| Puzzle Solutions (2005) |
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| Written by Hazel Goldman | |
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Solutions to Cryptic Crossword (2005), Your Number's Up (2005), Hexagony, Drop outs and Twice as simple.
Cryptic crossword solution ACROSS: 1 Need 3 Stocks 7 Don 10 Cafeteria 11 Refer 12 Renew 13 In a sweat 15 Samurai 17 Inspire 18 Assegai 21 Integer 23 Sea water 24 Whist 28 Mufti 29 Unhelpful 30 Nil 31 Rehome 32 Iron DOWN: 1 Nicer 2 Elfin 4 Termini 5 Chapati 6 Scrawls 7 Deflating 8 Norm 9 Stower 14 Tear 15 Seal 16 Masterful 19 Gawkier 20 In touch 21 Ibrahim 22 Towels 25 Infer 26 Talon 27 Omen The two shaded diagonals spell out NFWI, starting in the corners and coming to the centre. Drop outs 1 Lentil 2 Minute 3 Of Pisa 4 Region 5 Gifted 6 Simmer 7 Magnum 8 Hatred 9 Danube Hidden sentence : Life is made up of marble and mud. Hexagony 1 PERNOD 2 NECTAR 3 CLARET 4 GRAVES 5 CHASER 6 SCOTCH 7 COGNAC 8 CANARY 9 SHERRY Twice as Simple PUZZLE 1 ACROSS: 1 Chamber 5 Grins 8 Otter 9 Seaside 10 Sisters 11 Comet 12 Master 14 Usurer 17 Dwell 19 Assists 22 Ignores 23 Index 24 Elite 25 Dresser DOWN: 1 Cross 2 Artists 3 Barge 4 Resist 5 Glances 6 Idiom 7 Sweater 12 Midwife 13 Enlarge 15 Resides 16 Passed 18 Ennui 20 Spire 21 Sixer PUZZLE 2 ACROSS: 1 Caravan 5 Straw 8 Raven 9 Brownie 10 Spoiled 11 Teeth 12 Triple 14 Archer 17 Wheat 19 Upright 22 Abscess 23 Crave 24 Hasty 25 Reredos DOWN: 1 Cures 2 Ravioli 3 Vinyl 4 Nobody 5 Scooter 6 Rinse 7 Whether 12 Towpath 13 Lottery 15 Haggard 16 Purser 18 Eases 20 Recur 21 Tress Your number's up  |
