WIN! A SHARE OF $2000
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7. Has line broken as takes in breath (7)
9. Link to terrible China (5)
10. Queue right to cruise boat (5)
11. Non-professional sees a mature change (7)
12. Denial from a place in NY (3)
13. Prove again aid given too much money (8)
16. Mongrel (Eastern communist) talked indistinctly (8)
17. Heard an exclamation of disgust from church seat (3)
19. Distance covered by racehorse, pelt in need of a trim? (7)
21. Programme diary section on radio and television (5)
22. Gas but don’t start jargon (5)
23. Work out with Lee – not learner, an apprentice (7)
DOWN
1. Violet goes around north when aggressive (7)
2. Words of appreciation when hanky out again (5,3)
3. Talk unclearly of disparaging remark (4)
4. Fought then thrown out (8)
5. Century, a long time, in animal enclosure (4)
6. Toughen and injure losing Jason, initially (5)
8. Performer’s nerves when playing farthest gig (5,6)
13. Going out, changing places with extrovert (8)
14. Denim put out is cheeky (8)
15. Garment for one in sauna? (7)
18. Al is after rotten meat, like liver, for example (5)
20. Teases due to tatty clothing (4)
21. Signify to be stingy (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. Unrefined, … oil
4. Stranger Things star, … Bobby Brown
8. Fitted with listening devices, the room was …
12. Digging implement
16. Stockings material
18. Prone to heated discussions
19. People you know slightly, passing …
21. Meddled, … with the machinery
23. Less rainy
24. Dangly
