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1. The 1st noel the
angel did say....
2. Oh little town
of Bethlehem...
3. O come all ye
faithful...
4. I saw Mummy
k i s s i n g S an t a
Claus...
5 . A w a y i n a
manger no crib
for a bed....
6 . Should au ld
acquaintance be
forgot
7 . F r o s t y t h e
snowman was a
jolly happy soul
8 . G o d re s t
y e m e rr y ,
gentlemen
9 . G o o d ki n g
Wenceslas looked
out
10. Grandma got
run over by a
reindeer
1 1 . H a r k ! T h e
h e ra l d a n ge l s
sing
12. Have yourself
a m e r r y l it t l e
Christmas
13. Here comes
Santa Claus here
c o m e s S an t a
Claus
14. Come they
told me, pa rum
pum pum pum
15. J ingle bel l ,
jingle bell, jingle
bell rock
16. Deck the halls
with boughs of
holly
17. Rudolph the
red nose reindeer
had a very shiny
nose
18. You better
watch out you
bett er not cry
1 9 . W e t hr e e
Kings of Orient
are
20. Im dreaming
o f a w hi t e
Christmas
Christmas Tree Maze
Can you find out what goes on t
op of this Christmas tree?
Sutherland Studios
FIND THE NEGATIVE
Take the rst letter of eac
h of these objects and rea
rrange them to
make a mystery word.
BUSH CHRISTMAS:Rock missing, extra
leaf at top, Santas glove colour, colour
changed on leaves, new patch on sack,
tree branch missing, rock changed
position, Santas smile, new koala,
leaves missing at top.
FIND THE NEGATIVE: 3
WORD JUMBLE: Chocolate.
CODE CRACKER: I need the red-nosed
reindeer on my sleigh tonight.
SINGING WITH SANTA: 1. Was to
certain poor shepherds in elds as they
lay 2. How still we see thee lie 3.
Joyful and triumphant 4. Underneath
the mistletoe last night 5. The little
lord Jesus laid down his sweet head 6.
And never brought to mind 7. With
a corncob pipe and a button nose
and two eyes made out of coal 8. Let
nothing you dismay 9. On the feast of
Stephen 10. Walking home from our
house Christmas Eve 11. Glory to the
newborn king 12. Let your heart be
light 13. Right down Santa Claus lane
14. A new born King to see, pa rum
pum pum pum 15. Jingle bells swing
and jingle bells ring 16. Fa-la-la-la-
la, la-la-la-la 17. And if you ever saw
it you would even say it glowed 18.
Better not pout Im telling you why 19.
Bearing gifts we traverse afar 20. Just
like the ones I used to know
MAZE: Star.
Can you work
out the mystery
code on Santas
computer?
Clues: Santas
computer only
prints * where
a vowel should
be.
Also, where
you see a lett er,
go forward one
lett er in the
alphabet.
CODE CRACKER
SINGING WITH SANTA
WORD JUMBLE
SOLUTIONS
CHRISTMAS TREE MA
ZE
Can you sing the next line?
D L O G C RI O H C F S
N U G
M I N C E HA N G E L I
G I V
L I G H T SU S E L A S
R C Y
S D R U M ME R A Y E K
R U T
Y A D I L OH H C B A L
L E T
H H G R S IE R P H S E
R N W
S A A E T HA P J U B O
A O S
M I E R T CT R O M D E
N O E
A R L K K AS A S A G D
L N S
T O C E P NE N E A E S
I L R
A E R P N EL C P R T W
T N S
D S L O V TB E H I W A
L A G
R E S T A SU R C G O N
G G E
S R I O E IA E W I S E
M E N
T R A E H LB G N I K C
O T S
What is the next line
of these Christmas
Songs?
1. The 1st noel the
angel did say....
2. Oh little town of
Bethlehem...
3. O come all ye
faithful...
4. I saw Mummy
kissing Santa Claus...
5. Away in a manger
no crib for a bed....
