BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 1 Easily disgusted( 9) 6 A resin used in incense( 5) 9 Impulse( 7) 10 Where planes land( 7) 11 Weird( 7) 12 Swarming( 7) 13 Homesick( 9) 15 A group of south Pacific islands( 5) 16 Gentle push( 5) 19 Welder’ s fuel( 9) 22 Runs away( 7) 23 A male demon( 7) 25 Distinctive marks( 7) 26 Not artificial( 7) 27 Opposing groups( 5) 28 Mistaken( 9)
ANSWERS PAGE 31 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1 Rotates( 5) 2 Referees( 7) 3 Aerial( 7) 4 Send out( 5) 5 Intense sorrow( 9) 6 Breadwinners( 7) 7 Self-importance( 7) 8 Desegregate( 9) 13 Convents( 9) 14 Crystal( 9) 17 Deciphered( 7) 18 Anticipates( 7) 20 A peninsula of Central America( 7) 21 Trade stoppage( 7) 23 Not outer( 5) 24 Supporting horizontal timbers( 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 In a cerebral manner( 14) 10 Not left( 5) 11 Disapproval( 9) 12 Aerial( 7) 13 A Turkish viceroy of Egypt( 7) 14 Sedate( 5) 16 Cuts into something( 9) 19 Majesty( 9) 20 Vassal( 5) 22 Feelings of friendship and esteem( 7) 25 Untangle( 7) 27 Eurasian rose( 9) 28 At the ends of fingers( 5) 29 Sins( 14)
sudokU 1
DOWN 2 Bargain( 9) 3 Consumed( 5) 4 Profitable( 9) 5 A narrow opening or crack( 5) 6 Everywhere( 9) 7 Fifty-eight in Roman numerals( 5) 8 Complains( 7) 9 Prickly wooden vines( 6) 15 Supplants( 9) 17 People who design and create period clothes( 9) 18 Surgical procedure( 9) 19 Apparel( 7) 21 Enrol( 6) 23 Helmet shaped( 5) 24 Move about rapidly( 5) 26 The mountain of the Ten Commandments( 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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