TOUGH

PUZZLES
THE WORLDS
MOST DIFFICULT
PUZZLE MAGAZINE
ISSUE 262
Hello there!
I was just thinking the other day what a curious
month October can be. Two months ago you were
very likely relaxing on a balmy beach somewhere
two months from now you may well be putting up
the Christmas decorations. And then, halfway down
that slope that takes you from one to the other, you
hit October, and it never quite seems to know how
its supposed to behave!
Because its WPC month, there are plenty of
World Puzzles dotted around this issue of Tough
and for the first time, these include some of the
more innovative specimens from the US Puzzle
Championship. Thats the beauty of these things
even where a puzzle looks superficially familiar, youre
regularly having to find new logical tricks to use - and
it all keeps the little grey cells in good working order!

Personally, I must admit I rather enjoy it theres
nothing quite like cosying up on the settee with a
good book in front of a roaring log fire not that
my October is anything like that, I hasten to add!
Somehow turning the radiator up a notch and loading
up a few favourite websites on the laptop doesnt
have quite the same ring to it, but we all have our
own tastes!
The other reason why I always enjoy my October
is that its when I get to travel the world, meet
interesting people and discover interesting puzzles
at the World Puzzle Championships. Borovets in
Bulgaria is the venue this year, and Im being joined
by a strong-looking team of David McNeill, Ronald
Stewart and Steven Barge Im not going to jinx our
chances any further than to say Lets see how we
So, thats enough of me time to get cracking with
the puzzles, I guess!
Ill detain you just a few more sentences to remind
you that you can get Tough Puzzles delivered straight
to your door every three months, simply by taking out
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Tough readers are to be found chatting about all sorts
of puzzle topics.
Back in January - until then, enjoy the fruits of the
autumn, have the Christmas youd wish for, and as
usual - happy puzzling!

Nick Deller
get on! though!

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 October
Is it the shrewd October wind brings the tears into her eyes? Does it blow so strong
that she must fetch her breath in sudden sighs? William Dean Howells

2 Fruit Picking
Judy Chessell

At a lecture on healthy eating each of the ten children present was

allowed to choose two different fruits. Each childs name had a different
initial from those of the fruits they picked, and no two children picked the
same two fruits. Can you discover in what order the children selected their
fruit, and which ones they picked?

The child who chose first picked two fruits with
the same number of letters as their name.
Annie picked earlier than Beth, who did not have
an apple but has a fruit in common with Tina.
Tony, who chose a kiwi, chose immediately after
a girl, one of whose fruits has the same last letter
as the initial letter of a fruit chosen by two
consecutive children.
One of Kates fruits has the same number of letters
as her name. She chose four ahead of a child for
whom the initial letters of her two fruits and her
name are alphabetically consecutive.
Paula and Oliver were both in the same half of the
picking order, but Gary was not.
Only one child chose their fruits in between the
two plum pickers that child did not take a
nectarine, but did take one of the two pears.
Pete was the fifth fruit picker; only the sixth and the
eighth had neither a name nor a fruit beginning
with P.
One child chose two of the fruits with the most
letters, and she was in between two children
who chose oranges.
Bryan did not pick a fruit beginning with P,
even though he liked the look of the peaches very
much.
The two bananas were picked in between the
two greengages.
Oliver was positioned immediately after one
tangerine picker, and immediately before another.

Order Name First Fruit Second Fruit

9 The temperature
gauge is an
10 indication of the
level of difficulty

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 3 Alphacipher
Abba

The numbers 1 to 26 have CAREERS 72 POOL 29

A N
been allocated randomly to CLUEDO 38 QUOITS 50
B O
the letters of the alphabet. CRAPS 66 RA 38
The letter values of the
C P
CRIBBAGE 113 RAGE 69
words have been added D Q CROQUET 61 REVERSI 73
together to give the word E R DARTS 59 SHOGI 53
values. For example, F S GO 29 SNAP 69
LUDO might comprise G T HALMA 61 SOLO 9
L=6, U=7, D=12 and O=4,
H U HEX 34 SUDOKU 68
or any other combination
of numbers totalling 29.
I V JACKS 55 WHIST 50
J W JIGSAW 85 YAHTZEE 90
The theme here is GAMES
what is the value of F? K X LUDO 29
MAH JONGG 126
L Y
MONOPOLY 93
M Z

I R 4 Wordoku
L O A
Oinomel
B N I E
Fill the grid using the twelve given
R A T G P letters so that every row, column,
and 4 x 3 block contains one of
O W B each letter. The letters in the shaded
G W T L P A O squares can then be rearranged to
form the name of a topical activity
A O B E L N G what is it?

W P R
E P B T O
I R N A
E I G
G T

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 5 Numerical Crossword
Barbara Holmes

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Sum of its first digit plus the
second digit squared plus the 9 10 11 12

third digit cubed

13 14 15 16 17 18
3 Four times (9 across plus
11 across) 19 20 21
7 Two thirds of 4 down
9 2 down rearranged 22 23 24 25 26 27

11 First two digits times last two

28 29 30 31
digits equal 9 across
13 1 across times 3 down 32 33
15 31 across minus 5 down
34 35 36 37 38 39
17 Factor of 60 across
19 If divided by one of its digits 40 41 42 43 44
equals 34 across
21 Digits of 3 down and 45 46 47 48 49
58 down rearranged
50 51 52 53 54
22 Half 6 down
23 7 down divided by 16 down 55 56 57 58
25 52 down plus 56 down
26 Prime number 59 60 61
28 23 across plus 50 down
30 Together with 36 across,
all digits are used
31 Each digit is plus or minus 57 Consecutive digits, not in 16 Prime number
1 from the corresponding digit numerical order 18 First three digits of 53 across
of 51 across 59 44 across times a pair of digits times the last two digits
32 35 down divided by a pair of from 39 down 20 28 across minus 32 across
digits from 36 across 60 Digit total equals two of its 21 50 down reversed plus 51 across
33 Common factor of 36 down consecutive digits 22 First two digits of 45 across
and 42 across 61 If its last two digits are added it times the last three digits
34 16 down times 33 across equals 36 down 24 25 down plus 50 across
36 Four times 22 down 25 Digit total equals 16 down
38 Multiple of 6 down DOWN reversed
40 Two thirds of 1 4 down rearranged 27 Digits of 3 across in
(4 down reversed) 2 Square number numerical order
41 Five times 3 One fifth of 1 across 29 Subtracting its reverse gives
(51 across rearranged) 4 Factor of 12 down 38 across reversed
42 41 across plus 44 across 5 Palindrome 31 15 across plus 51 down
44 Prime number 6 Cube root of 30 across 35 Digit product plus digit total
45 Four times 8 down 7 First digit equals average equals 15 across
48 Digit product equals twice digit of all digits, which are 36 54 down minus 44 across
total of 49 down all different 37 Product of two cube numbers
50 Six times (59 across 8 Six times a pair of digits from 39 16 down times (59 across plus
rearranged) 18 down 37 down)
51 51 down plus 26 across 10 All different odd digits 41 Seven times
53 26 across reversed times 12 If divided by its digit total (28 across reversed)
47 down equals 7 across 43 Consecutive digits, not in
55 9 across plus 61 across 14 One quarter of 11 across numerical order

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46 Digits of 3 down and 56 down
rearranged
47 Average of 51 down and 6 down
49 16 down reversed times
(47 down minus 22 across)
50 Multiple of 33 across 54 Average of 53 across and
51 Sum of all possible two 50 down
digits numbers formed from 56 Square number
its digits 58 Two thirds of 40 across
52 Palindrome

6 Cross Sums
Sisyphus

In this puzzle, each clue indicates the location and sum of digits of a number to be placed in the grid.
The digit zero is never used in the puzzle, the same digit never appears more than once in any answer,
and the exact same answer is never used more than once in the grid.

9 16 5 12 12 7 13 14
6 11 11
11 8 23
22 10 34

4 11
15 21 28 15
9 12 23
24 23 20
34 17 14
7 10
27
10 9 6
12 11 13 10
13
21
15 6 35
8 15 19
21 11
21 7 12
23 13 19
11 16
9 6 14 14 16
32 10 25

4 22 24

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 7 Think Tank
Callisto

Fit the answers into the grid, reading across, and the two shaded columns will spell out a quotation from
Mahatma Gandhi. Dont be deterred by the difficulty of some of the clues all the letters making up the
answers are divided into small groups and listed here, and will prove of no little assistance.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Self-deification
2 Sleep disorder
1
3 Variety of wild violet (two words) 2
4 Supporter of specific 18th century views
3
on population
5 Primitive 4
6 All-embracing evergreen ash tree in Norse 5
mythology
7 French dramatist, author of Rhinoceros 6
8 A conspicuous object 7
9 A mineral hydrocarbon
10 Flemish portrait painter (two words)
8
11 Emily Bronts heroine Catherine 9
12 Actor/manager, writer of The Rivals 10
13 Dishonour
14 Hold exclusively 11
15 Figure of speech emphasising by an oblique 12
reference
16 Harmonica player (two words)
13
17 Y-shaped 14
18 Prolific lyricist (two words)
15
19 Small tool used for gripping (two words)
20 Self-denying 16
17
18
19
20

CLUE LETTERS ID, ID, IG, IO, ION, IS, LA, RC, RIA, RK, RM, RN, RR,

AB, AL, AN, AN, AR, AU, AW, LA, LI, LI, LI, LI, LL, LT, MA, SE, SH, SH, SI, SI, SI, SM,

CE, CE, CH, CK, CO, DL, MA, MI, MO, MRI, NA, ND, ST, SY, TE, TH, TI, TO, TO,

DO, EA, EI, EM, EP, ER, ER, ND, NDY, NO, NO, NY, OL, US, VA, VI, YA, YG, YP, YP.

ES, ET, FO, GD, GS, HA, HU, OTH, PA, PO, PS, RA, RA,

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 8 Canals 4 4

4 1 3
Nikoli 5
3
A canal flows through the streets of the city shown in the grid,
1 4
dividing it into a series of islands though these islands can 7
touch at a single point. Every island has exactly one number
somewhere on its surface, showing how many squares that 4
island occupies. The path of the canal never passes through 4
a numbered square, never completely fills a 2 x 2 square, and 4
it is possible to sail from any point on the canal to any other. 2
Can you draw in the path of the canal? 7
7
4
3 4
6
2

9 1 To X
Jochen Vetter

35 29 29 31 31 21 27 19 30 17
Each square in the grid should be filled in with a
24 number, according to these rules: the numbers
29 outside the grid give the total of the numbers in
each row and column, whilst each bold-outlined
22
region of size X must contain every number from
20 1 to X. Furthermore, the same number cannot
appear in two squares which share an edge.
22
35
29
24
24
40

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 10 Team Photo
JET Thorne

The pre-season photograph of the local soccer team was recently published in the local newspaper.
It shows five players in the rear and six in front. No player has a double initial.
Darren and Rogers are adjacent, with Gray between Knight, number 10 is neither Jimmy nor Barnard,
them in the rear; Bills number is two lower than number 5 is neither Tom nor Williams, and number 4
Shauns, and Peters is two lower than Allmans. is neither Shaun nor Allman.
George is at one end of a row, with Parker at the Neither Jimmy nor Kevin is at the end of a row.
other end of that row. Ted is in the front row and Tom There are three players between Bill and Knight,
at the back, but they are not adjacent. and two between Tom and Allman; the first-named
Barnard has Fred two places to his right as they look of each pair has the lower number, and the two
at us, and Clarke has Kevin two places to his left. Les pairs are in different rows.
Miller is not in the rear he is adjacent to Knight, who Number 8's first initial is in the second half
is in front of Simpson. Turner and Jimmy are of the alphabet, as is number 10s. Number 7s
in different rows, the former being second initial is in
in the same row as Williams but not the first half of the
adjacent to him Turners number alphabet. Can you
is lower than that of Williams. name and locate
Number 7 is neither Peter nor each player?

