BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 8 Goddess of healing ( Babylonian mythology ) ( 4 ) 9 Guided journeys ( 5 ) 10 Door-to-door cosmetic company ( 4 ) 11 Toddle ( 6 ) 12 Gab ( 8 ) 13 Exposed ( 8 ) 15 Pass on ( 6 ) 17 Vehicular road congestion ( 7 ) 19 Publishing ( 7 ) 22 Method ( 6 ) 24 Shook ( 8 ) 26 Reduced its worth ( 8 ) 28 Goblets ( 6 ) 30 Fat ( 4 ) 31 Recited the letters of a word ( 5 ) 32 Completes ( 4 )
ANSWERS PAGE 29 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1 Goddess of the moon ( Roman mythology ) ( 4 ) 2 Flakes from the scalp ( 8 ) 3 Stripe ( 6 ) 4 Killing oneself ( 7 ) 5 Becomes bony ( 8 ) 6 Zany ( 6 ) 7 A Chadic language ( 4 ) 14 Not late ( 5 ) 16 Scope ( 5 ) 18 Indecent ( 8 ) 20 Impartial ( 8 ) 21 Dotted or adorned ( 7 ) 23 Pulsates ( 6 ) 25 8 8 8 8 ( 6 ) 27 Singer Fitzgerald ( 4 ) 29 Ore deposit ( 4 )
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 8 . Modify ( 4 ) 9 . Positive pole ( 5 ) 10 . Leave out ( 4 ) 11 . Perplex ( 6 ) 12 . Encirclement ( 8 ) 13 . Breaking and entering ( 8 ) 15 . Ascribe ( 6 ) 17 . Not an art ( 7 ) 19 . Violent rotating windstorm ( 7 ) 22 . Scant ( 6 ) 24 . Fury ( 8 ) 26 . Marine crustacean ( 8 ) 28 . Termagants ( 6 ) 30 . Learning method ( 4 ) 31 . Well-known ( 5 ) 32 . Make do ( 4 )
sudokU 1
DOWN 1 . Border ( 4 ) 2 . Fight ( 8 ) 3 . Photographic necessity ( 6 ) 4 . Cattlemen ( 7 ) 5 . Speed ( 8 ) 6 . Come up with ( 6 ) 7 . Discover ( 4 ) 14 . Open , as a bottle ( 5 ) 16 . Basic belief ( 5 ) 18 . A type of curved shape ( 8 ) 20 . A black candy ( 8 ) 21 . Outcomes ( 7 ) 23 . Eluted ( 6 ) 25 . Dwell ( 6 ) 27 . Affirm ( 4 ) 29 . Sponge ( 4 )
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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