DECEMBER 2022

PUZZLES

FIND A WORD

LETTER SWAP

This month, we’re searching the grid for 15 iconic world landmarks – and bonus marks if you can tell us the city where each landmark can be found!

Change any two letters in each word to form a country (so, “seven” becomes Yemen) Equator Brutal Guru

V S R B N E Y R I W R D M H F Y T Z I G Z K E B E B I S C O C A J G L I F W W T U M D A R R T D B E C U O E A R A N E B V U N E L E T T S N J R A B I P E W N D L A G T G K Y S I D W O E V E R J N E K H P Y D D Q F M F E L M I R O A T A N E Y L F J N R A N N R L A B O N P I X L E L H A W W I E A B C E B G N C X A E A A F R N B I D E X Y A Z L L L T A G I F T Y R D S P N Y V L S T A R F Y F T V A S I L O P O R C A F K X Y C O L O S S E U M H M J O

Beside Appal Spare Taboo General Tuna Orange

TWO-WORD QUIZ

We’ve covered films and TV shows in previous issues; this time, name the children’s books from the short

clues below Golden ticket Mississippi raft Mischievous bunny My precious! Starving grub Feline headwear Katniss volunteers Wizard school Rabbit hole Hundred Acre

Eiffel Tower

Western Wall Great Pyramid Bondi Beach Space Needle

Burj Khalifa

Acropolis Taj Mahal

Leaning Tower

Marina Bay Sands Forbidden City Statue of Liberty

Angkor Wat

Big Ben

Colosseum

THE RIDDLER

#1 How can you put an egg that’s 5cm wide into a bottle with a mouth that’s only 2cm wide without using a flame and without damaging the bottle in any way? #2 Using only addition, add eight 8s to get the number 1,000. #3 A spider is given $40, a human is given $10 and a bee is given $30. Based on this information, how much money is given to a cat?

WING AND A PRAYER

Match the 10 birds with their collective nouns Murder Owls Exaltation Cormorants Flamboyance Ravens Kettle Starlings Parliament Peacocks Committee Larks Unkindness Hawks Gulp Crows Ostentation Vultures Murmuration Flamingos

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