SUDOKU extra
SKILL LEVEL Easy
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each 3 x 3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
SOLUTION NEXT WEEK
MEGA CROSSWORD
When completed, the shaded letters will reveal a well-known personality (see mystery clue below).
MYSTERY CLUE
21ac & 23ac
Prominent NZ mayor (5,5)
ACROSS
Wrinkle and contract (7)Taper (4)Greek god of the Sun and light (6) Former US president (5) Ring-shaped coral island (5) Crumbed cutlet (9) See upper-right photo (9) Football strip (3) Fruit of the oak (5) Hearing organ (3) See Mystery Clue See Mystery Clue Pushchair (8) Hot gas (6) Crazy, mad (7) Fidel Castro’s island (4) Sacking material (6) Stiff (5) Important person’s group of helpers (7) Thoroughfare (6) Exemplar (5) Type of pear (5) Extremely light wood (5) Famous cricket trophy (5) Argument, quarrel (3-2) Trophy (5) Black magic (6) Area of mathematics (7) Give a speech (5) Remedy, cure-all (6) Native insect (4) Mount …, active North Island volcano (7)Love apple (6) Dependable (8) Burial chamber (5) Kauma¯tua (5)Stage of sleep (inits) (1,1,1) Affect with sharp irritation (5)Wise bird (3)See lower-left photo (9)Whittaker’s product (9) Shade of blue (5) Cruise ship (5) Plunderer (6) Angle (4) Violation of allegiance to the state (7)