6. Should auld
acquaintance be
forgot
7. Frosty the snowman
was a jolly happy
soul
8. God rest ye merry,
gentlemen
9. Good king
Wenceslas looked
out
10. Grandma got run
over by a reindeer
11. Hark! The herald
angels sing
12. Have yourself
a merry little
Christmas
13. Here comes Santa
Claus here comes
Santa Claus
14. Come they told
me, pa rum pum pum
pum
15. Jingle bell, jingle
bell, jingle bell
rock
16. Deck the halls
with boughs of holly
17. Rudolph the red
nose reindeer had a
very shiny nose
18. You better watch
out you better not
cry
19. We three Kings
of Orient are
20. Im dreaming of a
white Christmas
Match the Pair
Singing with Santa
Spot the 10 Difference
s
SANTA SPRINT: 7
MAZE: 2
SINGING WITH
SANTA: 1. Was
to certain poor
shepherds in elds
as they lay 2.
How still we see
thee lie 3. Joyful
and triumphant
4. Underneath
the mistletoe last
night 5. The little
lord Jesus laid down his
sweet head 6. And never
brought to mind 7. With
a corncob pipe and a
button nose and two eyes
made out of coal 8. Let
nothing you dismay 9.
On the feast of Stephen
10. Walking home from
our house Christmas Eve
SPOT THE DIFFERENCES:
pine tree bigger,
snowball missing, white
spot on top hat, carrot
shorter, B on jersey,
scarf longer, jersey loses
stripe, stripe appears
on trousers, koala
loses nger, shadow
disappears.
MATCH THE PAIR: Santa
and sleigh + reindeer,
tree + presents, Santa
+ hat.
Which reindeer will reach Sa
nta?
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CRACKERSDECK THE HAL
LS
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PRANCERPUDDINGRESTSALESSILENTSINGSNUGSOLSTICESTOCKINGTREESTURKEYVIGILWINEWISE MENWONDERWREATHYULE
Find all these words in the grid
- they can run in any direction
, but will always be in a straig
ht line.
Write the 17 left-over letters i
n the stars below to discover a
composition by Bach.
Solutions
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CHRISTMAS ORATORIO WORD SEARCH:
CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
YULE
Maze
Word Search
17. Rudolph the
red nose reindeer
had a very shiny
18 . You better
watch out you
bett er not cry
1 9 . W e t hr e e
Kings of Orient
20. Im dreaming
o f a w hi t e
Can you find out what goes on t
op of this Christmas tree?
Can you find out what goes on t
op of this Christmas tree?
D L OM I NL I GS D RY A DH H GS A AM I EA RT OA ED SR ES RT R
Spot the 10 Difference
sSpot the 10
Differences
Find all these words in the grid - they can run in any direction, but will always be in a straight line.Write the 17 left-over letters in the stars below to discover a composition by Bach.Write the 17 left-over letters in the stars below to discover a composition by Bach.Word Search
T B P F E SS R A T S C
T O G
N A E C I FC A R D A S
U N M
E P S L E DM A N H C R
I B M
S D V E L UY X T T T S
I L A
E E B W I SH A U R A E
P V R
R E F W S MD L W V A N
S E I
P C R I A FJ P Y D N I
G H T
D O A T R WG A A B P N
E V E
E W T N O TR P D R A K
F W W
C E E I D OI E I M W U
T O A
E L T X B YN R L U N O
B L E
M G S E M SC H O R S E
V L E
B N O K R AH A H D O V
E S E
E I P E E HS T N E M A
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R C Y
Christmas Secret Shape
Find all the listed words i
n this grid - they can run
in any direction, even ba
ckwards or diagonally, bu
t
always in a straight line. T
hen colour in the left-over
letter squares to discover
a hidden shape!
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CANDY CANE
CARDCRIBDECEMBER
DOVESDRUMELVESEVEFAIRFIRFUNGRINCHHARKHOLIDAYICEJINGLELISTMANGERMERCYNIGHT
NOBLEORNAMENTS
PAPER HAT
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Only one shadow matches th
e highlighted picture. Can y
ou nd it?
SEASONAL
SOAK:
Basin, ball, bat,
boots, belt, book,
bait, biscuit,
bath, bubbles,
brush, boat,
bottle, beard,
belly.
WORD TRAIL:
Where is North
Pole?
