PUZZLES test your skills

ACROSS

1. Hurl, fling 5. Aviaries, bird … 8. Maths proportion 9. Stop briefly 10. Selected, picked 11. Freight, payload 12. Impudence, nerve 15. Thespian 18. Do needlework 20. Emotional shock 21. Followed orders 22. Paint container 24. Bass stringed instrument 27. Regions, zones 30. Goal uprights 31. Foot-leg joint

32. Cutting tool, carving … 33. Hospital carer 34. Facial disguises 35. Appointments

DOWN

1. Subject for discussion 2. Course of a journey 3. Ruined ship 4. Go without food 5. Traditional bedtime drink 6. Phantom, spook 7. Use taboo language, curse 13. Equine animal

14. Evenly balanced 16. Transparent 17. Musical drama 18. Found a chair 19. Triumphed 23. Put between the pages 24. Attract, captivate 25. Inland bodies of water 26. Unfolds, … the newspaper 27. Requested 28. Live, survive 29. Paces Solution in next month’s issue.

WIN 5 X $50

When you complete the crossword, the letters on the shaded squares, reading left to right, top to bottom, will spell the winning answer. When you have the winning answer, write the answer on the coupon on the last Puzzles page for your chance to win $50.