1 2 3 4 5
Forename
Surname
6 7 8 9 10 11
Forename
Surname

11 Keypad
Abba

Whilst cleaning the office computer keyboard, Mary inadvertently knocked off the
7 8 9
numeric keypads. In replacing them she put them back such that no key was either in
its original position, nor was it in the same row or column. Furthermore, column 8520 4 5 6
now contains only odd numbers, whilst column 963, row 789, and diagonal 159 all
now sum to 11. Meanwhile, row 123 now totals 14. Can you work out how Mary has 1 2 3
placed the keys?
0

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 12-13 14 Scrowdros
Skyscrapers David Mucklow

Hans Eendebak The clues to this puzzle are fairly straightforward, but
entering them into the grid is quite the opposite every
Each square in the grids EXAMPLE single letter must be positioned out of its correct place.
contains a block of flats with 5 3 1 Hence, the clue Peak might yield the solution TOP,
between one and seven which could be entered as PTO or OPT, but not as TPO,
storeys; every row and every 4 POT or OTP. Intermediate solutions are on page 28.
column contains one building 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
of each height. The numbers
9 10 11 12
around the grids show how
2
many buildings can be seen if 13 14 15
3
you look straight at the block 5 3 1 16
from that direction, bearing
1 4 2 5 3 17
in mind that a building will
4 2 3 4 1 5
always obstruct the view of a 18 19 20 21 22 23
shorter one thats behind it, 3 1 5 4 2
but never of a taller one. 4 5 3 2 1 E A
5 2 1 3 4 2 24 25 26 27 28
Can you work out the height
of each building? 3
E
29
2 2 3 3 1 2 3 30 31 32 33 34

12 2 3 35 36

37 38
2 5
39 40
1 6
ACROSS 2 Lynn, vocalist (4)
2 2 1 Lower part of a 3 Scaly plant (6)
pulley (6) 4 Parched (4)
3 5 6 Vivid (5) 5 Reflection (12)
9 Peruvian Indian (4) 6 Fruit basket (4)
2 1 10 Eastern temple (6) 7 Batty,
13 Diesel oil (4) TV character (4)
2 4 14 Male cockerels (8) 8 Capital of Norway (4)
16 Comprehension (11) 11 Wading bird (5)
3 4 3 1 2 2 2 17 Silvery metal (3) 12 Came into being (12)
18 Spoken (4) 15 Sieve (4)
2 3 1 2 2 2 2 21 More severe (8) 19 Negating word (3)
24 Bombs thrown by 20 Lacking moisture (3)
13 2 2 hand (8) 22 Useful mineral (3)
26 Minute particle (4) 23 Utensil (3)
1 4 29 Spoil (3) 24 Hub (4)
30 Done with irony (11) 25 Cake decorators (5)
2 2 35 Fearless (8) 27 Unit of electric
36 Ache (4) current (6)
3 2 37 Element with 28 Hear (6)
symbol I (6) 30 Shower (4)
3 3 38 Sea eagle (4) 31 Stack (4)
39 Claw (5) 32 Christian , fashion
4 1 40 Trader (6) designer (4)
33 Genuine (4)
2 3 DOWN 34 Refute (4)
1 Ships mooring
6 1 2 5 3 4 2 device (6)

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 15 Mosaic
Conceptis Ltd.

The number in a cell tells you how many of that cell and its neighbours, including the diagonal ones, are
to be filled in. It does not necessarily include the cell showing the number! So, if 5 is shown, five of these
cells are to be filled and four are to be left empty which you can show by marking with a dot or an X.
Its advisable to use a pencil for this puzzle and only lightly fill in the cells, so that the numbers remain visible
throughout. Using only simple logic, can you use the numbers to work out which squares are to be filled in
and so complete the picture?

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 16 Packing For Bulgaria
US Puzzle Championship 2006

Place the names of the 16 Bulgarian cities into

the grid. Each name will form a serpent-like R V T
strip of squares connected horizontally and B H E
vertically, without ever covering a 2x2 region or
completely enclosing any squares. Each grid U V
square is used exactly once, and each city
uses exactly two of the preplaced letters.
N L B L
C G C L
BURGAS SAMOKOV A P
DOBRICH SHUMEN
KAZANLAK SILISTRA V N K R
LOVECH SLIVEN O D I
PERNIK SOFIA
PETRICH VARNA L M A
PLEVEN VIDIN
ROUSSE VRATSA
S N O F

17 Atomic Fusion
US Puzzle Championship 2006

This turned out to be a real tester the best score amongst all the worldwide participants in the
championship was achieved by Thomas Snyder, a graduate student in chemistry at Harvard. Ironically,
this was the only puzzle he failed to solve!
Connect all the atoms into molecules so that each has rotational symmetry. There are four types of atoms,
each represented by a different shape. Connections are only between diagonally adjacent atoms, and do
not cross one another. Molecules must contain at least two atoms.

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18 Knights Tour 19 Cross
Barbara Holmes Numberword
The numbers 1 to 64 have been placed in Kath Bartlett
the grid, with the starting point as shown. This puzzle uses the device of expressing a three-letter
Each subsequent number is word as a number. This is done by replacing each letter
placed in accordance with a with the number which is its position in the alphabet
knights move in chess, ending hence A=1, Z=26 and so on. Therefore DOG = 4157
with 64 a knights move away from and PUT = 162120. When transposing the numbers
number 1. The following clues will back into letters to make a three letter word, there may
help with placing. be more than one possibility, for example 22114 could
be BUN (2/21/14) or VAN (22/1/14).
A B C D E F G H The aim of the puzzle is to complete the crossword
grid with three-letter words. You will need to look at the
1
numerical clues to
1 2 3 4
2 find the numbers
to translate into 5
3 letters for the
6 7 8 9
words in the grid,
4 but you will also
5 need to keep
switching to the 10 11 12 13

6 1 grid and to any

14
completed words
7 to eliminate 15 16
possibilities.
8
ACROSS
ACROSS 1 Six digits. Multiple of 25. Letters are in
1 Two square numbers, adjacent to each other alphabetical order.
2 Two multiples of 15 3 15 times a number less than 200.
3 One cube number; one square number; nothing Three different letters.
between 30 and 40 5 Four digit multiple of three, with each digit higher
4 One square number; three multiples of 7, than the last.
all adjacent to each other 6 No clue.
5 One cube number; one square number; one 8 No clue.
number is seven times another; total equals 276 10 No clue.
6 One cube number; one square number; one 12 Same letters as 1 down.
number is four sevenths of another 14 Five digits.
7 One square number and its reverse 15 Not divisible by three; first digit is the sum of the
8 One cube number; one square number; two other three.
multiples of 20; two multiples of 15 16 5 across plus 12.
DOWN DOWN
A One square number; two multiples of 20 1 Multiple of 20, with a digit total of 15.
B Nothing between 35 and 50; one multiple of 17 2 Sum of first two digits equals sum of last
C One cube number; one square number; nothing two digits.
below 10; one multiple of 7 3 10 across plus 100.
D One cube number; one square number; nothing 4 Digit product is 250.
divisible by 8 7 Multiple of 15, smaller than 11 down with a digit
E One cube number; two multiples of 17 total of 15.
F Two square numbers; three multiples of 6 9 Six digits. Letters are in alphabetical order.
G One square number; nothing divisible by 6 10 Second digit is the sum of the other three.
H One cube number and two square numbers, 11 40 times a number less than 40.
all adjacent to each other; nothing between 12 Six digits.
20 and 35 13 Multiple of 3, not containing the digit 5.

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 20 Skeleton
Oinomel

This is a perfectly standard skeleton crossword except that only one starter is given. The clues are a mix
of straight definition and general knowledge. The grid is symmetrical, but the type of symmetry used is left
for you to deduce!

ACROSS 24 Pickled 6 Eraser

1 Assessed 26 Akhenatens wife 7 Alban Berg opera
10 Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock 27 Outsider 8 Harsh-voiced
11 Was inactive 28 Spread of disease 9 Pat ___, notable horse rider
12 ___ Hill, Fats Domino song 15 Make easy
13 Join together DOWN 16 Haggling
14 Leftovers 2 Spurned 18 Dressing for a ceremony
16 Artillery emplacement 3 Scottish city at the mouth of the 19 Endure
17 The Cruel ___, film Beauly Firth 21 Aromatic herb
18 Unconfirmed reports 4 The ___ Mountain, novel by 22 Former division of Yorkshire
20 Chanticleer Hammond Innes 24 Dot
23 Made into bundles 5 Place in the care of 25 Fruitless

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 21 E's Off
Barbara Holmes

E is the only vowel used in this puzzle. Each row and column contains the consonants for one or more
of the answers, though not necessarily in the right order. Each consonant is used just once, for either an
across or down answer. See if you can find the answers.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 S V R C R M H H P R L
2 W T R H R S N V H S R
3 R C N T B L N H M T R
4 R B N R R L F K B N S
5 C D L H G R W L S P L
6 S B F L T N R K S N T
7 R R T L C L D D T C N
8 T T W M T S L M N S M
9 N N B B H L M S L R L
10 T S C L L H P N L R M
11 H B T T S L H S V P R

ACROSS 9 Girls name (5) 7 Austrian biologist (6)

1 English castle, home of the 10 French pancakes (6) To cut (3)
Boleyn family (5) 11 Young hare (7) 8 Former Japanese coin (3)
Sword (4) Jewish weight or coin (6)
2 Small mammal (5) DOWN 9 Small fish (5)
French science fiction writer (5) 1 English cathedral (7) 10 Asian grasslands (7)
3 German dramatist and poet (6) 2 Town in Uganda (7) Eagle (4)
4 Herb (6) 3 Highest peak in the Rockies (6) 11 Island in NW Territories of
North African tribesman (6) Marshy land (3) Canada (9)
5 Collective noun for herons (5) 4 American novelist (6) Tree (3)
6 Bird of prey (7) Tree (5)
7 Reading desk (7) 5 Breed of dog (6)
An order (6) Fish (3)
8 Ant (5) 6 Greek messenger of the Gods (6)
Amphibian (4) Girls name (5)

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 Puzzle Medley
22 Filling In 23 Anglers
Omicron World Puzzle Championship 2005
The grid represents
Use the numbers 1 to 9 once each to fill in 11 12
a lake and some
the empty squares in the grid, so that every squares contain
mathematical equation is correct. Note that all a fish. There are
operations are performed in order from left to a few anglers
right, or top to bottom. sitting around
15
the lake, each of
+ = 2 whom have caught 8
one of the fish.
+ x The fishing lines
take somewhat
+ = 6 meandering paths
from the angler 10
to the fish, but
always move from
x = 4 one square to the
8
next horizontally or
= = = vertically, and never cross or overlap with themselves or each
other. The number of squares occupied by each anglers line is
1 1 3 shown your task is to reconstruct the lines.

