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Crossword
Across
1
against attack (6)
7 Getting to one’s feet (8)
8 Popular vegetable (3)
9 Hunting expedition (6)
10 Region (4)
11 General conscious
awareness (5)
13 Painter’s board (7)
15 Agile performer (7)
17 Alternative (5)
21 Smooth-tongued (4)
22 Item of crockery (6)
23 Disorderly crowd of people (3)
24 Soonest (8)
25 Time of celebration in the
Christian calendar (6)
Down
1 Island divided between
Greece and Turkey (6)
2 Time of year (6)
3 Written composition (5)
4 Upper-case letter (7)
5 Bordering (8)
6 Small air-breathing
arthropod (6)
12
14 Female spirit who wails to
warn of impending death (7)
16 Space where wines
are stored (6)
18 Solitary man (6)
19 Thief who takes property
from a person (6)
20 Cite a passage or saying (5)
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Wordsearch
D Y L E E T S S M Q F G I
I E T U L O S E R Z S N T
A N N G U E E C N E S I U
M I D U N J N H V E K S O
O T U D M S M E N F U I T
N N R G E B R S P O N M S
D A A C R E I R E R Y O N
H M B O C T F G R C I R R
E A L D I A A K P I E P O
R D E V F R G N L B L M B
E A E U U U T O E L D O B
T Q T O L D H T X E I C U
S I C Y Z N C T I P N N T
U Y K Z P I N Y N E G U S
A L V S U O R O G I R A Y
ADAMANT
AUSTERE
COURAGEOUS
DIAMOND
DURABLE
FIRMNESS
FORCIBLE
HARDNESS
INDURATE
INSENSITIVE
KNOTTY
NUMB
PERPLEXING
RESOLUTE
RIGOROUS
SEVERE
STEELY
STOUT
STUBBORN
UNCOMPROMISING
UNMERCIFUL
UNYIELDING
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Sudoku
Every row, every column and each of the nine smaller boxes of nine
2 6 5 9 3
3 2 4 7
3 6
8 3 6 7 1
9 1 2
1 5 4 9 8
4 8
6 8 7 5
9 3 1 6 4
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IQ Puzzle 4
0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6
1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 2-2
2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 3-3 3-4 3-5
3-6 4-4 4-5 4-6 5-5 5-6 6-6
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Crossword
Across
1 Eastern marketplace (6)
5 Nepalese soldier (6)
8 ___ Karenina, novel (4)
9 Fervent proponent (6)
10 Birthstone for November (5)
11 Small area of land (4)
12 Performance using gestures (4)
13 Light-sensitive membrane (6)
15 Stiff paper (4)
17 Grandeur (4)
19 Shelter from danger (6)
20 Vocal music (4)
21 Medium to dark tan colour (4)
22 Darkest part of a shadow (5)
24 Existing alone (6)
25 Brood (4)
26 Recognition (6)
27 Want strongly (6)
Down
2 Memory loss (7)
3 Semi-precious stone (5)
4 Rear (4)
5 Drinking greedily (8)
6 Street plan (4,3)
7 Port in northern Belgium (7)
14
15 Creation of the highest
excellence (7)
16 Pulled (7)
18 Scarf worn around the neck (7)
21 Groundwork (5)
23 Group of musicians (4)
5

Every letter in this crossword has been replaced by a number, the number
to cross off the letters either side of the grid to keep track of progress, and
the reference box showing which numbers have been decoded can also aid
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Codeword 6
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5 1 15 8 6 8 25
20 2 21 3 5 7 4 5 26 4 21 6 26 6
6 2 3 1 18 25 26 8
15 5 26 4 6 21 25 26 6 24 6 25 22 6
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25 24 18 12 21 6
5 26 15 25 13 19 5 15 6 18 16 6 5 26
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10 7 5 22 5 6 12 10 7 6 15 25 8 6
7 4 18 23 15 26 26 1
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Sudoku
9 5 7 8 4
7 2 9
8 9 2 3
2 1 6 9
8 3 1 5
5 7 4 1
4 1 5 8
6 2 3
1 4 6 7 9
7

Across
1 Apex (4)
3 Music tape container (8)
9 Standard or typical example (7)
10 Plenty (5)
11
14 Brownie (3)
16 Earlier in time (5)
17 ___ Khan, Islamic
religious leader (3)
18 Moving to a different
21 Excessively fat (5)
22 Irresponsibly frivolous (7)
23 Ability (8)
24 Consistent with fact
or reality (4)
Down
1 One who gives a sermon (8)
2 Foreigner, stranger (5)
4 Expert (3)
5
6 Milk pudding ingredient (7)
7 Garden of Adam and Eve (4)
8 Defendant charged with
adultery in a divorce
12 Inhale audibly through
the nose (5)
13 Ornamental waterspout (8)
15 Become alcohol (7)
19 Fluid product of
20 Popular carbonated drink (4)
22 Cult (3)
Crossword 8

Wordsearch
A X U S N O T E L E K S T
L D K C R T Y D N Y I C F
I J R D T H R O A T E Y W
F U P E F R B O P N L K E
M G B N N T A A G V B P X
R U N A S A L C A V I T Y
U L I A H A L Q H G D T F
E A E L T X N G L E N S D
N R C E I N D O L P A I W
B L O O D S T R E A M R F
I B L P G T D U G D N W T
C K O F I S S U R E A D M
E F N S U P R A C Q Z Z B
P W V G O I L G A T I O C
S P L E E N C I Z H S Z M
ADRENAL GLAND
BICEPS
BLOODSTREAM
BREASTBONE
CARPUS
COLON
DUCTS
EPIGLOTTIS
FISSURE
HEART
ILIUM
JUGULAR
LEG
MANDIBLE
NASAL CAVITY
PALATE
PORE
SKELETON
SPLEEN
THROAT
TRACHEA
WRIST
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Sudoku
3 8 1 9
5 8 7 1
6 4 3
5 3 4 6 2
9 2 7 8
7 3 1 6 4
3 5 9
7 6 4 5
9 8 4 2
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Crossword
Across
1 Parentless child (6)
4 Praised vociferously (6)
7 Cut-down trousers (6)
9 Gave one’s approval to (8)
11 Heroic tale (4)
14 Relating to the stomach (7)
15 Asterisk (4)
16 Word expressing a motion
towards the centre (4)
17 Reaches out (7)
18 Corrode, as with acid (4)
21 Parallelogram with adjacent
sides of unequal lengths (8)
22 Inferior substitute
or imitation (6)
24 Beam over doorway (6)
25 Earnest or urgent request (6)
Down
1 Watering-hole (5)
2 Pointed projection on a fork (5)
3 Astern (3)
4 Explosive device designed
to be thrown (4,7)
5
6 Tinted (4)
8 Causing intense interest,
10 From or characteristic of
another part of the world (6)
12 Fix together (6)
13
19 Faintly detectable amount (5)
20 Light brown colour (5)
21 Horizontal bar, track 4)
23 Tear (3)
12

IQ Puzzle
Can you place the hexagons into the grid, so that where any hexagon
touches another along a straight line, the contents of both triangles is the
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4
0 3
5 2
1
1
0 4
5 3
2
0
2 3
4 1
5
5
3 2
1 0
4
1
3 0
2 5
4
4
1 5
3 0
2
1
5 2
3 4
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Wordsearch
J H R U A E K L J I M E M
H N E X R K P Y A O G H A
S R S L V R L P U N U C M
R E E H L Y E N E V A P J
A V R V C A T I Q T V C B
M I V E T A F S C F S Q F
D R O Y I S S R D A R X I
E N I N G C E I E I L E S
Q K R L C A J R S T P G S
N I A L P N X M O A A A U
R G C L P Y O B G F O W R
X P X M W O O D L A N D E
N K A O R N T R E S E D X
L W R A V I N E N I S A B
S C I G S T R A I T O V L
BASIN
CANAL
CANYON
DESERT
FISSURE
FOREST
GLACIER
LAKE
MARSH
MOOR
MOUNTAIN
OASIS
PLAIN
RAPIDS
RAVINE
RESERVOIR
RIVER
STEPPE
STRAIT
SWAMP
WATERFALL
WOODLAND
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Sudoku
1 9 5
7 5 9 4
5 6 1 7 3
6 1 3 2
7 4 2 6
9 2 8 5
2 3 8 1 5
3 2 6 7
8 9 4
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Wordsearch
G N I S S I K Y K Y J L C
H T L M K M Z K Y J K K K
P U K B O R J C O F E I H
K L A O S D A U T P T D A
N K N O E I G T O T T N K
O U S R K P N N S H L A I
C M A A A G E E I E E P C
K Q S G S A N K R K D P K
E U J N P E R T B U R E I
D A Z A E C S E S W U D N
S T B K E E H X S A M W G
K A Y A K A S H M I R I S
K I L O G R A M N T A R S
J Q R P U H C T E K G K G
L O V Q J E L O H Y E K T
KAISER
KANGAROO
KANSAS
KASHMIRI
KAYAK
KEENEST
KEEPSAKES
KENTUCKY
KESTREL
KETCHUP
KETTLEDRUM
KEYHOLE
KHAKI
KICKING
KIDNAPPED
KILOGRAM
KINGDOM
KISSING
KNOCKED
KUMQUAT
KUWAIT
KYOTO
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Sudoku
4 9 6
9 6 5 3 7
3 4 8 6 1
6 9 8
1 8 2 5
7 1 4
9 6 2 1 5
2 5 7 4 3
8 5 1
17

Logic Puzzle
1
2 Mr Harte has the same number of nieces as his friend Ronnie has
3
4
Surname Nieces Nephews
6 7 8 5 6 7 8
Norman
Patrick
Ronnie
Theo
5 nephews
6 nephews
7 nephews
8 nephews
6 nieces
7 nieces
8 nieces
discover each man’s full name and the number of nieces and nephews he
Friend Surname Nieces Nephews
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22
Crossword
Across
1 Right (7)
8
arranging (7)
9 Obtain (7)
10 Responsible for a
reprehensible act (6)
12 Go round (6)
13
17 To descend by rope (6)
20 Capital of Cuba (6)
23 Tapering stone pillar (7)
24 Sphere of vision (7)
25 Tiredness (7)
Down
1 Become different (6)
2 Mass celebrated for the dead (7)
3 Legally binding command (5)
4 Row or level (4)
5 Musical instrument (5)
6 Molten rock (5)
7 Theatrical dance routine (6)
11 Mountain call (5)
12 Limits within which something
can be effective (5)
14 Being in charge of (7)
15 Hairdresser (6)
16 Fishing gear (6)
18 Less dangerous (5)
19 Muslim religion (5)
21
22 Predatory carnivorous canine (4)
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Brainteaser 20
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Sudoku
6 7 1
7 8 6 2 3 5
5 9 4 6
7 4 6 1 8
9 4 6 2
8 2 9 7 4
4 7 6 1
1 7 3 8 9 4
5 4 3
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Crossword
Across
1 Window drape (7)
5 Type of nut (5)
8 Section of a play (3)
9 Statement intended to
10 Spear (5)
12 Ruled mark on a page (4)
13 Compound capable of
turning litmus blue (6)
15 Duelling sword (4)
17 Standard (4)
20 Flow with a bubbling noise (6)
22 Organ located in the chest (4)
23 Metal pins (5)
25
26 Muhammed ___, ex-boxer (3)
27 Habitation (5)
28 Fashionable (7)
Down
1 and 6 Down Popular
2 Followers (7)
3 Rhododendron-like shrub (6)
4 Meddlesome (4)
6
7 Daughter of a sibling (5)
11 Rear of an aircraft (4)
14 Fat, used in cooking (4)
16 Intellectual person (7)
18 Japanese paper-folding art (7)
19 Awaited king of the Jews (7)
21 Exertion of force (6)
22 Immature insect (5)
24 Head honcho (4)
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Wordsearch
L R N I K S U R Y A P Z T
C A E N O I G R O I G T B
G I O E I V A N E Y C K U
V J S D A Y L N I E E L K
R C D V D E K O O N I N G
W E V T N L G C L K N D V
K F M L A S Z L O C L U Y
F G R B L D V A B O R I M
S E N N R R Q R L H T H A
W B J F I A U K C P R E T
Z A B F H E N N A Z E C I
B P R U G B T D Z F K U S
X O K H T O R S T V C E S
H U E B O S C H P O I P E
I L U S E L W N P E S W F
BEARDSLEY
BOSCH
BRUEGHEL
CEZANNE
CLARK
DE KOONING
EPSTEIN
GHIRLANDAIO
GIORGIONE
HOCKNEY
KLEE
LASZLO
MATISSE
MIRO
MUNNINGS
REMBRANDT
ROTHKO
RUSKIN
SICKERT
STUBBS
VAN EYCK
WARHOL
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27
Sudoku
1 8 4
1 3 2 9
2 9 6 5 3
4 8 1 9
5 7 3 8
9 7 1 6
8 2 4 3 6
2 3 7 5
7 6 5
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B A R
22 12 17 15 8 21 11 4 6 18 1 8 17 14
17 26 14 8 12 4 17
1 16 11 26 17 1 26 26 11 5 3 18 23
1 18 3 11 14 26 8 1 18 16
3 5 6 11 19 17 1 19 3 14 17 20 8
8 5 26 1 3 8 7 6 4 14
1 12 11 18 8 6 1 3 18 22 16
6 3 11 6 17 20 8 1 4
25 8 3 1 18 6 22 17 14 4 3
2 3 12 21 21 8 6 18 25 10
8 17 18 8 5 3 18 17 26 19 8 17 11
4 16 3 6 6 11 8 17 13 17
16 8 8 21 6 12 14 12 5 6 12 12 5
23 1 8 25 9 24 22
1 8 6 3 21 8 5 18 22 12 14 8 21 23
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Crossword
Across
1 Change, make different (6)
3 Capital of Albania (6)
7
9 Part of the small intestine (8)
10 Talk boastfully (4)
12 Holy book (5)
13 Oriental republic (5)
17 Lure (4)
18 Written account of ownership
or obligation (8)
20 Conventional expression
21 Copyist (6)
22 Look up to (6)
Down
1 The ___, Gilbert &
Sullivan operetta (6)
2 Paternal (8)
4 Tiny amount (4)
5 Constellation, the
Charioteer (6)
6 Contend (5)
7
8
11 Raised one’s shoulders to
indicate indifference (8)
14 Calculating machine (6)
15 Breed of dog used
for hunting (5)
16 Tap forcefully (6)
19 Explosive device (4)
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IQ Puzzle
row, column and each of the two long diagonals has exactly two of each
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Across
1
2
3
4
5
6
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
3
4
5
6

