Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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Cluewords 223 – Gremlin

MAXI! 4 , page 62

The answer for the clue ‘Silks (1,2)’ should have been KCs not QCs.

Thank you to M Hartnell from QLD for alerting us to this gremlin.

Cluewords 224 – Gremlin

MAXI! 3, page 50

The clue box for ‘Took off the line’ had an incorrect extra arrow.

Thank you to S Roberts from NZ for alerting us to this error.

MEGA! Crosswords 154 – Gremlin

MEGA! 6, page 20

The clue at 78 down should have read, ‘Imposes fine on’ for the answer PENALISES.

Thanks to G Hanney from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

 

Christine’s Cryptic Collection 32 – Gremlin

Double Take 1, page 21

The clue at 3 down should have had the word break-up (6) not (7).

Thank you to A Wong from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s Cryptic Collection 29 – Gremlin

Double Take 8, page 57

The clue at 7 across is incorrect, it should have read ‘Make a speech to orchestrate removal of trunk, right? (5)’.

Thanks to M Davies for reporting this gremlin.

 

Cluewords 222 – Gremlin

Cluewords 17, page 30

There is an unnecessary arrow on one of the squares.

Thanks to J Baldwin for reporting this gremlin.

QuizWords 02 – Gremlin

World Words, page 48

The clue ‘Order of the British Empire (1,1,1)’ was incorrect for MBE.

Thanks to S Roberts of NZ for reporting this gremlin.

Acrostic Puzzles 57 – Gremlin

Acrostic 32, page 49

The clue at ‘G’ is missing. It should have been ‘Fauna scientists’.

Thanks to A Matheou from NZ for reporting this gremlin.

Handy BrainTrainers 26 – Gremlin

Kakuro, page 42

The lower left total should be 13 not 12.

Thanks to M Wells from QLD for reporting this gremlin.