MAY 2020

PUZZLES

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

Try to spot the 15 tasty Singapore dishes in the grid – they all run in a straight line, in any direction. Carrot Cake Popiah Hokkien Mee Chilli Crab Fish Head Curry Roti Prata Satay Sambal Stingray Chicken Rice Rojak Kaya Toast Char Kway Teow Fish Bee Hoon Nasi Lemak Oyster Omelette Match the animal with its group name Murder Kangaroos Flamboyance Seahorses Murmuration Cheetahs Mob Crows Coalition Starlings Shoal Flamingos Missing vowels Here’s a list of animals except we’ve taken out all of their A-E-I-O-U’s. Can you name them? (Hint: two of the animals are two words) CML PLRBR BBN CRMRNT CYT RMDLL LN KNGR WL KNGCBR A topsy-turvy year The last time that a year could be read the same upside down as the right way up was 1961. What year will it be when this happens next? ( Did you know? Numbers that can be read both ways like this – 69 is another example – are called strobogrammatic numbers.)

FIND A WORD

Can you match the musician or band with their song lyric? Bonus points for guessing the song titles!

Beyoncé Coldplay Eminem

I’m gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket

And darling I will be loving you ’til we’re 70 Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

QUICKIE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Queen And all the roads we have to walk are winding, and all the lights that lead us there are blinding Rolling Stones Come up to meet you, tell you I’m sorry, you don’t know how lovely you are Pink Floyd With the lights out, it’s less dangerous, here we are now, entertain us Macklemore Each morning I get up I die a little, can barely stand on my feet & Ryan Lewis Oasis Up in the club, just broke up, I’m doing my own little thing Nirvana You better lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it Ed Sheeran I saw her today at the reception, a glass of wine in her hand

ARTIST & SONG

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