24 Uncle Will's Will 25 Domino Search

Leo Trevor Truran
To my nephew Leo, the will read, I leave A standard set
absolutely nothing. Hes far too much of a know- of dominoes has 3 1 3 5 0 3 0 6
it-all. However, I have instructed my solicitor to been laid out,
relent if he can find the word Ive hidden in this using numbers
4 6 6 3 5 6 2 2
jumble of letters within 30 minutes of the will instead of dots 1 1 4 4 6 2 6 5
being read. On each line, four of the fragments for clarity. Using
can be fitted together to form a twelve-letter a sharp pencil 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 1
word. Looking at the remainder, a further four and keen brain,
fragments one from each line fit together to can you draw 5 0 2 0 4 4 6 0
make a fifth word. That leaves four fragments in the lines to
still unused and the twelve letters of those show where each
0 2 1 0 0 5 4 4
fragments form an anagram of yet another word. domino has been 5 2 1 6 5 5 3 3
If he finds all six words and he wont then placed? You may
rearranging the initial letters will form the six- find the check grid
0
letter word that will release my vast fortune. useful crossing
1
Uncle Will was too clever for me, Im afraid, off each domino
but I fancy not for you! 2
as you find it.
3
ACC CUL ION ITE LAT UMU 4
ATE CON HNI LAX PAN TEC 5
ECT ERM ION INA RES URR 6
ATE BOH CAR PEN RTI YDR 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

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 November
Not yesterday I learned to know the love of bare November days, before the coming of the snow,
but it were vain to tell her so, and they are better for her praise Robert Frost

26 Wedding Bells
T R Fanshawe

Last week, Weekly Ring magazine reported five weddings. No bride nor
groom had an unusual surname, and each couple had four different initials at
the start of their happy day. Can you deduce who was wedded to whom?

1. Trixie, who had the 6. Ians wifes maiden name had the same first letter
shortest maiden name as Zebedees brides forename.
of the five women, 7. Millie and Vincent were at different weddings;
married Darren. so were Angela and Martin.
2. Jenny married Mr Thomas. 8. The person who married Gordon had a longer
3. Miss Arnold was not the woman who married forename than the one who married Lee; they did
Professor Lee. not marry each other.
4. Nicholas Browns wife had a maiden name whose 9. Georginas maiden name was shorter than Millies
first letter was the same as that of Mr Churchills married name.
bride's forename. 10. Two women had a maiden name the same
5. Weekly Ring gave great publicity to the marriage length as their forename, but none of the ten people
of Dr James and Dr Gregory, but Norman's humble had the same length forename and surname at the
wedding received merely a one-line report. end of the day.

Man Woman

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 27 Campsite
Hans Eendebak

Every tree has exactly one tent tied to it, which is in a horizontally or vertically neighbouring square. Also. no
two tents are in adjacent squares, not even diagonally. The numbers outside the grid show how many tents
are in each row or column can you deduce where the tents are placed?

3
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
1
3
2 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2

28 Easy As ABC B2 C1 A1 D2 A2

Aha C1
D1 B2
Enter the letters A, B, C and D once each into each
row and column (thus 12 squares will remain unused).
The letters to the sides of the diagram show the first or B2
second letter encountered from that direction. A1 B1

C2 C1 D2 B2 D2

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 29 Fives And Fours
Charles Needham

The 81 numbers below are to be converted into the 1 2 3 4 5

letters needed to complete the crossword. To convert a
number to its letter: moving left to right use the 2nd and
4th digit of a number to form a new two digit number. 6

If necessary, repeatedly subtract 26 from this new 7

number until it is less than 27. The result gives
8
the numerical position in the alphabet of the letter,
eg 42738 gives 23, corresponding to W; 64102 9
gives 40-26 = 14, corresponding to N; 3941 gives
91-26-26-26 = 13, corresponding to M.
The 25 five-digit numbers provide the letters which 10 11 12
appear in the intersection squares; the 56 four-digit
13
numbers give the letters which appear in just one word.
All of the numbers which supply letters for the same
word follow a particular rule, each word having a 14 15
different rule. The clues below give the rules for each
word of course, each five digit number will obey two
rules, one for its across word and one for its down. These two rules will define the positions of the letters from
five-digit numbers, but those from four-digit numbers can go in any of the available positions for their word.
Your task is to complete the crossword, and deduce the precise rules hinted at in clues 9 across, 15 across
and 3 down.

ACROSS DOWN
1 First 3 digits of numbers form multiples of 17 1 The product of all the digits is a cube number
4 The numbers are all multiples of 337 2 The number formed by the first two digits is equal
6 All numbers have a digit total of 22 to or an exact multiple of the last two.
7 All numbers are divisible by 21 3 The rule involves the first three digits of the
9 All numbers have the same digit total numbers
11 The first two digits and the last two digits each form 4 Each number contains two duplicated digits, as in
two-digit primes 34743 or 3344
13 The third digit of these numbers is the mean of all 5 The last three digits form a multiple of 31
the digits in the number 8 The numbers are multiples of 29
14 The sum of digits is a cube number 9 The numbers are divisible by both 5 and 19
15 The rule involves all the digit values and one in 10 The first digit of each number is the same as the last
particular 12 All numbers are multiples of 89

12105 42108 87620 1348 2221 3277 3821 5587 8139

16109 46168 88421 1431 2247 3335 3827 5617 8217
17429 48431 89267 1440 2277 3417 4155 6687 8257
21032 53200 91485 1616 2362 3445 4381 6760 8476
24342 54718 94651 1695 2799 3480 4415 6803 8563
25690 56156 96348 1957 2855 3557 4683 6817 9466
26286 57616 99981 1962 2986 3676 4762 7045 9616
26980 76711 1045 1978 2987 3705 4789 7129 9617
28936 87124 1058 2185 3207 3769 5073 7930 9624

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 30 Knights Tour 1
A B C D E F G H

Barbara Holmes 2

The numbers 1 to 64 have been placed in the 3

grid, with the starting point as shown. Each 4
subsequent number is placed in accordance
with a knights move in chess, ending with 5
64 a knights move away from number 1. The
following clues will help with placing.
6 1
7
ACROSS 8 One cube number; two
1 Four prime numbers square numbers; nothing 8
2 One cube number; one multiple divisible by 6; only one
of 15; one multiple of 21 number below 10 E One cube number; one square
3 Three square numbers; two number; two multiples of 19;
multiples of 19; one multiple DOWN only one number greater
of 15 A One square number adjacent to than 60
4 The reverse of two square its reverse; one number is eight F Two cube numbers; one square
numbers; nothing divisible by 13 times another number; total of odd numbers
5 One cube number; two B One square number; total of equals 154
multiples of 15 even numbers equals 62 G Nothing below 10
6 One cube number; two square C Two square numbers; one H Two square numbers adjacent
numbers; nothing divisible by 5 number is six times another to each other
7 Two multiples of 21; one square D One cube number; nothing
number adjacent to its reverse between 30 and 40

31 Alphacipher
Aha

The numbers 1 to 26 have A N DEXYS 57 ECHO 45

been allocated randomly to MIDNIGHT 84 AND THE 54
B O
the letters of the alphabet. RUNNERS 38 BUNNYMEN 72
C P YAZOO 66 STONE 35
The letter values of the words
D Q JAM 38 ROSES 37
have been added together
E R STRAWBERRY 88 HOWARD 77
to give the word values.
F S SWITCHBLADE 129 JONES 47
For example, SOFT might
TALK TALK 52 MARRS 35
comprise S=3, O=19, F=24 and G T
POGUES 74 DURAN DURAN 90
T=6, or any other combination H U EVERYTHING 82 MADNESS 70
of numbers totalling 52. I V BUT 35 SOFT 52
The theme here is 1980s POP J W THE 22 CELL 29
STARS what is the value GIRL 27 WATERBOYS 94
K X
of Q? AZTEC 59
L Y
CAMERA 48
M Z

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 32-35 Battleships
Hans Eendebak

Place the fleets of ships as shown into the grids. The numbers below and to the side show how many ship
parts are in the relevant row or column; ships are not allowed to touch each other, not even diagonally.

32 1 33 3
4 0
2
1 2
2 5
2 0
2 2 1 3 2
5
1
5 0 1 3 3 2 5 0 1

34 5 35 1
1 4
1 1
1 1
3 1
1 4
3 1
2 3
3 4
2 3 2 1 2 4 0 4 2 4 0 1 5 1 2 1 3 3

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 36 Place The Pieces
Jochen Vetter

Ive laid out some chess pieces on the board below, in the marked
positions a king, a queen, two knights, two bishops and two
rooks. The numbers in some squares show how many pieces could 1
move to that square using their normal chess move its down to 2
you to replace the eight pieces in their correct positions. 2 3
King moves one square horizontally, vertically or diagonally 0
Queen moves as far as it wishes either horizontally, vertically or
1
diagonally, so long as it does not encounter another piece
Bishop moves as far as it wishes diagonally, so long as it does not
encounter another piece
Rook moves as far as it wishes horizontally or vertically, so long as
it does not encounter another piece
Knight moves to the opposite corner of a 3 x 2 rectangle, and can
jump over other pieces to do so

37 Grid Reference
Barbara Holmes
10 13 9 15 16 9 8 . 11 8 6 In the following table, the value of each letter
20 . 4 . 3 . 8 4 4 15 14
is obtained by adding together the vertical and
horizontal values to its square. Convert the numbers
14 12 15 10 2 11 17 . 12 13 5
in the first grid to letters so as to form a normal
12 . 17 . 6 11 12 14 11 . . crossword. All the letters in the second grid are used
13 15 6 . 12 10 . 18 16 13 10 once only.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
10 8 . 7 5 13 9 15 . 10 14
1 R A M E D H O F U A T
11 18 14 6 . 13 9 . 10 14 16 2 N O T Y A I E A L R E
3 A E G R R X C T A S O
. . 10 16 3 13 9 . 19 . 7
4 Y I R O T A A P E N B
7 18 15 . 9 5 7 9 7 8 12 5 E U A S M O R T H
6 J R O T A E R A G I L
11 17 8 19 8 . 16 . 13 . 11
7 A N B H E O A Q T E R
5 12 11 . 7 17 11 12 6 14 9 8 T A D L P R N E O A M
9 I S E A N T U R W Z A

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 38 Loop The Loop
Nikoli

Make a single closed loop in the grid with no crossings or branches. Each number indicates how many
lines border it. Empty cells may be bordered by any number of lines.

