PUZZLES Puzzles and pagination © Pagemasters | pagemasters.com OZ CROSSWORD 33 DOWN 1 2 3 4 14 6 16 19 13 Australian TV show set at surf academy, — High (4,5) Former cricketer from South Australia, Greg — (8) Tool (7) National body for Australian Rules football (3) Art of folding paper (7) WORDFIND 21 22 Showy flower (4) Quandary (7) Done without paying someone else to do it (1,1,1) Units of electrical resistance (4) Australian chef, Maggie — (4) Country in Northern Europe (7) 27 29 30 9 10 15 17 18 20 23 26 27 28 Australian poet, Bruce — (4) Available (10) Victorian public transport ticketing system (4) 29 Constrictor snake (3) 31 Ninth prime minister of Australia, James — (7) 32 Mature (3) 35 Actor from Brisbane known for The Lord of the Rings, Miranda — (4) 37 Device used to detect objects (5) 38 First Indigenous Australian to address the UN General Assembly, Lowitja — (9) 42 Insult (4) 43 Australia’s capital city (8) 46 2020 mystery thriller based on a 2016 novel by Jane Harper, The — (3) 47 Common (7) 48 Floor of a building (6) 50 Celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, – Week (6) 53 Hosts ABC’s Brush With Fame (3,2) 55 Equips (4) 57 Frost (3) 60 Australian rock band, Midnight — (3) ANSWERS: CALCUDOKU Can you find all the words listed in the grid below? The remaining letters will spell out a message. We make most of our own monsters No. 006 PA P H Y E EC TJ I O EHSEN ANSWERS: WORD STEP Can you work out what the missing letter is that spells an 8-letter word? It could read either clockwise or anti-clockwise. No. 012 ? R E I No. 006 For subtraction and division, start with the largest number in the section. EIGHT AROUND No. 011 18-10-2 HOW TO PLAY: Every row and column must contain the numbers 1 to 6 once each, with each outlined section equal to the number in the top left of the area when the noted mathematical operation is used. IMP LEVIATHAN MUMMY NYMPH OGRE ORC SATYR SHAPESHIFTER SIREN SPHINX SPIRIT SPRITE TITAN TROLL UNICORN VAMPIRE YETI YOWIE ZOMBIE BANSHEE BEAST BEHEMOTH BUNYIP CERBERUS CHANGELING COLOSSUS DEMON DJINN DRAGON DRYAD ELF FAIRY FIEND GHOST GHOUL GIANT GOBLIN GRIFFIN HARPY HYDRA Can you unscramble the words below? The circled letters will create another word. STMDI 24 25 26 No. 006 JUMBLE AOYG N 7 8 Australia’s largest Indigenous cultural gathering (5) Most populated continent (4) Paul McDermott hosted this show, Good — (4,4) Port Adelaide coach, — Hinkley (3) Author of Possum Magic, — Fox (3) / : + 1 < ( & ( 5 % ( 5 8 6 1 9 8 7 5 2 ( 5 6 1 , / % 2 * 5 & $ 2 0 ( * 7 3 1 2 8 $ . 5 2 + 1 0 + 2 7 $ , ( 1 0 0 % 1 & $ 1 ( 3 * 2 ) 5 < 1 6 ( 6 < , 1 $ + 5 , ) 7 , ' 3 $ ( ' 0 1 * + ( 7 , 5 3 7 + 6 ) 7 2 3 8 ( 7 % 5 1 6 ( , 7 6 , , , + & / $ * 2 ) $ 1 2 < ' ( 5 0 7 2 , , 8 / 5 ; , 2 2 5 1 3 3 6 / 1 9 : / 6 0 : * ' < ' 6 $ 2 2 * ( 1 $ 0 , 8 - + $ 5 3 < + 6 2 / 7 1 ( 6 , 0 7 ' ( / ) * 6 + < ' 5 $ 1 = 2 0 % , ( ( 5 8 5 6 % $ 1 6 + ( ( < 5 , $ ) 6 SECRET MESSAGE: 5 6 Eucalyptus globulus (4,3) Employ (3) Able to be cleaned (8) City in US state of Oklahoma (5) Traveller (6) Australian pub rock band, — Chisel (4) Reparation (9) 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (3) Captain (6) In good order (slang) (7-3) Australia’s first and only military coup, the — Rebellion (3) The top of Melbourne’s Eureka Tower (7) Australian children’s book author, — Griffiths (4) Star of The Mentalist, born in Launceston, — Baker (5) Reverberation (4) T ? N A G N N A I G ANSWERS: INTERIOR, MANAGING 11 12 ACROSS 1 Trent Dalton novel, — Swallows Universe (3) 34 Maths teacher who earned Australia’s Local Hero Award in 2018, Eddie – (3) 36 From Japanese, literally ‘empty orchestra’ (7) 39 Used to make cheese (4) 40 Reject (4) 41 2017 Australian romcom, —’s Wedding (3) 44 Withdraw (7) 45 Blue Heelers actor, — McCune (4) 46 See 58-across 49 Higher education institution (3) 51 Situated toward the front (8) 52 Star of 46-down, Eric — (4) 54 Malcolm in the Middle star, — Cranston (5) 56 Somewhat big (7) 58, 46-across 2011 film set in WA (3,3) 59 Home to the Big Banana, Coffs — (7) 61 Arranges text for print (8) 62 Extremely crowded (slang) (4-1-4) SLIDE _____ _____ _____ _____ CRAMS No. 006 Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step. There may be more than one possible answer. ANSWER: SLIDE, SLIME, CLIME, CRIME, CRIMS, CRAMS % / 8 ( : $ 7 ( 5 & + $ 3 3 ( / / / 6 $ 8 2 2 7 + ( 7 $ ) / 2 5 , * $ 0 , 8 7 ( 1 6 , / + 6 ' ' 1 ' & ( * $ 5 0 $ $ 6 , $ 1 ( : 6 : ( ( . 8 % . ( 1 0 , 5 ( 8 / , / < ' , / ( 0 0 $ 7 0 ( 0 & ( ' < 1 2 ' , < % ( ( 5 ( 6 7 2 1 , $ % 2 + 0 6 2 & & / : 2 2 % 2 < 7 . $ 5 $ 2 . ( & 8 5 ' 9 ( 7 2 $ ' 6 / & 7 $ / , , $ ' - 2 8 5 1 / , 6 $ ' 2 * 1 6 $ 1 8 1 , 1 5 ( % $ 1 $ % 5 < $ 1 $ 1 7 ( 5 , 2 5 2 * $ , 1 ( ( % / $ 5 * , 6 + 5 ( ' + $ 5 % 2 8 5 ( & 8 0 2 ' 5 , , ( 7 < 3 ( 6 ( 7 6 & + 2 & $ % / 2 & No. 006 ANSWERS: AGONY, MIDST, SHEEN, HAPPY, EJECT, (HATCHING)