Sudoku
9 4 1 6 7
6 2 9 4 8
3 6 9
9 1 3 5
2 8
2 4 9 7
1 7 3
7 3 6 5 4
2 5 8 1 6
28

32
Crossword
Across
1 Wonder (6)
4
9 Indication, usually
of a disease (7)
10 Famous American
waterfalls (7)
11
12 Smallest amount (5)
14 Superior (5)
15 French city on the Seine (5)
17 Length of sawn timber (5)
18 Rainy season (7)
20 Braincase (7)
21 Illness (6)
22 Eagerly (6)
Down
1 Wretchedness (6)
2 Aid to memory (8)
3 Debut (5)
5 Approachable (7)
6 Spanish artist (4)
7 Someone who pays rent
to use a building (6)
8 State of having
13 Erosion by friction (8)
14 Astonish (7)
15 Decoration of tufted wool (6)
16 Containing little excess (6)
17 Layer of the Earth’s crust (5)
19 ___ Sedaka, singer (4)
29

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Wordsearch
E I U O E G O O T S A K X
H P I C T N S S U B W L Y
Y G A N E S I K R W A N D
Y Z W C I W E A C W G P O
E A K R T D C R A O L T F
N H S B K A U T P K L P L
O T A S D C E O Y Y E A O
M B F A I R I Y H R E E W
C E B I T S R R F I P H E
H R B A W D T O T A N Q R
A I N X R S R A C D I T S
I K G A O M F S N S R B F
N L Z P P O E N N T H A Z
S I R A E P P A S I D O C
W V N S S R A B B I T C W
ABRACADABRA
ASSISTANT
CAPE
CARD TRICK
CHAINS
DISAPPEAR
ESCAPE
FLOWERS
HEY PRESTO
HOUDINI
LOCKS
MONEY
PERFORM
RABBIT
ROPES
SHOW
STOOGE
SWIFT
TWIST
WAND
WATER TANK
WIZARDRY
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34
Sudoku
4 2 3 5 9
8 1 5
3 7 6
9 3 8 1 7
7 5 8 4
6 8 2 7 3
7 6 4
4 5 2
8 5 7 9 3
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35
Crossword
Across
1 Most tidy (7)
5 Young dog (5)
7 Imitate (5)
8 Person whom Jesus
raised from the dead (7)
9 Earnest (7)
10 Distinctive smell (5)
11 Small pouch for
shampoo, etc (6)
13 North American native dog (6)
18 Large ladle (5)
20 Altered (7)
21 Volcanic island republic
in Melanesia (7)
22 Interior (5)
23 Method of beginning
play in rugby (5)
24 Flourish of trumpets (7)
Down
1 Greek goddess of divine
retribution and vengeance (7)
2 Yearbook (7)
3 Eliminate from the body (7)
4 Spoke (6)
5 Italian thin bread dough
with topping (5)
6 Drop sharply (7)
12 Antiquated (7)
14 Enthusiastic recognition (7)
15 Fabric made of silk (7)
16 Certify (7)
17 Skin on the back part
of the neck (6)
19 Song used to praise
the Deity (5)
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37
IQ Puzzle
The numbers in every horizontal row add up to the totals on the right, as do
the two long diagonal lines; while those in every vertical column add up to
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163
18 11 18 20 37 19 7 169
19 34 14 8 28 5 8 150
39 34 5 36 25 243
28 38 7 19 21 36 164
31 36 38 31 34 19 242
31 10 5 8 138
28 10 14 3 16 20 127
19 21 38 1 38 6 199
201 205 190 142 188 144 170 192 202

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poser,
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ungulate
tive
quality
Globe
Happen
Small
drink
Slide
fastener
Wager
Biblical
tower
Copyist
Lengthy
place
Open
to all
Choose
Light tap
hush
Piece of
music
Arouse
Curtsies woman
Group
of
singers
Shrimp
teously
Mutineer
On the
move
Cinders
___
Khan
Blemish
Soft
drink
Prowess
Seek an
answer
to
Slavic
person
Corners
Green
table
ment
ward
Detect
Aviator
City of
Vietnam
Annually
filled
sac
roded
Irish
writer,
James
Killer
whale
British
rule
over
India
tive
word
Soaked
with
water
tain
ridge
Second
person
pronoun
Rim
Once
Not
clear
Existed
Groups
together
Warm
season
Artful
Small
particle
less
Flat
land
Use a
board
Popular
drink
Low
ever
pitched
bark
digit
number
tic
fowl
Methods
Rise as
vapour Legend
Mesh
tion
Fruit
pulp
Forest
god
Situated
at the
top of

Sudoku
1 4
5 9 3
8 1 9 2 6
8 6 2 7 3 4
7 5 8 1
2 3 5 1 9 6
9 4 6 7 8
3 9 7
2 6
36

Crossword
Across
1 Parasitic plant (6)
4 Royal residence (6)
7 Opera set in a cigarette
factory (6)
8 An indirect (and usually
malicious) implication (8)
12 People descended from
a common ancestor (6)
14 On a plane (6)
15
16 Offshoot (6)
18 Fireproof material (8)
22 Arab kingdom on the
Persian Gulf (6)
23 Decayed (6)
24 Fibre (6)
Down
1 Reality (4)
2 Star sign (6)
3 Rationality (6)
4 Design (4)
5 Misplace (4)
6 EU monetary unit (4)
9 Deep brown (5)
10 Straightforward (6)
11 Makes a sound expressing
amusement (6)
13 Egyptian water lily (5)
16 Woven shopping bag (6)
17 Solution (6)
18
19 Prepare for publication (4)
20 Twist around (4)
21 Rivet (4)
37

Wordsearch
H E O Y D B Q U E O V T V
T U U T F B T C M W V R Q
D T P I N H A E G E B W E
I O H N G P Q S W R T M Y
W O D I S T T N E I E R F
T F E F E Z P A E R M U E
T H Z N Y X D P T I R E A
E F I I W T T X L L L S C
R A F C H F E E O K I O R
U T P U K H G N N B M L E
S H I M T N G V I T I C A
A O L G E T E R N I T Y G
E M N I Z X B S A R F Y E
M E K Z I X P T S T T O G
L S Z L S M D N O Y E B U
ACREAGE
BEYOND
BREADTH
CLOSE
ETERNITY
EXPANSE
EXTENT
EXTREME
FATHOM
FOOT
FURLONG
HEIGHT
INFINITY
LENGTH
LIMIT
MEASURE
METRE
MILE
SIZE
SPACE
THICKNESS
WIDTH
38

42
Sudoku
1 6 4 8
2 6 9 7
1 7 5
6 3 4 5 8
9 2 8 7
2 4 5 6 1
5 4 6
7 3 9 5
3 8 9 1
39

43
IQ Puzzle
Every row and column in this grid originally contained one circle, one
diamond, one square, one triangle and two blank squares, although not
a white arrow refers to the second of the four symbols encountered in the
40

44
Crossword
Across
1
7 Exempt from purchase
tax (4-4)
8 Spherical object (4)
9 Sheen (6)
11 Pushed gently against (6)
13 Inane (5)
14 Foot lever (5)
17 Continent of which
Namibia is a part (6)
20 Set of eight notes (6)
22 Hinged section of a table (4)
23 Protein, used as an ingredient
in cosmetic creams, thought
to maintain skin’s elasticity (8)
24 Inclined to respect beliefs
different to one’s own (5-6)
Down
1 Swim like a dog in
shallow water (6)
2 Arab Republic (5)
3 Place for young plants (7)
4 Large body of water (5)
5 Fix securely (5)
6 Pleasant arrangements
of musical notes (6)
10 Traveller on the piste (5)
12 Tropical fruit having yellow
skin and pink pulp (5)
14
15 Vote (6)
16 Freed of dependence
on milk (6)
18 Conclude by reasoning (5)
19 Capital of Ghana (5)
21 Educate in a skill (5)
41

45
Reference Box
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Codeword 42
A
C
T
11 3 16 10 23 23 17 8 21 8 17 24 3 15
21 20 1 23 21 1 3 10
5 3 23 8 23 6 14 11 6 21 21 19 1 23
14 14 7 3 14 11 14 19 14
20 13 11 6 14 6 1 14 8 17 22 14 8 17
8 15 23 18 23 13
18 9 25 15 23 20 3 14 23 4 23 11 24 15
3 18 3 26 14 20 3
8 1 21 13 16 25 3 11 24 21 25 3 5 2
23 11 23 5 5 18
16 3 14 24 18 20 14 2 11 2 20 23 14 15
23 8 21 6 14 16 21 12 23
5 21 15 21 20 3 21 13 25 3 5 13 20 5
3 23 16 20 21 5 14 23
11 14 16 16 23 25 15 5 3 2 2 1 23 16
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
22 23 24 25 26
C
A T

46
Sudoku
5 9 8 6 2 1
4 2 8
2 5 3 9
6 7 1 5 2
2 1 7 3
5 2 3 9 6
4 1 2 3
3 5 9
6 5 3 7 4 8
43

47
Across
1 Indisputable (4)
3 Makes a supposition (8)
9 Make less visible (7)
10 Spontaneous remark (2-3)
11 Golf course by the sea (5)
12 Capable of being seen (7)
13 Agent creating and controlling
things in the universe (6)
15 Scattered (6)
17 Congest (7)
18 Prickly plants (5)
20 Occurring 7 times per week (5)
21 Closest (7)
22 With determination (8)
23 Framework (4)
Down
1 Having an exaggerated sense
of self-importance (7-6)
2 Returned from the dead (5)
4 Stank (6)
5 Someone versed in the
collection and interpretation
6 The ___ Falcon
directed by John Huston (7)
7
8 Children’s poem (7,5)
14 Pulling hard (7)
16 Aromatic herb (6)
19 Unclouded (5)
Crossword 44

48
Wordsearch
C X E A N I T I B I L Z H
V A R O R U A V U Y Q T R
F U M R D M S E U R C X X
H N L T H T A S D U I N H
M Z E C E L L T U C V Y F
T J S P A M U A Y R M V W
S Y U X T N S R M E O F Y
L U N H T U E U N M L I U
D H E V N T N A P O L L O
I Q V H I R R E R S T V F
A V T P P S U A A E A A I
N S U S E R S T L J U N O
A J X R G R O L A N R L W
T V E O A S U M U S U R Y
O C V M D S D S D I P U C
APOLLO
AURORA
CERES
CUPID
DIANA
FAUNUS
FLORA
HYMEN
JUNO
JUPITER
LIBITINA
MARS
MERCURY
MORPHEUS
MORS
NEPTUNE
SALUS
SATURN
TELLUS
VENUS
VESTA
VULCAN
45

Sudoku
4 2 3 1 6
6 9 5 3
8 4 1
8 1 5 6
1 5 2 7
6 2 8 9
7 9 2
3 4 6 9
9 7 3 8 4
46

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47

Crossword
Across
7 Without shoes (8)
8 Crooked (4)
9 Habitation for bees (4)
10
11 Canine mammal (3)
13 Sharp-pointed tip on a stem (5)
14 Michael ___, husband of
Catherine Zeta-Jones (7)
16
Dustin Hoffman (7)
18 Hidden, placed on watch,
or in ambush (5)
21 Feline mammal (3)
22
as a god (4)
23 Muslim prayer-leader (4)
25 Part of a skeleton (4)
26 Put to death (8)
Down
1 Disappear from view (6)
2
3 Punctuation mark (5)
4 Designated social position (7)
5 The alphabet (3)
6 Mohair (6)
12 Conspicuously and
15 Similar or related (7)
17 Public speaker (6)
19 Render unable to hear (6)
20 Group of aircraft operating
together under the
same ownership (5)
24 Garland (3)
48

52
IQ Puzzle
Every square in the solution contains only one digit from each of the lettered
lines above, although two or more squares in the solution may contain the
At the end of every row is a score, which shows:
a
on the bottom line, as indicated by a tick; and
b the number of digits which appear on the bottom line, but
49
SCORE
A 2 2 5 4
B 2 7 3 1
C 5 0 6 4
D 7 2 5 7
E 3 1 3 3

53
Wordsearch
Y T O P E K A Q E S I O B
F T R D E N V E R P I R K
A P I E R R E H E R E E W
X J A C K S O N I I G I O
C M C G E N K M L N U L C
U T O N O K C U L G O E Y
A S L L U H A E E F R P N
E I U O A P R L P I N T L
N L M C T D S A T E O N N
U O B N S O O C N L T O O
J P I I U V N R O D A M S
U A A L G E C T M P B S I
S N Q P U R I C H M O N D
Z N F H A R T F O R D Y A
P A M H O L Y M P I A Q M
ANNAPOLIS
AUGUSTA
BATON ROUGE
BOISE
CARSON CITY
COLUMBIA
DENVER
DOVER
HARTFORD
HONOLULU
JACKSON
JUNEAU
LINCOLN
MADISON
MONTPELLIER
OLYMPIA
PIERRE
RICHMOND
SAINT PAUL
SALT LAKE CITY
SPRINGFIELD
TOPEKA
50

54
Sudoku
7 1 8 6
9 5 7 2 4
2 5 3 8
1 2 3
2 4 3 9
9 5 1
6 4 8 5
3 7 1 6 2
4 9 8 7
51

55
Wordsearch
M X Q I G M G U X N H O J
P O V S W Z E P D I C L A
C A H D R C O Y P S L I R
N A U A L Y R S H A S E X
X X M I R P G C E L I N F
L M V E R O E Q G G M M T
A E X G R D L E O U O A T
U D F T H O L D K O N R I
R O B E R T N A D D E C T
E P N B A Y I I N B K U U
N O U O V N V G L O A S S
C A T P T A G I Y Q D P W
E Y D H D L G U N I L O C
S K Z I L L E S S U R F A
S S W Q A Q T Y L T Y E A
AIDAN
ANGUS
CAMERON
CLIVE
COLIN
DAVID
DONALD
DOUGLAS
ELTON
FELIX
GEORGE
GILBERT
HAROLD
IVAN
JOHN
LAURENCE
MARCUS
NEIL
ROBERT
RUSSELL
SIMON
TITUS
52

