1 CROSSWORDOnce the grid is complete, the letters in the highlighted squares will spell out a word to do with Valentine’s.

ACROSS 1 Ease of entry (of a building, eg) (13) 9 Trustworthy, truthful (6) 10 Quarrel, dispute (8) 11 Specific month and year (4) 12 Lift up, elevate (5) 13 Item worn on the foot (4) 14 Pretended, faked (9) 16 Useful, convenient (5) 19 Nasty (remark) (5) 20 Long-bodied family vehicle (6,3) 23 Layer (of a cake) (4) 25 Artist’s paint applier (5) 26 Baby girl’s clothes colour (4) 27 Scram! (5,3) 28 Sign on as a soldier (6) 29 Illegally entering a dwelling (13)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8

9 10

11 12 13

14 15 16 17

18

19 20 21

22

23 24 25 26

27 28

29

DOWN 2 Thin paper used for decorations (5) 3 Outer, outside (8) 4 Place to find shells (7) 5 Famous London clock bell (3,3) 6 Cover for a bulb to deflect glare (9) 7 Gin and ___, pub tipple (5) 8 Site for filming a movie (8) 15 Route or path beneath a road (9) 17 Identify (a disease) (8) 18 Counter at which customers pay (4,4) 21 Frothy egg dish (7) 22 Soak up like a sponge (6) 24 Eskimo home (5) 26 Power cable tower (5)

2 ARROWORDOnce the grid is complete, the letters in the highlighted squares will spell out a word to do with Valentine’s

Stripedsweet

Ballerina’sgarment

Goingthrough

Drum, spool

Very smallparticles Soft hats

Drinksimilar to acappuccino

Ceases

Debacle

Rear ofa ship

Revel,wallow

Top of ababy’s bottle

Pasture-land

Numericalproportion

Rampage

Azure

Prosecute

Source ofminerals

Bath fitting

Varietyof rabbit

Unconfined

Poultry birds

Joke Word ofagreement

Middling(2-2)

Lackingexperience

Immersein water

Arrange-ments

Smalltrumpet

Consume

Was in pos-session of

Importantcricket

matchesShove

Moaned,complained Android Hooting

birdAdvisestrongly

Desertwater-holes

Enthusiastic

Reachadulthood

(4,2)

Argue Discourteous Last part

Unit oflength

High swingfor acrobats

Knocksharply

Centralcalm area

of a cyclone

Put yourselfout for

Couple, pairAdult males

Thus

Salver Husk Part of astaircase

Coveredwith ceramic

squares

Telepathy(inits)

Simians

Material join

Tall gardenflower

Go bad ormouldy

Hiveinsects

Colour ofclaret

Went outof sight

Slick andinsincere

Small truck

Spookier,creepier

Stun

Sheerlightweight

fabric

Adriana __,Brazilian

supermodel

Plasticgolf peg

Awards forbravery Requires

3 SUDOKUFill the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains the digits 1-9.

4 MISSING LINKFit words into the grid so each one connects up with the words on either side, eg, wishing - well - done. Read down the letters in the shaded squares to spell out something connected to Valentine’s Day.

7 1 32 4 7 9

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3 21 7 4 8

5 7 6 16 5

3 8 1 9 2 7

BRAKES

PUDDING

COCKTAIL

GUITAR

TICKET

BOWL

NEW

TEST

WELL

SCREEN

KICK

SLIPPED

FRENCH

KING

WATER

SQUARE

DAMASK

NOT

HYDROCHLORIC

NOTHING

FINISHING

TIGHT

5 SUGURUEach cell in an outlined block must contain a digit: a two-cell block contains the digits 1 and 2; a three-cell block contains the digits 1, 2 and 3; and so on. The same digit must not appear in neighbouring cells, not even diagonally.

523

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6 SUKOPlace the digits 1-9 in the cells so that the number in each circle is equal to the sum of the four surrounding cells, and so that each highlighted regional total is correct.

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