PHONE CODE:
Hello kids, this
is Santa here,
bringing you gifts
of Christmas
cheer.
SPOT THE
DIFFERENCES:
knot in toy
bag changed,
pinstripe missing
from sleigh, shine
missing from
sleigh blades,
rag missing from
ground, rear
vision mirror
missing, pom
pom missing
from hat, extra
exhaust pipe,
bucket moved,
Father Christmas
eyelid missing, elf
missing pocket.
FIND THE
SHADOW:
5SECRET SHAPE
WORDSEARCH:
WRAPXMASXMASYULEYULE
Using the phone keypad,
decipher
Santas message.
Starting at the highligh
ted letter, move in any
direction
(but use each letter only
once) to nd a four wor
d phrase
(5,2,5,4) which will tell y
ou why Santa is looking p
uzzled.
Phone Code
Word Trail
Spot the 10 Differences
Find the shadow
Secret Shape Wordsear
ch
Solutions
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SEASONAL
SOAK:
Basin, ball, bat,
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ACROSS1 Collapsed in disrepair (6,4)6 Foreword low frequency Don Juan (4)10 Outline the
perimeter (13)11 Tease a cloth fragment (3)12 Comfort from the sun by an expert (6)14 Good for nothing - poor thing (6)16 Be a right rude person (4)
17 Arrest robust characters caught out (8)20 Heroic Ms Moore came in contact with the plague (8)
21 It means all from the end back in (4)22 In a careless manner at all events (6)24 To open a lett er without a mark of disgrace (6)25 Check out the litt le horse doctor (3)27 I am saucy - you are rstly bett er able to be calm (13)
29 Its in the window su ering they say (4)30 A fellow used forward measures and is to be the secretary
(10)DOWN1 Illegal alley (10)2 An award originally received for rowing (3)3 Ancient EU members state (9)
4 In short, good aft ernoon stupid! (4)5 A stock of clothes from draw back habit (8)7 Catching up with reconditi oning (11)8 A tooth begins fading by the end of spring (4)9 Its potassium, not marine speed (4)13 Reconstruct binocular pieces and it will smooth the way (11)
15 Manoeuvres levels by adornments (10)18 The durati on record is on schedule (9)19 Kick start a report on the computer memory weight (8)23 Pays back barks (4)25 Accompaniment to a seductress (4)
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In this puzzle each lett er of the alphabet is represented by a number. Use the lett ers in the code grid below to get started and complete the Crosscode.
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Cryptic Crossword
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Find the Object: 15
Wacko Crypto: Harry
Potter and the Half
Blood Prince
Seeing Double: Bank,
watch, bark, blade,
block, punch.
Word Link: Ginger,
gingham, begin, engine,
imagine, origin, Pidgin,
Aborigine, aubergine,
hanging, original, aging.
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River shore, money institution
Be vigilant, time piece
Tree covering, cry of dog
Piece of grass, knife edge
Log of wood, obstruct
Strike with fist, party drink
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A tooth begins fading by the end of spring (4)
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21 Became the countrys first Australian-born Governor General in 1931 to 1936 (6)22 Australia II won this cup in 1983 (8)23 The programme for a meeting (6)24 Seven such Territories are administered by Australia (8)25 An art prize first awarded in 1936 (6)
DOWN 2 Broken Hills famous artist (3.4) 3 Over 750 species of these plants are unique to Australia (7) 4 In 1954 the Petrov incident disclosed such activities in Australia (6) 5 A charity day (3.4) 6 Torres Strait .... (7) 7 How taipans move about? (7)13 A true Australian country worker (7)14 Characteristic pronunciations (7)15 Socks and stockings (7)17 A yearly professional footrace is held here (7)
18 Queensland town adjacent to Picnic Bay (7)20 Stiff fibres used for cordage and rope (6)
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Use logic to determine the numbers, which can be placed inside the symbols.
Fill in the squares using any number from 1 to 9, without repeati ng any numbers in a run line (row or column blocked o by black boxes).
The numbers in each horizontal run line must add up to the sum shown in the black box to its left (above the diagonal).