56
Sudoku
1 6 9 4 3
9 3 7
3 2 8 9 6
7 5 8 9
1 4
2 9 4 6
8 3 1 4 5
7 2 8
6 5 3 7 2
53

57
Logic Puzzle
1
2 Judy studied several books on coins and stayed in the library for one
hour longer than the person interested in politics, who arrived later than
3 Lionel stayed in the library for half an hour longer than Trish who, in
turn, stayed in the library for longer than the person who arrived at nine
Arrived Stayed Studied
Judy
Lionel
Martin
Trish
Coins
Flags
Politics
2½ hours
3 hours
3½ hours
4 hours
Four people who called in at the public library this morning each spent a
few hours in the reference section, studying various books on a particular
Reader Arrived Stayed Studied
54

58
Crossword
Across
1 Former French coin (5)
7 Capital of Maine, USA (7)
8 Small drink (3)
9 Association organized
to promote art, science
11 Strange (5)
12 Got (8)
16 Casserole of aubergine and
ground lamb in a sauce (8)
20 Ugly evil-looking old woman (5)
21
23 Divinity (3)
24 One of Santa’s reindeer (7)
25 Stringed instrument of
Indian origin (5)
Down
1 Country, capital Helsinki (7)
2 Foreign woman hired
as a home help (2,4)
3 Gambling place (6)
4 Young girl (4)
5 Seedless raisin (7)
6 Ring-shaped bread roll (5)
10 Express gratitude (5)
13 Primary (5)
14 Flow of electricity (7)
15 Slim (7)
17 Transversely (6)
18 Nuts or fruit pieces in
a sugar paste (6)
19 Range (5)
22 Fatigue (4)
55

Sudoku
9 1 4 3 6
7 6 2 3 4
5 7
1 8 4 9 7
5 2
3 4 8 7 1
3 9
6 1 5 4 8
8 1 7 5 2
57

Crossword
Across
1
7 Groping, irresolute (8)
8 Mastermind (6)
10 State capital of Tasmania (6)
11 Home (5)
13 Wash (7)
16 Socially awkward or
tactless act (4,3)
17 Rope used to restrain
an animal (5)
20 Spit (6)
22 Deer’s horn (6)
24 Winter month (8)
25
Down
1 Mark of infamy (6)
2 Leave as a guarantee in
return for money (4)
3 Part of the body between the
neck and the diaphragm (5)
4 Bituminous pitch (7)
5 Cigarette end (4)
6 Puts into the care
of someone (8)
9 List (5)
12 Body of water to the
east of Bulgaria (5,3)
14 Vigilant (5)
15 Kenyan capital (7)
18 Loose woman (6)
19 Native New Zealander (5)
21 Watery part of milk (4)
23 Stead (4)
58

62
Wordsearch
N S J Q Y E L R A M Y U A
H Y C N A N S J K R J F F
E E B R Y Q B S W K R S G
P V U Y O Y L C R E G O R
O P L E A O P K D N D K N
Z O L K K G G T S W C H I
O T S I W T R E V I L O P
V T E M W E K E V G N V M
U I Y S N Y L Y T S I A I
F N E T S B L I I L G R K
F Y Q L M L I J U W A R S
I T L U I B M P I P F W B
N I B L B C S T R Y V E R
B M R S W A C K L E S Z T
K M J P L H F D L F O L X
BILL SYKES
BULL’S-EYE
BUMBLE
FAGIN
FRED TRENT
MAGWITCH
MARLEY
MR KENWIGS
MR LILLYVICK
MRS WACKLES
NANCY
OLIVER TWIST
PIP
POTT
ROGER CLY
SCROOGE
SKIMPIN
SMIKE
STRYVER
TINY TIM
VUFFIN
WALTER GAY
59

63
Sudoku
7 5 3
3 6 1 2 5
2 1 4 8
7 4 5 2
5 4 6 9
2 7 6 8
2 3 1 8
9 8 1 7 3
8 9 6
60

64
Reference Box
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
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I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Codeword61
O P T
4 7 7 11 2 11 15 18 25 14 5 22 2 11
16 17 7 25 16 14 22 7
17 9 15 3 7 10 15 2 7 9 11 25 19 15
15 17 17 11 7 16
18 2 25 9 9 24 25 6 17 16 9 22 6
25 15 7 15 17 1 15 7
17 12 16 7 6 25 13 22 2 22 18 2 15 11
16 17 6 21 7 15 11 25
4 6 7 8 15 17 16 11 15 6 18 6 15 11
22 6 21 16 11 15 25 15
21 15 17 25 14 15 16 7 17 14 25 21 14
11 11 7 16 16 18
6 24 23 13 15 14 6 15 26 17 16 14 21 15
7 25 7 18 11 15 22 25
20 25 21 16 22 11 24 22 14 14 21 17 16 12
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
22 23 24 25 26
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P

65
Crossword
Across
1 Division of Switzerland (6)
5 Reaping hook (6)
8 Inlets of the sea in Norway (6)
9 Item of dried fruit (6)
10 Yelp (3)
11 Baked to a cinder (5)
13 So scary as to cause
shudders (8)
15 Culinary setting agent (8)
16 Black wood (5)
19 Demure (3)
21 Former prime minister
of India (6)
22 Rubbed out (6)
23 Protein which acts
as a catalyst (6)
24 African country (6)
Down
2 Broke up from a meeting
3 City in the Piedmont
region of Italy (5)
4 Inquisitive (4)
5 Take unawares (8)
6 Deprive of the use of a limb (7)
7 Active volcano in Sicily (4)
12
13 Happen simultaneously (8)
14 Very fast (7)
17 Tony ___, UK Prime
Minister (5)
18 Look at with amorous
intentions (4)
20 Creature said to live in
the Himalayas (4)
62

66
IQ Puzzle63
2
3
4
A
6
B
4
C8
D E

67
Sudoku
3 4 6
5 8
3 7 5 1 9
6 1 5 4 9 3
4 2 5 7
9 7 2 1 8 6
3 8 2 7 9
1 9
6 2 3
64

68
Crossword
Across
1 Landlocked monarchy in
8 Make merry (5)
9 Light mid-afternoon meal (3)
10 Early form of modern jazz (5)
11 Quick evasive movement (5)
12 Organic compound (5)
14 Not dangerous to health (6)
16 Vim, drive (6)
20 Holy man (5)
23 Bolt (5)
25 Edge tool used in shaving (5)
26 Poem with complex
stanza forms (3)
27 Up to a time that (5)
28
Down
1 Placed (5)
2 Forsake (7)
3 Large mass of frozen water (7)
4 Land on which food is grown (6)
5 Cover with cloth (5)
6 Expel from one’s property (5)
7 Hypersensitive reaction (7)
13 Her (3)
14 Self-consciously timid (7)
15 Tavern (3)
17 Tell a story (7)
18 Small, square cases of dough
19 Sale of miscellany (6)
21 Livid (5)
22 Mythical creature (5)
24 Provide a remedy (5)
65

Wordsearch
D Z Z P W B A S N E R I S
V T H U N D E R B I R D Y
N I S K F Q S H N X U C L
I T K O Z D N P E P A U P
S A E I G I I F O M T J H
Z N L K F E S E U R O H S
G S P F L P B P E R N T J
C Q I S O R H V U N I H H
I R E L W O Q A F O M E A
G R C Q E R T M N G S G S
D Y Z N R N J P E R S T U
C H I M E R A I K O Y P D
B X Q C W G D R A G O N E
V T N E S S I E R A U L M
M S N C B R L H K L O V N
BEHEMOTH
CENTAUR
CHIMERA
CYCLOPS
DRAGON
FURIES
GORGON
GRIFFIN
KELPIE
KRAKEN
MEDUSA
MINOTAUR
NESSIE
PHOENIX
SIRENS
SLEIPNIR
SYLPHS
THUNDERBIRD
TITANS
VAMPIRE
VOLKH
WEREWOLF
66

Sudoku
3 5 1 8 4
9 7 8
1 2 6
2 5 9 6 1
6 8 9 3
4 1 7 9 6
2 6 3
3 8 5
9 8 6 4 1
67

Crossword
Across
1 Animal prized for its fur (5)
7 Listening (7)
8 Make-up used on the
eyelashes (7)
9 Another name for tungsten (7)
12 Free from guilt (8)
14 “Beware the ___ of
March”, advice given
to Julius Caesar (4)
16 Holler (4)
18 Greek god of the sea (8)
20 Lift (7)
23 Italian composer
24 Permanent separation
from a spouse (7)
25 Closely packed (5)
Down
1 Reduce in complexity (8)
2 State capital of
Massachusetts, USA (6)
3 Mild yellow Dutch cheese (4)
4 Unfreeze (4)
5 Rude decorations
inscribed on walls (8)
6 March aggressively into
another’s territory (6)
10 Lacking in insight (6)
11 Dictator (6)
13 State of being disregarded
or forgotten (8)
15 Fair, bright weather (8)
17 Oblong cream puff (6)
19 Irish capital (6)
21 All the time (4)
22 Zealous (4)
68

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Kakuro
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73
IQ Puzzle 70
Each horizontal row and vertical column should contain different shapes
Every square will contain one number and one shape and no combination
may be repeated anywhere else in the puzzle; so, for instance, if a square
contains a 3 and a star, then no other square containing a 3 will also contain
1 2 3 4 5
2 1
4
3
4

74
Arroword71
Mound German
city
Roald
___,
author
Salted
roe of a
sturgeon
Closely
confined nese
warrior
dary bird
Held
back
Golfing
peg
Digging
into
Obvious
__
Tuesday
(before
Lent)
Swab
State
Ms
Braun,
Hitler’s
mistress
script
Capital
of
Norway
Stiff hat
bian
Go on
board
Make
tight
Skim
Slippery
fish
Roman
emperor
Not in
favour
of
Number Girl’s
name
Citrus
fruit
Straight
Force
case
dule
Poem
Rear,
posterior
part
Wild
animal’s
den
lent
plant
dream Practice
Drab,
gloomy Wane Notion
Very
angry
Military
cap
Madden
Period of
gence
Social
outcast
Country,
capital
Kigali
Caustic
Stretch
out
Cot
___
Gibson
Shake
with
fear
Not in a
state of
sleep
(They)
exist
Panache
Of
sound
mind
mon
Cans
thetic
piece
Stories
Garden
tool
Dog’s
foot
At
what
time?
Circuit
Slowly,
in
musical
tempo
African
republic
Short
form of
Henry
Unit of
heredity Fresh

75
Sudoku
6 3 2 5
1 4 8 3 6
7 6 4
3 7 9 1
5 2 7 9
2 5 6 8
8 5 3
3 9 7 8 2
4 7 2 1
72

76
Crossword
Across
1 Redemption money (6)
4 Morally degraded, sleazy (6)
7 Molten rock (4)
8 Feeling great rapture
or delight (8)
10 Chief port of Australia (6)
12 Number written as XC in
Roman numerals (6)
14 Revulsion (6)
17 Snow sport (6)
19 Microscopic disease-
carrying agents (8)
21 Rich soil (4)
22 Overnice, exquisite (6)
23 Summon with a wave (6)
Down
1 Depend (4)
2 Having the beard cut off
close to the skin (6)
3 Extreme unhappiness (6)
4
5 Stay (6)
6 Persistently continual (9)
9
11 Consciousness of one’s
own identity (3)
13
15 Climbing palm of Sri Lanka (6)
16 Seldom (6)
17 Insect considered divine
by ancient Egyptians (6)
18 Sloping print (6)
20 Word said at the end
of a prayer (4)
73

77
Wordsearch
S M G X Y M T I E J O Z N
U L U L Z H Q E I N S H Y
S U P R E M E S S N M J V
A N I M A L S E W K O Z A
S A O S B H L S C E N Q M
E V H L N T L Y C B D I G
E O P L A Y B O O Y S S K
K N Q E O O C B C F S E N
N O B W J K D H X O S O T
O D M Y E Y E C R U R M H
M A H R L R W A D R E P E
I T V A S N N E I T K V W
B J N M V A D B J O E Y H
D L S E I L L O H P E Q O
I W S D R Y B D M S S X W
ANIMALS
BEACH BOYS
BEATLES
BOB DYLAN
BYRDS
CHER
DIANA ROSS
DONOVAN
FOUR TOPS
HOLLIES
JOAN BAEZ
JOE COCKER
KINKS
LULU
MARY WELLS
MONKEES
OSMONDS
PROCOL HARUM
SEEKERS
SUPREMES
THE MOVE
THE WHO
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78
Sudoku
5 2 9
6 4 2 1
3 5
3 1 7 8 5 4
6 3
9 5 3 2 7 6
8 1
1 5 9 3
9 6 8
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79
IQ Puzzle 76
Twelve L-shapes like the ones here need to be inserted in the grid and each
There are three pieces of each of the four kinds shown here and any piece

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Crossword
Across
1
red blood cells (7)
5 Yellow quartz (5)
8
9 Love affair (5)
11 Grassy plain (7)
13 Share a boundary (6)
14 Cosmetics applied
to the face (4-2)
17 Convert code into
ordinary language (7)
18 South American rodent (5)
19 Not given careful
22 Photocopier ink (5)
23 Christian sacrament
commemorating the
Last Supper (7)
Down
1 US state (7)
2 Much ___ about Nothing
(Shakespeare) (3)
3 Motherhood (9)
4 Leader of a Muslim state (6)
5 Popular beverage (3)
6 Correct or appropriate
behaviour (9)
7 Former name of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (5)
10 Dissent, disagreement (9)
12 Advocate of a theory favouring
the abolition of governments (9)
15 Domestic fowl (7)
16 Leisurely walk (6)
17 Accounting entry (5)
20 For each (3)
21 Make a mistake (3)
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16 16 16 21 4 8 4 8 8 6
15 22 1 26 18 13 8 3 23 21 3 25
2 12 8 16 9 19 18 6 1 16
16 26 26 16 4 25 3 18 12 18 2 12
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Sudoku
6 9 4 7
3 7 1
1 6 3
6 9
2 1 6 4
1 8
9 7 1
7 3 5
4 2 1 8
79

