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Puzzle

QUICK CROSSWORD NONAGRAM MAGIC SQUARE

1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 How many words of four letters or more can you make from ORDERED
this Nonagram? Each word must use the central letter, and
8 each letter may be used only once. At least one word using A CONCLAVE
all nine letters can be found.
9 10 Using all 16 letters
Target scores: of the phrase above,
10 31 Good; 37 Very Good; 43 Excellent. C A R form four words
each of four letters
11 11 12 13 13 Any word found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary is which, when placed
eligible with the following exceptions: proper H O T
nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; correctly in the grid,
14 15 16
third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; will form a magic
contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words;
17 18 19 20 20 variant spellings of the same word (where another M I C square in which the
variant is also eligible). words can be read
21 22 both horizontally
SUDOKU and vertically.
23 24 25 28 26.08.16
26 27 There is just one simple rule in Sudoku. Each row and each SOLUTIONS
column must contain the numbers 1 to 9, and so must each
28 29
3 x 3 box. This is a logic puzzle, you should not have to guess. 9137 624 58 8471 953 26
37 6 9 2 load; once; acer; derv. 5 2 6 8 3 4 9 7 1 7583 261 94
30 31 MAGIC SQUARE 2349 516 87
ACROSS DOWN 6 735 9 trochaic. torc; torch; toric; trio; 1 6 9 4 8 7 2 3 5 4925 187 63
1. Place of bliss (8) 1. Nuisance (4) thoracic; thoria; tiro; roti; tacho; taco; taro; 6812 735 49 3756 498 12
5. Ineffectual person 2. Lover (5) 4925 6 roach; roam; rota;
(inf.) (4) 3. Unit of US currency (6) otic; ratio; rhotic; riot; Control; 21 Veldt; 22
9. Alike (7) 4. Kind (4) omit; orach; orca; Spirited; 16 Let; 18
10. Waxed spill (5) 6. Sudden inclination (7) 6 4 3 5 moth; oath; ohmic; Leper; 13 Patch; 14 Peroxide; 8 Story; 12
11. Deep pink colour (5) mohair; morcha; mort; micro; moat; mocha; Sort; 6 Impulse; 7
13. Long-winded (6) 7. Bleach (8) iota; macho; macro; Romeo; 3 Dollar; 4
15. Team race (5) 8. Tale (5) 3 1 8 hoar; hora; ichor; Down – 1 Pest; 2
17. Select (4) 12. Social outcast (5) corm; crotch; haricot; Prospect.
19. Favourite (3) 13. Plot of ground (5) 7 83 6 coir; coma; comic; Plainly; 30 Doll; 31
20. Join metal (4) 14. Animated (8) coat; coati; coca; chromic; ciao; coach; Handy; 28 Tired; 29
21. Fodder plant of the 16. Allow (3) CHROMATIC; Vetch; 23 Ranger; 24
pea family (5) 18. Manipulate (7) 5 2 6 8 3 choir; choric; chroma; 19 Pet; 20 Weld; 21
23. Forest offi cer (6) chaotic; chariot; 15 Relay; 17 Pick; 11 Coral; 13 Prolix;
24. Convenient (5) 21. South African plain (5) 9 6 atom; atomic; carom; 9 Similar; 10 Taper;
28. Weary (5) 22. Worry (6) actor; aortic; arco; 1 Paradise; 5 Wimp;
29. Clearly (7) 25. Move to music (5) NONAGRAM Across –
30. Plaything (4) 26. Practise boxing (4) 37 6 4 5 Spar; 27 Cyst. CROSSWORD QUICK
31. Outlook (8) 27. Anatomical sac (4) Harass; 25 Dance; 26

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