The numbers in each verti cal run line must add up to the sum shown in the black box at its top (below the diagonal).
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Chain GangPart, pert, peat, seat, sear, star, stay.
ACROSS 1 Strong current of air Shirts wristband 2 Looked forward to 3 Accept (a gift) 4 Playhouse
5 Collar fastener Went on a horse 6 Push the ___, be innovative 7 Small pampered pooch 8 Do a second draft 9 Fetching chore 10 Transfer of data to a smaller computer 11 Mailed Place for building 12 Eight-armed seafood delicacy 13 Complete victory or success 14 Small cucumber used for pickling 15 Dull heavy sound Insolent
Lett ers A to Z have a number value, some are shown in the right hand
cells.Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.
Here is a crossword with a di erence, all the lett ers of the alphabet are represented
by a number in the grid and there are no clues.Some lett ers have been given as clues to get you started, use the code cracker grid
below to keep track of each lett er and their coded number.
Common Good Summer School A-Z X-Word
Australiana CrosswordMind Games
Crosscode
Kakuro
Symbol Sum
Alfakodo
Piece WordWith the help of the Across clues only, can you t the pieces into their
correct positi ons in the empty grid (which, when completed, will exhibit
a symmetrical patt ern)?
Chain Gang
Solutions
Australiana CrosswordMin
d GamesCrosscode
Alfakodo
Kakuro
All puzzles distributed by Auspac Media
Word Fill
One of these
pictures is not
like the others.
Can you spot
the odd one
out?
Singing with Natalie: 1. Bicycle Built For Two, 2.
Waltzing Matilda, 3. The Wiggles - Big Red Car, 4.
Vanessa Hudgens - Come Back To Me, 5. Bare
Necessities, 6. Clementine, 7. Hi-5 - 3 Wishes,
8. Ashley Tisdale - Be Good To Me, 9. On Top of
Spaghetti, 10. Casper the Friendly Ghost
Odd Bods: Top right - middle window is smaller.
Kids Brainticklers: 1. She lives in the Northern
Hemisphere, 2. Once, then youre subtracting from 20,
3. None - there are no ps in THAT, 4. None - theres
no dirt in a hole, 5. All of them.
How well do you know
these songs?
See if you can sing the
next line -
1. Thereisaflower
within my heart, Daisy,
Daisy 2. Once a jolly s
wagman
camped by a billabong,
under the shade of a
Coolibah tree ...
3. Toot, toot chuga,
chuga big red car, well
travel near and well
travel far ...
4. Everyday, I try to play,
another game but my
heart cant take it ...
5. Look for the bare
necessitiesthesimple
barenecessities....
6. In a cavern, in a
canyonexcavatingfora
mine 7. Im in your dr
eams,
Im in your mind, Im in
yourimagination
8. Everydayisgetting
worse, do the same
things and it hurts
9. OntopofSpaghetti,
all covered with cheese
10. Casper, the friendly
ghost the friendliest
ghost you know
4
1
4 2
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2413
3241
4132
Mini Sudoku
Join the Dots
Pic Puzzle
Singing with Natalie
Odd Bods
Mini Sudoku
Enter the numbers
1 to 4 in each row,
column and 2x2
square. In every
combination there
should be only one
of each number.
Dont worry, theres
no maths involved!
Solutions
Pic Puzzle
Odd Bods
AEROBUS
AIRPORT
ASTEROID
BALLOON
BIPLANE
BLIMPCESSNA
CHARTCHOPPER
DROPFLIGHTFUELGLIDERHOVERJUMBO JET
KITE
KNOTLUNARMOONNOSEPARACHUTE
PILOTROCKET
RUDDER
SHUTTLE
SPACECRAFT
SPINTAILTRIPZEPPELIN
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line. The leftover letters spell a
hidden word!
The hidden word is :
T F E B AS T E R O
I D T
O U S A IR T E K C
O R F
L E O K OP D B J U
I S A
I L N P PI L U L P P
D R
P O R T LA M A E I
O R C
T I N G NB R C N T
M O E
A E I P OA N A E E
I P C
R L L J OE O I C S
C K A
U T E R LR O L R H
S O P
D T P E LO M A A T
U N S
D U P V AB N R L I
A T A
E H E O BU T H G I
L F E
R S Z H LS R E P P
O H C
Oh dear! Spot and Missy
have been separated. Help
Spot fi nd his way through
the maze to Missy.
