Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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Crossword & Puzzle Collection 156 – Gremlin

The Beast 2, page 44

The clue at 78 across should have read (3,3,5) for the answer BOW AND ARROW.

Thanks to AJ Argent from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 400 – Gremlin

Fill-in Contest, page 38

The given word SPRIG was missing in the puzzle.

The word SPRIG should be 3 rows down on the left column going across to the right from the S.

Thanks to E Muirhead from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Variety Bumper Puzzles 138 – Gremlin

Super Starhunt 1, page 13

The given letter C was missed in the square for OUNCE.

Thanks to S Penman from WA for reporting this gremlin.

Cluewords 226 – Gremlin

MAXI! 3, page 50

The puzzle contained MAORIS, there is no S in the Māori language.

Thanks to R Broughton from NZ for reporting this gremlin.

FindaWord 170 – Gremlin

Guess Who, page 64

There were two instances of INTO on the grid, so there could be two solutions.

Thank you to Y Cole from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Acrostic Puzzles 59 – Gremlin

Code Cracker 7, page 64

There were given numbers for both the Letter & Number Grids instead of letters for the Number Grid.

Thanks to S Roberts from NZ for reporting this gremlin.

 

 

Christine’s BIG Crossword 399 – Gremlin

Point To Point, page 44

The clue numbering was incorrect.

Thanks to AJ Argent from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 399 – Gremlin

Two-Way Teaser puzzle, pp28-29

The straight clue for 2dn should have included the word break-up (10) rather than (5) to read ‘Rodent snares (10)’.

Thanks to Gerrie H from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Handy Wordhunt 150 – Gremlin

Wordhunt 45, page 64

VENTURESOME should not have been included in the the list of words when ADVENTURESOME was on the list.

Thanks to P Collins for alerting us to this error.