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    Puzzles

    Apr 20, 2022 9 minutes

    Find A Word

    Win 5 x $50

    We’ve hidden a host of island 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 nine 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.

    ANTIGUA

    ARAN

    ASCENSION

    AZORES

    BATHURST

    BERMUDA

    CAPRI

    COS

    CYPRUS

    DAYDREAM

    EASTER

    ELLIS

    FLINDERS

    GROOTE EYLANDT

    GUAM

    HAMILTON

    HONG KONG

    ICELAND

    JAMAICA

    KANGAROO

    LORD HOWE

    MACQUARIE

    MARTINIQUE

    NAURU

    PITCAIRN

    REUNION

    ROTTNEST

    SARDINIA

    SINGAPORE

    SRI LANKA

    TAHITI

    TASMANIA

    TIMOR

    TRINIDAD

    Solution in next month’s issue.

    Easy Crossword

    ACROSS

    1. Monarch’s residence

    4. Select, pick

    8. Mature, evolve into

    10. Routes, ways

    11. Big, huge

    12. Sagacity

    13. Formed, moulded

    15. In short supply

    19. Public oration

    21. Strength, power

    24. Copying, imitating

    25. Made from merino, a … garment

    26. Property, real …

    27. Sections of a song

    DOWN

    1. Pools of rainwater

    2. Crowbar, eg

    3. School, technical …

    5. Aspirations

    6. Not inside, an … event

    7. Opposite of west

    9. Animals’ feet

    14. Place in a job

    16. Write music

    17. Increases in length

    18. Put on display

    20. Number in an octet

    22. Sea birds

    23. Rouse from sleep

    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

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