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PUZZLE MANIA Solutions on page 62 Across 1. Instill (7) 5. Poetic rhythm (7) 9. Highly offensive (9) 10. Supply sparingly (5) 11. Dead (7) 12. Consultant (7) 13. Writing table (9) 15. Rubs (5) 17. Accumulated (5) 19. Instruction (9) 22. Sidelong (7) 25. Gleam (7) 26. Temptress (5) 27. Elaborate (9) 28. Duke’s wife (7) 29. Royal house (7) Down 1. Sickness (7) 2. Pragmatic (9) 3. Better (7) 4. Very short biscuit dough (9) 5. Pincer (5) 6. Deny (7) 7. Wood fasteners (5) 8. Loses validity (7) 14. Child (9) 16. A capsule filled with water-soluble dye (9) 17. Dear (7) 18. Perturb (7) 20. Skill (7) 21. Convent (7) 23. Poisonous (5) 24. Groin (5) Across 1. Tastefully done (8) 5. On fire (6) 9. Generous gifts (8) 10. Nymph loved by Apollo (6) 12. Not offensive (9) 13. Unit of measure for gold (5) 14. Flunk (4) 16. Male child of a step-parent (7) 19. Wangle (7) 21. Where the sun rises (4) 24. Mistake (5) 25. Religious residences (9) 27. Delicate (6) 28. Demoralize (8) 29. Military government (6) 30. Spellbind (8) Down 1. Make a disguised reference to (6) 2. Customs duty (6) 3. Coil of yarn (5) 4. Infuse (7) 6. Total absence of light (9) 7. A short pithy instructive saying (8) 8. Constructing (8) 11. Types of airplanes (4) 15. Formula (9) 17. Wrongdoer (8) 18. Infallible (8) 20. Carve in stone (4) 21. Wearing away (7) 22. Nerve (6) 23. Spreads sleeping sickness (6) 26. Ultra (5) SUDOKU 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! difficulty : EASY + hard 52 ISSUE 61 // June 2015 HAWKESBURY DISTRICT INDEPENDENT NEWS www.hdinews.com.au