Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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Cluewords 155 – Gremlin

MAXI! 1, page 12

There is an extra arrow on the clue box for ‘Playboy’

Thanks to Max Allen of Guildford NSW for alerting us to this gremlin

Variety Prize Puzzles 103 – Gremlin

Red Herrings, page 6

There are 9 food items, not 8. Polony fits into the space at 2.

Thanks to John Carter from Qld for alerting us to this gremlin.

Handy Puzzles 104 – Gremlin

Cryptic Arrow, page 70

The arrow for the clue ‘Night with first woman’ is pointing to the incorrect square on the grid

Thank you to Christine Rae from Donnybrook for alerting us to this error

Handy Sudoku 177 – Gremlin

Sudoku 93, page 56

Sudoku has more than one solution.

Thanks to John Mallam from Medowie, NSW, for alerting us to this error.

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 120 – Gremlin – The Knowledge

The Knowledge, page 88

The ‘D’ has dropped off the word ‘Drop’ in the clue at 12 across ‘Actress wife of Kevin Kline and star of Drop Dead Fred, Phoebe … ‘

Thank you to Don Butler of SA for alerting us to this gremlin

Cluewords 153 – Gremlin

Cluewords 21, page 44

The ‘I’ has dropped off the clue ‘nsect larva’

Thank you to Max Allen for alerting us to this gremlin

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 118 – Gremlin – Baffler p27

The Baffler, page 27

A TITI is a New World monkey not an ‘Old World monkey

Thank you to Merilyn House from Helensburgh, NSW for alerting us to this gremlin

Crossword & Puzzle Collection 118 – Gremlin – Baffler p117

Baffler solution, page 117

The solution for the clue ‘Kristin … Thomas’ reads LCOTT instead of SCOTT

Thanks to Christine Rae of Donnybrook WA for alerting us to this gremlin

Colossus Crosswords 182 – Gremlin

Stinker From The Vault, page 62

201dn ‘Present day Pope’ for the answer BENEDICT should have read ‘Former Pope’

Thank you to Tony & Val Martin of Palm Beach for reporting this gremlin to us