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A score of 18 is good, 20 is very good and 22 is excellent. ’ Can you unscramble these Brain workout $2izeunseanhs, UNDER HER TEETH (3,4,6) TOO OLD PUNK (4,4,2) SHE CHOOSE | PIC (7,6) WITHSTOOD ONE (4,3,5) | HANDLE TORY (3,4,4) VIP LEADER SAW HATRED (3,5,5,5) s Honeycomb Write each of the six-letter answers in the grid, following a clockwise or anti-clockwise path around its clue number. We’ve placed a starter word to help you, but you'll have to work out where each answer starts and in which direction it goes. 1 Lightstcep 9 Gave an extra payment 2 Subconscious mind 10 Deceive 3 Emerge 11 Annual dog show 4 Albanian capital 12 Public way 5 Browned by the sun 13 Cry of delight 6 Crispy noise 14 Portray 7 Swindles 15 Contestant 8 Buccaneer Family PuzzleWorld If you’re looking for an unbeatable mix of all your favourite puzzles, then Family PuzzleWorld is just the puzzle magazine for you — pick up your copy today! PuzzleLife Collection 81 5 ™" ABC jumble All the clues in this tricky puzzle are anagrams of the answers in alphabetical order - see how quickly you can complete it. ass 26 Pe as ai et | zz ACROSS 1 LPSU 12 AAENRRSTTU 13 ACEINTX 14 AERV 15 ENO 17 ADIMRY 18 CERUV 19 CRRSUY 21 AAELMOT 22 CEEIORST 25 ADGNOR 26 ADDEL 27 COOPRTU 29 AEILNVY 31 INPRT 33 CEILNP 36 AADEHRSS 38 ACEEKNP 40 AKLSST 41 CIMPR 43 ABGLLO 47 CEI 48 ELOR 49 CEINRST 50 AEIMNOPTTT 51 DELS DOWN 1 AMPR 2 ELVY 3 ERSU 4 CIRSTT 5 DEEMRRRU 6 ACLT 7 DEIORST 8 EEEHINNNTT 9 ACDEES 10 AABELTTU 11 EEEOPRSTTY 16 AOV 20 ACR ‘a ye | a Ee See | oP as BERR Bee ‘li ink 23 ACEKKMOSST 24 ACCCINOPPU 28 CHIKLST 30 AEGURRT 32 EIIMPTY 34 IKN 35 EELRSS 37 OPRSST 39 ACR 42 AMPU 44 BILO 45 AELO 46 DELN Straight crossword = ACROSS 1 Image recorder (6) 6 Sounds (6) 7 Clever (6) 8 Drink (6) 10 Play reviewer (6) 13 Items to discuss (6) 16 Ought to (6) 17 Hold-ups (6) 18 Elaborate cream cake (6) 19 Large snake (6) DOWN 1 zirconia, faux diamond (5) 2 Rowing crew (5) 3 Caper (5) 4 Arms or legs (5) 5 Small island (4) 9 Fasten (4) 11 Reckless (4) 14 Flamboyance (5) 12 Female monarch (5) 15 Criminal fire-starting (5) 13 Total (3,2) 16 Droops (4) Leftovers The eight-letter answers to each clue have been hidden in with other letters, but the letters have been kept in the right order. The unwanted letters, if placed in the correct order, will spell out four words linked by a common theme. Robin Hood's forest Letter container Moroccan dish Al fresco End gradually Wine and soda Old British coin xri-' H'0| O|O O|F -—|m'zxrjig|o|—|0|n Si 2Z2NicCi\D\iC VIO rir mn ojo|—|o FiO|D\ 4A n\n moO 0 n|'n\/V O'O Mon Diriyvi< ago zo O/T 2\;zrjc\;c;</=z mi—- O\/n)/4|/\n/'O/;m Z2ir\—-|O|\0/|O |F|D Zirio|m|o|an|x\44 = > D> xA\xI imi Skiing category PuzzleLife Collection 81 ™" Codeword Each number in the puzzle stands for a letter of the alphabet. With the help of our starter letters, work out which letter each number represents. For example, you can now put the letter R in any square where you see the number 26. Once you’ve done this for each of the starter letters, you’ll have clues to help work out which letters appear in other squares. PPP P,P BPPePe Pe 11 15 19 _ 21 ABCDEFGHYJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 2 B 5 7 1 712) 713 P I PPeEPPePPe PP pre Pa 8 PuzzieLife Jig crystal Fill in the four 8-letter words reading downwards around the outside of the grid so that each shares its first and last letter with its neighbours, and fill in the 4-letter words so that one appears in each of the hexagonal groups of four spaces. These can read clockwise or anti-clockwise, and all of them share at least one of their letters with a neighbouring word. Our starter words will help you out. 4 LETTER ANON CAMP CAPE DAIL EDGE ERGO ETCH GLEN GRAN GRIN GROW INNS MAIN NEEM OPTS QRES RAGU ROWS SCAT SMUT SNAG 8 LETTER Family SOFA FAINTEST H C sore an Criss Cross STOW PANORAMA For more fill-in fun, look out WHET TASMANIA for Family Criss Cross PuzzleLife Collection 81 Two prizes of £1,000 Five runners-up prizes of £100 each ACROSS 9 Worship of false gods (8) 10 Gloomy (9) 12 Astonish (4) 13 Irish Sea strait (5) 14 Greyhound and collie cross (7) 15 Punishment (7) 16 Baby bird sound (5) 17 Performance platform (5) 21 See (4) 22 Pocket money (9) 23 Pig sound (4) 24 Waster (5) 26 Range, extent (5) 27 Lively party (5-2) 30 Troop formation (7) 31 Dislikes (5) 32 European volcano (4) 33 Pass a law (9) 34 Undefeated (8) Cash competition £2,500 must be won We’re giving away a super £2,500 in cash. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes is to solve this crossword and send your entry in by the closing date. Good luck! 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