1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 1
1 2 3 2 1 2 3
1 2 2 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 2 1

1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 0
3 2 2 1 1 2 3
2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2

0 2 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0
2 2 1 1 2 2
0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 2

3 3 3 0 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 2
2 1 2 1 1 2 1
1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1

1 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1
2 1 2 2 1 1 1
1 2 1 2 2 2 3
0 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 1 1

2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 2
2 1 1 2 1 2 2
1 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 1 3 3

1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 0 1
2 3 2 1 2 2
1 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 0 1

3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0
2 1 2 1 2 1 1
3 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2

3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3
1 1 0 2 2 2 2
3 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 3 1

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 39-43 Cryptograms
Oinomel

Each letter of the alphabet has been substituted with another, and you must work out what each of the five
paragraphs says. Each is in a different code.

UK UBBTJKVUKV, WDWK YQ PW
39 FB QLQ VEAQ RU ELB LWPLBE
OUKVWM VT AW TKW?
OZSXR OZTA PZRX OZTA, PXZKX ZE

MTUCLCWB PXB XA PLE RXTUPH

42 POGJW HJ HZBAXJXLOA GZ H EOAR
UVR UO RXA OZTA CTZSLQA.
JXPSO FAXDOZZGXJ, PTB GB CXOZ

SOHEO RXT HB AHBVOA H SXXZO OJC

40 ZD QTW YXP LOOR QTWK SOXM
CTAGJW BVO CHR.
HSZNO GSTVO XFTWG QTW

XKO NTVZPJ GSOZKV, SXCO QTW

43 DP POB NSBCEAMVCBSP BHZODSWB,
YTPVZMOKOM FOYTUZPJ X
CV XDPOBK WDQB OTU MZZNEDPTMS
JWZNNTGZPO TROKXGTK?
DU DS DUPKMSDNP LNP SMP

EKBEDKBR PM PKDQBA.
41 MYM LTJ WDWG PWUG TQ U FYM,

OPYNW HNULYKC, HGWVWKM VT AW

6
9 16
20
11 29
6
22 9

15
14
24 16
44 Cross Sums
20 39
34 Sisyphus
3 20
20 24 34 12
39 6 5 In this puzzle, each clue indicates the location
16 18
7 23 15 and sum of digits of a number to be placed
19 4 20 in the grid. The digit zero is never used in the
16 23 10 21
14 23 16 puzzle, the same digit never appears more than
16 23 once in any answer, and the exact same answer
6 14 10
16 14 34 is never used more than once in the grid.
4 26 22
10 27
3 8 30
8 23 21
15 16
6
31 29

6 14 6 17

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 45 Thermometers
World Puzzle Championship 2005

The thermometers in the grid are not working properly! Some dont have any mercury in at all, and the ones
that do certainly arent measuring the temperature reliably though at least they all have an uninterrupted
flow of mercury starting from the bulb end. The numbers around the grid show how many squares in each
row and column contain mercury (see the example); your task is to show where the mercury lies.

2 7
3 7
3 7
5 5
4 3
4 6
2 4 3 3 4 5 3
6
3
6 3 4 6 7 4 7 5 5

16
5
3
17
4
4
8 1 5 15 11
11 9
9 13
46 SUMami
12 18 7 12 30 27 10 22 18 28
Jochen Vetter
15 6 6

8 10 18 Fill in some of the cells in the grid using digits from 1 to

6 11 11 9 according to the following rules:
6 1 3
(1) No row or column may contain the same digit more
than once
3 9 17
(2) The numbers above and to the left show the totals
9 21 14
of each group of adjacent numbers in the relevant
13 17 7
row or column
6 26 12 (3) There must be one or more blank squares
7 23 separating the groups from each other.
13 5 12 Thus, a clue of 5 13 12 might lead to
5 4 1 2 6 9 3.

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 47 Bonfire Party
Six couples celebrated Bonfire Night with the last
barbecue of the year. Each brought along some food
and a bottle of wine. From the clues below work out
the identity of each couple, who brought what food,
and the country of origin of each couples wine.
No forename, surname, food nor wine had the same
initial letter for any couple.
Cathys husband has the same initial as Howards wife
and the wine that came with the swordfish.
Gills surname has the same initial as the man with the
Portuguese wine and the Harrisons food item.
Mr Brooks has the same initial as Peters wife and
Pennys wine.
Mrs Carter has the same initial as Bettys food item
and Garys wine.
Wife Husband
48 Crazy Addition
Jochen Vetter
Fill in the grid so that some of the squares (but not all)
contain single-digit numbers. The blue numbers show how
many digits are to be positioned in each row and column,
whilst the red numbers show the sum total of all the digits.
Black cells do not contain digits, and no two digits are
in neighbouring squares, not even diagonally. Zero is not
used in this puzzle.
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Abba
Simons wife has the same
initial as the man who
brought the garlic bread;
neither brought wine from Chile.
Neither the Hungarian wine nor the beefburgers came
from the Simms, and neither the Gooches nor the
Parkers brought the Spanish wine.
The lady who brought the chicken wings has the same
initial as Heidis husband and Bens wine.
The lady who brought the German wine has the same
initial as Sues husband, and the surname of the family
who brought the pork chops.
The man who brought the wine from Bulgaria has the
same initial as Charlies surname, and the wine which
came with the hot dogs.
Surname Food Wine
2
3 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
7
2 8
2 11
2 6
2 16
2 5
3 22
2 14
2 9
3 19
5 6 8 23 8 5 4 25 6 27
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 49 Direction Finding
Barbara Holmes

Each clue leads to two, three or four 1 2 3 4 5

words, each of which starts on the

6 7
numbered square. The answers may
be entered horizontally from left to right,
vertically downwards, or on either of the 8 9 10

two downward diagonals. Some grid

11 12 13 14
letters may appear in more than one
15
word. The lengths of the answers are
not in any particular order. 16 17 18

19 20

21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29

30

31

1 Scan the introduction to the game (6, 5, 7) 16 Friend at a mixed school (4, 2-2)
2 Purpose of the one beneath the container 17 A definite article for golf (3, 3)
(5, 4, 3, 3) 18 Take a bird (4, 7)
3 The island with a river and animals (5, 5, 7) 19 Quiet melodies (5, 5)
4 Change the name of the General (6, 6) 20 Sound like a kettle (3, 3)
5 Toothless (5, 5) 21 Cover up the rubbish (4, 5)
6 Leave the wharf (4, 4) 22 Fear of an animal (3, 5)
7 Crossed the old town (4, 9) 23 A china animal (3, 5)
8 Aspect of better butter (5, 3, 4) 24 Rope the game (3, 5)
9 Boring jobs (5, 7) 25 Cope with a computer system (3, 4)
10 Artistic girl (5, 9) 26 Study the city (4, 4)
11 Opulent, dissolute person (4, 4) 27 Dont stop at the door (6,4)
12 Put the woman off (4, 5) 28 Hurry back (4,4)
13 A satisfied girl (3, 5) 29 A clever insect (4,4)
14 Vegetable colour (6, 3) 30 A grave proverb (3,3)
15 Goddess of wine? (4, 3) 31 Analyses a Greek letter (2,6)

19 Not, 20 Dry, 22 Ore, 23 Pan, 24 Nave, 25 Icers, 27 Ampere, 28 Listen, 30 Rain, 31 Pile, 32 Dior, 33 Real, 34 Deny
DOWN: 1 Anchor, 2 Vera, 3 Lichen, 4 Arid, 5 Deliberation, 6 Trug, 7 Nora, 8 Oslo, 11 Snipe, 12 Materialised, 15 Sift,
24 Grenades, 26 Atom, 29 Mar, 30 Satirically, 35 Intrepid, 36 Pain, 37 Iodine, 38 Erne, 39 Talon, 40 Dealer
ACROSS: 1 Breech, 6 Lurid, 9 Inca, 10 Pagoda, 13 Derv, 14 Roosters, 16 Realisation, 17 Tin, 18 Oral, 21 Intenser,
14 SCROWDROS INTERMEDIATE SOLUTIONS

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 50 Tremendously
Troublesome Triangle
Aha

This triangle contains the numbers 1 to 36, arranged so that no pair of consecutive numbers appears in the same row
or numbered diagonal. The totals of the numbers in each row and SW-NE diagonal are given to the left and below the
triangle, with the number of odd numbers shown in brackets.
+
26 (0)
In each row, shows the lowest number and + shows the highest
+
In each diagonal, / shows the lowest number and x shows the highest
48 (2)
In diagonal 108, the uppermost number is double the fifth.
/ +
In row 93, the sum of the second and third number along is five
33 (1)
times the fourth.
+x
36 is flanked horizontally by two odd numbers. 77 (1)
35 is flanked in its diagonal by two odd numbers
x +x /
In row 77, the fourth from the left is twice the first, whilst in 119 (3)
row 133, the second from the left is twice the sixth.
/ +x x
The number immediately below 15 in its diagonal is a 93 (5)
lower odd number.
+x
/
133 (3)
With this information, can you complete the triangle?
+ / / / x
x/
137 (3)

135 165 108 79 96 36 34 13

(3) (3) (4) (3) (2) (2) (0) (1)

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
51 Crazy Paving 6
Hans Eendebak 6

Each thick-edged piece in the grid is to be either

6
coloured completely black, or left completely empty. The 6
numbers above and to the left show how many small
squares are to be blacked out in that row or column.
6
Can you complete the grid? Please note that this 6
doesnt form a picture of anything in particular, so dont
squint at it to try and see one all youll get is eyestrain!
6
6
6
6

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 Puzzle Medley
52 Serpent Hans Eendebak 53-57 Internationals
A 42-foot long sea serpent is to be found Oinomel
somewhere in the grid. The head and tail
can be seen, but the remainder lies below Each of these phrases is an anagram of the
the surface. The serpents path only moves names of two countries jumbled together.
horizontally or vertically between squares, and Can you unscramble them?
never crosses over or touches itself, not even diagonally.
The numbers below and to the side show the number 53 YOUR WIN AS A RAT
of squares in each row or column which the serpent
occupies can you work out its exact position? ________________________________________
54 LUMP A BIGGER LOUT

