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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.

Handy Sudoku 214 – Gremlin

Hexoku puzzles 1-4, pages 72-73

The printed numbers in the four puzzle grids were in the wrong cells.

Thanks to M Campbell from QLD for reporting this gremlin

Handy Puzzles 121 – Gremlin

Word Snake, page 44

The fourth cell in the top row with the prefilled letter R should have been numbered as ‘2’ not ‘3’

Thanks to T Noble from WA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Puzzles 120 – Gremlin

Missing Link 2, page 27

The letter X was not used and was left over in the puzzle.

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

Handy Puzzles 119 – Gremlin

Quadrillion solution, page 81

The word INTRANSIGENT was spelt incorrectly in the solution.

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

Handy Acrostic 37 – Gremlins

Grid Logic 1 & 2, pages 20 & 56

The information in the grid for both puzzles was in the wrong order.

Thanks to R Jansen from WA for reporting this gremlin

Handy BrainTrainers – Gremlin

Steps 2, page 30

The final word should have been WISH not WIRE.

Thank you to Lauren from ACT for reporting this one.