14 Answer to Crossword No. 125 from last issue Answer to Cryptic Xword No. 125 from last issue Answer to Sudoku No. 125 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 30.11.2025. Winner notified by mail. Just Joking! ACROSS 1. Golf tournament finished with no limit (4,5) 6. Sounds like the fruit was standing upright. (5) 9. Restrut around the towers (7) 10. Sweet number (7) 11. Surrounding you was conjecture to the east of the accommodation (10) 12. Sway and stare back. (4) 14. He’s getting the race underway for the entree (7) 15. Recur sessions inside for spells (6) 18. Being secluded tore me apart. (6) 20. Knife the revolutionary held by a friend (7) 24. Lisa shot holding the tie (4) 25. Distribution at Capones place (10) 27. Potentially train me in clothing (7) 28. The Spanish man drunk rose gin (7) 29. Have the affair late afternoon in the Northern Territory (5) 30. Has no confidence in as cunningly stirs dust (9) DOWN 1. Electrical failure not in lifetime (6) 2. It is serious that nets are adrift (7) 3. Choose to make a speech in a division (10) 4. Find the record finished (8) 5. Issued arrangement to become idle (6) 6. Covered in marks of poor quality (4) 7. Pointless to consume a smaller amount (7) 8. Consecrate a person inside lacking framework (8) 13. George called her majesty an outlaw (10) 16. Can before start of play in tennis (8) 17. Goes on a drinking spree and loses our cases (8) 19. The girl on the French island discovered a weapon (7) 21. Tips Rod off the camera stand (7) 22. Very happy the editor occupied the tardy (6) 23. See RN’s mistreated and scoffs at (6) 26. Congregate and pour back (4) 1 8 11 13 17 21 26 28 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 27 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 7 CRYPTIC 126 - Answer next issue Win a $50 GIFT Card 1 8 10 14 22 19 C U T T E R S B E O O U S E S T R A N G E N I M R O D O S O T R E M P H A S I S R E C E D E L S A T M E A N T I M E C E S X T E X T U R E S S T X R E X C I S E S T R A N G E R A R T E T C O A T H R O W N I N S T A N C E R E V E A E T S G D I S M A L 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 H A N G D O G B R A V E S T O U O L L L X U R A T I O N A L E L A T E R N R R M S O R K E M I T C O N S E C R A T E T T S U E A Y S H I M M E R D E T O U R S O A I N M I N G L E R P R O V O K E A L E A N P N D E C A P I T A T E E P I C E R R I T P O A I R A N I R E E N L I S T S R T N E R U E E A L E R T E D N O S I D E S Four Catholic ladies are having coffee together, discussing how important their children are. The first one tells her friends, “my son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him “Father.” The second Catholic women chirps, “Well, my son is a Bishop. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, “Your Grace.” The third Catholic woman says smugly, “well, not to put you down, but my son is a cardinal. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, “Your Eminence.” The fourth Catholic women sips her coffee in silence. The first three women give her a subtle “Well...?” She replies, “My son is a gorgeous, 6’2”, hard-bodied male stripper. Whenever he walks into a room, people say, “My God”. 4 6 9 5 7 1 3 8 2 7 8 2 6 3 4 1 5 9 3 5 1 8 2 9 4 6 7 5 7 6 4 8 2 9 1 3 8 9 3 7 1 5 2 4 6 2 1 4 9 6 3 8 7 5 6 2 7 1 9 8 5 3 4 9 4 8 3 5 7 6 2 1 1 3 5 2 4 6 7 9 8
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