Puzzle Solutions (2006) Print E-mail
Written by Hazel Goldman   
Solutions to Cryptic Crossword, Your Number's Up, A Classic Tale, and Lost in the Maze

Cryptic crossword

Across:
1 It's a woman's world
9 Sun trap
10 Tricorrn
11 Lawyer
12 Weekend
14 Racketeers
16 Mind
18 Cato
19 Authorised
22 Gorilla
23 Bidets
26 Analyst
27 Oftener
28 Self-destructive

Down:
1 Insular
2 Sinew
3 Worsened
4 Mope
5 Noteworthy
6 Waiter
7 Rookeries
8 Denuded
13 Debutantes
15 Caterwaul
17 Artistic
18 Cognacs
20 Deserve
21 Played
24 Ennui
25 Door

Your number's up

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A classic tale

1 Vienna
2 Chosen
3 Weight
4 Plinth
5 Ghetto
6 Oxygen
7 Nudity
8 Exeunt
9 Answer
10 Cuckoo
11 Chapel
12 Lethal
13 Studio
14 Asleep
15 Swerve

Hidden author: ANTHONY TROLLOPE
Hidden novel: THE WAY WE LIVE NOW

Lost in the maze

1 Ignore
2 Refer
3 Erica
4 Caviare
5 Rebuke
6 Kennel
7 Elegy
8 Gymkhana
9 Naive
10 Vegan
11 Anecdote
12 Teardrop
13 Optimism
14 Smash
15 Shotgun
16 Unbolts
17 Tsetse
18 Sextet
19 Etui

Hidden word: INSTITUTE