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Christine’s BIG Crossword 404 – Gremlin

MEGA! Goliathon, page 36

The clue at 39dn should have been the plural form ‘Acorn plants (3,5)’.

Thanks to R Skinner for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 403 – Gremlin

MEGA! Goliathon, page 36

The clue at 172ac ‘Cinderella’s mice’, for the answer FOOTMEN, should have read her ‘lizards’ instead, the mice were her horses.

Thanks to K Bowman for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 403 – Gremlin

Two- Way Teaser, page 32

The cryptic clue at 29dn should have had the word break-up (5,3).

Thanks to G O’Mullane from NSW for reporting this one.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 402 – Gremlin

Wiz Words contest, page 27

The clue at 5ac should have had ‘line’ not ‘lines’ for the singular answer ISOBAR.

Thanks to R Mays from TAS 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.

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.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 398 – Gremlin

Nautical Terms FindaWord, page 41

The ‘SOS’ appears twice in the puzzle grid.

Thanks to D Branford from SA for reporting this gremlin.

 

Christine’s BIG Crossword 383 – Gremlin

Missing Link, page 12

There wasn’t a space on the grid for the N.

Thank you to L Gollan from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.