83
Across
1 Trio (9)
5 Ruminant (3)
7 Short sleep (6)
8 Song (6)
10 Distribute playing cards (4)
11 Porridge ingredient (7)
13 Equestrian footrest (7)
17 Large, ocean-dwelling
creature (7)
19 US state between Nevada
and Colorado (4)
21 US state in which Las
Vegas is located (6)
22 Disputation (6)
23 Commotion (3)
24 Head of an administrative
department of government (9)
Down
1 Diplomacy (4)
2 Somewhat (6)
3 Shoulder-ornament (7)
4 Order by virtue of
superior authority (5)
5 More frigid (6)
6 Walking like a duck (8)
9 Deluge (7)
12 Excused, let off (8)
14 Small guitar with
four strings (7)
15 Number written as XI in
Roman numerals (6)
16 Long, yellow fruit (6)
18 God of the underworld in
Greek mythology (5)
20 Extremely (4)
Crossword 80

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M Z T D P B U N A H I G O
N E H I W C H O K O A L A
U B H T G S P O S R U O V
H R X T U E T B T S T G P
G A Q R L I R A O E Y B U
I A L B B E A B A A E I Z
E A Z B T A O L T J K S L
W L A E E O L P V Z N O E
O R E N L C L L A G O N M
Z G Y P O L F E I R M Y A
K W N U H T E B C R D Y C
I N G I Y A B R H O O K Z
U A U Z D O N E A M Y G X
R Y L K N W E T P A N D A
S Z O N S I M P A L A S C
BABOON
BISON
CAMEL
COUGAR
DINGO
ELEPHANT
GAZELLE
GIBBON
GORILLA
HORSE
IMPALA
KOALA
LEOPARD
MONKEY
OCELOT
PANDA
RABBIT
SKUNK
STOAT
TIGER
WALRUS
ZEBRA
81

85
Sudoku
2 3 7 1
5 8 4 6 7
3 9
6 5 9
2 4
9 3 1
9 5
8 1 2 7 3
6 8 5 4
82

86
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87
Crossword
Across
1 Scour a surface (6)
5 Male reproductive
8 Word that denotes an action (4)
9 Scurf (8)
10 Sky-blue (5)
11 Quiet song intended to
send a child to sleep (7)
14 Alight (6)
15 Beast (6)
17 Do away with (7)
19 Groyne, breakwater (5)
21 Hugh Grant’s business
in Notting Hill (8)
23 Idiots (4)
24 Edible part of a nut (6)
25 Conundrum (6)
Down
2 Satan (9)
3 One of the three prairie
provinces in western
Canada (7)
4 Small whirlpool (4)
5 Unique (8)
6 Spring month (5)
7 Fairy (3)
12 Extremely pretty (9)
13 English astronomer
16 Freezing (3-4)
18 Compare (5)
20 Prod (4)
22 Lyric poem (3)
84

88
IQ Puzzle85
A B C D E F
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

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P C L E W B D W V T L O T
G N I S A E L P B B D L M
F N K Y T S U R T E P L O
U Q I D O K F H V A E X D
D V N L L T H I V U L W E
I C D M T H T K D T B O S
D P L G B R I L L I A N T
N C Y O O I A U P F R D S
E F M P T L F T E U I E U
L B P O J L C L S L S R O
P U L G N I T I C X E F I
S U O R E N E G O O D U C
T K Y Y E G N I R U L L A
X O A G G E L B A I L E R
A U L M B D S H I N I N G
ALLURING
BEAUTIFUL
BRILLIANT
DESIRABLE
EXCITING
FAITHFUL
GENEROUS
GENTLE
GOOD
GRACIOUS
KINDLY
LOYAL
MODEST
PLEASING
RELIABLE
SHINING
SPLENDID
STARTLING
SUPPORTIVE
THRILLING
TRUSTY
WONDERFUL
86

90
Sudoku
5 1
4 7 3
3 2 8
7 9 8
3 7 4
6 1 9
6 1 4
4 2 5
1 7
87

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Y D D U M Y A N L F C B E
K M D S E U S H M E S X G
C L M E A M M S V H D T F
P U A S L G Q I O K M H D
V B J C S B G K N M W J M
M Y O P I C R W P I M X C
C A R T C T K A M U M P N
G N I W E M A M M A L T Z
T R T N C J I M O N D A Y
Z M Y Y T L Y A E B U R R
S S E N D A M V L H I C Q
M A G N I F I C E N T L Y
P V E M A S O N R Y I A E
N S O M R C O W O R R A M
S X C C Q L E S R O M F X
MADNESS
MAGNIFICENTLY
MAINTAIN
MAJORITY
MAMMAL
MARBLE
MARROW
MASONRY
MATHEMATICAL
MAWKISH
MEALS
MENACE
MEWING
MILDNESS
MINIMUM
MOBILE
MONDAY
MORSEL
MOSSY
MUDDY
MUMMY
MYOPIC
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92
Sudoku
5 8 7 1
9 3 6 4 7
8 2
4 9 2
5 6
2 8 1
2 9
3 1 5 7 8
4 3 9 6
89

93
Logic Puzzle
1
2
3
4
5
Surname Car Position
Benjamin
Harry
Keith
Terry
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Ferrari
Jaguar
Mercedes
Porsche
Driver Surname Car Position
90

94
Crossword
Across
1
7 Mimic (3)
8 Provide physical relief,
as from pain (9)
9 Gave way, relinquished
control over (7)
11 Biting tool (5)
14 Invited visitors (6)
15 More idle (6)
16 Unclothed (5)
19 Wolfgang ___ Mozart,
composer (7)
21 Entrance fee (9)
23 Star sign between
Cancer and Virgo (3)
24 Basic French dressing
Down
1 Daily record of events (5)
2 Be in debt (3)
3 Disorder of the central
nervous system (8)
4 Bring to bear (5)
5 Prohibited (5)
6 Not one nor the other (7)
10 Cotton fabric used especially
for hosiery and underwear (5)
12 Seeped (5)
13
14 Canal boats of Venice (7)
17 Russian city on the
Vyatka River (5)
18 Pipe through which liquid
is carried away (5)
20 On account of (5)
22 Prosecute (3)
91

96
Sudoku
8 3
3 9 8 7 2 5
9 2 3
9 3 5 4 6 2
2 1
1 6 3 2 4 9
6 5 1
6 5 2 8 1 3
7 5
93

97
Crossword
Across
1 Wormlike larva of certain
beetles and other insects (4)
3 Lucky charm (8)
7 Haphazardly (8)
8 Gambling stake (4)
9 Cover against loss (6)
10 Short summary of events (6)
11 Dogma (5)
12 Takes in by creating
a vacuum (5)
15 Pester (6)
18 Sorrowful through loss
or deprivation (6)
19 Expression used to frighten
away animals (4)
20 Pliable (8)
21 Boaster (8)
22 Enemies (4)
Down
1 Burrowing desert rodent (6)
2 Member of a nomadic
tribe of Arabs (7)
3 The ___, tragi-comic play
by Shakespeare (7)
4 Stratum (5)
5 Joins in fabric (5)
6 Greek goddess of the hunt (7)
11 Instructor (7)
12 Field of study (7)
13 Capital of Wales (7)
14 Greek capital city (6)
16 In line with a length
or direction (5)
17 Capital of Bulgaria (5)
94

98
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A G L O V W E N I H R P W
M H I U N P E H P H E I Z
A T Z F D D R S Y T G M O
Z A E M A C K E N Z I E D
O C B Y G A N G E S N J E
N D M T M O S M S T I D Z
A W A N F R E I U L N J T
U U Z R O K S N O A D O G
C O N G O S A C R W U R N
E L I N I L D G V R S D A
Q R G P U I O U Z E A A Y
E F P T B I K C H N L N N
J I S S R H S C U C R B L
P I V J Y Q H B C E O X E
V P K Y R S E M A H T N F
AMAZON
COLORADO
CONGO
DANUBE
ELBE
GANGES
HUDSON
INDUS
JORDAN
MACKENZIE
MEKONG
MISSISSIPPI
NIGER
NILE
RHINE
RIO GRANDE
ST LAWRENCE
THAMES
VISTULA
VOLGA
YANGTZE
ZAMBEZI
95

99
Sudoku
4 9 7 2
9 2
1 2 4 5
3 7 8 9
5 6
2 4 3 1
9 8 2 7
6 1
6 5 8 1
96

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N
O
D
15 13 13 15 17 13 13 26 19 13 16 5 1 13
4 14 12 22 9 25 23
15 13 20 17 26 23 9 4 13 4 14 23 26 7
5 12 10 4 21 23 7 17
25 13 1 16 23 20 12 23 22 1 16 12 26 15
13 3 8 16 22
25 5 10 13 5 8 16 13 10 7 16 23 26 7
5 25 5 5 4
6 25 13 12 11 10 5 3 26 10 23 2 2 18
21 1 5 1 5
24 12 20 11 1 5 15 10 23 12 22 5 26 10
13 16 12 23 13 25 16 25
12 7 12 23 26 20 12 14 14 13 25 5 16 13
26 23 7 23 26 7 12
14 13 22 13 14 15 13 25 14 15 12 18 13 10
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Crossword
Across
1 Caerphilly or Gouda,
for example (6)
7 Love story (7)
8 Bloom (6)
9 North Star (7)
10 Critical evaluation (6)
13 Containing nothing (5)
15 Raised platform (4)
16 Long-necked bird (4)
17 Pucker (5)
18 Bunch of cords fastened
at one end (6)
21 Flow slowly, as in drops (7)
23
to buy something (6)
24 Eight-legged sea creature (7)
25 Arouse or elicit a feeling (6)
Down
2 Cut in two (5)
3 Military blockade (5)
4 “Dead as a ___” (4)
5 Loss of the ability to
move a body part (9)
6 Employees (9)
10 Decrease, diminution (9)
11
12 Dam (4)
14
19 Stick on (5)
20 Type of heron (5)
22 At high volume (4)
98

IQ Puzzle99
a
SCORE
A 0 4 0 3
B 0 2 1 0
C 5 0 6 4
D 2 6 4 5
E 6 5 7 3

Sudoku
2 9
6 7 2 3 4
1 5 7
7 9
3 8 2 1
5 7
5 7 4
4 9 8 5 6
3 8
100

Crossword
Across
1 Hinged window sash (8)
5
7 Ennui (7)
8 Engage in boisterous,
drunken merry-making (7)
9 Open framework (7)
11 North African desert (6)
14 Rocky and steep (6)
16 Watered down (7)
18 Satisfy (thirst) (7)
21 Left out (7)
22 Academic test (4)
23 Skirted around (8)
Down
1 Stylish (4)
2 Look for (6)
3 Bill of fare (4)
4 Prize for Literature won by
Harold Pinter in 2005 (5)
5 Crying plaintively (8)
6 Boiled slowly at low
temperature (8)
10 Partly open (4)
11 Pattern of symptoms (8)
12 Habituate (8)
13 Measure of land (4)
15 Free (6)
17 Informal term for a father (5)
19 Couch (4)
20 Ms Blyton, authoress (4)
101

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K N O X I N X S A L L A D
A G N E W P E K S F I S U
H A S V C G V E O R N O M
K R E L E E H W J D C C M
G N O S R E F F E J O M C
E E H C D N O T N I L C T
R R U A K N W M Y Z N K A
O O M T R E R O M L L I F
N Y P L R R F U F E F N T
D B H X U U I E O E Y L R
B U R R H B M S L W E E D
D S E A T N C A O L N Y H
G H Y V G A F A N N E X Y
Q E Y O X V F F G G H R A
S J A U P F P I E R C E D
AGNEW
BURR
BUSH
CHENEY
CLINTON
DALLAS
FILLMORE
GARNER
HARRISON
HAYES
HUMPHREY
JEFFERSON
LINCOLN
MCKINLEY
MONROE
NIXON
PIERCE
ROCKEFELLER
TAFT
TRUMAN
VAN BUREN
WHEELER
102

Sudoku
7 6
2 4 9 7
9 4 1 8
6 3 5
1 6 8 3
7 1 8
6 3 2 9
5 9 2 4
8 5
103

Crossword
Across
1 Thick bedcover (7)
5 Slice of pig’s meat (5)
8 Slippery or viscous liquid (3)
9 Person living near another (9)
10 Monster slain by Hercules (5)
12 A great deal (4)
13 Victim of ridicule or pranks (6)
15 Journey in a vehicle (4)
17 Loch (4)
20 Knitting tool (6)
22 Person regarded as
arrogant and annoying (4)
23 Pressure group (5)
25 Person trained to give
emergency treatment (9)
26 Port, ___ de Janeiro (3)
27 Boisterous (5)
28 Mesh (7)
Down
1 Male relative (7)
2 Made a more or less
disguised reference to (7)
3
4 Offshoot of a branch (4)
6 Egg white (7)
7 Compass point (5)
11 Fabric made from the
hair of sheep (4)
14 Long journey (4)
16 European country (7)
18 Commercial stoppage (7)
19 Merciless usurer in a play
by Shakespeare (7)
21 Evoke (6)
22 Writing material (5)
24 Garden of Adam and Eve (4)
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105

IQ Puzzle 106
In this puzzle, an amateur coin collector has been out with his metal
found, so has made a grid map, showing their locations, in the hope that
Those squares containing numbers are empty, but where a number appears
in a square, it indicates how many coins are located in the squares (up to a
maximum of eight) surrounding the numbered one, touching it at any corner
1
1 1 1 2 2
3 0 1 2
4 0 0
0 2 3
1 3
0 2 3 2 2 3
2 4 4
1 3 5 1
3 2 2 2

