Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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Acrostic Puzzles 65 – Gremlin

Acrostic 26, page 34

There was an extra letter line at the answer for J.

Thank you to S Penman for alerting us to this gremlin.

Colossus Crosswords 225 – Gremlin

World Words, page 16

The clue ‘O of OBE’ is incorrect for the answer ORDER it should be OFFICER.

Thanks to T Dodgson from NZ for reporting this gremlin.

Variety Bumper Puzzles 144 – Gremlin

PhotoFind, page 2

The image of the mango and mandarin should have been a singular fruit for the singular answers.

Thanks to A Bailey from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Variety Bumper Puzzles 144 – Gremlin

Giant Starburst, page 62

The arrow for the clue square for ‘Musical, Moulin …’ should have pointed to the left, not down.

Thanks to M Gray from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

MEGA! Crosswords 161 – Gremlin

MEGA! 7, page 22

78dn is incorrect, ‘Alaska’s capital city’ is Juneau not Fairbanks.

Thanks to S Roberts from NZ for reporting this gremlin.

Handy Cryptic Crosswords 122 – Gremlin

Cryptic Castle 3, page 71

The anagram is incorrect for ARENA to NEARER.

Thanks to P Coughlin from NT for reporting this gremlin

FindaWord 177 – Gremlin

FindaWord 35, page 43

The blurb should not have mentioned the naming of the celebrities by their parents.

Thanks to R Smith from Preston, NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 411 – Gremlin

BIG Crossword, page 5

The clue at 74dn should have read ‘Detaching cord’ not detached, for the answer UNPLUGGING.

Thanks to S Roberts from NZ, for alerting us to this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 411 – Gremlin

BIG 1, page 4

117dn should have read ‘Contaminated’ not ‘Contaminating’ for the answer DEFILED.

Thank you to S Roberts of NZ for reporting this gremlin.