Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Puzzles

Find A Word

Win

5 x $50

We’ve hidden a forest of tree names in the grid. These words can be spelt horizontally, vertically, diagonally, backwards and forwards, but always in a straight line. When you have found all the words listed below you should have eight letters left over. These will spell the winning word. Write the winning answer on the coupon on the last Puzzles page for a chance to win $50.

ACACIA

ANGOPHORA

ASH

BANYAN

BEECH

BIRCH

BOTTLEBRUSH

BOX

CASUARINA

CHESTNUT

COTONEASTER

CURRAJONG

EBONY

ELM

FRANGIPANI

IRONBARK

JACARANDA

LILLY PILLY

MACADAMIA

MAGNOLIA

MAHOGANY

MANGROVE

MELALEUCA

MESQUITE

OAK

OLEANDER

PALM

PINE

STRINGYBARK

TAMARIND

TURPENTINE

UMBRELLA

Solution in next month’s issue.

Easy Crossword

ACROSS

1. As a rule

5. Minute particle

 10. Car engine

11. Coldest seasons, harsh…

12. Messy knots, … in the rope

14. Newborn infant

16. Imprudent, foolish

18. Higher in rank

20. Story opening, Once… a time

21. Okay, adequate

24. Comes into sight

25. Animal enclosures, cattle…

27. Thread, tapestry…

28. Points of view

DOWN

2. Full collection

3. Fourth month

4. Worst, the… of the low

6. Quivering, shivering

 7. Hygienic face cover, surgical…

8. Non-professional

9. Make possible

13. Tabloid or broadsheet

15. North Atlantic island group, the… Isles

17. Summer shoe

19. Large amount,… of troops

22. Verse

23. Idle

26. Common rodent

Solution in next month’s issue.

Win

5 x $50

When you complete the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, will spell the winning answer. When you have the winning answer, write the answer on the coupon on the last Puzzles page for your chance to win $50.

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