Arroword107
Fail
utterly
Person
who
shows
fear
Not
whole
Give
At all
times
Nice to
look at
garian
wine
grape
cious
Rivulet
Slide
Illusion
Minor
member
of the
peerage
Envious
of,
jealous
Vaulted
recess
Work
dough
terous
nary
space
creature
Bodily
disorder
or
disease
One
division
of a
week
cious
Bread
raising
agent
cient
Country
in Latin
America
Went in
advance
of others
Auction
item
Stead
Work
unit
lent
plant
Got up
Smooth
brown
oval nut
Caution minent
rock
Hobos
pass
point
dered
unable
to hear
Avarice
son’s
yield of
wine
Tell a
story
Finishes
Kitchen
item
Ancient
vian
Cheerio
Remain
tinuing
munist
state of
Asia
French
abbot
Mindless
Glacial,
freezing
Friend
mouthed
vessels
Signing
Type of
lily
Highway
ment
Go
wrong
Climbing
palm of
Sri
Lanka
Inuit
dwelling
Rare
gas
Boy’s
name
Deaden
(sound)
Mingled
headed

Sudoku
7 4 5
8 1 2 6
1 3 5 2
2 7 3 8
3 6
4 6 9 1
6 7 4 1
2 8 3 5
9 1 2
108

Crossword
Across
1 Decanter (6)
3 Hand tool for lifting
loose material (6)
7 Decorative objects (9)
9 Most auspicious (8)
10 In addition (4)
12 Poetry (5)
13 Small waterway (5)
17 Short letter (4)
18 Taking away (8)
20 Time between midday
and evening (9)
21 Grave (6)
22 Ground surrounded
by water (6)
Down
1 Bovine animals (6)
2 Most amusing (8)
4 Intimation (4)
5 Capital of England (6)
6 Entertain (5)
7 Musical group (9)
8 Choice (9)
11 Energetic (8)
14 Takes delight in (6)
15 Fatigued (5)
16 Tallied (6)
19 Speck (4)
109

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Z S J R H L N H S V O S I
N Y S Y M O O L G K U N L
V F R E N Q O O T Q O O U
L O X E N C R D P R Z O W
A O Q F K D F N E I T Z B
K T N Z J O O E P D N E R
W B L O S N O O P I N G L
O A D F O A D R G S U C T
O L Z E X L R R P Z O X N
D L P S T E L O O O P E O
Y E U T K O O A K O L U O
R C K O H K O E B L P R S
J L O O Y F R B O A X Y E
U N J N O Y N O O G A R D
S Z F I J H W G R O O V E
BALLOON
BOOKS
BOOTED
COOKERY
DRAGOON
DROOPY
FESTOON
FOOTBALL
GLOOMY
GOODNESS
GROOVE
HOODED
HOOKED
LOOPING
NOOSE
ROOKERY
SNOOKER
SNOOPING
SNOOZE
SPOOKY
WOODY
WOOLLEN
110

Sudoku
1 7 3 5
5 6
3 4 1 2 8
7 3 8
6 5
3 2 7
4 5 8 9 7
7 2
9 4 7 1
111

IQ Puzzle 112
2 1 1 2 0
3 0
1 0 0 0
2 1 0 0 2
1 3 1 1 0
2 0 2 1
2 1 1 3
3 1 1 3
2 2 0 1 2
2 3 2 2
2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2

Crossword
Across
1 Large stinging paper wasp (6)
4 Sounds (6)
9 Tropical fruit (7)
10 Countermand (7)
11 Robbery (5)
12 Kick out (5)
14 Abnormally distended (5)
15 Varlet (5)
17 Utters in an irritated tone (5)
18 Country to the north
of Armenia (7)
20 Prohibited (7)
21 Mad (6)
22 Common white or
colourless mineral (6)
Down
1 Enthusiastic and warm
in manner (6)
2 Zimbabwe’s former name (8)
3 Perform as if in a play (5)
5 Homer’s epic poem (7)
6 Hindu woman’s garment (4)
7 Summer shoe (6)
8 Capital and largest city of
Trinidad and Tobago (4,2,5)
13 Sections of text (8)
14
of Antarctic regions (7)
15 Capital of Rwanda (6)
16 Sanctuary (6)
17 Pass on (5)
19 Piece of music (4)
113

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Codeword 114
B A T
6 3 4 21 22 8 19 1 10 24 19 5 2 19
3 3 4 25 19 13
1 19 5 2 21 11 22 19 12 6 3 21 11 19
3 22 12 20 22 12 15 12
5 19 20 21 3 12 3 26 23 3 20 19 5 21
20 22 23 10 1
22 1 19 21 11 3 12 2 17 3 14 3 12
5 19 8 26 1 6 21 19
2 12 10 15 6 19 16 25 19 3 21 11 20
4 22 7 24 22
8 20 3 18 19 5 2 19 2 3 1 1 10 4
3 12 18 12 3 3 17 22
18 10 26 9 3 3 25 6 19 12 2 22 5 19
10 26 18 25 5 5
12 10 6 6 19 12 17 21 11 10 25 2 11 21
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20 22 23 24 25 26
A B
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Sudoku
4 2
8 9 1
9 3 1 2 5
2 3
1 7 5 6
4 9
5 9 6 4 2
7 9 8
6 3
115

Across
1 Cause to feel resentment (5)
4 Applies the mind to learning (7)
8 Sporting dog (7)
9 Chocolate powder (5)
10 Defence plea of being
elsewhere (5)
11 European republic (7)
12 ___ Twist, Dickens
character (6)
13 Creative person (6)
16 Painfully desirous of
another’s advantages (7)
18 Norse goddess of love (5)
20 Mount (5)
21 Showing the wearing
effects of overwork (7)
22 Frank ___, US singer (7)
23
Down
1 Shaped and dried dough (5)
2 Statement that limits or
3 Building (7)
4 Tray for serving food
or drinks (6)
5 Not censored (5)
6 Lacking regard for the rights
7 Material used to form a hard
coating on a porous surface (7)
12 Items (7)
14
15 Respiratory disorder (6)
17 Eye socket (5)
19 Scrutinize accounts (5)
Crossword 116

Wordsearch
B M Y U K S I D T D F G V
N M O B H A N G E L B X G
K Y B L U A L Z G G G F E
Z I R U L E N I N O E P N
K C N R S A F K I O N E M
N Q A G E T B C K S A A P
W G R N S H I W C E X C S
J D E E D T S D O N N E R
N I D G E L U T T N D T K
W J I L O H E N S I S C G
F T S U A L C A T N A S N
Z K E N T E E E W S P P H
R H R S Q C L L Y R E O P
G N I D D U P O U H L H F
K M F X Y K T E O Y K S C
ANGEL
CANDLE
CHEER
CHESTNUTS
DONNER
FIRESIDE
GARLAND
GIFTS
GOOSE
HOLY
KINGS
MISTLETOE
PEACE
PUDDING
SACK
SANTA CLAUS
SHERRY
SNOWBALL
STOCKING
TOYS
YULE LOG
YULETIDE
117

Sudoku
3 2 6 5
6 8 4 1 7
4 9 1 6
5 9
8 6 5 7
3 4 6 7 5
9 1 8 3
118

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119

Crossword
Across
1 Line of small holes for tearing
9 Serious (5)
10 As well (3)
11
12 Coat with fat during cooking (5)
13 Restore to a previous
condition (8)
16 Two-winged, blood-
sucking insect (8)
18 Notches (5)
21 Augmenting (5)
22 Earlier in time, poetically (3)
23 Make up for (5)
24 Persistently annoyed
Down
2 Item of jewellery (7)
3 Offering fun and gaiety (7)
4 Burrowing animal (6)
5 Pulsate (5)
6 Profane or obscene
expressions (5)
7 Without a basis in
8
14 Compress (7)
15 Obvious to the eye (7)
17 Four-sided shape (6)
19 Greek island (5)
20 Showing deterioration
from age, as with bread
for example (5)
120

IQ Puzzle
outside the grid refer to the number of consecutive black squares; and
instance, ‘3 2’ could refer to a row with none, one or more white squares,
then three black squares, then at least one white square, then two more
121
2 3 3
2 3 3 3 5 2 2 2
2 4 3 2 2 2
2 2
2 3
2
3
3
2 3
2 2
3
4
2

Wordsearch
A R E K T I W R C O G Y O
R S M O E I G H T H D J S
Q F K N N L G N L I M Q G
U F A D T P E A I M J B E
O N O C H I M V Y N X I T
G M U L T I P L E D T Q W
Q C E O C O M M O N U H N
H P U E U K R P D A T U V
L Q D C O M P A R E A H E
K I M F R A C T I O N T R
A V B I O I E T H P P N E
U R G F X R N A T Y C E D
S I X T H E L P M I S V R
Z L X H W F D B K B L E O
L C T T L N P U V R I S V
COMMON
COMPARE
DECIMAL
EIGHTH
ELEVENTH
FACTOR
FIFTH
FRACTION
HALF
IMPROPER
MIXED
MULTIPLE
NINTH
ORDER
QUARTER
QUOTIENT
SEVENTH
SIMPLE
SIXTH
TENTH
THIRD
TWENTIETH
122

Sudoku
3 1 7 2
3 9 6
6 2 9
7 2
2 1 4 9
8 9
9 3 7
5 3 6
8 9 4 1
123

Wordsearch
A I L A R T S U A S I P P
P S N Q D D O N O Z A M A
Z T A G M R U U M S I D M
K A M C H A T K A I N U R
J N S A P H R L M E T G O
I L A N P H Y C I P E R S
C E T O V C V Z O L R E S
C Y L E R I N Q F P I E A
U E E X P E D I T I O N P
P G B E K L F S Q J R L M
S H A C K L E T O N H A O
E C A G Y S E V I T A N C
V M O A I R E I P M A D C
D X K T J Y H U D S O N K
P S I B T Y R A E P T Z T
ABEL TASMAN
AMAZON
AUSTRALIA
CANOE
COMPASS
DAMPIER
EXPEDITION
GREENLAND
HUDSON
INTERIOR
KAMCHATKA
LEICHHARDT
MACKENZIE
MARCO POLO
NATIVES
PEARY
ROSS
SCOTT
SHACKLETON
SOUTH POLE
STANLEY
VESPUCCI
124

Sudoku
2 4 5 1
7 5 2 3 6
1 9
5 6 4
9 1
4 5 3
4 6
1 7 3 4 8
8 7 4 2
125

Logic Puzzle
1 The man with the seven of hearts has a club with the same value as
that of the spade in Henry’s hand and a spade with a higher value than
2 The man with the queen of clubs is holding a spade with a value two
3 Simon’s spade has a higher value than that of his club (which has a
4
5
6
Club Heart Spade
3 5 7 Q 4 7 9 K A 3 5 J
Damian
George
Henry
Simon
A
3
5
J
4
7
9
K
The four men in this puzzle are playing a game of cards and each has three
Player Club Heart Spade
126

Crossword
Across
1 Greatest amount possible
under given circumstances (7)
6 Of a thing (3)
8 Due (5)
9 Hypothetical remedy for
all ills or diseases (7)
10 Rest on bended legs (5)
11 Wind instrument (8)
13 Part of the neck (6)
15 Person authorized to conduct
religious worship (6)
18 Unrestrained expression
of emotion (8)
19 Submerge (5)
21 Perfumed (7)
22 Stop (5)
23 Be prostrate (3)
24 Compared (7)
Down
2 Ancient Egyptian king (7)
3 One of the North American
Great Lakes (8)
4 Grumbled (6)
5 Light shade of red (4)
6 Pyrogenic (7)
7 Large, ocean-dwelling
mammal (3,4)
12 Dawn (8)
13 Clinging part of a plant (7)
14 Jubilate (7)
16 Lewd (7)
17 Black marine mollusc (6)
20 Low tide (4)
127

Sudoku
9 7
3 8 1 9
8 1 4 6
7 2 5
4 6 7 2
9 4 6
7 2 3 8
5 3 8 1
6 5
129

Crossword
Across
1 Writ issued by court
authority to compel the
attendance of a witness (8)
5 ___ Stravinsky, Russian
9 Juicy fruit (7)
10
11 Tending to promote
14 Narcotic drug (6)
15 Brokers (6)
17
20 Designation (5)
21 Make more attractive (7)
22 Measure of three feet (4)
23 Condition of having no hair (8)
Down
1 Make a pretence (4)
2 Brought into existence (4)
3
4 Popular spice (6)
6 Slope (8)
7 Edgy (8)
8
12 In truth (8)
13 Absolute ruler (8)
16 Equipment for taking
pictures (6)
18 Formerly (4)
19 Rudolf ___, WWII
Nazi leader (4)
130

Wordsearch
A J A S E N I B M U L O C
I X S N O W D R O P C H G
N G A R D E N I A Q R O K
U A L I H P O S P Y G L J
T S S P C A R C S S D L A
E M U I A A D A R N I Y P
P V T N N X N A M A A H O
C F O K F T E D P P N O N
Y P R L H L D J Y D T C I
C I V E G Q O Y Q T H K C
L L M T L X D W V M U J A
A U X U V I O L E T S F L
M T P Z U Y H F K R B C T
E I J B N A R C I S S U S
N I L O I D A L G D N T N
CANDYTUFT
CHRYSANTHEMUM
COLUMBINE
CYCLAMEN
DIANTHUS
FOXGLOVE
GARDENIA
GLADIOLI
GYPSOPHILA
HOLLYHOCK
JAPONICA
LUPIN
NARCISSUS
PANSY
PETUNIA
PINK
RHODODENDRON
SNOWDROP
SUNFLOWER
TULIP
VIOLET
131

Sudoku
1 3 8
4 2 5
7 8 3 6
6 5 9
2 9 8
7 6 1 9
9 7 4
5 3 8
132

Reference Box
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Codeword133
M E T
26 13 2 25 14 3 10 20 13 20 24 5 14
13 9 15 23 4 3 14 14 2
4 3 5 4 19 12 19 2 19 20
5 15 20 17 15 19 21 13 1 14 3
8 2 24 2 11 14 8 15 2
11 8 6 14 14 4 11 14 10 14 1
18 17 2 3 14 19 7 2 14 25
13 20 24 1 2 2 18 9 15 1 12 14
1 15 20 14 8 18 2 19 14 19
3 15 10 11 14 14 5 8 2 5 25
5 14 5 3 14 19 6 14 20
14 2 1 22 18 15 19 14 2 2 2
23 2 9 16 25 4 3 19 2 22
5 17 8 10 4 19 14 14 5
11 14 19 8 1 6 5 3 2 10 3 5 14
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20 22 23 24 25 26
T
E M

