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Crossword No. 29

Compiled by Lin & Brian Sargeant

Free entry. First correct entry opened to Crossword 28 was from Mary Harper, Fritchley who receives the £5 prize donated by Lin & Brian Sargeant.

Thank you to all who sent in entries. To enter this quarter, send in your solution and name, address and postcode.

Closing date: 13 July 2008

CACN post-box Lloyds Chemist,
Crich
or post to -
PO Box 7178,
Crich,
Matlock,
DE4 9AU

Across

1 Regulate the flow here. (8)
5 Green “baggage”. (4)
9 Fearsome, inspiring dread. (5)
10 Tapering monument. (7)
11 Pope. (7)
12 Tough cotton twill. (5)
13 Euphrasia helps sore peepers.(9)
18 “out ..... lee” Widecombe Fair.(5 )
20 A warning, but amusing too. (7)
22 Vingt - et - un. (7)
23 Play 22 faced thus. (5)
24 8 ties the knot. (4)
25 Capital of Tuscany. (8)

Down

1 Philatelist’s delight. (6)
2 Guilty act. (7)
3 Corsican site of Nelson’s lost eye. (5)
4 Fond croc alarm - round here! (anag) (8,5)
6 “in tears amid the ..... corn”. (Keats) (5)
7 An Inuit.(6)
8 Ancient Mariner? (6)
14 Fillip from the hen house. (6)
15 Inspissate. (6)
16 Hep ram - impede him!(anag) (6)
17 “a cloth ...... with a twisted cue”. (Mikado) (6)
19 Snow leopard. (5)
21 Upon my sole – or yours! (5)

Solution to Crossword No 28:

Across:6 Matter of fact. 7 Enigma. 8 Toasts. 9 Eyre. 10 Straight. 12 Chestnut. 16 Drop. 18 Abbrev. 20 Relate. 21 Happy New Year. Down:1. Staggers. 2 Relays. 3 Pooter. 4 Offa. 5 Scotch. 6 Money. 11 Indulged. 13 Hubcap. 14 Novena. 15 Thrown. 17 Otter. 19 Rapt.

Puzzles and Jokes

There are at least 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name ten of them?

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Lettuce. Lettuce who? Lettuce in, it’s cold out here.

Anagrams

Rearrange the letters.

anagram puzzle

Find slightly unusual types of transport.

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Isabel. Isabel who? Isabel working? I had to knock.

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Yodel-lay-he. Yodel-lay-he-who? I didn’t know you could yodel.

Answers here.

Things my mother taught me

My mother taught me RELIGION.

“You had better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL .

“If you don’t behave, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”

My mother taught me LOGIC.

“Because I said so, that’s why.”

My mother taught me FORESIGHT.

“Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

My mother taught me IRONY.

“Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.

“Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.

“Just look at that dirt on the back of your neck!”

My mother taught me about STAMINA.

“You’ll sit there until you’ve eaten all that cabbage.”

My mother taught me about WEATHER.

“Your bedroom looks as if a tornado went through it.”

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.

“If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION.

“Stop acting like your father!”

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.

“Just wait until we get home.”

My mother taught me about RECEIVING .

“You are going to get it when you get home!”

My mother taught me about my ROOTS.

“Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”

My mother taught me GENETICS.

“You’re just like your father.”