Puzzles
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ACROSS
1. Iron Dora’s hat (6)
4. Take little you to pianist in a perfect place (6)
9. Exclamation is the same from both sides! (3)
10. Too darned broke for toiletry (9)
11. You by endlessly bad southern swamp (5)
12. Steered journalist by aviator (7)
14. Single bleep let out in English contest (8,3)
17. I retain terrible lethargy (7)
18. Oh, can flip Mexican snack (5)
20. A phone men redesign for extraordinary things (9)
22. Anger heiress takes to heart (3)
23. Froth later about hotel (6)
24. Go around for type of heart surgery? (6)
DOWN
1. Lamb overly fed without end, then cook in flames (6)
2. I moved around in dairy to find journal (5)
3. Fishy sounding ginger haircut? (3,6)
5. Also took endlessly (3)
6. Talk of quiet baby’s toy (7)
7. Performed with Ed by Canberra’s location (5)
8. Difficult to understand new comical dept (11)
13. Green lady turns out to be very famous (9)
15. Gift at this time? (7)
16. Hides bedclothes (6)
17. Drive and limp over East (5)
19. Cups and saucers from Asian country? (5)
21. Yodel a little poem (3)
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.
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ACROSS
1. Rough cabin, fishing …4. Lend a hand8. Choc-orange lollies12. Margot Robbie movie, 16. Religious edicts, … law18. Call centre workers19. Show business, the … industry21. From Khartoum, eg23. Untreated rubber24. Infatuated, preoccupied26. Fiery gemstone28. Sound reverberation31. Space to move, … room (slang)32. Introverted, bashful34. Cake topping35. Having a rounded roof36. Slack, the rope is …37. Kitchen garment38. Revise and correct, … the date39. Visualises41. Australian cuckoo44. Develop a liking for (4,2)45. Moved with one finger, … the switch49. Loan shark51. UK and Australian animal welfare organisation (inits)53. Cleaning alcohol (abbrev)54. Pedant, stickler56. star, … O’Hara57. Go overseas, … abroad59. Medical sac, sebaceous …, eg60. Curve over, … your back62. Very lazy messy person63. Noise made by a lion64. Small bird, NZ rock …65. Progressing, on the …67. US 10-cent piece70. Slithery marine creatures73. Searched, … for his keys75. Observations, several … of a UFO76. Zodiac twins77. Assumed name, under an …78. City and bay on Florida’s gulf coast79. From Aden, eg80. Euphoria, delight84. Pampered pooch85. Soft drink, creaming …88. Film,90. Suggest, … a theory92. Russian river flowing to the Caspian Sea93. Wedding seating guide