Crossword
Across
1 Put up with something
unpleasant (6)
4 Spinach-eating cartoon
character (6)
7 Sacredly obscure (6)
8 Contrary (8)
12 Frothed (6)
14 Capital of Russia (6)
15 Accumulation caused by
clogging or a stoppage (4-2)
16 Small vicious animal (6)
18 US car (8)
22 Bent outward with the joint
away from the body (6)
23 Female parent (6)
24
Down
1 Car’s oil reservoir (4)
2 Measure of water depth (6)
3 Grooved music disc (6)
4 Bicycle accessory (4)
5 Addition (4)
6 Other than what is implied (4)
9 Gas which acts as a screen
for ultraviolet radiation (5)
10 Gardening tool (6)
11 Musical composition (6)
13 Match (5)
16 Front of a building (6)
17 Line from the centre to the
circumference of a circle (6)
18 Buddy (4)
19 Unit of length (4)
20 Animal’s home (4)
21 Link (4)
134

IQ Puzzle
Place the eight tiles into the puzzle grid so that all adjacent numbers on
135
2 2
4 1
2 2
4 3
3 2
3 1
2 4
4 1
2 2
1 3
3 1
4 2
3 4
1 3
4 4
2 3
3 1
3 3

Sudoku
3 4 8
6 5 7
4 7 8 3 5 2
1 9
8 3
2 4
7 9 2 8 4 6
1 9 4
2 6 1
136

Crossword
Across
1 Desired (5)
4 White ant (7)
7 Extreme state of adversity (5)
8 Pennant (8)
9 Home of a beaver (5)
11 Deadening a sound,
especially by wrapping (8)
15 Turtle’s shell (8)
17 Bait (5)
19 Witch’s brewing pot
20 Largest city in Bolivia (2,3)
21 Goddess of retribution (7)
22 Companies (5)
Down
1 Female domestic (9)
2 Decay with an
offensive smell (7)
3 Fiasco (7)
4 Inn (6)
5 Field where grass is grown (6)
6 Object (5)
10 Avidity (9)
12
13 Object that impedes
free movement (7)
14 Team spirit (6)
16 Counting frame (6)
18 Rub out (5)
137

Wordsearch
S T B A L X Z V P F C L R
T X I R I G A L U A H D A
A S U T S U G U A H O Q P
R E E N O S N I V A O K S
A C W R M C U S G S Y A I
R U B N E O J G G U U M H
A R A N R V N R O P I B S
W B I J J O E T R M Y A S
A S O P G G H S B Y O C B
L M J L I P C R T L C H T
K A A E I I G T E O A E J
O D N K J V N T S T H N Q
N A N G A P A R B A T L C
K J U D O L K R Y B R A O
R V P F R A U B O S P Z M
ADAMS
ARARAT
AUGUSTUS
BOLIVAR
BRUCE
CENIS
CHO OYU
DHAULAGIRI
EIGER
EVEREST
GONGGA
JANNU
KAMBACHEN
KANGCHENJUNGA
LHOTSE
MAKALU
MATTERHORN
MONT BLANC
NANGA PARBAT
OLYMPUS
SHISPAR
VINSON
138

Sudoku
2 1
9 4 6
9 2 6 8
5 2
6 8 9
3 7
7 4 3 1
4 8 6
5 3
139

Crossword
Across
1 Mud or small rocks deposited
in an estuary (4)
3 Writes music (8)
9 Strong post for attaching
a mooring line (7)
10 Low land that is
11 Prickly desert plants (5)
12 Lacking professional skill (7)
13 Mar (6)
15 Iran, formerly (6)
17 Medical care (7)
18 For all (music) (5)
20 Animal similar to the giraffe (5)
21 Compunction (7)
22 Most unforgiving (8)
23 Child’s horse (4)
Down
1
2 Fragrant bushy plant (5)
4 Severe or trying experience (6)
5 Token that mailing fees
have been paid (7,5)
6 Drools (7)
7 To the highest possible
8 Development that
14 Short introductory essay
preceding the text of a book (7)
16 Island in the eastern
Mediterranean (6)
19 Trunk (5)
140

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141

IQ Puzzle 142
0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-6
1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 2-2
2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 3-3 3-4 3-5
3-6 4-4 4-5 4-6 5-5 5-6 6-6
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Arroword143
Flog Hi
Alright
Arcade
game
shaped
nut
Fools
Awaited
king
of the
Jews
Bathing
pool
Pshaw!
Make
changes
in text
Small
African
parrot
Mystery,
riddle
Unhappy
Satirical
play
Single
number
Branch,
growth
Scottish
valley
Small
tree
Pole
borate
cake
Broad
smile
Child’s
toy
Pin Tattered
scious
state
High
tain
Ogre
Partially
burn
Pleased
ture
insects
Rented
out
Sleigh
Female
sheep
Cash
register
Equip
Mousse
Relating
to the
kidneys
Animal
with six
feet
Icy
tation
Mood
disorder
The
alphabet
(init)
Eve’s
partner
Tropical
pear
tinctly
Block
the
passage
through
Timid
and
tual
Positive
answer cutter
Four
score
and ten
Unsound
Tiny
insect
Old
ment
prophet
Blunder
African
country
Musical
ment
Location
Places
Uruguay
coin
Parts of
the year
Plan
tered
Hair
on an
animal’s
neck
Aspire
Of the
teeth
Rich,
creamy
cake
Centre
of a
storm
Feel
sorrow
towards
Animal
kept in
the
home

Sudoku
2 5
1 4
8 2 6 7
1 2 9
5 7 4 8 9 1
5 3 4
3 8 2 6
5 8
6 9
144

148
Crossword
Across
1 Effete (8)
5 Bazaar (4)
8 Natives of Geneva,
for example (5)
9 Wild dabbling duck (7)
10 Involvement (7)
12 Waterfall (7)
14 Pupil (7)
16 Coroner’s court (7)
18 Disposed to please (7)
19 State in north-eastern India (5)
20 Novel by Jane Austen (4)
21 Regarded highly (8)
Down
1 Move with great haste (4)
2 Total disaster (6)
3 Worthy of being chosen (9)
4 Spry (6)
6 Slip by (6)
7 Imperil (8)
11 The largest city in the
state of Alaska (9)
12 Unmarried person who
has taken a religious
vow of chastity (8)
13 Wriggle (6)
14 Strain (6)
15 Gracefully slender (6)
17 Surrounded by (4)
145

149
Wordsearch
I E G N I T T I W T U O G
L R D N A L N I N E T L X
L E L I N D E E D Y C C J
K T T I R O I R E F N I O
K T F Y N T T K T D I U U
O I P O A C N S M N T U T
U F P P J A E L P S S R C
T T T Z R R S N T Z N E R
V U Y T E K N R D P I G O
O O U T B U I L D I N G P
I O N Q J P M U K N A I C
C I N D U L G E R G D R O
E Q M W M M I N V E S T Y
I N S A N E K O P S T U O
B F B H E V A R B T U O Q
INCENDIARY
INDEED
INDULGE
INFERIOR
INGEST
INLAND
INSANE
INSENTIENT
INSTINCT
INTEREST
INVEST
OUTBRAVE
OUTBUILDING
OUTCROP
OUTFITTER
OUTPATIENT
OUTRANK
OUTRIGGER
OUTSPOKEN
OUTSTRIP
OUTVOICE
OUTWITTING
146

150
Sudoku
5 9 4
8 3
1 5 3
6 7 2
4 5 9
7 5 3
6 5 2
8 5
9 8 1
147

151
IQ Puzzle 148
Can you place the hexagons into the grid, so that where any hexagon
touches another along a straight line, the contents of both triangles is the
5
3 4
1 2
0
2
0 4
5 1
3
3
2 1
5 0
4
2
1 3
5 4
0
0
3 5
4 1
2
5
4 1
0 3
2
4
1 0
3 5
2

152
Crossword
Across
1 Revive (5)
7 Leaves dried and prepared
for smoking (7)
8 Solemn pledge (3)
9 Severe tropical cyclone (9)
11 Strongroom for the
safekeeping of valuables (5)
12 Execution platform (8)
16 Lake in Manitoba (8)
20 One of the Great Lakes (5)
21 Armistice, truce (9)
23 Negative word (3)
24 Country between Morocco
and Tunisia (7)
25 Aromatic, edible bulb (5)
Down
1 Brought back to life (7)
2 Licit (6)
3 Sailing vessels (6)
4 Agitate (4)
5 Nocturnal mammal native
to North America (7)
6
10
13 Steep high face of rock (5)
14
15 Sir ___ Churchill, former
British Prime Minister (7)
17 Residential district,
often run-down (6)
18 Sultanate in NW Borneo (6)
19 Junk (5)
22 Country of which Saddam
Hussein was once dictator (4)
149

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Codeword 150
P E R
16 2 2 13 18 3 23 11 12 18 5 6 23 23
20 5 19 17 11 23 23 20
5 6 25 24 23 23 22 8 25 5 9 23 1 14
14 1 1 19 10 25 15 23
25 15 23 1 14 25 14 4 5 20 6 18 2 1
18 23 1 20 2 8 16
23 21 26 2 7 23 11 25 2
15 20 3 11 25 20 1 4 2 1 15 23 6
9 23 11 4 25 1 21 2 23
23 19 25 1 2 8 5
8 1 25 14 23 15 21 20 1 21 18 14 23 6
5 9 26 18 16 11 25 25
18 23 20 7 2 6 14 3 4 20 21 20 5 23
23 21 13 8 18 24 6 26
14 3 23 9 23 15 23 18 5 23 6 20 14 23
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
P R
E

154
Sudoku
9 3 2 6
3 2
6 4 7 8 5
9 5
5 3
4 7
7 2 9 5 1
1 4
6 5 1 7
151

155
Across
1 Objective (6)
7 Indian or African animal (8)
8 Amount of time (6)
10 State of being held in high
esteem and honour (6)
11 Evade (5)
13 Aggressive and violent
young criminal (7)
16 Don ___, story by Miguel
de Cervantes (7)
17 Country, capital Port-
au-Prince (5)
20 Type of salad, served
with croutons (6)
22 Bandit (6)
24 Microscopic organisms
that exist in oceans (8)
25 Yarn (6)
Down
1 House of worship (6)
2 Stand up on the hind legs (4)
3 Toy bear (5)
4 Sleeping chamber (7)
5 Seagoing vessel (4)
6 Teach (8)
9 Alphabetical listing of topics
and page numbers (5)
12 Worthy of high praise (8)
14 Preliminary sketch (5)
15 Repeat (7)
18 Direction leading to
the centre (6)
19 Climb (5)
21 Produce tones with
the voice (4)
23 Queue (4)
Crossword 152

156
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B J B T H H A X E Z M A Y
W X E A R U F A R A W G W
N C L S N Y A F K O F A M
P A L M A I S E B E L E C
R R I A E J H A R O D L E
G I N N G F N C K I N I X
A B G Y E D C H T X A C C
T B S G A H O E G S R H R
V E H M W T R O F U A E B
I A A O S R A R Y S M E V
N N U K A O L V Y M R T E
D P S N B N O U A T A I T
I V E C I T C R A J M H P
A A N I H C H T U O S W A
N J X W J P H N G T B G L
AEGEAN
ANDAMAN
ARAFURA
ARCTIC
BEAUFORT
BELLINGSHAUSEN
CARIBBEAN
CELEBES
CORAL
EAST CHINA
GAELIC
INDIAN
JAVA
LAPTEV
MARMARA
MEDITERRANEAN
NORTH
OKHOTSK
SOUTH CHINA
TASMAN
TYRRHENIAN
WHITE
153

157
Sudoku
8 5 2 1
2 5
1 4 7
8 4 7 3 5 9
8 4
3 7 6 5 8 2
8 3 6
9 4
6 2 7 9
154

158
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159
Crossword
Across
1 Come after (6)
5 Travelling show (6)
8 Instrument used in an attack (6)
9 Narrow steep-sided valley (6)
10 Nervous twitch (3)
11 Devotional song (5)
13 Ethnic (8)
15
16 Black and white, bamboo-
eating mammal (5)
19 Melancholy (3)
21 Soft wet area of low-
lying land (6)
22 Adjust or accustom to (6)
23 Diminishes gradually
to a point (6)
24
Down
2 Spent too long in bed (9)
3 Part of a collar (5)
4 Departed (4)
5 Round (8)
6 Government income
due to taxation (7)
7 Canal which links the Red
Sea to the Mediterranean (4)
12 Landlocked republic on
the Balkan Peninsula (9)
13 Giant associated
with Rhodes (8)
14 Type of warship (7)
17 Upstairs storage space (5)
18 Leave out (4)
20 Repair a worn hole,
especially in a sock (4)
156

160
IQ Puzzle157
row, column and each of the two long diagonals has exactly two of each
Across
1
2
3
4
5
6
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
3
4
5
6

161
Wordsearch
S A E A M A B A L A S G M
I A N O Z I R A H O X P M
O I H O N I S N O C S I W
N O T G N I H S A W N B Y
I W F S Z T I R O N X D K
L N L O X U R A E U N M C
L E O U C C O S W A R A U
I B R T T I O R L A L I T
S R I H Z T X S E I H N N
A A D D A C I E F G O E E
X S A A E E E O M M O P K
E K Z K D N R W R W S N J
T A W O I N L E M H E S I
B T H T I O V R W O H N F
A R L A B C R G V K M U P
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
CONNECTICUT
FLORIDA
HAWAII
ILLINOIS
IOWA
KENTUCKY
MAINE
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
NEBRASKA
NEW MEXICO
OHIO
OREGON
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH DAKOTA
TEXAS
VERMONT
WASHINGTON
WISCONSIN
158

