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CROSSWORDS
£15 book token will be awarded to the senders of the first three correct solutions to Crossword (December). The first two winners of Cryptic Crossword (December) will receive a £20 book token. Entries should be addressed to Life and Work (Crossword), 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN and should arrive by December 4. The solution will be published in January and the prizewinners in February.
Solution to November 2019 Crossword
ACROSS: 1 Zedekiah; 5 Eggcup; 9 Ponytail; 10 Prayer; 11 Overcoat; 14 Pooled; 15 Holiday; 16 Slates; 19 Diocese; 20 Plague; 21 Tsardom; 26 Expect; 27 Tenerife; 28 Salome; 29 Rogation; 30 Intone; 31 Streamer. DOWN: 1 Zippor; 2 Daniel, 3 Kitsch; 4 Animal; 6 Gargoyle; 7 Cryolite; 8 Paradise; 12 Ooziest; 13 Tip-cart; 14 Passion; 17 Apres-ski; 18 Pamphlet; 19 Dutchman; 22 Devout; 23 Menace; 24 Miriam; 25 Keener.
Winners of October Crossword – Vi Dinnie, Aboyne; Mrs L Piggott, Dunning; Alison Riddell, Edinburgh. Solution to November Cryptic Crossword
ACROSS: 1 Nazareth; 9 Idolater; 10 Leah; 11 Well dressing; 13 Dead Sea; 15 Bedouin; 16 David; 17 Comet; 18 Still; 20 Horeb; 22 Abaddon; 23 Raw data; 25 Holy Saturday; 27 Evil; 28 Nuisance; 29 No-go area. DOWN: 2 Abednego; 3 Ash Wednesday; 4 Exalted; 5 Hindu; 6 Rose-red; 7 Etui; 8 Original; 12 Spotted hyena; 14 Aaron; 15 Biker; 17 Crashing; 19 Lot’s wife; 20 Hosanna; 21 Balding; 24 Queen; 26 Laic. Winners of October Cryptic Crossword – Mrs Alison Almond, Dundee; Mrs Marsaili Mackinnon, Isle of Harris.
This article appears in the December 2019 Issue of Life and Work
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This article appears in the December 2019 Issue of Life and Work