Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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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.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 152 – Gremlin

Starcross, page 65

Ginger’s name was spelt Roger not Rogers in the clue at 13 across.

Thanks to P Green from Vic for reporting this gremlin.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 152 – Gremlin

The Baffler, page 27

Grindelwald was spelt incorrectly in the clue for EIGER.

Thanks to S Hall from VIC for alerting us to this error.

FindaWord 167 – Gremlin

Quickfind 55, page 76

‘UNIMAK ISLAND’ is misspelled as ‘UNMIAK ISLAND’ in the grid of letters.

Thanks to K Jurkovic from WA for reporting this gremlin.

Variety Bumper Puzzles 135 – Gremlin

Super Starhunt 1, page 13

Given letter K was not filled in, 6th row from bottom, 8th square across.

Thanks to S Penman from WA for reporting this gremlin.