Maze
Rugrats
Solutions
Find a Word
Pundit
Total Recall
Find all these words in this grid -
they can go in any direction, but
always in a straight line. The left
over letters spell a hidden word!
This carton is a pun on a word,
title or
well-known phrase. Can you wor
k it out?
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Pundit: Lipstick
Puzzle Cellar
Stock the Pots: Crow,
blue, shoe, fork.
Part of the Body: Nose.
Identical Faces: 2 & 9.
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Re-arrange the letters to reveal the Christmas Carol1. Greener symmetry to legend2. Angels wicked goons3. Earth-shaking handlers leg4. Boldly, Im the mutterer
5. No hotel to befi t them well6. Clever, steadfast, hot whimsy7. Coyly or candid vanities8. Bemoan the shinier babble9. A gray win, a name10. Jet to holy word
Twisted Carols
T B P F E S S R A T S C T O GN A E C I F C A R D A S U N ME P S L E D M A N H C R I B MS D V E L U Y X T T T S I L AE E B W I S H A U R A E P V RR E F W S M D L W V A N S E IP C R I A F J P Y D N I G H TD O A T R W G A A B P N E V EE W T N O T R P D R A K F W WC E E I D O I E I M W U T O AE L T X B Y N R L U N O B L EM G S E M S C H O R S E V L EB N O K R A H A H D O V E S EE I P E E H S T N E M A N R OR J B E T H L E H E M E R C Y
Christmas Secret ShapeFind all the listed words in this grid - they can run in any direction, even backwards or diagonally, but always in a straight line. Then colour in the left-over letter squares to discover a hidden shape!
AWEBAUBLEBELLSBETHLEHEMCANDY CANECARDCRIBDECEMBERDOVESDRUMELVESEVEFAIRFIRFUNGRINCHHARKHOLIDAYICEJINGLELISTMANGERMERCYNIGHT
NOBLEORNAMENTSPAPER HATPEARPOSTPRESENTRITEROBESANTASHEEPSILVERSINGSLEDSTARSSUNTOPTOYSTRAYSTREEWISHWRAPXMASYULE
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14
15 16 17
18 19
20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27
28 29 30 31 32 33 34
35 36 37 38
39 40 41 42
43 44 45
46 47 48 49 50 51 52
53 54 55 56
57 58 59 60
61 62
63 64 65 66 67
68 69 70 71 72
73 74 75
76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85
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94 95
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CROSSWORD 25 X 25 WAL100GRID 1 CHRISTMAS 2007
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ACROSS1 Cause of a
hangover (7)5 Assemble,
accumulate (7)10 Totally wreck (4)11 Old word for
chemist (10)12 Sticky stuff (8)13 Put new film in
(a camera) (6)14 By mouth (4)
The five-letter word is _ _ _ _ _.
16 Applicants for a job (10)
17 Military disguise (10)
20 Weaving machine (4)
22 Finally (2,4)
23 Hypersensitive to certain substances (8)
26 Wilful dropper of rubbish (6,4)
27 Skip, leave out (4)
28 Tactical withdrawal (7)
29 Make as good as new (7)
DOWN2 Wash and iron
(clothes) (7)3 One sixteenth
of a pound (5)4 Giraffe-like
animal (5)6 Under different
conditions (9)7 Phone chat
with someone nearby (5,4)
8 Blood bath (7)9 Persuade to
take part (4,2)15 Care for (4,5)16 Self-service
restaurant (9)18 Fred ___,
Ginger Rogers dancingpartner (7)
19 South Americanriver (6)
21 Sir Laurence ___,eminent British actor (7)
24 Supple, agile (5)25 Birds perch (5)
2
D
11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9
10 11
12 13
14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25
26 27
28 29
Each answer begins with one of five letters. When youve completed the grid, arrange those five letters to spell a festive word. What is it?
