BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 1 Heavy showers ( 9 ) 6 Ledge ( 5 ) 9 Place or locate ( 7 ) 10 Harsher ( 7 ) 11 A herb of the mustard family ( 7 ) 12 What coins do in pockets ( 7 ) 13 A nearby galaxy ( 9 ) 15 Ringworm bush ( 5 ) 16 Whipping , clotted or ice ( 5 ) 19 Gorgeous ( 9 ) 22 Cleanse ( 7 ) 23 9 in a baseball game ( 7 ) 25 Vampire count ( 7 ) 26 A series of chirps ( 7 ) 27 Barfs ( 5 ) 28 Spattered ( 9 )
ANSWERS PAGE 31 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1 Thorny flowers ( 5 ) 2 Uttered monotonously ( 7 ) 3 Hair soap ( 7 ) 4 Baking appliances ( 5 ) 5 Pot or grass ( 9 ) 6 Narrows eyes ( 7 ) 7 A military unit ( 7 ) 8 Prevent ( 9 ) 13 Honors ( 9 ) 14 Cause self-conscious distress ( 9 ) 17 Teach ( 7 ) 18 Spiritualists ( 7 ) 20 Stress ( 7 ) 21 Burial ceremony ( 7 ) 23 Become liable to ( 5 ) 24 Full of flavor ( 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 Rigidity ( 9 ) 6 Celebrations ( 5 ) 9 Jaunty ( 7 ) 10 A gland found near the kidneys ( 7 ) 11 Varnish ( 7 ) 12 A thousand thousands ( 7 ) 13 Pleased ( 9 ) 15 A literary style ( 5 ) 16 Breastplate ( 5 ) 19 Receiver ( 9 ) 22 Before long ( 7 ) 23 Rebuffed ( 7 ) 25 Small falcon ( 7 ) 26 Quip ( 7 ) 27 Gentle push ( 5 ) 28 Faiths ( 9 )
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DOWN 1 Thralls ( 5 ) 2 Modulate one ’ s speech ( 7 ) 3 Idiosyncrasies ( 7 ) 4 Moral principle ( 5 ) 5 Convulsive ( 9 ) 6 Front limb of a horse ( 7 ) 7 Stress ( 7 ) 8 Lustrous or brilliant ( 9 ) 13 Exuvia ( 9 ) 14 Deviating from the usual ( 9 ) 17 Lubricated ( 7 ) 18 Nemesis ( 7 ) 20 Sulking ( 7 ) 21 Trade stoppage ( 7 ) 23 The grave ( 5 ) 24 Hemispherical roofs ( 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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