Placed in a scabbard( 8) 2 Having as one’ s field of study( 8) 3 North African country( 5) 5 Ledges( 7) 6 Crucial( 9) 7 Adorned( furniture)( 6) 8 Be undecided( 6) 9 Afire( 6) 15 The game of pool( 9) 17 Break-and-enter( 8) 18 Bedframe( 8) 20 Former soldier( 7) 21 Arouse( 6) 22 A protective embankment( 6) 23 Chinese cinnamon( 6) 25 Medieval serf( 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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