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Fun & Games
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Bizarre musical instruments are the name of the game. And on the bizarre scale(!) from 1—10 some of these hit ‘11’ or ’E#’. As we are feeling generous, we tell you now, that despite appearances to the contrary, ‘8 across’ is in fact a valid entry…. As usual, you’ll also find solutions to last month’s puzzles on this page. |
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CMB CROSSWORD #25, February 2009 |
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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD #24, January 2009: ACROSS 1: Chromatogram, 8: COI, 9: Locust, 12: Eosin, 14: Knap, 15: Adobo, 16: Eland, 17: Boogey, 18: Tripedal, 19: Normal, 20: Valeting, 21: EI, 22: NAB, 23: Errors, 26: Masterstroke.
DOWN 1: Collectivism, 2: Rockabillies, 3: Misadventure, 4: Oceanologist, 5: Good, 6: Risorgimento, 7: Monosyllable, 10: UNN, 11: TP, 17: Banners, 24: RT, 25: Or.
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ACROSS
1: Musical tubes for fun!
7: Has strings on a soundbox
8: Benedikt Eppelsheim
invented this in 1999
9: Nasty round the neck
12: Alternate History
14: Greek island
15: How to clean a pigeon?
17: Write deeply
18: Instrument used in the theme tune of Midsomer Murders
19: Mountain pass
20: AO
21: Antique cymbals
25: Classic?
26: Does the editor play this?
27: Musical cutlery
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DOWN
1: Goes off with a loud bang?
2: Apparently
3: Precursor to the piano?
4: Sweet
5: European Biodiesel Board
6: Invented by Adolphe, the very
famous Belgian
10: Hurdle
11: Commune in Northern France
12: Old French priest
13: Many porphyrins contain this
16: DOS command
19: Bug rake?
22: Opthalmic Imaging Systems
23: Technology Enhancement
Programme
24: One is German
25: Ordered list
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Logic Problem #25: Murder Weekend! |
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Four famous detectives turn the tables and become ruthless killers instead. From the clues below work out who each of the detectives murdered, where the murder took place, what the murder weapon was, and what the motive was for the crime.
Maigret murdered his victim because of an ancient family feud, but he was not the person who brained the housekeeper with a fish kettle. Miss Marple dispatched her victim in the ballroom. Poirot made ingenious use of gas slowly released from a vase of carnations as a murder weapon.
Sherlock Holmes took it upon himself to murder Lady Cynthia, however he was not the person who was involved in a sordid love triangle with the butler. The encyclopedia that was strategically placed in the conservatory contained shocking revelations that caused one of the victims to have a fatal heart attack.
Lord Abercrombie was polished off by a late night snack of poisoned blancmange, but he was not in the dining room at the time. Sherlock Holmes was not the murderer who was hoping to get money from a victim’s will.
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SOLUTION TO PROBLEM #24, January 2009. 1: Geoff, Ugly Sister, Roller Skating, Macbeth, ‘Oh no it isn’t’. 2: Harry, Buttons, Tap Dancing, Cherry Orchard, ‘Boo, Hiss’. 3: Ignatius, Pantomime Horse, Juggling, Waiting For Godot, ‘He’s Behind You’, 4: Jasper, Widow Twankey, Playing Accordion, Hedda Gabler, ‘Ooh Duckie’.
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