Our Crossword this month is mainly about Conspiracy Theories.
May 2017 Skeptical Crossword Puzzle (HTML format)
or
81 May 2017 Crossword Conspiracy Theories (.pdf format).
There are ten new May 2017 Logic & Maths Problems (HTML format)
or
58 Logic and Maths Puzzles May 2017 for pdf (.pdf format);
with new Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” questions at the top of the Puzzles Page
Enjoy!
1. Ramparts
2. Expert panel
3. Easy on the eye
4. French polish
5. Towering Inferno
6. Gone With the Wind
7. Pale Rider
1. Pensive
2. Litigate
3. Bipolar
4. Idyllic
5. Great escape
6. Piebald
7. Air on a G string
1. Beforehand
2. Implicate
3. Mystic
4. Explain
5. Hijacking
6. Melodious
7. Almanacs
1. Stuck in the Middle With You
2. The Boys Light Up
3. Impolite
4. Painless operation
5. Tea for two and two for tea
6. Repeat performance
7. Backlogs
1. Impersonal
2. Pop idol
3. Criminal intent
4. Long division
5. Carrying to excess
6. Imperatives
7. For all we know
1. Fletch; Fletch Lives
2. 200 (approx 180)
3. The Beatles; The Maharishi
4. Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan
5. 7 (Six plus goalkeeper)
6. North and South Korea
7. organist
8. c. After Christmas Day. Boxing Day is the first of the Twelve Days of Christmas.
9. The Great Barrier Reef
10. c. South China Sea
HARDER:
11. China
12. A dialect of German spoken in Brazil
13. Spectacled Bear aka Andean Bear aka jukumari, ukumari or ukuku, scientific name Tremarctos ornatus
14. Lost sponsor and sponsorship due to Canada’s cigarette advertising bans
15. It comes from horses
16. Animals that have displayed “conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces or Civil Defence Units” (British)
17. Steve Elkington (1990). The Wyndham Championship is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S., and was originally called the Greater Greensboro Open.
18. A rhetorical question / a question that didn’t require an answer
19. The daughters of William Shakespeare with married surnames.
20. A rattle used in herding sheep
1. Suzie.
Since Suzie always lies and Samantha always tells the truth, neither lady would ever say that her own name is Suzie. Therefore the woman on the left must be lying about what the other lady said. The lady on the left is therefore Suzie.
2. 1101
3. From strongest to weakest: Laura, Lance, Lenny, Lulu
4. He makes a mound of earth and stands on it to reach the skylight
5. 78
6. The house numbers
7. Mother 73, daughter 37
8. Bob, Ed, Dave
9. Mr Red worked for Green & Co
Mr Green worked for Blue & Co
Mr Blue worked for Red & Co
10. a = 21 b = 20