4 1 ________________________________________
3 55 DRAGS UP A CAMERA
7 ________________________________________
4
56 IVE ACTUAL ROAD
6
2 ________________________________________
4 57 DRUNKEN ASTHMATIC
3
________________________________________
4 42
5
4 7 4 5 4 5 4 4 2 3
59 Latin Square Omicron
Each cell of the square below contains one of the
digits from 1 to 7. Each row and each column
58 Numeral Stew has exactly one of each digit. The clues below
give the total of two, three or four cells. From
J.E.T. Thorne these clues, can you figure out which number is
in each cell?
The 10 digits are written in a line so that counting from CLUES 7
the left, either 0 to 9 or 1 to 0, no number is in its AB7=10
correct position. No two consecutive digits are adjacent
6
ABC6=14
0 is considered to be consecutive with both 1 and 9. B345=18
5
1 is two places right of 0, which is further right than 9; BCD2=6 4
5 is left of 7 but right of 8; the first digit is one lower than C12=4 3
the tenth; 6 is four places left of 5, which is adjacent to CDE1=15
2 none of these three are on the end of the line; the 2
E45=13
third and seventh digits total 11 and the sixth digit is EF7=3 1
odd. Can you locate each digit? EFG3=6 A B C D E F G
F123=15
FG4=6
G34=5

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 December
December drops no weak, relenting tear, by our fond Summer sympathies ensnared; nor from the perfect circle
of the year can even Winters crystal gems be spared. Christopher Pearce Cranch

60 Secret Santa
Oinomel

At the Tough Towers Christmas Party, six of the whilst the other one
staff were each invited to buy a small anonymous received a gift voucher.
gift for one of the others. From the clues below, you Pamela did not give the
should be able to work out who has bought what book, nor was she given
for whom. the socks.
The six partygoers are a woman who gave socks, Louise did not receive the pot plant or the
a man who received a book, someone who bought woolly hat.
a woolly hat, someone who received a CD, plus Barbara didnt buy Howards present, and wasnt
Howard and Pamela. the recipient of Davids.
Luke was not given the gift voucher or the socks. The person who received the woolly hat did not
Two of the men were given presents by women, give the pot plant.

Gift Giver Recipient

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 61 Numerical Crossword
Barbara Holmes

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 All different odd digits
5 Each digit is plus or minus 9 10 11 12

2 from the corresponding digit of

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
1 across
9 Factor of 30 down 20 21 22 23 24
10 Sum of two square numbers
12 8 down divided by (13 across 25 26 27 28

times 25 across), reversed

29 30 31 32 33
13 23 down is the average of this
and 4 down 34 35 36 37
15 2 down times 9 across
38 39 40 41 42
17 Centre digit is the average of
all digits 43 44 45 46 47 48
19 A pair of consecutive digits from
28 down 49 50 51 52 53 54
20 16 down squared
55 56 57 58 59
22 First two digits times last three
digits equal 38 across 60 61 62 63 64
24 19 across plus 19 down plus
24 down 65 66
25 Factor of 49 across
27 Seven eighths of 29 down
28 Twice the total of all digits in
this row 56 Digit total times last digit equals 8 Total of each consecutive pair of
29 Together with 1 across, all digits 59 across digits equals the last three digits
are used 57 A square number plus twice of 26 down
31 Five eighths of 11 down its root 10 Four times (13 across times
34 Common factor of 21 down and 59 53 across rearranged minus 14 down)
29 across 54 down 11 All digits are different
35 Equal to its reverse minus a 60 Average of 55 across and 14 Average of 23 down and
cube number 44 across 25 across
36 Digit total equals that of 61 44 across plus 46 down plus 16 Cube root of 1 down
37 across 64 down 18 13 across minus 7 down
37 12 across reversed plus 23 down 63 Equal to its digit total plus digit 19 Prime number
38 All digits are different; total product, reversed 21 Sum of digit cubes equals 6 down
equals one third of 23 down 65 Digit total equals half the first 23 Average of all answers in this
41 Digits of 10 across and 19 across two digits column
rearranged 66 Multiple of 58 down, reversed 24 Sum of 34 across, 35 across,
44 One third of 24 across 36 across and 37 across
45 17 across minus 18 down DOWN 26 Digits of 28 across and 53 across
47 If added to its reverse equals 1 Cube number rearranged
18 down 2 Digit total of 11 down 28 37 across times 42 down
49 Digit total plus digit product 3 1 across divided by its 29 Eight times (46 down reversed)
equals 60 down digit total 30 Last digit equals total of first
51 Only two different digits used; 4 Square of the first digit equals two digits
total equals 35 across the cube of the second digit 32 Six times 52 down
53 Digit product equals digit total 6 Multiple of 7 down 33 Centre digit equals total of other
55 Three eighths of 60 down 7 Prime number two digits

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39 Palindrome 48 Digits of 38 across in 58 Product of two consecutive
40 Digit total equals half the last numerical order integers
two digits 50 52 down reversed minus 60 Twice the last two digits of
41 5 across minus 1 across 55 across 65 across
42 39 down rearranged 51 Prime number 62 Remainder when 33 down is
43 First three digits plus last three 52 Factor of 57 across divided by 18 down
digits equal 45 across 54 Half 36 across 64 Consecutive pair of digits from
46 51 down plus 60 down, reversed 56 24 across reversed 40 down

62 Super Knights Tour

Barbara Holmes

A B C D E F G H I J
1
2
3

The numbers 1 to100 have been placed in the grid, with the 4
starting point as shown. Each subsequent number is placed 5
in accordance with a knights move in chess, ending with 100
a knights move away from number 1. The following clues will 6 1
help with placing.
7
8
9

ACROSS 7 Two multiples of 26; 10

1 Two square numbers; nothing between 65
three numbers below 10; and 80
nothing divisible by 12 8 One cube number; one
2 One cube number; one square number; nothing
multiple of 13; nothing below 15 number; two adjacent H Three numbers are
greater than 75 9 One number is six times multiples of 13 the reverse of square
3 One square number; another D One cube number; one numbers; nothing
nothing between 10 Two square numbers, square number; nothing between 35 and 55
10 and 30 one is adjacent to its divisible by 9; one I Nothing below 20; three
4 One cube number; one reverse; two multiples number is the reverse of multiples of 10
square number; one of 27 a square number J One cube number; one
multiple of 26; nothing E Three square numbers; square number; three
divisible by 5 DOWN two adjacent multiples multiples of 31; one
5 Two square numbers A One square number; of 25 multiple of 20
adjacent to each other; two multiples of 12; four F One square number;
three adjacent multiples prime numbers; total two adjacent multiples of
of 7 equals 389 25; nothing divisible by
6 One cube number; one B One square number; 7 or 13
square number; one three multiples of 20 G Two cube numbers;
multiple of 31; total C One number is the two square numbers;
equals 469 reverse of a square digit 4 not used

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 63 Trianjie
World Puzzle Championship 2005

This puzzle is a variation on the familiar Hanjie puzzle. Instead of showing the information in two directions
in a squared grid, this is given from three directions. The numbers tell you how many black sections must
be in that direction, and how long they are. Before and after the black sections there can be any number of
empty triangles, but between two black sections there must be at least one.

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 64 SUMami
Jochen Vetter
8
Fill in some of the cells in the grid using digits from 8 6 21 16 10 4
1 to 9 according to the following rules: 21 19 24 6 6 16 8 15 23 35
9 11 16 16 8 14 15 6 1 7

23 7 9
(1) No row or column may contain the same digit
18 4 11 6
more than once
6 14 19
(2) The numbers above and to the left show the totals
of each group of adjacent numbers in the relevant 3 24 4

row or column 15 24
(3) There must be one or more blank squares 8 7 17
separating the groups from each other. 6 2 24

5 9 13
Thus, a clue of 5 13 12 might lead to
22 6 5
5 4 1 2 6 9 3.
14 15 9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

13
10

14
11 12

15
65 Scrowdros
16 Graham Harding
17

18 19 20 21 22 23 The clues to this puzzle are fairly straightforward, but entering them into
the grid is quite the opposite every single letter must be positioned out
of its correct place. Hence, the clue Peak might yield the solution TOP,
24 25 26 27 28
which could be entered as PTO or OPT, but not as TPO, POT or OTP.
29
Intermediate solutions are on page 38.
30 31 32 33 34

35 36
39 Rime (5) 19 Deed (3)
40 Black and white bird (6) 20 Lie (3)
37 38
22 Cigarette (3)
39 40 DOWN 23 Strike (3)
1 Expenditure (6) 24 Per (4)
ACROSS 18 Run fast (4) 2 Male deer (4) 25 Adhere (5)
1 Area of low pressure (6) 21 Card game (8) 3 Tarry (6) 27 Needlework (6)
6 Keen (5) 24 Dreadful (8) 4 Esplanade (4) 28 Rivulet (6)
9 Beef or lamb, for 26 Melt (4) 5 Dialogue (12) 30 Order (4)
example (4) 29 Ocean (3) 6 Leer (4) 31 Part of house (4)
10 Hat (6) 30 Study of weather (11) 7 Char (4) 32 Young horse (4)
13 Box (4) 35 Cloth (8) 8 Busy insects (4) 33 Night insect (4)
14 Achieves (8) 36 Direction (4) 11 Water bird (5) 34 Elderly (4)
16 Soccer players (11) 37 Secret (6) 12 Horse race (12)
17 Journal (3) 38 Outhouse (4) 15 Four inches (4)

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 66 Loopy Loop The Loop
US Puzzle Championship 2006

Draw a single continuous loop by connecting neighbouring dots horizontally or vertically (but not diagonally).
A numbered square indicates exactly how many of its edge segments are used by the path.

1 2
7 3 2
3 7 4
2 2 4
4 3

67 Alphacipher
Graham Harding

The numbers 1 to 26 have been DECEMBER 25

A N
allocated randomly to the letters of FRANKINCENSE 183
B O
the alphabet. The letter values of the GOLD 27
words have been added together to
C P JINGLE BELLS 109
give the word values. For example, D Q MINCE PIE 95
GOLD might comprise G=3, E R NATIVITY 165
O=15, L=1 and D=8, or any other F S QUEENS SPEECH 109
combination of numbers totalling 27. REINDEER 75
G T
The theme here is CHRISTMAS SANTA CLAUS 151
H U
what is the value of Z? SHEPHERDS 71
I V TURKEY 67
J W WISE MEN 93
K X XMAS DAY 97
L Y YULE 34
M Z

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 68 Cross Sums
Sisyphus

In this puzzle, each clue indicates the location and sum of digits of a number to be placed in the grid.
The digit zero is never used in the puzzle, the same digit never appears more than once in any answer,
and the exact same answer is never used more than once in the grid.

11 19 16 19 12 14 19 6
6 20 18 14
3 12 4
22 22 15
30 30
7 19 5
19 7 8 21
13 13 11 6
31 29 35 19
26 25
21 11 7
24 26 11

17 23 12
19 29 30 18
13 27 9
13 13
25 29
18 22
13 14 10 13
7 24 16 9 6
5 32 9
4 14 5 3
19 20 12

5 23 13 8

69 Sports Day
World Puzzle Championship 2003

Down at the sports hall, eight teams have gathered to do battle in the big tournament. I planned the day to
perfection in each round, every team will play one of its opponents at a particular sport; nobody will face the
same opponent or play the same sport more than once. Unfortunately, I dropped the schedule in a puddle
getting out of the car, most of the ink ran, and now I cant work out whos supposed to be doing what! Help!

