COLOSSAL CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 12 Nothing like, 13 Impart, 14 Nature, 16 Spur, 17 Top drawer, 18 Regal, 19 Tosh, 20 Give a hand, 22 Stove, 23 Ceasefire, 27 Pastime, 30 Rushes, 31 Open, 32 Tried, 35 Fern, 36 Minimum, 38 Date, 39 Scratch, 42 Career, 45 Paris, 46 Carrier, 47 Drum, 48 Form, 50 Dresser, 52 Ought, 54 Halted, 56 Stumble, 57 Cram, 59 Stuck-up, 61 Cast, 64 Spell, 66 Down, 67 Dinghy, 69 Trussed, 72 Cold scent, 73 Haste, 74 Competing, 79 Fool, 81 Whine, 82 Too little, 83 Nick, 85 Settle, 86 Hovers, 87 Nip in the air. DOWN: 1 Coop, 2 Charge, 3 Snatch, 4 Sloping, 5 Skirt, 6 Improvised, 7 Tarry, 8 Staggered, 9 English, 10 Stet, 11 Preserve, 15 Switch, 21 Image, 24 Forward, 25 Murmur, 26 Poster, 28 Tense, 29 Mum, 33 Snippet, 34 Scorch, 37 Miser, 40 Cause, 41 Mistake, 43 About, 44 Riddle, 46 Cross, 49 Mumbled, 51 Spring, 53 Gauche, 55 Lacks, 58 Made a start, 60 Par, 62 Stern, 63 Downright, 65 Proposed, 68 Notion, 70 Scowled, 71 Contain, 75 Pretty, 76 Tender, 77 Heave, 78 Livid, 80 Late, 84 Chip. PATHFINDER The Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, Rear Window, Casablanca, It’s a

Wonderful Life, The Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird, Get Carter, Gone with the Wind, Schindler’s List, The Empire Strikes Back, Monty Pythons Life of Brian, Some Like It Hot, Citizen Kane, The Battleship Potemkin. 30-SEC BRAIN TEASER Beginner 19; Intermediate 43; Advanced 101. HONEYCOMB 1 Throne, 2 Horror, 3 Ornate, 4 Tanker, 5 Recant, 6 Narrow, 7 Worsen, 8 Esteem, 9 Medals, 10 Larder, 11 Record, 12 Rotten. ANAGRAM CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Catnaps, 5 Clays, 8 Stamina, 9 Atone, 10 Stela, 11 Sistine, 12 Biased, 14 Emotes, 17 Charles, 19 Scaup, 22 Ether, 23 Avarice, 24 Sidle, 25 Elation. DOWN: 1 Costs, 2 Trace, 3 Animate, 4 Sparse, 5 Claps, 6 Agonist, 7 Spewers, 12 Buckets, 13 Abashed, 15 Mascara, 16 Escape, 18 Large, 20 Alibi, 21 Paean. BRICKWORK Sip, Nips, Pains, Panics, Aspic, Caps, Sac. WORD SPIRAL 1 Pips, 2 Slap, 3 Peat, 4 Topi, 5 Info, 6 Opal, 7 Lest, 8 Tern, 9 Noun, 10 Nice, 11 Eats, 12 Snow, 13 Warp, 14 Puma, 15 Apes, 16 Scum. Keyword: Trumpet

CIRCLEGRAM

The letter represented by the question mark is E. O’Connell, Stringer, Trimble, all Irish rugby union players. CLOCKWORD 1 Tripod, 2 Horrid, 3 Errand, 4 Stupid, 5 Earned, 6 Almond, 7 Ripped, 8 Crazed, 9 Halted, 10 Elated, 11 Rugged, 12 Sordid. Hidden name: The Searchers

QUIZWORD

ACROSS: 1 Sputnik, 7 Qatar, 8 Gormley, 9 Gaucho, 11 Lotus, 13 Mame, 14 Coppola, 15 Dune, 16 Nauru, 17 Patton, 21 Finland, 22 Sofia, 23 Howling. DOWN: 2 Prokopcuka, 3 Tom Hulce, 4 Ibex, 5 Lava, 6 Marc, 9 Gogol, 10 Hume Cronyn, 12 Apron, 13 Madan Lal, 18 Troy, 19 Opie, 20 Vigo. CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Blanket, 7 Gouda, 8 Stamina, 9 Flinch, 11 Metro, 13 Copy, 14 Teacake, 15 Dove, 16 Altar, 17 Strict, 21 Purloin, 22 Actor, 23 Supreme. DOWN: 2 Litter lout, 3 Numerate, 4 Erne, 5 Cool, 6 Eden, 9 Feral, 10 Capitalism, 12 Carat, 13 Cellular, 18 Rich, 19 Crop, 20 Tutu. TWO-SPEED COFFEEBREAK ACROSS: 1 Sharp, 5 Agree, 9 Pig, 10 Rodeo, 11 Idaho, 12 All, 13 Net, 14 Dug, 16 Lay, 18 Easter, 21 Test, 23 Oast, 26 Eleven, 29 Arc, 31 Are, 32 Urn, 34 Let, 36 Robin, 37 Aries, 38 Ice, 39 Aspen, 40 Eased. DOWN: 1 Spinet, 2 Hide, 3 Agates, 4 Prods, 5 Adage, 6 Gel, 7 Roll, 8 Espy, 15 Utter, 17 Ass, 19 Ate, 20 Roe, 22 Ear, PENTHOUSE 24 Anubis, 25 Tinned, 27 Latin, 28 Verse, JUST A BIT OF FUN 29 Area, 30 Clap, 3 Lentil-shaped 33 Rice, 35 Ere. MIRRORGRAM EFFEMINATE SUMTHING 1 Mark Antony, 2 Magna Carta, 4x6=24, 4x3=12, 8+9=17 3 Charles de Gaulle, FRIDAY’S SPEEDBREAKER 4 Waterloo, 5 Star 1=K, 2=L, 3=P, 4=R, 5=H, 6=M, Wars, 6 Lee Harvey 7=O, 8=A, 9=W, 10=Z, 11=N, Oswald, 7 Henry Fonda, 12=Q, 13=G, 14=D, 15=B, 16=E, 8 Frederick Delius, 17=C, 18=S, 19=X, 20=U, 21=F, 9 Cecil B. DeMille, 22=V, 23=Y, 24=T, 25=J, 26=I.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

10 Steven Spielberg, 11 Bob Dylan, 12 France, 13 Kidneys, 14 Solder, 15 Energy, 16 Vitamin D, 17 Pi, 18 Rigor mortis, 19 Quisling, 20 Dutch auction, 21 Retail price index, 22 Werewolf, 23 Zenith, 24 Citizens’ Band, 25 River Severn, 26 James Callaghan, 27 Shropshire, 28 Offa’s Dyke, 29 St Andrews, 30 Tories.

NAME GAME

HELICOPTER 1E, 2O, 3H, 4E, 5P, 6C, 7R, 8L, 9T, 10I.

WORD WHEEL