USINGlogic and a process of elimination, fi ll the blank
boxes with numbers so that each row, column and 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9 only once.
SUDOKU
Prize crossword
Across
1 --- board, card for stretching
stitching (5)
4 Tightness of a stitch (7)
8 Already (3)
9 Shy, reticent person (9)
10 Fool’s month? (5)
12 Capital of the Land of Oz,
--- City (7)
15 FormerSoviet Union (6)
17 In cricket, three stumps and
two bails (6)
20 Asylum seeker (7)
23 Small group of trees (5)
25 Embroidery with white
thread (9)
26 Rubbish (3)
27 Wound dressing (7)
28 Run away to marry (5)
Issue312’s winningword:STOCKING
HOW TO ENTER
Down
1 Expensive Monopoly
property (7)
2 Total, absolute (5)
3 Test (5)
4 Name of a book or fi lm (5)
5 Hangman’s rope? (5)
6 Cold compress for reducing
swelling (3,4)
7 Famous (5)
11 ---A Wonderful Life,
Christmas fi lm (3)
13 Cuts (grass) (4)
14 Leafy ‘superfood’ (4)
16 Spice derived from crocus (7)
18 Pigeon’s call (3)
19 Building where plays are
performed(7)
20 Course or treatment for an
addiction (5)
21 Pale orange tropical fruit (5)
22 Bird of prey (5)
23 Arc (5)
24 Paved garden area (5)
Winning word clue:
Romantic crooner
who sang about
Something
Stupid? (7)
YOUR PRIZEOne lucky winnerwill receive this Enchanted
Fairy Glade kit from Bothy Threads. Worked on hand-dyed
14 count aida, the kit comes with strandedcotton, metallic
gold thread, sequins and beads, and is worked in cross stitch
and backstitch. Enchanted Fairy Glade is available from
http://www.bothythreads.com, priced £24.99.
1317Win!
COMPLETEthe crossword and rearrangethe letters
in the shaded boxes to makeupa winningword.
Write your winningword and
‘Crossword 314’ onthe back
of a postcard or stuck-down
envelope, addingyour
nameandaddress, and
post it to:CrossStitcher,
POBox 172, Northam,
EX 39 9DY
Competition open:
6 January –
2 February 2017
Forfull termsand
conditions, seepage 89.