BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 1 Recalls( 9) 6 Pondered( 5) 9 Condiment( 7) 10 Orange-red dye( 7) 11 Used to spin yarn( 7) 12 Souvenir( 7) 13 Invented( 9) 15 Mixture of coffee and chocolate( 5) 16 Selected( 5) 19 Religious ritual( 9) 22 A very private place( 7) 23 Deny( 7) 25 Personal belief( 7) 26 Curving( 7) 27 Depressions( 5) 28 Enclosed displays( 9)
ANSWERS PAGE 31 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1 Inclines( 5) 2 A task or purpose( 7) 3 Move in a sinuous manner( 7) 4 Empower( 5) 5 Convulsive( 9) 6 The very least( 7) 7 Devilish( 7) 8 Anti-perspirant( 9) 13 Intersection( 9) 14 Ceremonial robes( 9) 17 Stress( 7) 18 Little songs( 7) 20 A poison( 7) 21 Jealous( 7) 23 Dance bar( 5) 24 Small tufts( 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 9 Corrupt( 7) 10 A kind of 4-stringed lute( 7) 11 Idea( 7) 12 Not inside( 7) 13 Occasionally( 9) 15 Parental brother( 5) 16 Stabilizing devices( 7) 19 Colonized( 7) 20 Opposing groups( 5) 21 Bachelorhood( 9) 25 Floating mass of frozen water( 7) 26 Refers indirectly to( 7) 28 Funeral cars( 7) 29 Subjugate( 7)
sudokU 1
DOWN 1 Evokes( 6) 2 Name derived from the name of a person( 6) 3 Garboard plank( 4) 4 Sometimes it’ s deviated( 6) 5 Raises in a relief( 8) 6 Teacher( 10) 7 Astrological( 8) 8 Pastor( 8) 14 Lying crossways( 10) 16 Old-fashioned street lamp( 8) 17 Relating to the Middle Ages( 8) 18 Slow( 8) 22 Groaned( 6) 23 From India( 6) 24 Disperse( 6) 27 Speech affectation( 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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