Boundless magazine - Jul/Aug 19
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Crossword solution
Across
7 | Famous train that ran between Paris and Istanbul (6, 7) |
8 | Italian football team, arch rivals of Lazio (4) |
9 | Body of water that separates Italy and Croatia (8) |
10 | Part of a spacecraft that contains the crew (7) |
11 | Romanian car manufacturer known for the Duster SUV (5) |
14 | Boat used for recreational purposes (5) |
16 | Hero of a story in Arabian Nights and popular subject for pantomime (7) |
19 | US film star who played Michael Corleone (2,6) |
21 | Organ of smell (4) |
23 | Florida site of a US space centre and spacecraft launch site (4, 9) |
Down
1 | Ship associated with Jason and the Golden Fleece (4) |
2 | City in France famous for its endurance sports car race (2, 4) |
3 | London cathedral designed by Christopher Wren (2, 5) |
4 | Run scored in cricket without the bat hitting the ball (5) |
5 | Spanish - - -, naval fleet sent to invade England in 1588 (6) |
6 | Town in Italy famous for its sparkling wine (4) |
8 | Fictional boxer played in several films by Sylvester Stallone (5) |
12 | Musical about an orphan in Depression era America (5) |
13 | Contestant that fails to win a race (4-3) |
15 | Denis - - -, former Labour chancellor of the 1970s (6) |
17 | Scottish city that gave its name to a fruitcake decorated with almonds (6) |
18 | Indian rice dish flavoured with cumin, cardamom, cloves and turmeric (5) |
20 | Dense metal, atomic number 82 (4) |
22 | Swedish defence and security company that used to manufacture cars (4) |
Sudoku solution
Word Wheel
How many words can you make using the letters in the word wheel?
Words must be four letters or more, each word must contain the central letter N. Plurals and proper nouns are not allowed. There is at least one nine-letter word.
Solutions
Good Score: 22+
Excellent: 30+
9 letter word: Synthetic
Other words that can be found:
Cent, chest, chesty, chit, chitty, cist, cite, city, cyst, cystine, echt, encyst, entity, etch, ethic, ethnic, etic, heist, hent, hest, hint, hist, hyte, incest, insect, inset, itch, itchy, nest, nett, netty, nicest, nicety, nicht, nitty, scent, scythe, sect, sent, sett, shent, shinty, site, snit, snitch, stein, sten, stench, stenchy, stent, stet, stey, sthenic, stich, stint, stitch, stithy, stye, synth, tech, techy, tench, tensity, tent, tenth, tenty, test, testy, tetchy, teth, theist, then, thetic, they, thin, thine, this, tinct, tine, tint, tinty, tiny, titch, titchy, tithe, yeti
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