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Across

I 1983 film.    Of Endearment (5)

8    Homemaker (9)

9    Plant whose stalks are used in erumbles (7)

10    Group of sportsmen (5)

II    Star . long-running sci-fi series (4)

12 Keen (5)

17 Damę ____Mirren,

British actress (5) 18Volcano's hot liquid rock (4)

22Noticed a sound (5) 23Evenweave fabric with regularly spaced holes (7) 24Land protected from development (5,4)

25Piece of academic writing (5

Down

1    In need of a drink (7)

2    Asylum seeker (7)

3    Group of fish (5)

4    Daylight____, light used

for stitching (4)

5    Childhood disease causing red spots (7)

6    Subtract (5)

7    Yorkshire city (5)

13    Chopping tool (3)

14    Decorative effect in a stitching project (7)

15    Wooden frame used for execution by hanging (7)

16    Washing (7)

19 Upper part of leg (5) 20Large black bird (5)

21 Diminish, dwindle (5) 23Military vehicle (4)

Winning word clue: Scottish poet who wrote Auld Lang Syne (5)

U5ING logie and a process of elimination, fili the blank boxes with numbers so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9 only once.

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4	8				7		3	t
9				2	8		7
	7	3				6
1	9	5	7		6
	4		2		5		1
			1		4	5	9	6
		6				3	4
	3		5	4				7
7	1		9				5	8

COMPLETE the crossword and rearrange the letters in the shaded boxes to make up a winning word. You can enter online at www,futurecomps,co.uk/ pcw248 or text the codę CSX248 followed by the winning word and your name and address to 87474¹.

Postał entries will not be accepted. Competition open 28 Decsmber - 23 January

issue 246’s winning word ROCKET

Winners: Margaret Allen, West Lothian; Gili Thompson, York: Pat French Beddington; Julie Pearce, East Susse¹; Annę Dempster, Lowestoft

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