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Handy BrainTrainers 13 – Gremlin

Mental Sums, p19 and solution p75

3. Equation should have been 3 x 7 – 21 = 5, not =-5.

5. Sequence had two possible solutions: 24 and 25.

Thank you to L Vee from Qld for alerting us to these errors.

Handy Puzzles 124 – Gremlin

Missing Links 3, page 55

WADDING was incorrectly spelt WADDIEG on the grid.

Thanks to S Penman from WA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Acrostic 43 – Gremlin

Acrostic 1, pages 4-5

The B from the given word GULLIBILITY should have been printed in the story grid at cell 155A in the third last line.

Thanks to S Penman from WA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Cryptic Crosswords 99 – Gremlin – Cryptic 8

Cryptic 8, page 30

The word break-up for the clue at 18dn should be (4,3) not (5,3).

Thanks to J O’Byrne from Qld for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Cryptic Crosswords 99 – Gremlin – Double Take 1

Double Take 1, pages 8-9

The straight clue for 8ac should have read 8. and 12ac rather than 8. and 12dn.

Thanks to H Smith from WA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Killer Sudoku 94 – Gremlin

ShapeShifter 1, page 32

There was an error on the first and eighth line.

Thanks to G Hazzard from SA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Cryptic Crosswords 97 – Gremlin

Double Take 4, page 52

Clue 3dn had mixed up tenses and should have read ‘Make dimmer and weirdly danker (6)’ rather than ‘Weirdly danker  and made dimmer (6)’ for the answer DARKEN.

Thanks to SM Davies from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Cryptic Crosswords 98 – Gremlin

Cryptic 8, page 30

The word break-up for the clue at 7dn should be (10,5) not (10,6).

Thanks to D Butler from SA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy BrainTrainers 10 – Gremlins

Number Fit p 40 had two possible solutions: 7360 and 6370.

Maths Maze p67  had no correct path.

Thank you to E Browne from NZ for alerting us to these errors.