SUDOKU extra
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each 3 x 3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
SKILL LEVEL Easy
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
MEGA CROSSWORD
When completed, the shaded letters will reveal a well-known personality (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
1ac & 9dn
World War II hero (7,5)
ACROSS
1 See Mystery Clue
5 Envelop, shroud (4)
7 Repel, drive away (6)
11 Cold summer dish (5)
15 Municipal (5)
16 City dwelling (9)
17 Plant-eater (9)
18 Broadcast (3)
19 Number in a trio (5)
20 Star (3)
21 Romantic male (5)
23 Boundary (5)
25 Abstaining from alcohol (8)
27 Brass instrument sound (6)
29 Italian astronomer, builder of the first telescope (7)
33 Pleasant (4)
35 National museum (2,4)
36 Candid, outspoken (5)
38 Mischievous (7)
40 Hot Japanese condiment (6)
Parasitic insect (5) Item of bedlinen (5) Mud brick (5) Main trunk of the arterial system (5) Nothing (5) Greenstone (7) Part of a polo match (6) Silver Ferns’ sport (7) Cheapest accommodation on an ocean liner (8) See lower-left photo (5) Brief sexual relationship (5)Leading 20th-century painter (4,5) Grand musical drama (5)