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7

Baseball 6-0 2-0 3-0
Cricket 1-5 3-7
Hockey 8-0
Rugby 6-0
Soccer 2-4
Volleyball 7-0 3-4
Water Polo 5-0 7-8

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 70-71 Mini Word Sums
Jeanne Buchanan

By determining the numerical value of each word within the following equations, can you fill in the grids?
The answers to be entered are numbers, in which each digit represents the letter which appears in the
corresponding position in the word given after the relevant clue-number. Within each equation, a letter
has been assigned to each different digit, and the same letter represents the same digit throughout that
equation though not necessarily in any other equation. The two puzzles are completely separate; all but
one answer is clued, but every square is to be filled.

1 2 3 4 A: 12a ODE + 9d GAD = 7a LONG

5 6 B: 3a AT x 5a IT = 10a TINT

7 C: 11a (UP) = 4d FLUFFY

D: 1a (BID) = 1d BEHEAD
8 9
E: 1a SPA + 11a AS + 12a FIR + 9d PSI = 5a RE + 8a RAPE
10
F: 10a SUMS x (3a AS 5a US) + 10a SUMS = 2d TUTUS
11 12

A: 4a URN + 11a ERA + 3d AN = 1d ROBE 1 2 3

B: 1a OAK x 11a SON = 8a STARS 4 5

C: 3d EM + (5d YELP) = 2d TRYSTER 6 7

D: 3d OR x 11d DO = 9d DREW 8 9

E: 6a BEST + 7d EATS = 10a TUBA + 12a OOH

10

11

12
8

19 Act 20 Fib 22 Fag 23 Hit 24 Each 25 Stick 27 Sewing 28 Stream 30 Sort 31 Room 32 Foal 33 Moth 34 Aged
DOWN: 1 Outlay 2 Stag 3 Loiter 4 Prom 5 Conversation 6 Ogle 7 Burn 8 Bees 11 Grebe 12 Steeplechase 15 Hand
24 Shocking 26 Thaw 29 Sea 30 Meteorology 35 Material 36 East 37 Covert 38 Shed 39 Frost 40 Magpie
ACROSS: 1 Trough 6 Eager 9 Meat 10 Bonnet 13 Spar 14 Succeeds 16 Footballers 17 Log 18 Bolt 21 Cribbage
65 SCROWDROS INTERMEDIATE SOLUTIONS

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 72 Super Sudoku
Jochen Vetter

Place letters A to F and digits 0 to 9 into

the grid so that every row, every column,
and every bold-outlined 4 x 4 square
contains exactly one of each.

73 Skillfill
Graham Harding
Each square in this crossword is filled with either
one, two or three letters, and the shaded square
contains two. When the grid is correctly filled in,
youll be able to read off the following words.

ADDENDUM FOUNDATION PERMING

ALBINO FRUGAL RESONANCE
AMPLIFY HEADACHE SALVER
ANALYTICAL JUMBLE SHELLAC
ANCILLARY JUMPER SHOOT
BLEATING LACQUER STORYTELLER
CHASTENED LIAISON SUBSTRATA

Example CHROMOSOMES MASTIFF TENTATIVE

SAU SA GE CHESS
CLOCK MUSKRAT YEAR
INT SAINTS CRIMSON OFFSTUMP
CHE S S SAUSAGE
ETCETERA OTHER

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 74 Numbercrostic
Will Adams

The two grids below contain twelve equations, to which only the answers are given. These answers
(without altering the order of their digits) also fit randomly into the twelve spaces in the first column of the
right-hand grid, reading downwards, and thus form the first digits of the answers to the clues. As you start
to fill in the answers, transfer each digit to the corresponding square in the left-hand grids and begin to
piece together the equations.

CLUES M Square number

A G+H N Sum of the digits of S
30 45 19
B YN P First two digits of L times the A
C Third digit is the sum of the first and third digit 62 35 3
B
second digits Q VM
39 57 26
D First digit is the sum of the second R Three times Q C
and third digits S L+P 43 71 40
D
E FT T One-third of J 23 9 54
F First digit is the sum of the second U First two digits of R times the second E
37 72 60
and third digits two digits F
G HP V S+T 5 52 15
H First digit is the sum of the second W Twice S
G
33 56 7
and third digits X Half of V H
J Four times K Y First digit is the sum of the second 42 69 50 10
J
K Third digit is the product of the first and third digits
53 20 25
and second digits Z G+L K
L Square of M 1 66 24
L
L1 U2 B3 X4 G5 N6 49 21
+ + = 8 4 M
H7 P8 E9 J10 T11 R12 63 6
+ + = 5 9 N
U13 Q14 G15 V16 Z17 W18 8 36 46
+ = 1 1 P
A19 K20 M21 Q22 E23 L24 22 14 29
+ = 3 5 Q
K25 C26 Z27 Y28 Q29 A30 55 64 12 67
+ = 7 6 R
V31 Y32 H33 S34 B35 P36 47 34 58
+ = 6 8 S
70 51 11
T
F37 U38 C39 D40 V41 J42 38 13 2
= 2 1 U
D43 Z44 A45 P46 S47 Y48 16 41 31
= 1 3 V
M49 J50 T51 G52 K53 E54 61 18 59
+ = 4 4 W
R55 H56 C57 S58 W59 F60 4 65 68
+ = 2 8 X
W61 B62 N63 R64 X65 L66 28 48 32
+ = 9 7 Y
R67 X68 J69 T70 D71 F72 17 27 44
+ = 8 2 Z

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 75 Campsite
Hans Eendebak

Every tree has 4

exactly one tent tied 5
to it, which is in a
4
horizontally or vertically
4
neighbouring square.
Also no two tents are
2
in adjacent squares, 5
not even diagonally. 4
The numbers outside 3
the grid show how 2
many tents are in each 7
row or column can
4 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
you deduce where the
tents are placed?

76 Line Dance
Hans Eendebak

Draw a series of lines in the grid, obeying these rules: 7 5

(1) Each line must start in a numbered square, and go vertically
1 1
or horizontally without changing direction.
6
(2) More than one line can start in the same numbered square.
(3) Each unnumbered square must contain exactly one line 8 5
(4) If a square contains the number 1, then only 1 square in 9
total is entered by lines starting in that square. Similarly, a 7 9
total of 9 squares are visited by lines emanating from the 9, 6
and so on. 3
EXAMPLE 8
4 4
9 1
5 3 5 3
3 3
7 7
2 2
3 7 3 7
6 6

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 77 Pieceword
Oinomel

Fit the pieces given into the grid to complete a symmetrical crossword puzzle (though what form of
symmetry is used is for you to deduce). Most answers are not clued here, but you will find the following
items somewhere in the completed grid:

Eight double letters.

Six two-word or hyphenated
phrases
Two rhyming three-letter words
One of the Seven Dwarves
A Greek letter
A word which contains the same
three-letter sequence twice in the
same order.

N L P O U X E C C
T I C E S A N G M U C
R R C S I N A C O E
B R E U T E D O C O S O N
R N T E O H K E R A
I M E H E D G A E T I N G
E D M T A G H A D E D
K R A L A Y N O S
E K Y D E A D S E
F I N A R E E T A
U O R C L L N A R M
L L T U E E E L S O D E
C H V I N G E D R
A E T H O P E D F
G I N R I S T P M R

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 Puzzle Medley
78 Four Square
Josie Faulkner
The numbers 1 to 16 are to be placed in grid A,
so that consecutive numbers never appear in the
same row or column, nor diagonally adjacent to
each other. The number in each cell in Grid B is
the sum of the horizontal and vertical neighbours
of the corresponding cell in grid A.
79-83 Six Into Three Oinomel
Using the normal arithmetic operators only
(+, , , x), use any or all of the six small numbers
to reach the large total shown; you can only use
the same number twice if its shown twice! There
may be more than one solution in each case.
Example: 131 using 100, 25, 4, 9, 3, 7:
100 + 25 + 9 3 = 131

(79) 239 using 4, 8, 2, 3, 9, 6

Grid A Grid B
(80) 373 using 100,1, 8, 1, 3, 7
5 33 13 25
32 27 48 18
(81) 946 using 75, 25, 1, 7, 5, 6
25 38 30 42 (82) 914 using 75, 25, 100, 9, 1, 7
15 23 33 8 (83) 532 using 100, 75, 25, 50, 4, 10

84 Wordoku
Oinomel
Fill the grid using the ni n e given letters so that
every row, column, and 3 x 3 block contains one
of each letter. The letters in the shaded squares
can then be rearranged to a seasonal word
what is it?
85 ABCD
Jochen Vetter
Each square in the grid contains just one of the letters
A, B, C and D they are placed in such a manner that
no two horizontally or vertically adjacent squares ever
contain the same letter. Given that the numbers above
and to the left of the grid show how many of each
letter are contained in the relevant row or column, can
you correctly place all the letters?

A I N T
D 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 2
C 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3
T E B I G
B 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 0
R N D C B A 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 1
O E I R B A 3 2 2 2
A T 1 4 1 3
E G B T I
3 0 4 2
3 4 1 1
N I G E
3 2 3 1 C
2 2 3 2 B

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 86 Killer Sudoku
Oinomel

Complete the grid so that each row, column, and 3x3

box contains a different number from 1 to 9, and so
that each dotted line region contains all different digits
totalling the given number.