HIGH 5IVE!12There are no clues to this crossword. Weve
simply removed all the vowels (A, E, I, O and U) from the grid.
Can you complete the crossword by replacing all the vowels correctly?
*!*R*D!!*T*P*FR!!Z!*B!!BL!*M*L*C*!*B*!*N!T!V!TY*!V!D*D*G*D*!***C*S!T!R!*D!GR!!!**!*****!**V!V!N!!*!R!!S!*!***Q*N*M*!*L!V!*!N!V!RS!*D*P*!*M*T*T*N!T!!N*!GR!!D*!*C*!!L*Y*R*
VOWELPLAY
MARS
GRAN
PINT
RICE
EAST
LEST
BIND
NEAP
CHAP
BRIG
1 Group of bees
2 Complain
3 Full stop
4 Apple drink
5 Bread ingredient
6 Roof tile
7 Unseeing
8 Smoothing tool
9 Low-cost
10 Fetch
ADD-A-LETTER
Answer the clues by adding just one letter to each of the given words, and rearranging them if
necessary. Write the letter you have added in each case to the appropriate box so that the central column spells the name
of an actor/director (5,5).
13
14
How quickly can you spot the pair of identical pictures?
2
4
6
1
3
5
PICTURE PAIR15
Can you t these Christmas words into the grid.
3 lettersFIR
IVY
4 lettersSTAR
TOYS
5 lettersBELLS
CARDS
GIFTS
HOLLY
LISTS
MERRY
PARTY
6 lettersANGELS
LIGHTS
RIBBON
SEASON
SLEIGH
TINSEL
WREATH
7 lettersCANDLES
CHIMNEY
ICICLES
TIDINGS
8 lettersPRESENTS
REINDEER
9 lettersCELEBRATE
GREETINGS
MISTLETOE
STOCKINGS
10 lettersPOINSETTIA
11 lettersDECORATIONS
SEASONS GREETINGS16
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Follow the arrows to place the answers, then rearrange the shaded letters in each puzzle to spell a word that can follow SNOW to make new words.
ARROWORDS
Waterwaysfor barges
Companyrep
Christmasfood ina shell
Chinascontinent Pigs home
In goodshape
Officialmail stamp
Clothesmaker
Give way Kick thebucket!Hollys Xmas
partner!Put to some
purposeGreen
citrus fruits
ClassicEpsom
horse race
Melody Beggingrequest
__ andgraces,
haughtiness
Letters aftera firms
name (abbr)
Riversediment Hobby
List of foodchoices Tell fibs
Spoil,disfigure
Join as one Below,beneathFlavouring
plant
Poisonoussnake
Vanilla __,Tom
Cruise film
SOLUTIONS H A S F P
C A N A L S T A I L O RL Z I V Y T S
C E D E A U L T DS I L T P A S T I M EM E N U L I E M A RA U N D E R H E R B
U N I T E A S P S K Y
BALLBASKETBLACKCHARTCLUBCOATCONEDOGFAN
GLASS
HIGHMAILMISSPINERAINSPY
STEAMTIDETIREDTRAIN
Eighteen of the twenty listed words can be teamed up with another
word in the list to make a new word or phrase. There will be two words left over put these together and
rearrange the letters to spell a seasonal word.
PAIRS
Basketball, blackmail, dog tired, fan club, high tide, pine cone, raincoat, spyglass, steam train. The remaining words are CHART and MISS, which can be rearranged to spell CHRISTMAS.
SOLUTION
ACROSS1 A place of Christi an worship (6)6 One of the gift s brought to the infant Jesus (4)10 & 80 down The name
that Santa Claus was based on(5,8)13 Without disrupti on (7)14 Worship (7)15 Yearly (6)
Christmas Crossword 25x25
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D L O G C R I O H C F S N U GM I N C E H A N G E L I G I VL I G H T S U S E L A S R C YS D R U M M E R A Y E K R U TY A D I L O H H C B A L L E TH H G R S I E R P H S E R N WS A A E T H A P J U B O A O SM I E R T C T R O M D E N O EA R L K K A S A S A G D L N ST O C E P N E N E A E S I L RA E R P N E L C P R T W T N SD S L O V T B E H I W A L A GR E S T A S U R C G O N G G ES R I O E I A E W I S E M E NT R A E H L B G N I K C O T S
ADOREANGELAPPLESBALLETBAUBLESCHOIRCHURCH BELLSCRACKERSDECK THE HALLSDRUMMEREGGNOGFIRGALAGOLDHARKHEARTHEAVNHOLIDAYJOSEPHLIGHTSLISTEN
Christmas Find-a-WordFind all these words in the grid - they can run in any direction, but will always be in a straight line. Write the 17 left-over letters in the stars below to discover a composition by Bach.
