Magazine Gremlins – Australian and New Zealand titles

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Handy Puzzles 126 – Gremlin

Criss Cross 2, page 42

WATER CRACKER should have been listed under 12 letters not 11.

Thanks to J Carrington from NSW for alerting us to this gremlin.

Cluewords 198 – Gremlin – MAXI! 1

MAXI! 1, page 12

The clue box for ‘Truck compartment’ had an incorrect extra arrow.

Thanks to F Cook from QLD for alerting us to this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 366 – Gremlin – BIG 12 (#2)

Solution for BIG 12 puzzle, p69

Two intersecting grid words were shown incorrectly in the solution:

34ac ‘Pro or …’ should have had the answer CON not VON

34dn ‘US coin’ should have had the answer CENT not VENT.

Thanks to P Ingram for reporting these gremlins.

Christine’s LARGE PRINT Crosswords & Puzzles issue 68 – Gremlin

Wiz Words 1 puzzle, p30

The word break up for the clue at 9ac ‘Marion Lorne played this forgetful character in Bewitched (5,5)’ should have been (4,5) rather than (5,5) for the answer AUNT CLARA.

Thanks to J Carrington from NSW for reporting this gremlin.

Christine’s BIG Crossword 366 – Gremlin – BIG 12

Solution for BIG 12 puzzle, p69

Three intersecting grid words were shown incorrectly in the solution:

72ac  ‘Drench’ should have had the answer DOUSE not DAFOE

65dn ‘Curved (roof)’ should have had the answer DOMED not DARED

66dn  ‘Russian rulers’ should have had the answer TSARS not TOURS

Thanks to R Keefer from NSW for reporting these gremlins.

Christine’s Cryptic Collection 28 – Gremlin – Double Take 3

Double Take 3 puzzle, p44

The cryptic clue at 13ac should have read ‘Possibility occurs for spiritless spectrum (8)’ rather than ‘Possibility occurs for spectrum, unhesitatingly (8)’ for the answer PROSPECT.

Thanks to M Delzoppo for alerting us to this gremlin.

Christine’s Cryptic Collection 28 – Gremlin – MEGA Mix

MEGA Mix, pages 34-35

The clue at 2dn should have read ‘Father of Queen Elizabeth II, … VI (6)’ rather than ‘Father of Queen Elizabeth II, … V (6)’ for the answer GEORGE.

Thanks to S Bakker for alerting us to this gremlin.

MEGA! Crosswords® 140 – Gremlin

MEGA! 1, pages 4-5

The clue at 81dn should have read ‘Owns’ for the answer HAS, not ‘Prosciutto’.

Thanks to G Hanney from Qld for reporting this gremlin.

Handy Arrowords 111 – Gremlin

Wheel Words 2, page 68 with solution on page 80

Printed solution contained nine words that did not contain the middle letter O.

Leaving out these words, discovering 15 words would be Good, 20 would be Very good and 25+ Excellent

Thanks to M Scullion for alerting us to this gremlin.