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
42ac & 58dn
Late entertainer (6,8)
ACROSS
1 Fame, celebrity (7)5 Monks’ hooded garment (4)7 Artist’s place of work (6)11 Affirm, postulate (5)15 Desert watering hole (5)16 Scrap of material (3)17 Liquid (5)18 Cycling arena (9)19 Playground feature (7)20 Imbibe (5)21 Ocean movement (4)22 Shout of distress (6)24 Clog, for example (4)26 Type of nut (9)28 Contract and wrinkle (7)31 NZ’s fourth-longest river, in Otago (6)32 See upper-right photo (6)34 Summer insect (6)36 Overabundance (4)40 Terrible, dire (7)42 See Mystery Clue
Dark shade of blue Narendra Modi’s country (5) Waif-like (5) Adhesive (4) Tax, duty (6)Famous glow-worm cave location (7) Small branch (4) Terrible and violent (6) Nanaia …, politician (6) Capital of Italy’s Veneto region (6) See lower-left photo (7) Dish of very thinly sliced beef (9) Profound (4)Seafood delicacy (6) Joy, happiness (4) Muslim religion (5)Specimen (7)One suffering a sleep disorder (9)Garden figurine (5) Automobile (3) Imperial measurement, one-sixteenth of a pound (5)