162
Sudoku
7
4 9 1 8 2
1 6 7 9
6 3 2
2 6
8 6 3
5 2 6 7
9 3 7 5 8
6
159

163
Wordsearch
V I N B R P K D X G A W V
A A G A B R I E L A B T R
X M C L B N D B R C R J V
G G O M O G H O O A A P M
H H Q S H A D R A C H U P
Q A M H Q E N A Y D A A Z
E A I T A E I H Q S M D B
S T L A L R C U E E Z H N
S J A I S J O O K M F A Z
E O U L G I D P E A I N F
J S C O I C E N P J L N J
U H S G M P M L E I N A D
N U S J E S U S Z Z Z H B
N A B O T H S O V H G V S
F H T G E D J M B P N B E
ABRAHAM
AMOS
BALAK
CORNELIUS
DANIEL
DEBORAH
ESAU
GABRIEL
GOLIATH
HANNAH
ISAIAH
JAMES
JESSE
JESUS
JOSHUA
NABOTH
NICODEMUS
PILATE
RAHAB
SAMSON
SHADRACH
ZIPPORAH
160

164
Sudoku
3 5 1 7
8 7 3 1
4
9 4 2 5 7 6
2 8 4
8 7 9 4 3 2
6
9 3 2 6
2 1 9 5
161

165
Logic Puzzle
1 Brenda informed Ronnie of her pregnancy, but not via the email,
which Ronnie received the day after hearing of his cousin’s university
2
3
Method From Subject
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Engagement
Graduation
New home
Pregnancy
Brenda
Jeff
Matthew
Tina
On four days last week, Ronnie received an exciting piece of news
Day Method Day Subject
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166
Crossword
Across
1 Sharp bend in a
road or river (5)
7 Study of the body (7)
8 Cutting into two pieces
of equal size (7)
9 Set aside (7)
12 Intimate, cosy (8)
14 Closed circuit (4)
16 Obtains (4)
18 Capital of Jamaica (8)
20 Dolt (7)
23 Plunder (7)
24 At no particular moment (7)
25 Give way (5)
Down
1 Breathing out (8)
2 Opinion (6)
3 Stray animal (4)
4 Part of a book (4)
5 Act intended to
arouse action (8)
6 Minute rudimentary plant
contained within a seed (6)
10 Unwell (6)
11 Tobacco user (6)
13 No longer in use (8)
15 Thrown into a state of
intense fear (8)
17 Resembling a horse (6)
19 Violent denunciation (6)
21 Sketched (4)
22 Alone (4)
163

167
Brainteaser 164
A B
C D
E F

168
Sudoku
7 2 8 6 5
6 3 1 9
8 1 9 5
9 2
7 2 8 3
2 8 4 6
1 7 5 8 3
165

169
Crossword
Across
1 Utter a harsh abrupt scream (6)
4 Wicked, unholy (6)
7 Strong green liqueur (8)
8 Unconscious state (4)
9 Dish on which food
is served (5)
10 Clothing (7)
12 Stinging plant (6)
13 Expel from a country (6)
15 Denial (7)
18 Trick (5)
20 Remove from a position
21 Kiss (8)
22 Pronouncing (6)
23 Alloy of tin with small
amounts of other metals
(especially lead) (6)
Down
1 Skin covering the top
of the head (5)
2 Arrogant or presumptuous
person (7)
3 ‘Good’ king in the title of
a Christmas carol (9)
4 Nap (5)
5 Main ingredient of bread (5)
6 Brochure (7)
11 Before due time (9)
12 On edge (7)
14 Pariah (7)
16 Stale and unclean smelling (5)
17 In accompaniment or
as a companion (5)
19 Dispel gloom (5)
166

170
Wordsearch
Y G O A T Q E G G D U Y J
S N T W C F J Y F E P P E
G I A D D E U V S I Z T V
A D J R X G A T A U R U S
R A K Y B S S R U E B E O
C E M U K I E I T R A H C
H R G O M D L C L H E S M
E O A O O P A Y H E L M V
R Y U B L N C K M K E L A
N Z O S C O S W V P M H V
W I G E E A R N P E E R W
X P R E D I C T I O N J A
X Z I P I S C E S M T U B
C X V S C I F I L A M P S
O B J K Y Z T N S N Z P P
ARCHER
ASTROLOGER
CANCER
CHART
CRAB
EARTH
ELEMENT
FIRE
FUTURE
GOAT
HOUSE
LIBRA
MALIFICS
MOON
PISCES
PREDICTION
READING
SCALES
TAURUS
VENUS
VIRGO
WHEEL
167

171
Sudoku
1 9 6
4 5 8
7 8 1 3
2 7
8 2
5 4
6 4 5 7
4 6 1
3 9 6
168

172
Reference Box
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Codeword169
P
E
R
18 6 10 25 4 2 9 19 13 6 26 7 17
22 20 22 8 19 15 7 21 13
23 17 5 19 8 19 12 1 22 6 15 4
5 15 15 6 15 1 25 19 4
15 4 4 6 19 13 14 3 7 3 1
24 7 23 8 15 23 13 7
9 15 8 25 13 7 15 7 6 8 15
25 22 5 7 11 11 19 4 23 3 8
3 25 25 2 3 22 19 14 4 7 23
3 22 6 4 19 24 3 22
25 16 6 25 8 15 3 15 19 14 14
19 8 8 3 16 19 3 14 26
2 7 10 7 24 15 23 25 4 19 7 22
11 20 10 5 6 15 20 15 13
4 15 20 15 4 16 15 4 19 3 15 15 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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173
Crossword
Across
1 Meal to which guests
help themselves (6)
4
7 Marine crustacean (4)
8 Bleached (8)
10 Guiding light (6)
12 Piece sliced from a
larger piece (6)
14 Order of business (6)
17 Put down by force (6)
19 Hard Italian cheese,
often grated (8)
21 Second letter of the
Greek alphabet (4)
22 Cross-breed (6)
23 Beefeater (6)
Down
1 Mature male antelope (4)
2 Material (6)
3 Country formerly known
as Formosa (6)
4 American republic (6)
5 Me (6)
6
much energy (9)
9 Study of the earth (9)
11 Elderly (3)
13 Feverish cold (3)
15 Figure (6)
16 Preposterous (6)
17 Sound powers of mind (6)
18 Woody tropical grass (6)
20 Conceited (4)
170

174
IQ Puzzle171
The numbers in every horizontal row add up to the totals on the right, as do
the two long diagonal lines; while those in every vertical column add up to
245
31 15 15 7 28 17 168
6 13 12 18 170
22 2 15 14 39 17 17 135
38 39 39 23 8 2 187
2 14 23 3 1 11 80
32 8 38 12 7 40 5 147
3 11 27 29 38 192
38 8 35 16 38 35 10 215
193 146 145 191 139 179 201 100 162

175
Sudoku
1 6 3 4
7 8 6
8 2
8 4 9 5 2 1
2 3
5 3 6 2 7 8
1 9
3 9 7
7 2 8 1
172

176
Crossword
Across
1 Sac (5)
4 Aircraft pilot’s compartment (7)
8 Pleasingly sweet fragrance (9)
9 Onerous task (5)
10 One who obtains pleasure
from receiving punishment (9)
13 Staining (6)
14 Taunted, baited (6)
16 Barrier set up by police
19 Softly bright or radiant (5)
20
the main stream (9)
22 Orator (7)
23 Work dough (5)
Down
1 Sign posted in a public place
as an advertisement (7)
2 Disobliging (13)
3 Women’s quarters (5)
4
5 Acute abdominal pain (5)
6 Roman procurator who ordered
7 Chirp (5)
11 Holy person (5)
12 Of the eye (5)
15 Killed by submerging
in water (7)
16 Speeds (5)
17 Refuse to go on (5)
18 Small canoe made watertight
with animal skins (5)
21 Melody (3)
173

177
Wordsearch
R Y H J E S R E V I N U U
A E U J M I C C T O L C R
N I Y J D L Q Z I N B Z U
U G M A I N O T W E N F N
L U N P B G A S E O U S S
W F S B I N O C U L A R S
H E A N I N N M S R A M E
I X A L L A R A P L W E N
T P C P R E D S H I F T T
E E C O M P A N I O N E H
D U O S R E T I P U J O G
W Z E L P P F O Z N G R I
A N R U T A S T E L L A R
R A S A U Q C A Y M E B B
F L A M S T E E D H Z V L
BINOCULARS
BRIGHTNESS
COMPANION
DECLINATION
ECLIPSE
FLAMSTEED
GASEOUS
JOHANN BAYER
JUPITER
LUNAR
MARS
METEOR
NADIR
NEWTON
PARALLAX
QUASAR
RED SHIFT
SATURN
SPACE
STELLAR
UNIVERSE
WHITE DWARF
174

178
Sudoku
5 4 9 6
1 3 2 4 8
1 3 2 5
9 3
2 6 9 8
6 1 8 2 5
2 3 4 7
175

179
Crossword
Across
1 Stress (7)
5 Lifting device for
raising objects (5)
8 Free from external control (11)
9 Frame of iron bars
11 Feel (7)
13 Wandered (6)
14 Santa’s mode of transport (6)
17 Lessen a load (7)
18 Groom with elaborate care (5)
19 Person who spreads
frightening rumours (11)
22 Hang back (5)
23 Tripled (7)
Down
1
mechanism of a gun (7)
2 Move head in agreement (3)
3 Piece of equipment or tool (9)
4 Four score and ten (6)
5 Tinge (3)
6 Tending to encroach (9)
7 Armistice (5)
10 Absence of the sense
of pain without loss of
consciousness (9)
12 Percussion instrument (9)
15 Number in one century (7)
16 Fabricate, make up (6)
17 Smallest (5)
20 Completely (3)
21 Mousse (3)
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181
IQ Puzzle 178
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SCORE
A 5 4 5 0
B 7 3 7 1
C 3 4 0 7
D 1 4 7 3
E 6 7 3 0

182
Arroword179
Owned
by us
Loan
shark
Pack to
capacity
Motto
Secret
Airborne
soldier Hide
Division
of a
tennis
match
Bird of
New
Zealand
Work
unit
trary
Spittle
Novel
African
country
Maiden
name
indicator
Putting
up
Leg joint
Form
of
wrestling
Building
for a car
Epithet
Girl’s
name
Nautical
mile
Battle
between
two
Pulled
suddenly
Property
renter
Status
More
senior in
years
Design
Overlook ness
sional
price
Sense
organ Plunder
Over,
finished
Tub
Tree Critical
Bauble
Liquid
used for
printing
Long,
backless
sofa
State in
sleeping
(inits)
Sea
eagle
Abrupt
Body of
water guard
Point in
orbit
Caress
gently
Finely
dered
tobacco
poses
All times
(poetic)
Misery
Run
off to
marry
Figure
made
of ice
Velocity
Flying
saucer
Vow
Metal
fastener
Have
supper
Young
male
horse
Outrage
Feline
mammal
Colorant
Coffee
shop Assist
Badge,
emblem
Do again
Wet
(of the
weather)
Stand
for a
golf ball
As a
result
Bruce
___,
kung fu
actor

183
Sudoku
6 8 2
2 4 8 3
1 9 7
9 2 5
7 3 5
5 4 1
4 3 5 6
7 8 2
180

184
Crossword
Across
1 Beat, as in music (6)
5
9 Equine footwear,
considered lucky (9)
10
meat stock (5)
11 Someone who cannot sleep (9)
13 Overall appearance (6)
15 Part of the eye (6)
19 Garden tool (9)
21 Nautical (5)
22 Inaccurate (9)
24 Put pressure on (5)
25 Special design or symbol (6)
Down
2 Egyptian falcon-headed god (5)
3 Golf peg (3)
4 Angora yarn (6)
5 Molasses (7)
6 Not smooth and even
in texture (5)
7 Physician specializing in
mental disorders (12)
8 Upholstered seat on which
one may recline (6,6)
12 Be obliged to repay (3)
14 Gather together (7)
16 In addition (3)
17 Change direction abruptly (6)
18 Relating to sheep (5)
20 Entire (5)
23 Writing point of a pen (3)
181

185
Wordsearch
F Y S V Q S I A M E S E O
F N A I R E B I S O O U O
N I A U N E K E A T N C D
P A Y V O G M O D H I H T
K B M V H R A E K C T A Q
Y C Y R U S V P A O B N L
H K K B I O I T U B S T L
I I U R N B J K Y R V I O
M J N R P E T E R B A L D
A M E R I C A N C U R L G
L X R O I L A M O S T Y A
A J N A N N A I S R E P R
Y Z P A B B E N G A L S U
A X Y D M C F L H E E B N
N A I L E R A K L M U A P
AMERICAN CURL
BENGAL
BIRMAN
BURMESE
CHANTILLY
DEVON REX
HIMALAYAN
KARELIAN
KURILAN
MANX
OCICAT
PERSIAN
PETERBALD
RAGDOLL
SIAMESE
SIBERIAN
SINGAPURA
SOKOKE
SOMALI
TABBY
THAI
TURKISH VAN
182

186
Sudoku
4 5 8
6 3 2
5 7 8 1
3 5 9
2 1 9
7 1 9 4
9 7 6
8 2 5
183

187
IQ Puzzle 184
W
T
G
T
A
P
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C
D
P
E

188
Crossword
Across
4 Care (7)
7 South American river (7)
8 Measures of medicine (5)
9 Perpendicular (5)
10 Runner used for gliding
over snow (3)
11 Casing (5)
12 Emotionally shocking (9)
14 Teaching by giving
a discourse (9)
17 Bone of the leg (5)
18 Pitch (3)
19 Playing card in the suit that
has been declared highest (5)
21 Plural of that (5)
22 Core, meaning (7)
23 Country, capital Beirut (7)
Down
1 Bird symbolizing peace (4)
2 Picture house (6)
3 Think intently and at length (11)
4 Treat with excessive
indulgence (6)
5 Brought out (6)
6
8 Lack of politeness (11)
12 Practising abstention
from alcohol (8)
13 Assimilate or take in (6)
15 Opera by Georges Bizet (6)
16 Large grey-green lizard
of tropical America (6)
20 Jetty (4)
185