87 Variation Sudoku
Josie Faulkner

Insert letters into the grid so that every

row, column and shaded region contains
O I I A
an anagram of the word VARIATION. A T I I
A V
V R A
V A O
T A N
N
R I I V O
N T R I

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 Solutions
Puzzle 6 Puzzle 11
Cross Sums Keypad
3 2 1 5 2 1 3 6 5 6 1 4
5 6 4 7 3 7 8 4 6 7 9 8 7 2
1 3 4 6 1 3 9
1 8 4 3 5 8 6 9 0 9 5
8 4 7 6 9 9 8 8 6 3
7 3 1 7 3 2 9 5
9 3 9 2 2 9 4 9 1
2 6 5 1 3 4 3 2 Puzzles 12-13
7 1 6 9 7 1 2 6 3
8 4 9 1 4 2 4 8 Skyscrapers
8 9 5 2 4 9 7 4 2 3 1 7 6 5 2 1 7 3 5 4 6
6 5 4 9 8 6 4 9 7 5 4 2 7 1 6 5 4 3 7 6 5 1 3 2 4
Puzzle 2 3 1 5 6 3 8 9 7 8 7 5 6 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 7 2 1 3
Fruit Picking 5 3 4 2 1 7 6 5 4 3 6 1 7 2
1 Gary, Kiwi and Plum Puzzle 7 1 6 7 5 4 3 2 4 3 2 5 7 6 1
2 Tina, Greengage and Pear Think Tank 6 4 5 3 2 1 7 3 2 1 4 6 5 7
3 Kate, Banana and Plum 1 Autotheism, 2 Narcolepsy, 3 Dogs tooth, 3 1 2 7 6 5 4 1 7 6 2 4 3 5
4 Tony, Kiwi and Peach 4 Malthusian, 5 Archetypal, 6 Yggdrasill,
5 Pete, Banana and Orange 7 Ionesco, 8 Landmark, 9 Idrialite, Puzzle 14
6 Annie, Nectarine and Greengage 10 Van Dyck, 11 Earnshaw, 12 Sheridan, Scrowdros
7 Paula, Nectarine and Orange 13 Ignominy, 14 Monopolise, 15 Paralipsis, H E C R E B U R L D I
8 Bryan, Apple and Tangerine 16 Larry Adler, 17 Ypsiliform, 18 Tim Rice, C A N I D P A G A O
9 Oliver, Apple and Peach 19 Hand vice, 20 Abstemious R V E D E S R R O O S T
10 Beth, Pear and Tangerine OR I A A L E I T N S F
QUOTATION: And may I live simply, that N H I N T I
A O L R N I E T R E N S
Puzzle 3 others may simply live T Y E A E P
Alphacipher A N G D E R S E O M A T
A=20, B=13, C=4, D=10, E=5, G=26, H=8, Puzzle 8 V A R M E S
E I I R T C S A L A Y L
I=14, J=6, K=23, L=1, M=12, N=25, O=3, Canals N T R P D I E I A P N I
P=22, Q=7, R=18, S=2, T=9, U=15, V=11, 4 4 N E I O I D R E E N
W=17, X=21, Y=24, Z=19 THEREFORE N T A L O L A E R D E
F EQUALS 16 4 1 3
5 Puzzle 15
3
Puzzle 4 1 4 Mosaic
Wordoku 7
W P N E A I G O L T B R
4
R G I T B W L E O P A N
4
B A L O T R P N G I W E 4
E R A B O T I G N W L P 2
L I O P N E R W B A T G
7
7
G W T N L P A B E O R I 4
A O B R E L N I T G P W 3 4
T L W I G A O P R E N B 6
2
N E P G R B W T A L I O
I B G L W O T R P N E A
Puzzle 9
O T R W P N E A I B G L
P N E A I G B L W R O T
1 To X
3 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 2
Topical activity APPLE BOBBING 4 2 5 2 1 4 5 1 4 1
1 3 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 2
Puzzle 5 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 3 1 Puzzle 16
Numerical Crossword 3 2 1 2 5 3 1 2 1 2 Packing For Bulgaria
6 5 4 3 4 2 3 1 4 3
1 7 5 3 6 9 1 2 4 1 4 D A N R A V T S A P
5 4 3 1 2 1 4 3 5 1
2 3 9 5 2 5 2 7 6 9 6 2 1 4 3 2 1 2 1 2 O B R I C H A K T E
6 1 2 5 1 1 1 4 1 8 8 2 8 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 E M U H S V R A R S
3 9 7 8 3 6 5 5 3 3 1 6 7 5 4 3 4 5 2
1 1 3 5 5 4 1 2 4 1 N V O L R U B L I I
8 9 9 1 0 6 4 8 2 6 2 C E S A G Z A N C L
8 4 8 4 7 3 4 3
Puzzle 10
H E N V K A E P H I
4 4 2 7 5 3 9 2 3 9 6 Team Photo R V N O K N R L S S
8 4 6 8 5 7 1 4 2 9 1 Fred Parker, 2 Tom Gray, 3 Peter
O E I D O I V I R T
1 9 9 2 7 6 2 2 1 Barnard, 4 Jimmy Simpson, 5 George
5 6 5 8 1 7 3 1 0 7 8 Allman, 6 Bill Turner, 7 Darren Clarke, 8 U L P I M K E S A A
4 4 6 4 3 6 5 3 4 1 Shaun Rogers, 9 Kevin Williams, 10 Ted S S E V A S N O F I
4 9 3 9 2 1 3 6 6 9 1 Knight, 11 Les Miller

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 Solutions
Puzzle 17 Puzzle 22 Puzzle 27
Atomic Fusion Filling In Campsite

3 + 9 6 = 2 3
1
+ x 2
1
5 + 7 2 = 6 2
2
2

8 x 1 4 = 4 3
1
= = = 3
Puzzle 18 1 1 3 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2
Knight's Tour
A B C D E F G H
Puzzle 23 Puzzle 28
1 53 24 29 18 51 16 9 12
Anglers Easy As ABC
2 30 19 52 23 10 13 50 15
11 12 B2 C1 A1 D2 A2
3 25 54 21 28 17 48 11 8
4 20 31 26 43 22 7 14 49
D B A C C1
5 33 62 55 6 27 42 47 4
15 D1 D C B A B2
6 56 59 32 1 44 5 38 41
8 B A C D
7 63 34 61 58 39 36 3 46
C A B D B2
8 60 57 64 35 2 45 40 37
A1 A C D B B1
D C A B
Puzzle 19 10
Cross Numberword C2 C1 D2 B2 D2
P R Y T H E 8
O A X E Y
T A P A L E Puzzle 24 Puzzle 29
R O Uncle Will's Will Fives And Fours
S E A O P T ACCUMULATION D E M O T E . P E L T
A C O W U PANTECHNICON U . U . . N . A . . O
G E T L E G RESURRECTION S . L . A G A I N S T
CARBOHYDRATE
T A L K . R . N . . A
Puzzle 20 INARTICULATE
. . I . . O . . I . L
EXPERIMENTAL
Skeleton P R O T E S T A N T S
E S T I M A T E D The six-letter word is PACIER O . N . . S . . S . .
R L N N N N S E W . . F . M . S T A R
U L U R U V E G E T A T E D Puzzle 25 D E G R E E S . A . I
B L B E R R R D E . . O . N . . N . C
B L U E B E R R Y U N I T E
Domino Search
R O A M . T H A T C H
E E N S D R 3 1 3 5 0 3 0 6
R E S I D U E B A T T E R Y 9a All numbers have digit total of 25
I S E A N 4 6 6 3 5 6 2 2 15a One of the digits is more than the
R U M O U R S R O O S T E R sum of the others
O P N T R I 1 1 4 4 6 2 6 5 3d The first three digits form a square
B A L E D P R E S E R V E D number
I I E O R G A I 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 1
N E F E R T I T I A L I E N
5 0 2 0 4 4 6 0 Puzzle 30
G Y G N N N N G
Knights Tour
C O N T A G I O N 0 2 1 0 0 5 4 4 A B C D E F G H
Puzzle 21 5 2 1 6 5 5 3 3 1 17 26 53 48 29 20 59 56
E's Off 2 52 47 18 27 58 55 30 21
ACROSS: 1 Hever, Epee; 2 Shrew, Verne; Puzzle 26
3 Brecht; 4 Fennel, Berber; 5 Sedge; 6 3 25 16 49 54 19 28 57 60
Kestrel; 7 Lectern, Decree; 8 Emmet, Wedding Bells 4 46 51 24 7 2 61 22 31
Newt; 9 Helen; 10 Crepes; 11 Leveret Man Woman
Darren Gregory Trixie James 5 15 6 45 50 23 8 35 62
DOWN: 1 Chester; 2 Entebbe; 3 Elbert,
Fen; 4 Heller, Beech; 5 Setter, Eel; 6 Ian Churchill Millie Arnold 6 44 41 12 3 38 1 32 9
Hermes; Ellen; 7 Mendel; Hew; 8 Sen, Nicholas Brown Georgina Martin
7 5 14 39 42 11 34 63 36
Shekel; 9 Smelt; 10 Steppes, Erne; 11 Vincent Thomas Jenny Gordon
Zebedee Lee Angela Norman 8 40 43 4 13 64 37 10 33
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Puzzle 31 Puzzle 37 Puzzle 44
Alphacipher Grid Reference Cross Sums
A= 6 , B=17, C=20, D=21, E=1, F=23, C O N Q U E R H A G
G=18, H=14, I=3, J=19, K=9, L=4, M=13, A O N I M A G O 2 4 3 8 9 5 1 8 4 2
N=5, O=10, P=22, R=2, S=12, T=7, N A T U R A L R E T 6 3 9 2 5 6 9 8 4 7 3
U=11, V=16, W=24, X=8, Y=15, Z=25 1 2 1 7 8 1 9 6 4
T E I D E A S
THEREFORE Q EQUALS 26 6 7 5 4 8 9 4 2 4 1
A N D P I R H E A
T O R E P O T A N 2 1 4 9 1 9 8 5 9 6
Puzzles 32-35 6 9 2 8 3 1 3 9 8
A W A Y O X A R T
Battleships B E A S T Z H 8 6 3 9 2 8 1 7 9
1
J A B F E A T U R E 2 3 1 6 8 3 1 6 5
4
A R O M A I R M 1 3 4 9 8 5 4 9 6 7
Y E T R O L L E R S
2 1 3 5 6 1 2 9 8 4
1 6 4 3 2 6 4 7 9 7
2 4 4 6 1 8 9 3 8 9 7 5
2 3 2 1 5 9 2 1 3 8 9
2 2 1 3 Puzzle 38
Loop The Loop
3 Puzzle 45
1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 1
0 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 Thermometers
2 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 2 1
2 7
1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 0
5 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 7
0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2
7
2 0 2 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 0
5 2 2 1 1 2 2 5
0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 2
1 3
5 0 1 3 3 2 5 0 1 3 3
2
3 0
1
3 3
2
1 1
1
2 2
1
2 3
2
1 2
1
6
5
1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 3
1 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 6
2 1 2 2 1 1 1
1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3
1 0 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 1 1
6 3 4 6 7 4 7 5 5
3 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 2
1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2
3
1 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 1 3 3 Puzzle 46
2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 0 1 SUMami
2 3 2 1 2 2 5 17 4 11 9
3 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 0 1 16 3 4 8 1 5 15 11 9 13
2 3 2 1 2 4 0 4 2 12 18 7 12 30 27 10 22 18 28
3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0
2 1 2 1 2 1 1 15 6 6 7 5 3 2 4 6
1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 8 10 18 8 5 4 1 6 7 3 2
4
1
3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 6 11 11 1 3 2 4 7 6 5
1 1 0 2 2 2 2
1 3 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 3 1
6 1 3 6 1 3
1
3 9 17 2 1 9 5 8 4
4
9 21 14 2 7 8 6 3 4 5 9
1 Puzzles 39-43 13 17 7 4 9 3 8 1 5 7
3 Cryptograms 6 26 12 6 4 5 8 9 2 7 3
4 39 My dad used to say Always fight fire 7 23 1 4 2 6 9 8
4 0 1 5 1 2 1 3 3 with fire, which is probably why he 13 5 12 7 6 5 9 2 1
was thrown out of the fire brigade.
40 If you can keep your head while those
Puzzle 36 about you are losing theirs, have you Puzzle 47
Place The Pieces considered becoming a guillotine Bonfire Party
operator? Betty, Charlie, Parker, Swordfish,
Kn 41 Did you ever hear of a kid, while Germany.
B 1 playing, pretend to be an accountant, Cathy, Gary, Harrison, Beefburgers,
2 Q even if he wanted to be one? Spain.
42 Being an astronomer is a very noble Gill, Howard, Brooks, Pork Chops, Chile.
2 R 3
profession, but it does leave you at Heidi, Peter, Simms, Garlic Bread,
0 rather a loose end during the day. Bulgaria.
B 1 43 At the unemployment exchange, my Penny, Simon, Gooch, Chicken Wings,
K R father gave his occupation as an Hungary.
astronaut but not prepared to travel. Sue, Ben, Carter, Hot Dogs, Portugal.
Kn

