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Crossword & Puzzle Collection 126 – Gremlin – World Words

World Words, page 70

The clue ‘Ghanese ethnic group’ should have read ‘Ghanaian ethnic group’.

Thank you to P Bennett for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Acrostic 29 – Gremlin

Grid Logic 2, page 56

There is a second possible solution to this puzzle, plus the heading in the puzzle were labelled incorrectly.

Thank you to D Woolley from QLD for alerting us to these gremlins.

MEGA! Crosswords® 126 – Gremlin

MEGA Mix, page 12

The clue at 24dn should have read Cornwall, SW England, not SE.

Thanks to P Rapp from QLD for alerting us to this gremlin.

MEGA! Crosswords® 126 – Gremlin

MEGA! 18, page 48

The clue at 73dn should read ‘Part (of society)’ not ‘Port’.

Thank you to B Chatterton from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Acrostic 30 – Gremlin

Acrostic 21, page 36

The H of the answer RHODODENDRON should have been 39 not 9.

Thanks to J Mills of NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

Cluewords 168 – Gremlin

MAXI! 4, page 62

The clue for SENSORY should have read ‘The S of ESP’ not ‘The E of ESP’.

Thank you to L Jones of WA for alerting us to this gremlin.

Cluewords 167 – Gremlin

Cluewords 31, page 66

The clue ‘Inlaid (2,3)’ for SET IN should have the word break-up (3,2).

Thanks to M Allen from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 336 – Gremlin

BIG Crossword 10, page 60

The clue at 18ac ‘Salesladies (4,9)’ should have read “Saleslady’ for the answer SHOP ASSISTANT.

Thanks to M Worrington from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

MEGA! Crosswords® 125 – Gremlin

MEGA! Stinker From The Vault, page 64

The clue at 172dn “Yemen’s capital (3’1)’ should have the word break-up (4’1).

Thanks to R Romero from WA for alerting us to this gremlin.