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Puzzle

QUICK CROSSWORD NONAGRAM MAGIC SQUARE

1 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 How many words of four letters or more can you make from ADVANCE EVE’S
this Nonagram? Each word must use the central letter, and
8 each letter may be used only once. At least one word using SCENE
all nine letters can be found.
9 10 10 Using all 16 letters
Target scores: of the phrase above,
11 11 22 Good; 26 Very Good; 31 Excellent. V I E form four words
each of four letters
12 13 14 15 Any word found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary is which, when placed
eligible with the following exceptions: proper T R Y
nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; correctly in the grid,
15 16 17 18 19
third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; will form a magic
contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words;
22 23 variant spellings of the same word (where another S I D square in which the
variant is also eligible). words can be read
20 21 22 23 25 24 25 26 both horizontally
SUDOKU and vertically.
26 27
28 31 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
32 29 30
3 x 3 box. This is a logic puzzle, you should not have to guess. 7451 639 28
31 8327 594 61 1 6 9 4 8 2 7 3 5
8 6 941 6542 783 19
34 31 32 9283 165 47
ACROSS DOWN 6 2 7 3 7 1 9 4 5 6 8 2 4135 278 96
1. Wasteful (8) 2. Literate person (6) send. 5968 312 74 2876 941 53
8. Rouse (6) 3. Lump (6) 4 2 8 96 aces; cave; even; MAGIC SQUARE
9. Tumble (4) 4. Desert-dwelling Deed; 21 Athens; 22 17 Alec; 18 Peat; 19
10. Furrow (3) rodent (6) very; vestry. verity; verst; vert; 13 Moat; 14 Lean;
11. Coiffure (inf.) (6) 5. Mortal (6) 1 trey; tried; tyre; tyred; 7 Stodge; 12 Spud;
12. Milk pudding (8) 6. Stint (6) tidier; tier; tire; tired; 5 Lethal; 6 Scrimp;
15. Push forward (6) 7. Heavy food (6) 2 3 5 4 stride; strive; strived; 3 Dollop; 4 Gerbil;
16. Scooped up with the 12. Potato (inf.) (4) sire; sired; stir; stiver; Down – 2 Reader;
13. Defensive trench (4)
tongue (6) 14. Slim (4) Enigma; 32 Landmark. rite; rive; rived; rivet;
20. Having an assignation 17. Boy’s name (4) 6 4 8 9 rest; revisit; ride; rise; 29 Imp; 30 Talk; 31
with (6) 18. Bog fuel (4) drey; driest; drive; Executed; 28 Chopin; dyer; erst; iris; resit;
24. Ten-year period (6) 19. Action (4) 8 2 7 5 24 Decade; 27 16 Lapped; 20 Dating; DIVERSITY; divert;
27. Put to death (8) 21. Capital of Greece (6) dirty; diver; divers; Semolina; 15 Propel;
28. Polish composer (6) 22. Call in question (6) 8 27 5 6 derv; dire; direst; dirt; Rut; 11 Hairdo; 12
29. Little devil (3) 23. Jovial (6) NONAGRAM 8 Excite; 9 Fall; 10
30. Chat (4) 24. Intensify (6) 26 Dealer. Across – 1 Prodigal;
31. Mystery (6) 25. Habit (6) 639 2 Deepen; 25 Custom; CROSSWORD
32. Outstanding event (8) 26. Merchant (6) Impugn; 23 Genial; 24 QUICK

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