1 CROSSWORDOnce the grid is complete, the letters in the highlighted squares will spell out a word to do with Valentine’s.
ACROSS 1 Ease of entry (of a building, eg) (13) 9 Trustworthy, truthful (6) 10 Quarrel, dispute (8) 11 Specific month and year (4) 12 Lift up, elevate (5) 13 Item worn on the foot (4) 14 Pretended, faked (9) 16 Useful, convenient (5) 19 Nasty (remark) (5) 20 Long-bodied family vehicle (6,3) 23 Layer (of a cake) (4) 25 Artist’s paint applier (5) 26 Baby girl’s clothes colour (4) 27 Scram! (5,3) 28 Sign on as a soldier (6) 29 Illegally entering a dwelling (13)
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9 10
11 12 13
14 15 16 17
18
19 20 21
22
23 24 25 26
27 28
29
DOWN 2 Thin paper used for decorations (5) 3 Outer, outside (8) 4 Place to find shells (7) 5 Famous London clock bell (3,3) 6 Cover for a bulb to deflect glare (9) 7 Gin and ___, pub tipple (5) 8 Site for filming a movie (8) 15 Route or path beneath a road (9) 17 Identify (a disease) (8) 18 Counter at which customers pay (4,4) 21 Frothy egg dish (7) 22 Soak up like a sponge (6) 24 Eskimo home (5) 26 Power cable tower (5)
2 ARROWORDOnce the grid is complete, the letters in the highlighted squares will spell out a word to do with Valentine’s
Stripedsweet
Ballerina’sgarment
Goingthrough
Drum, spool
Very smallparticles Soft hats
Drinksimilar to acappuccino
Ceases
Debacle
Rear ofa ship
Revel,wallow
Top of ababy’s bottle
Pasture-land
Numericalproportion
Rampage
Azure
Prosecute
Source ofminerals
Bath fitting
Varietyof rabbit
Unconfined
Poultry birds
Joke Word ofagreement
Middling(2-2)
Lackingexperience
Immersein water
Arrange-ments
Smalltrumpet
Consume
Was in pos-session of
Importantcricket
matchesShove
Moaned,complained Android Hooting
birdAdvisestrongly
Desertwater-holes
Enthusiastic
Reachadulthood
(4,2)
Argue Discourteous Last part
Unit oflength
High swingfor acrobats
Knocksharply
Centralcalm area
of a cyclone
Put yourselfout for
Couple, pairAdult males
Thus
Salver Husk Part of astaircase
Coveredwith ceramic
squares
Telepathy(inits)
Simians
Material join
Tall gardenflower
Go bad ormouldy
Hiveinsects
Colour ofclaret
Went outof sight
Slick andinsincere
Small truck
Spookier,creepier
Stun
Sheerlightweight
fabric
Adriana __,Brazilian
supermodel
Plasticgolf peg
Awards forbravery Requires
3 SUDOKUFill the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains the digits 1-9.
4 MISSING LINKFit words into the grid so each one connects up with the words on either side, eg, wishing - well - done. Read down the letters in the shaded squares to spell out something connected to Valentine’s Day.
7 1 32 4 7 9
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3 21 7 4 8
5 7 6 16 5
3 8 1 9 2 7
BRAKES
PUDDING
COCKTAIL
GUITAR
TICKET
BOWL
NEW
TEST
WELL
SCREEN
KICK
SLIPPED
FRENCH
KING
WATER
SQUARE
DAMASK
NOT
HYDROCHLORIC
NOTHING
FINISHING
TIGHT
5 SUGURUEach cell in an outlined block must contain a digit: a two-cell block contains the digits 1 and 2; a three-cell block contains the digits 1, 2 and 3; and so on. The same digit must not appear in neighbouring cells, not even diagonally.
523
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6 SUKOPlace the digits 1-9 in the cells so that the number in each circle is equal to the sum of the four surrounding cells, and so that each highlighted regional total is correct.
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© Puzzler Media 2017