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Puzzle

QUICK CROSSWORD NONAGRAM MAGIC SQUARE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 How many words of four letters or more can you make from MISTER, IT IS
this Nonagram? Each word must use the central letter, and
8 each letter may be used only once. At least one word using REMOTE
all nine letters can be found.
8 9 10 Using all 16 letters
Target scores: of the phrase above,
11 16 Good; 19 Very Good; 22 Excellent. H A S 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 N C I
nouns; plural nouns, pronouns and possessives; correctly in the grid,
16 17
third person singular verbs; hyphenated words; will form a magic
contractions and abbreviations; vulgar slang words;
22 variant spellings of the same word (where another C A R square in which the
variant is also eligible). words can be read
18 21 19 20 21 25 22 23 24 26 25 both horizontally
SUDOKU and vertically.
26 27
28 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
29 30
3 x 3 box. This is a logic puzzle, you should not have to guess. 1472 659 38 3651 984 72
98 1 7 8 2 9 4 3 7 6 5 1 2783 461 95
31 32 4935 817 26
ACROSS DOWN 68 6 5 1 9 7 2 3 8 4 5147 298 63
1. Front (6) 1. Wince (6) 7368 542 19 9826 135 47
4. Upward slope (6) 2. Gambling room (6) 51 7 2 8 6 emit; more; iris; test. MAGIC SQUARE
8. Invertebrate (6) 3. Edict (6) Cried; 18 Useful; 19
10. Sell door to door (6) 5. Three-dimensional (6) scar; scran. SACCHARIN; scan; Pest; 13 Obese; 15 Twenty; 9 Tidy; 10
11. Large stream (5) 6. Tolerate (6) rachis; ranch; rich; Stereo; 6 Endure; 7
12. Paddled (6) 7. Score (6) crash; inarch; inch; Casino; 3 Decree; 5
14. Clandestine (6) 9. Neat (4) 5 817 6 circa; craic; cran; Down – 1 Flinch; 2
16. Follow orders (4) 10. Nuisance (4) chin; china; cinch; Friend.
17. Ripped (4) 13. Abnormally fat (5) charas; chic; Triple; 31 Lieder; 32
19. Catch sight of (4) 15. Wept (5) 2 6 95 chana; char; characin; chai; chain; chair; 28 Alter; 29 Fillip; 30
22. Pace (4) 18. Helpful (6) cairn; carina; cash; Severe; 27 Tedium; Espy; 22 Step; 26
26. Very strict (6) 19. Develop, disclose (6) 2 4 3 arch; archaic; arnica; 16 Obey; 17 Tore; 19
27. Boredom (6) 20. Commend (6) anarch; anarchic; Canoed; 14 Secret;
28. Later (anag.) (5) 21. Sharp cry (4) 6 1 4 NONAGRAM Peddle; 11 River; 12
29. Stimulus, boost (6) 22. Let it stand (4) Impend. Ascent; 8 Insect; 10
30. Threefold (6) 23. Great fear (6) Terror; 24 Pimple; 25 Across – 1 Façade; 4
31. German songs (6) 24. Infl amed spot (6) 1 5 8 21 Yelp; 22 Stet; 23 CROSSWORD
32. Pal (6) 25. Threaten (6) Evolve; 20 Praise; QUICK

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