WIN! A SHARE OF $2000
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7. Toil swallowing rum again causes chaos (7)
9. Point to stick-like hard black wood (5)
10. Billy’s mate could look after your child (5)
11. Past bit altered to be like biblical prophet John? (7)
12. Not starting fire in anger (3)
13. Renault’s change of disengaged gears (8)
16. Environmentally friendly insect is a garden pest (8)
17. Sporting gear kept inside team-room initially (3)
19. Right to disconcert Wild West snake (7)
21. Ron goes to shindig with piece of classical music (5)
22. Rear part of ship’s firm (5)
23. Man sees movement as a group (2,5)
DOWN
1. Noise after Stan’s temporary replacement (5-2)
2. Gran rude about magnificence (8)
3. Turned up rod, yes, to fish (4)
4. Pray then move to pre-wedding bash (3,5)
5. Some oregano, rice and seaweed used in sushi (4)
6. Tokyo destroyed by another Japanese city (5)
8. Employed population to work with army (6,5)
13. Embroidering is annoying (8)
14. Like Prohibition agent Eliot’s portrait (8)
15. Very pleased about right to be caressed (7)
18. Metal alloy used for money (5)
20. Walker turned back during long hike (4)
21. Heard to wander in Italian city (4)
SUDOKU
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each smaller 3x3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Belief, give … to their story
5. Star of Moonstruck
8. Staggered giddily
11. Darkened, … the lights
16. Authoritative book
17. Man-made fibre
19. Commensurate (3,4)
20. Internet search engine
21. Typical, standard
22. Fairies’ cave
23. As one, sing in …
25. Announces, discloses
27. Herbivorous animal with a short trunk