Denise Sutherland
MAGIMINCEPAGEANTPRANCERPUDDINGRESTSALESSILENTSINGSNUGSOLSTICESTOCKINGTREESTURKEYVIGILWINEWISE MENWONDERWREATHYULE
The bird is a PARTRIDGE (from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas).
SOLUTION
CHRISTMAS CONUNDRUM 2
R E G A R D P I TWhich bird, featured in a famous Christmas song, can be made from these letters?
ADD-A-LETTERAnswer the clues by
adding just one letter to each of the given words, and rearranging them if
necessary. Write the letter you have added in each case to the appropriate
box to spell out the name of a celebrity who celebrates their birthday on Christmas Day (5,6).
1 Another time
2 Hissing reptile
3 Group of judges
4 Document folders
5 Sleepy
6 Playground chute
7 House visitor
8 Lifting machine
9 Small rock
10 Group of fish
11 More than needed
GAIN
SAKE
LEAP
SELF
DIRT
SIDE
GUST
CARE
TOES
LASH
TEAR
1 Again 2 Snake 3 Panel 4 Files 5 Tired 6 Slide 7 Guest 8 Crane 9 Stone 10 Shoal 11 Extra. The celebrity is singer ANNIE LENNOX.
SOLUTION
RIDDLEMy first is in DOCTOR and also in CARE,My seconds not in NAKED but is found in BARE.My third is in SPEAK and also in SAY,My fourth is in SCULPT and also in CLAY.My fifth is in KIND but never in NICE,My sixth is in CAKE and also in SLICE.My last is in CALLER and also in RANG,My whole makes sure Christmas time goes with a bang!
The first seven lines each stand for a letter. Put them together to solve the riddle!
The item is a CRACKER.SOLUTION
Giant Christmas Tree Crossword
ACROSS2 & 85 Across. Said by Scrooge (3,6)3 Murmur fondly (3)5 Rich (7)7 Popular Christmas song (6,5)9 Nuts, eaten all the year round (7)10 Babies presents (7)
12 Subtle emanati ons of holy people (5)13 Had dinner (7)16 A vision (5)18 Altruisti c (8)20 Drag (3)21 Plotti ng (8)23 Abbreviati on for is not (4)24 Not the one or the other (7)
Across
1. Nearests and dearests (8) 5. ________ now behold Him arise (8) 9. Soup server (5) 10. Flavoured with citrus rind (5) 11. What 8 Down was (5) 12. What maids were doing (8) 14. Christmas _____ by Bach or Saint-Sans (8) 16. Riding horses (6)
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KIDS STUFF
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On the Right Track
Santas Sudoku
Starting from the red letter C, move up or down or sideways, but not diagonally, to find a single winding track that includes all of the names of Santas reindeer listed here.
COBVGPPRAN
ZMETCQDRGC
CNAXUPIVME
ELDNQLBODR
RXNEZVGNDE
RUJITTONPR
ODXLJNEXIV
LPLBDDAXVI
VHIRNAPTJX
EZTEHSNTPE
BLITZENCOMETCUPIDDANCERDASHERDONDERPRANCERRUDOLPHVIXEN
Using the four different Christmas images fill in each empty cell with a picture so that each row, each column and each 2 x 2 block contain all four pictures.
