SUDOKU extra
SKILL LEVEL
Easy
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.
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
MEGA CROSSWORD
When completed, the shaded letters will reveal a well-known personality (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
8dn & 44ac
Enduring actor (3,4)
ACROSS
Hitch, check to progress (7)Type of guitar (4)Clinging gastropod mollusc (6) Shelf (5) Seventh sign of the zodiac (5) Type, sort (3) Once more (5) See upper-right photo (9) Alligator pear (7) Indian currency unit (5) Stab of emotion (4) Fairy-tale heroine (6) Metallic element (4) Repulsive (9) Point of view (7)Players in a cricket team (6)Bricklayer’s tool (6) Wild West criminal (6) Lass (4) Playhouse (7) Japanese military chief (6) See Mystery Clue Pale, white (5) Treacle (5) Christchurch’s river, Ō tākaro (4) Reduce in size (6)Small pancake (7) Africa’s longest river (4) Place of ideal Take for granted (6) Of uncertain significance, not determined (9)Google web browser (6) Metal mixture (5)Intended to be amusing (9) Tradesman’s vehicle (3) Japanese style of fencing (5) Time of peak popularity (6) Family moniker (7)
