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Puzzle Pages, February 2025 answers – Page 1
Q&A
- Starting with “d”, what is the national flower of Wales?
- Who won the 1976 US Presidential election?
- What is the name of the dragon in The Hobbit?
- Which car company has an emblem that features a serpent and a red and white cross?
- What ocean surrounds the Maldives?
- What three-word motto comes at the end of Merrie Melodies cartoons?
- Which is larger, seven-twelfths or 55%?
- In what city did The Doors singer Jim Morrison die?
- Who has scored the most goals (260) in English Premier League history?
- What is the name of the fin on the back of a fish?
Answers
- Daffodil
- Jimmy Carter
- Smaug
- Alfa Romeo
- Indian
- “That’s All Folks!”
- Seven-twelfths
- Paris
- Alan Shearer
- Dorsal
SUDOKU
7 3 2 4 9 1 8 5 6
8 1 4 5 2 6 7 9 3
5 9 6 7 8 3 1 2 4
6 2 3 8 4 7 5 1 9
1 7 5 9 3 2 6 4 8
4 8 9 1 6 5 2 3 7
9 4 1 2 7 8 3 6 5
2 6 8 3 5 9 4 7 1
3 5 7 6 1 4 9 8 2
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: unhurried
others:
dern, dire, durn, heir, herd, hire,
huer, nerd, nurd, rend, ride, rind,
rude, rued, ruer, diner, direr, drier,
hider, hired, hirer, inure, nuder,
rerun, rider, ruder, runed, under,
urine, urned, hinder, inured, ruined,
ruiner, unrude, urined, hurried,
nurdler, unhired
KENKEN
4 1 2 3 5
2 5 3 1 4
1 2 5 4 3
3 4 1 5 2
5 3 4 2 1
Puzzle Pages, February 2025 answers – Page 2
DICTIONARY DEVILS
Match the tricky word with its meaning
Answers:
funambulist – a tightrope walker
tenebrous – dark, shadowy or obscure
mugwump – sitting on the fence, politically
vicissitude – unpleasant change
absquatulate – leave abruptly
cajole – persuade by flattery
widdershins – anti-clockwise
phlegmatic – having an unemotional demeanour
leukocyte – a white blood cell
defenestration – the act of throwing someone out of a window
WORDS OF LOVE
For Valentine’s Day this month, identify the following words that contain the word “LOVE” (we’ve given you the letter count for each)
Answers:
A lucky four-leafed plant (6) – clover
Segments of garlic (6) – cloves
Type of bird also known as a lapwing (6) – plover
Description of a messy, dishevelled person (7) – slovenly
Dearly loved (and also the name of a 1988 Oprah Winfrey film) (7) – beloved
European country where FLOTUS is from (8) – Slovenia
A jumper or sweater (8) – pullover
Desperately missing a person you love (8) – lovesick
Aus and NZ slang for an unexpected result in sport (8) – boilover
Peter Sellers played this doctor in a film (13) – Dr Strangelove
WONDER WOMEN
Match each woman with the sport they excelled at
Answers:
Steffi Graf – tennis
Katarina Witt – ice skating
Dawn Fraser – swimming
Saina Nehwal – badminton
Nadia Comăneci – gymnastics
Annika Sörenstam – golf
Mia Hamm – football
Layne Beachley – surfing
Mithali Raj – cricket
Florence Griffith Joyner – athletics
THE RIDDLER
Unscramble the words to find rhyming pairs
WNROED / UTEDNRH
ZEAL / SEBARI
UCLDO / OGOD
XO / CLKFSO
EIGHTH / HIRGT
Answers:
wonder / thunder
laze / braise
could / good
ox / flocks
height / right
Liked our February puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:
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