22
3 letters
ACT
COW
CUE
FUN
SET
WIG
4 letters
CLAP
DAME
GAGS
HISS
KIDS
LAMP
SHOW
TOAD
5 letters
AMUSE
FAIRY
JOKES
LINES
PLAYS
SHOUT
6 letters
ACTORS
BADDIE
SCRIPT
7 letters
ALADDIN
ANIMALS
THEATRE
TICKETS
8 letters
AUDIENCE
COSTUMES
LAUGHTER
PETER PAN
9 letters
BACKSTAGE
BEANSTALK
CHRISTMAS
GOLDEN EGG
PANTOMIME
ROBIN HOOD
11 letters
CELEBRITIES
MOTHER GOOSE
PUSS IN BOOTS
Christmas is not complete without a visit to the pantomime oh no it isnt! Fit
these words correctly in the grid, then rearrange the letters in the pink squares
to spell the title of a popular panto.
AT THE PANTO24
25 CHRISTMAS QUIZ
1. Who had a hit with Last Christmas?
2. In the film, Its a Wonderful Life, how do you know when a new angel has received his wings?
3. When is the feast of St. Nicholas?
4. In the film The Santa Clause, who plays Santa?
5. What is the title of Clement C. Moores famous Christmas poem?
6. Under which plant are kisses traditionally given at Christmas?
7. In which film is Kris Kringle hired to play Santa in a department store?
8. Where was Sonic the Hedgehog supposedly born?
9. Who starred in the film Jingle All The Way?
10. Which carol did David Bowie and Bing Crosby record together?
11. Where is Wenceslas Square?
12. Which film starring Bill Murray, was based on A Christmas Carol?
13. Which two books of the bible tell the Christmas story?
14. What was Roy Wood and Wizards Christmas hit?
15. In Finland, Santa rides on what animal?
16. Which country presents Britain with Trafalgar Squares Christmas tree each year?
17. What did Harry Potter get for Christmas his first term at Hogwarts?
18. What are the names of the Three Wise Men?
19. Who sang Mistletoe and Wine?
20. What was the name of the Dr Seuss character who tried to steal Christmas?
SPOT THE DIFFERENCE
Can you find ten slight
differences between these two pictures?
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KIDS STUFF19Join the dots from 1 to 55 to discover a hidden picture.
20 SPIRAL CROSSWORDFit these answers into the grid, starting at the pink arrow and spiralling into the centre. The last letter of one answer is the first of the next. When youve finished, read up the shaded diagonals
to find the names of two bands who have had Number One hits at Christmas. Who are they?
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2
3
9
10
15
8
20
16
14
23
11
22
4
7
19
21
17
18
13
12
6
5
BODY WORKThese are all parts of the body, but with their vowels removed. Can you name them?
1 NKL2 LBW
3 TNG4 YBRW
5 RDRM6 BDMN
7 NS8 KN-CP
21
CLUES 1 Magic formula (5) 2 Caring, affectionate (6) 3 Food seller (6) 4 Niche, alcove (6) 5 Shoulder bag for school (7) 6 Run in nylon stockings (6) 7 Smallest of the litter (4) 8 Garment maker (6)
9 Status in the army (4) 10 Chess piece with a
horses head (6) 11 Dutch flower (5) 12 Artist (7) 13 Ships steering
device (6) 14 Withdraw (7) 15 Change direction (4)
16 Close by (4) 17 Call (4) 18 Despondency (5) 19 Edges of a page (7) 20 Lazy drooping posture (6) 21 Stop (4) 22 Slang word for
clothing (4) 23 Large body of water (3)
PICTURE PAIRSee how quickly you can spot
the two identical stockings.
2
3 4
5 6
1
17
The rst part of each clue gives a ve-letter answer, four of whose letters make up the four-letter answer to the second
part and three of which make up the three-letter answer to the third part. The unused letter from the rst answer is entered in column A, and that from the second answer in column B. The
two columns when completed spell out two festive words.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A B
1 Gripping appliance; lantern; chum2 Rented; awful; scarlet3 Frighten; mark of an old wound; road vehicle4 Wooden shoe; water-going vessel; feathery scarf5 Stories; bargain event; ocean6 Trembling poplar; small green vegetables; tree juice7 Woodwind instrument; sensed; pixie8 Grilled bread; hop kiln; took a chair9 Malediction; remedy; scoundrel
BRACER18
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