Shadowku Skeleton

Each square in a Shadowku grid contains four numbers, three of which must be shaded out. The unshaded numbers will then form a completed Su-doku grid. Some squares may be shaded in already to get you started. You’ll find that it will help you to see what you’ve done if you circle the digits you know are correct in a different colour to the shading. And remember, each row, each column and each of the 3 x 3 blocks must contain each of the digits 1 to 9 exactly once. Solutions at the end

Given four clue numbers and four black squares, can you complete this crossword? When the puzzle is complete, the pattern of the black squares will be totally symmetrical — so you can work out the positions of several more squares right away. Solutions at the end

ACROSS

Frozen dew Fuzzy-skinned fruit Everlasting Roof beam Spiny desert plant Humility, unwillingness to show off 14 Sunrise direction 17 Long thin cylinder 19 Bathroom fixture 21 Pleasure boat harbour 22 Nearby, in the vicinity 23 Chimney dirt 24 Garden entrance 25 Chaos, mayhem 27 Ordinary, standard 29 Formula for making

a dish 31 Lazy 32 Female horse 34 Basic biological class,

genus 37 Slim, lithe 38 Clothing 39 Feature in a paper 40 Cross the threshold 41 Set into the ground 1 5 8 11 12 13

DOWN

Impel Clumsy and unintelligent Rain heavily Based on facts Drama for the stage Reach, achieve Speed, hurry Gardener’s hand tool Genuine, real Amaze, astonish Torment Person undertaking a religious journey 18 Black leopard 20 Regal 21 Large country house

with land 25 Picnic basket 26 Breakfast food 28 Most ancient 30 Natural shine caused

by age and wear 31 Publish 33 Occurrence 34 Celebrity 35 Lower part of the face 36 Pace, stride 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 15 16 17