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Fun & Games
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February sees our crossword compiler turning his attention to lesser known sports and leisure activities.
As ever, bogus acronyms abound, too! |
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CMB CROSSWORD #13, February 2008 |
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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD #12, JANUARY 2008: ACROSS 1: Patio, 4: Flower, 7: Notum, 9: TUC, 10: DAT, 11: Octant,
14: Topsoil, 15: Lee, 17: Lame, 19: RG, 21: US, 22: IRA, 23: JY, 24: Culm, 25: Azurea, 26: HI, 28: EMT, 29: RU,
30: Amateur, 31: RP, 32: Onion, 34: Defoliation. DOWN 1: Pond, 2: Tattoo, 3: Osmosis, 4: Fertilizer,
5: Wattle, 6: Rockery, 8: Oat, 12: Co 13: Alarum, 16: Orchard, 18: Martini, 21: Um, 23: Jargon, 27: Zeal,
32: OT, 33: Io.
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ACROSS
1: Game played in Corfu
6: It’s gone a bit pear shaped
9: Song by Supergrass
10: Game invented in Melbourne
12: English Bowling Association
14: Platform
15: Logical disjunction
17: Ride the wave
19: Digital to analog converter
21: Internet domain for Swaziland
22: Matching card game
23: Belonging to a female
24: Under tired eyes?
25: Snapshot
27: Internet Solution
28: Unit of pressure
29: Golden ratio
31: Used in Indian cooking
34: Play on words
35: Sport involving ‘spouse lifting’
39: Exclusive right to an invention
40: Ancient Asian board game
41: Gaelic team sport
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DOWN
1: Game of strategy and clocks?
2: Star aka ‘Pulcherrima’
3: Atomic number 20
4: Estimated time of arrival
5: Classic car or motorbike
6: Antigua internet domain name
7: Lumberjacks do this
8: Half an ‘up and down’ toy
11: Not them
13: Afghan sport played on horseback
16: Board game with an auction theme
18: Flying disc thrown for fun
20: Sport played with a broom on ice
24: Head honcho?
25: Pokemon Ranger
26: Dorothy’s land?
30: Search the thimble for example?
32: Emotional Freedom Techniques
33: Freudian stage of development
36: Between Mar. and May
37: Redundant Technology Initiative
38: Japanese currency
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Logic Problem #13: Romantic Gestures |
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Four blokes land themselves in trouble after failing to be Mr. Romance to their wives on Valentine’s
Day. From the clues below, work out who is married to whom, what romantic gesture each wife was expecting,
what happened instead, and how each wife got her revenge….
Ben, who is not married to Virginia had forgotten all about the trip to Paris he had promised his wife.
Victoria is married to Barry, she didn’t spend the evening queuing at a mobile fish and chip van in the
rain. Bert’s idea of trailing round a DIY store to look for power tools failed to impress his wife. She
isn’t the person who was hoping for a box of chocolates.
Virginia got her own back on her partner by hiding all his clothes in the compost bin. Violet thought
that a bunch of red roses was the least she could expect on Valentine’s Day – she isn’t married to Basil,
nor is she the person who started an affair with the milkman.
The disappointed wife who failed to get her romantic meal made up for it by going on a girls’ night
out. Ben didn’t take his wife to a football match. Neither Valerie nor Virginia spent the day washing
the car.
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SOLUTION TO LOGIC PROBLEM #12, January 2008. 1: Alvin, Didgeridoo, Commitment Phobia, Eiffel Tower, Hurricane.
2: Dylan, Bungee Jumping, Arachnophobia, Vatican, Amnesia. 3: Floyd, Macramé, Claustrophobia, Mount Athos, Loose
Elastic. 4: Jarvis, Ballroom Dancing, Vertigo, Bathtub, Vendetta.
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