BIG PUZZLE PAGE crossword 1
ACROSS 1 A lack of vitamin C( 6) 4 Roomy( 8) 10 One of the Little Rascals( 9) 11 Relative magnitudes( 5) 12 Clocked( 5) 13 Started( 9) 14 Expanding( 7) 16 Parental mother( 4) 19 Among( 4) 21 Go down( 7) 24 Forever( 9) 25 Prefix meaning“ Hand”( 5) 26 Proof of innocence( 5) 27 Intermediary( 9) 28 An imaginary monster( 8) 29 Admiration( 6)
DOWN 1 A deliberate act of destruction( 8) 2 Rare( 8) 3 Promised( 5) 5 Placing( 7) 6 Fairs( 9) 7 Groups of 8( 6) 8 Chides( 6) 9 Bewitching( 6) 15 Vastness( 9) 17 Denigrate( 8) 18 A graphic symbol( 8) 20 Quandary( 7) 21 Wood nymphs( 6) 22 Spread over( 6) 23 Stitching( 6) 25 Anagram of“ Acres”( 5)
ACROSS 1. Take for granted( 6) 4. Renounce( 8) 10. Luxurious( 9) 11. Gunpowder ingredient( 5) 12. Custom( 5) 13. Crooks( 9) 14. News( 7) 16. Extol( 4) 19. Flees on foot( 4) 21. An apparition( 7) 24. Unaggressive( 9) 25. Sixty-seven in Roman numerals( 5) 26. Graph( 5) 27. Something spoken( 9) 28. Kids( 8) 29. Attorney( 6)
ANSWERS PAGE 27 crossword 2
sudokU 2
DOWN 1. Connoisseur( 8) 2. A human being( 8) 3. Choral work( 5) 5. Infuse( 7) 6. Carried on( 9) 7. Genuine( 6) 8. Swamp( 6) 9. Compels( 6) 15. Sickened( 9) 17. Negligent of neatness( 8) 18. The driver of a train( 8) 20. Contain or include( 7) 21. Things that happen( 6) 22. Medicine that causes vomiting( 6) 23. Highly seasoned fatty sausage( 6) 25. Stage between egg and pupa( 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!
sudokU 1
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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