14 Answer to Crossword No. 120 from last issue Answer to Cryptic Xword No. 120 from last issue Answer to Sudoku No. 120 from last issue TO ENTER SEND YOUR COMPLETED CRYPTIC CROSSWORD TO: “Over 50s Cryptic Crossword Competition” PO Box 3302, Burleigh Town City Q. 4220 Write your name and address on the back of an envelope. First correct entry drawn will win a $50 Gift Card. Entries close 30.06.2025. Winner notified by mail. Coles Supermarkets, Coles Central, Coles Express, Myer, including Myer.com.au, Target, Kmart, Officeworks, Liquorland, Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor. Win a $50 GIFT Card 1 8 10 14 22 19 C O N C U R A B P A A E N G R A V E D MOORED U R D I E O V E R R I D E S Q U E A L E L O R E S S E N C E S L N E T E L E V A T E D S R I I I N C O M E E M P O R I U M R S S P A L I S N E R E C T S P E T I T I O N A E D N S T E M P T S 2 3 4 9 11 12 13 15 16 20 21 23 5 6 7 17 18 1 8 11 13 17 21 26 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 23 22 24 25 27 28 2 3 4 5 6 7 C A B L I N G A D H E R E D H E N R S I I E A R R A N G E I N S E C T S R A E G D T O E A F T E R N O T E O T T E R D E R R T V E A S E D I N S T I G A T E R A T A E S U R I E N C E N U D E S M N V A E T U N D U E D E M O C R A C Y L R L R S A R P A M E R I C A H A R D E S T T S N G I O S I E N S I G N S P O L I T I C ACROSS 1. Hide the hard rock from the mean person. (9) 6. Strike a pose for the old author. (5) 9. Dread he discovers the coloured hair. (7) 10. Shattered all rest for a grand performance.(7) 11. Modest just the same. (10) 12. Combine and circle back. (4) 14. Sounds like precious vegetables. (7) 15. Road possibly the French suppress. (6) 18. Too many were not spoken about. (6) 20. Finished the climb and go to top of the range. (7) 24. Stumble on a holiday. (4) 25. Flowers to plant in a Queensland town. (10) 27. Question a church with misgivings. (7) 28. I nail it crookedly first. (7) 29. Swarms with gangs we hear. (5) 30. Notices the beam and understands. (4,5) DOWN 1. Come up and go off. (6) 2. State of the trendy Princess. (7) 3. No charge for anyone seeing this fight. (4,3,3) 4. Point out I can diet. (8) 5. Cooked treats for the sampler. (6) 6. A wager to aid something wrong. (4) 7. Peddle away to clear. (4,3) 8. Normal for everybody with the Spanish to be similar. (8) 13. Fills up the cash drawer without any movement. (10) 16. Take away the ground from under one’s feet. (8) 17. Appropriate as pipe to smoking. (8) 19. Con the French for a little water. (7) 21. Praising to aid lung research. (7) 22. Second rate English city suffers. (6) 23. Inspect lease of fastener. (6) 26. Responsibility we take on. (4) 1 8 11 13 17 21 26 28 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 27 29 29 2 3 4 5 6 7 CRYPTIC 121 4 2 8 5 3 9 6 7 1 9 3 1 6 4 7 2 5 8 7 5 6 8 1 2 3 4 9 8 9 3 1 2 5 4 6 7 5 1 7 3 6 4 8 9 2 2 6 4 7 9 8 5 1 3 1 8 9 4 5 3 7 2 6 6 7 5 2 8 1 9 3 4 3 4 2 9 7 6 1 8 5 A dinner speaker was in such a hurry to get to his engagement that when he arrived and sat down at the head table, he suddenly realised that he had forgotten his false teeth. Turning to the man next to him he said, “I forgot my teeth.” The man said, “No problem.” He reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of false teeth. “Try these,” he said. The speaker tried them. “Too loose.” The man then said, “I have another pair, try these.” The speaker tried them and responded, “Too tight.” The man was not taken back at all. He then said, “I have one more pair. Try them.” The speaker said, “They fit perfectly.” With that he ate his meal and gave his speech. After the dinner meeting was over, the speaker went over to thank the man who had helped him. “I want to thank you for coming to my aid. Where is your office? I’ve been looking for a good dentist.” The man replied, “I’m not a dentist. I’m an undertaker.”
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