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Puzzle 48 Puzzle 52 Puzzle 61
Crazy Addition Serpent Numerical Crossword
3 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 9 3 7 5 8 3 7 1 5 7
4 19 18 17 1
2 6 1 7 0 1 7 1 4 9 9 1 6
2 2 6 8 3 20 16 2 6 6 5 2 7 8 5 2 3 4
2 8 3 11 7 21 15 14 13 3 4 5 4 8 4 2 9 7 5 5 2 7 9
2 1 5 6 8 6 1 5 5 3 8 0 4
2 8 8 16
4 23 22 12 6 6 8 0 4 2 6 1 5 8 5
2 1 4 5 6 24 11 10 9 8 7 1 3 2 5 7 6 9 4
2 1 8 9 5 1 4 3 9 4
3 9 4 9 22 2 25 26 5 9 3 7 9 7 4 1 1
2 5 9 14
2 8 1 9
4 27 28 29 30 6 7 1 2 7 7 7 2 1 3 2
2 1 9 3 5 8 9 9 8 5
3 2 8 9 19 3 31 32 33 3 5 7 2 4 2 9 5 8
5 6 8 23 8 5 4 25 6 27 4 42 41 40 34 5 8 6 2 8 4 4 2 2 6 9

5 39 38 37 36 35
Puzzle 49 Puzzle 62
Direction Finding Super Knight's Tour
Puzzles 53-57 A B C D E F G H I J
P E R U S E M R M I N U S
R O R N N O A O E Q U I T
Internationals 1 6 9 44 39 4 37 66 35 68 31
E N K D S I L M L N U R R (53) Norway, Austria 2 43 40 5 8 45 72 3 32 65 34
F I N E R A T M A E A A O (54) Belgium, Portugal 3 10 7 42 77 38 99 36 67 30 69
A A L R R E A E D V S M Y (55) Madagascar, Peru 4 41 78 11 46 73 76 71 2 33 64
C L T I D A S L E A R A E
(56) Latvia, Ecuador 5 12 47 74 51 100 25 98 63 70 29
E C C I S T K R T C M I L
M H O T H E S E E A R E L
(57) Turkmenistan, Chad 6 79 20 13 48 75 50 1 24 97 62
U U I E W E D S R P L O O 7 14 83 52 21 26 23 96 61 28 91
S M T A D R P O R T A L W 8 19 80 17 86 49 88 27 92 57 60
Puzzle 58
I I S E E O A W E U S I A
C T A A D M S P A R S E S
Numeral Stew 9 84 15 82 53 22 95 58 55 90 93
3960815274 10 81 18 85 16 87 54 89 94 59 56
E L D E W E S I R E O H P

Puzzle 63
Puzzle 50 Puzzle 59 Trianjie
Tremendously Troublesome Latin Square
Triangle 7 7 3 4 6 2 1 5
26
6 6 1 7 2 3 5 4
19 29
5 1 5 2 4 6 3 7
14 1 18
4 3 6 5 1 7 4 2
6 25 34 12
3 4 7 6 5 1 2 3
33 36 27 2 21
2 5 2 1 3 4 7 6
3 20 15 7 31 17
1 2 4 3 7 5 6 1
24 22 9 35 28 11 4
A B C D E F G
10 32 5 23 16 8 30 13
Puzzle 64
Puzzle 51 Puzzle 60 SUMami
Crazy Paving Secret Santa 8
8 6 21 16 10 4
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Socks, Barbara to David 21 19 24 6 6 16 8 15 23 35

6 9 11 16 16 8 14 15 6 1 7
Book, Louise to Luke
6
23 7 9 9 5 6 3 7 8 1
CD, Pamela to Louise 18 4 11 6 7 3 8 4 9 2 6
6
Pot plant, Howard to Barbara 6 14 19 1 2 3 5 9 8 4 7
6
3 24 4 1 2 9 7 8 4
6 Gift voucher, Luke to Howard 15 24 2 4 6 3 7 9 8
6
Woolly hat, David to Pamela 8 7 17 8 1 6 3 5 9
6 6 2 24 6 2 8 5 4 7
6 5 9 13 5 9 4 6 1 2
6 22 6 5 6 7 9 2 4 5
6 14 15 9 9 5 7 8 6 1 2

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Puzzle 65 Puzzle 69 Puzzle 73
Scrowdros Sports Day Skillfill
U G
T R H O G R E A E Basketball: X, 4-7, 6-1, X, 2-8, 3-5, X
CH ROM O SO M E S SH EL LAC
T A
E M N E T O N B Cricket: X, X, X, 1-5, 3-7, 4-8, 2-6
AS FFS AS AL BIN O QUE
A S
R P C E S E U S C D Hockey: 5-7, X, 8-3, 4-6, X, 1-2, X
TE N T A T I VE OT HE R
O T
L O F S R A L B E N Rugby: X, 6-8, 4-5, 2-3, X, X, 1-7
Y I O G L H NED U IF R ADA
Soccer: 2-4, 3-1, X, X, X, 6-7, 8-5
L T O B E B C R G B I A A MP LI F Y C LO C K
Volleyball: 1-8, X, 7-2, X, 5-6, X, 3-4
A F I H F T Water Polo: 3-6, 5-2, X, 7-8, 1-4, X, X
DDE AIS EA RIM H
H C G I O N K S A W H T FOU ND ATI ON R E SON ANC E
C A S E N R U SUB TCE I F
E O O L R T E Y O G E M Puzzles 70-71
JU M PER ST ORY T E LL E R
A L R M A T I E T E A S Mini Word Sums
M M USK RAT ER AR UG
T R O V C E H S D E
R T S O F P E M I G A
8 9 5 6 1 BLE AT ING A N A L Y TIC AL

0 2 1 9 Puzzle 74
Puzzle 66 Numbercrostic
Loopy Loop The Loop 1 6 5 9 5 A 932 B 733 C 224 D 844 E 520 F 972
G 391 H 541 J 1356 K 339 L 256 M 16
0 2 5 9 1 N 10 P 150 Q 842 R 2526 S 406 T 452
U 650 V 858 W 812 X 429 Y 743 Z 647

1 2
2 1 2 8 1 20 + 34 + 30 = 84
11 + 26 + 22 = 59
7 3 2 5 8 6 7 2 54 + 18 61 = 11
23 + 68 56 = 35
3 7 4 94 47 + 29 = 76
83 50 + 35 = 68
2 2 4 1 0 3 9 96 24 51 = 21
4 3 87 30 44 = 13
6 8 1 4 15 + 59 30 = 44
24 + 26 22 = 28
2 7 1 9 87 15 + 25 = 97
69 34 + 47 = 82
7 4 0 5 7
Puzzle 67 Puzzle 75
Alphacipher 9 3 2 4 Campsite
4
5
4
4
2
5
4
3
2
7

A=21, B=2, C=3, D=5, E=1, F=19, G=7,

H=11, I=25, J=17, K=15, L=6, M=4, 7 1 9 2
4 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2

N=26, O=9, P=10, Q=18, R=8, S=12,

T=16, U=13, V=22, W=24, X=20, Y=14
THEREFORE Z EQUALS 23
9 8 8 6

Puzzle 68 Puzzle 72
Cross Sums Super Sudoku

4 2 7 4 9 6 4 8 9 5
7 4 2 9 8 9 5 6 3 5 1
6 1 6 2 3 1 7 1 4
6 7 5 8 9 2 1 5
4 9 2 7 8 9 8 6 2 9
9 8 7 9 3 1 7 6 3 1 7
9 8 9 8 6 8 4
6 4 3 7 4 2 5 9 1 2 6
5 4 7 9 5 8 7 9 5 3
8 5 6 8 6 4 4 9
4 1 5 7 9 3 8 2 7
1 7 6 5 9 7 4 2 4 5 1
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Puzzle 76 Puzzles 7983 Puzzle 86
Line Dance Six Into Three Killer Sudoku
(79) ( 8 x 2 ) x ( 9 + 6 ) ( 4 3 ) = 239
7 5 (80) ( 100 7 ) x ( 3 + 1 ) + 1 = 373
1 1 (81) 6 x ( ( 25 x 7 ) 5 ) + 1 75 = 946
(82) ( ( 100 + 7 ) x 9 ) ( 75 ( 25 + 1) )
6 = 914
8 5 (83) ( ( 100 4 ) ( 75 25 ) ) +
( 50 x 10 ) = 532
9
7 9 Puzzle 84
6 Wordoku
3 R N I T E G A O B
8 B A G R O I E N T
9 1 T E O A N B R I G
A T R N B E I G O
Puzzle 77
G O E I T R B A N Puzzle 87
Pieceword
P O U C H D O C F I B R E
Variation Sudoku
I B N O G A T R E
A N A O H U R N
A O T V I N I A R
S I N G I N G A L L T I M E E G A B R O N T I
T A R N L D M N R A T V I O A I
A R M E D F O R C E S L A Y
N I B G A T O E R
E R U E C E I I N O A R A V T
O R T E I N G B A
H A D E D G E D A R S O N
O N V A R I T I A
O S H L A Seasonal word TOBOGGAN
D E A D S E T P E E L I N G V A R I I T A O N
C E O N Puzzle 85
M U C K R A K E R O P T I C ABCD I T I A A O N R V
O E E T M R R
T I A R O V I N A
V I N T A G E E X E C U T E D 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 2
E T N L N G T E C 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 R A I I N A V T O
R I S K Y S O D A C H E D
B 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 A V O N T A R I I
D C B A 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 1
Puzzle 78
3 2 2 2 B D C D A C B D A
Four Square 1 4 1 3 D C A C B A C A C
A B C D 3 0 4 2 B A B D A B D B D
1 15 1 11 3 3 4 1 1 C D C B D A C D C
2 4 7 9 14 3 2 3 1 B A B D C D B C D
3 10 13 16 6 2 2 3 2 D C A B A B D B C
4 8 5 2 12

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