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Codeword 186
C O N
21 22 1 9 23 22 8 13 7 20 25 7 23
22 12 21 9 13 3 22 21 12
5 11 4 7 17 21 9 6 7 21 21 12 23
26 17 22 13 15 22 14 5 12 7
12 13 7 16 7 4 13 13 14 4 7 24
13 10 12 24 7 26 12 22
8 22 24 9 10 8 26 11 12 18 26
18 26 26 9 16 7 24 10 12
12 2 12 24 26 19 9 25 10 24 12
4 11 12 12 23 10 13 22
19 7 5 9 4 4 26 11 4 9 10 1
12 11 12 7 26 11 12 4 5 12
10 12 22 4 12 4 9 22 25 8 25 4 10
24 19 7 23 9 13 5 4 24
14 7 12 13 23 5 23 26 7 17 12 13 14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
O N
C

190
Sudoku
7 4
2 4 8 9 5 3
5 4 2
6 3 1 4 2 9
9 5
5 2 9 3 1 6
3 9 6
3 6 7 8 9 4
8 3
187

191
Across
1 Visual presentation showing
how something works (13)
7 Male deer (4)
8 Motionless (6)
9 Grown-up (5)
10 Golf club that has a relatively
narrow metal head (4)
12 Actor Nielsen, of the
Naked Gun
13 Snake poison (5)
15 Regenerate (5)
18 Reddish-brown hair colour (6)
20 USA’s ‘Mormon State’ (4)
21 Giver (5)
22 Number of lines of verse (6)
23 Purchases (4)
24 Large inland sea (13)
Down
1 Extract (6)
2 Reed instrument (5)
3 Thick sugary liquid (5)
4 Cattle-lifter (7)
5 Capacity for rational thought (9)
6 Silvery metallic element (6)
11 From a vessel into the water (9)
14 Authoritative command (7)
16 Fragrant oily resin used
in perfumes (6)
17 Selected (6)
19 Enrol (5)
20 Characteristic of a city (5)
Crossword 188

192
Wordsearch
R P J G D I R D P A L H H
X U H O N E Y I N Q L T X
A C E G R Y Q I U Z E Y C
M A N L Z K T J W Y I K A
O C N E F R U P R E R N L
L J A T A S Z A Q O U E R
L X E M Y H M J F Z A L A
Y L J N P E A I D U A L C
A T N L S L T F H T A E N
O E W O H A M T E K C A O
P S R F J G U L E A F L E
J S J W L H O H R N I I L
Q A R D K I B G W P Y E L
N A R Z V E C I L A P L E
P D E I R D R E I L U J S
ALICE
AURIEL
CARLA
CLAUDIA
DEIRDRE
ELLEN
FLEUR
GRACE
HONEY
JEANNE
JULIE
LEILA
LYNETTE
MARTINA
MOLLY
NOELLE
PENNY
ROSEMARY
SHELAGH
TESSA
VIOLET
ZOE
189

193
Sudoku
5 3 1 9
7 1 3 6
9 4
2 4 1
3 8 9 7
1 6 8
1 6
5 2 8 7
6 1 8 2
190

194
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191

195
Crossword
Across
1 Yield to another’s wish
or opinion (5)
5 Young male horse (4)
7 Dropsy (6)
8 Legerdemain (5)
9 Abductor (9)
10 Neither (3)
11 Killed in large numbers (9)
15 Proposed for appointment
19 Pertinent (3)
20 Insert commas, full
stops, etc (9)
21 Means for communicating
information (5)
22 Small (6)
23 Witnessed (4)
24 Be afraid of (5)
Down
1 Say’s Law: Supply creates
its own ___ (6)
2 Diagram illustrating
textual material (6)
3 Swayed back and forth (6)
4 During the intervening period (8)
5 Saltwater lake between
Iran and Russia (7)
6 Young hare (7)
12 Judge the worth of (8)
13 Capable of being
dissolved in liquid (7)
14 Sixteenth president
of the USA (7)
16 Considered, viewed as (6)
17 Stick of wax with a
central wick (6)
18 Filament (6)
192

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IQ Puzzle
Each horizontal row and vertical column should contain different shapes
Every square will contain one number and one shape and no combination
may be repeated anywhere else in the puzzle; so, for instance, if a square
contains a 3 and a star, then no other square containing a 3 will also contain
1 2 3 4 5
4
1 2 3
4
2 1
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Wordsearch
C F S X S P R O P A N E T
A A L S S T R E A M R I E
M A X Y E S C A P E K M H
P R B C S N P E A S X H C
F O A F S H R T S J I O T
I V C C L N E E T N A C A
R E K K E A M E D B I F H
E R P V E T P H T L R B T
N N A L P T R S D Y I K R
I I C A I E K D I V F W A
R G K N N X R N O A A Y I
T H W T G O G U I M B C L
A T E E B P A O T F V H E
L G J R A C Q R M A E W R
O F F N G T U G E G N Z C
BACKPACK
BIVOUAC
CAMP FIRE
CANTEEN
ESCAPE
FLAP
FLYSHEET
FRYING PAN
GROUNDSHEET
HATCHET
INSECTS
LANTERN
LATRINE
MESS KIT
NATURE
OVERNIGHT
POCKET KNIFE
PROPANE
SLEEPING BAG
STREAM
TRAILER
WILDERNESS
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Sudoku
4 2 6 9
6 7
1 8 9 3
3 9 4 5 2
5 4
2 1 8 3 9
8 3 4 7
1 8
6 5 8 2
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Wordsearch
P F R E E B R E G N I G X
E Y K S I H W T U Z L X M
Y R E T A W L A R E N I M
D R F F J U R L M C G E M
G E K A H S C O C O A N O
F H L B M M N C P D S I P
O S I Q B A B O F N H W V
K H M G D R R H P X T R D
M A C E A T O C O U U C R
E N F N L I A T K C O C W
Y D D O T N G O H F M S I
I Y M G F I H H F N R U W
G V W K W R H E Q U E J T
R N P Z W M E Y M F V I S
H W U M D K B O X D J Q G
BRANDY
BROTH
COCKTAIL
COCOA
COFFEE
GINGER BEER
HOT CHOCOLATE
LEMONADE
MARTINI
MEAD
MILK
MINERAL WATER
PORT
RUM
SHAKE
SHANDY
SHERRY
SOUP
TODDY
VERMOUTH
WHISKY
WINE
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Sudoku
8 3 5 1 4
3 2 7 5
7
2 6 4
4 2
1 2 6
2
9 4 2 7
5 6 9 7 1
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Logic Puzzle
1 Desmond had ordered the strawberry sorbet, but had actually started to
2 Gina sat at a table with a number one higher than that of the diner
who ordered apple pie, but lower than that taken by the customer who
3 The diner who ordered cheesecake sat at a table with a number one
Table Ordered Received
1 2 3 4
Desmond
Eileen
Frederick
Gina
Apple pie
Cheesecake
Ice cream
Sorbet
Apple pie
Cheesecake
Ice cream
Sorbet
The waiter looking after the diners at tables 1-4 was sure he’d remember
well for the starters and main courses, but by the time it came to the
dessert course, his memory failed and everyone was given something he or
Diner Table Ordered Received
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Crossword
Across
1 Type of whip (7)
5 Terminus (5)
8 Preserve by chilling (11)
9 Digit of the hand (5)
11 Leaving as a guarantee
in return for money (7)
13 In need of food (6)
14 Very young children (6)
17 Ask earnestly (7)
18 Projection at the end of
a piece of wood (5)
19 Acknowledgment,
22 Person who is bound to
the land and owned by
the feudal lord (5)
23 Word formed from the initial
letters of a multi-word name (7)
Down
1 Relieve an itch (7)
2 Goon (3)
3 Pay back (9)
4 Non-taxable (6)
5 Chemical which carries
genetic information (inits) (3)
6 Exactness (9)
7 Fastening, knotting (5)
10 Abnormal (9)
12
15 Equivalent word (7)
16 Mark of disgrace (6)
17 Distinctive period of time (5)
20 Baby’s bed (3)
21 Particle that is electrically
charged (3)
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Brainteaser 200
A
B C
D E
G H
I
J
K
L
F

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Sudoku
9 3 5 7
1 6 8 9
8 7 1
3 2 9 1
8 2
6 4 3 8
7 3 8
5 1 2 4
1 4 7 6
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Crossword
Across
1 Gives a signal (9)
5 Depression in an otherwise
level surface (3)
7 Take up space (6)
8 Central American canal (6)
10 Entanglement (4)
11 Most unsightly (7)
13 Most readily to hand (7)
17 Someone engaged
19 Examination conducted
by word of mouth (4)
21
22 Repair shop where
vehicles are serviced (6)
23 Point (3)
24 Fill something previously
emptied (9)
Down
1 Magnetic metallic
element, symbol Fe (4)
2 Respectable (6)
3 Material wealth (7)
4 Cause an engine to stop (5)
5 Sliding container in a
piece of furniture (6)
6 Banana-like fruit with
green skin (8)
9 Room for a baby (7)
12 Responded (8)
14 Depository for goods (7)
15 Lustrous (6)
16 The Aloha State, famous for
its volcanic mountains (6)
18 Lay to rest (5)
20 Network structure (4)
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Wordsearch
I R F U S C H I A Z L W M
K E N I M S A J H N U N Q
S S I R G R E B M A N G O
U D U E L I O M L A P Z E
M A G M N I I C F I L C N
E D B E E N A O R S I H I
T N O S T S D C A E U O R
I O L O J T E O N E Q C A
H M I R W Y I N J R N O T
W L L E T L C U I F O L C
Y A Y B F H A T P H J A E
F N E U T P S D A L C T N
Q U O T M L A B N O M E L
B L U E B E L L I A T H T
G D N U P T E A R O S E T
ALMOND
AMBERGRIS
BLUEBELL
CHINESE MUSK
CHOCOLATE
COCONUT
FRANJIPANI
FREESIA
FUSCHIA
JASMINE
JONQUIL
LEMON BALM
LILY
MANGO
MINT OIL
NECTARINE
PALM OIL
PEONY
SANDALWOOD
TEA ROSE
TUBEROSE
WHITE MUSK
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Sudoku
3 9
9 6 8 7
7 1 2
9 4 1 6 3 2
3 2
8 2 4 7 6 1
6 3 5
5 8 4 2
4 8
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Reference Box
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
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K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
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Z
Codeword205
S
I
T
16 10 18 12 20 17 9 12 12 17 10 17 26 7
20 2 10 17 9 13 16 2
15 13 10 12 13 9 15 9 13 20 15 8
12 10 7 9 12 9 10 8 9
16 9 11 26 16 25 9 23 10 7 2 24
15 7 2 10 19 26 9
2 8 26 15 6 10 8 2 16 16 10 15 26 1
18 15 12 10 17 13 16 9
13 2 10 15 10 12 4 20 9 10 7 2 12 22
8 14 13 24 3 21 10
1 26 24 23 6 10 5 9 1 26 20 17
10 20 2 2 15 16 17 9 21
12 2 7 18 9 15 18 15 26 14 17 10
2 20 13 10 18 25 26 15
12 14 2 13 16 22 23 2 9 17 24 2 8 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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Crossword
Across
1 Stabbing weapon (6)
5 Safe (6)
8 Structure commonly
built of masonry (4)
9 Medium of exchange (8)
10 Measure of the weight
of a gemstone (5)
11 Device that produces
electricity (7)
14 Relative position (6)
15 Origin (6)
17 Journalistic feature (7)
19 14 pounds (5)
21 Machine for performing
calculations automatically (8)
23 Dismal, dour (4)
24 Died down (6)
25 Type of artisan (6)
Down
2 Onyx marble (9)
3 Brave (7)
4 Eastern staple foodstuff (4)
5 Weed infested sea (8)
6 Swindle (5)
7 Legendary bird (3)
12 Make peace, come to terms (9)
13 Kept apart (8)
16 Highly strung (7)
18 Energy supplied (5)
20 Harvest (4)
22 Sphere (3)
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IQ Puzzle207
Every row and column in this grid originally contained one circle, one
diamond, one square, one triangle and two blank squares, although not
a white arrow refers to the second of the four symbols encountered in the

211
Sudoku
2 4 9
4 3
9 8 7 1
3 2
6 7 9
5 4
9 1 7 6
7 4
6 8 5
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Crossword
Across
1 Well-known Christmas
carol (6,5)
7 Select as an alternative (3)
8 Renounced the throne (9)
9 Prepared dough (7)
11 Raising agent (5)
14 Uses a broom (6)
15 Marked by hardheaded
intelligence (6)
16 Exceed (5)
19 Devoid of good sense
or judgment (7)
21 Functioning effectively (9)
23 Rod used to play snooker (3)
24 Tried again (11)
Down
1 Crude dwelling (5)
2 First name of actor Wallach (3)
3 Cut through or across (8)
4 Light-headed (5)
5 Kingdom in the
6 Frighten (7)
10 In the lead (5)
12 Praise, glorify (5)
13 Petrol (8)
14 Principal organ of digestion (7)
17
through Rome (5)
18 Musical entertainment (5)
20 Despised (5)
22 Little rascal (3)
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Wordsearch
N A I N I G A H T R A C T
N A I N O L Y B A B C E Y
A C I N E L L E H F N T Y
M U N M I N A E A N I Z B
O G Q A A Z P A V A S A Y
R M E Y I T H R N E A F E
C E G A Q R O A M A B E N
O T Y N N N E P W B A N Q
U I P M E A N M O A T A H
T T T T D I I Z U S A E M
S T I L D R C S K S E A I
G I A T S Y I P R R A M N
B H N Z G S A N I E N A O
C G N A H S N C V Z P R A
C O F K A A O T T O M A N
ARAMAEAN
ASSYRIAN
AZTEC
BABYLONIAN
CARTHAGINIAN
CHALDAEAN
EGYPTIAN
HELLENIC
HITTITE
INCA
MAYAN
MESOPOTAMIAN
MINAEAN
MINOAN
OTTOMAN
PERSIAN
PHOENICIAN
ROMAN
SABAEAN
SABATAEAN
SHANG
SUMERIAN
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