Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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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.

MEGA! Crosswords® 138 – Gremlin

MEGA! 24, pages 62-63

The clue at 1dn should have read ‘Thigh’s … artery’ for the answer FEMORAL, not ‘Alien ships (1,1,2)’.

Thanks to G Clarke from NSW for reporting 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.

FindaWord 152 – Gremlin

Cluedunnit 1, p47

The first clue in the final column had an incorrect word break-up (3,4) instead of (3,5). The full clue should have read ‘He won the Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump (3,5)’.

Thank you to J Carrington from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 137 – Gremlin – Match Ups

Match Ups, page 64

The blurb should have stated that the second alias was that of Marion Robert Morrison rather than Marion Mitchell Morrison

Thanks to J Powers from Qld for alerting us to this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 360 – Gremlin

Acrostic puzzle, p54

The clue at O. was missing the word break-up and should have read ‘TV series, … Zone (3,8)’ for the answer The Twilight.

Thanks to K Drummond from NSW for reporting 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.

Colossus Crosswords 201 – Gremlin

Colossus 11, page 60

The clue at 237ac should have read singular ‘Tandoor’ for OVEN.

Thanks to N Davidson from QLD for reporting 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.