What to do during lockdown? Last week, we suggested recipes you might enjoy. This week, I’m suggesting some puzzles — none too difficult, I promise — to test your grey cells.
Libertà Puzzles : #1 Word Search for Romance Lovers
In the grid below are well-known book titles, authors, characters and houses.
See how many you can find, using the clues below the grid.
Clues:
| 1 | Bennet daughter #2 (5) | 11 | Mr Darcy’s house (9) |
| 2 | Bennet daughter #4 (5) | 12 | Mr Darcy’s aunt lived here (7) |
| 3 | Author: The Grand Sophy (9,5) | 13 | Who said: ‘Reader, I married him’… (4,4) |
| 4 | E. Brontë’s masterpiece (9,7) | 14 | …and what was his name? (9) |
| 5 | Pimpernel’s baroness author (5) | 15 | Surname of Emily, Charlotte, Anne (6) |
| 6 | Pimpernel’s colour (7) | 16 | Pimpernel’s wife (10) |
| 7 | Austen’s shortest title (4) | 17 | Emily B’s hero (10) |
| 8 | … who married Mr ? (9) | 18 | Heyer’s Waterloo title (2,8,4) |
| 9 | Tolstoi’s suicidal heroine (4,8) | 19 | Creator of Mr Darcy (4,6) |
| 10 | Mr Darcy’s first name (11) | 20 | Mr Darcy appeared in this (5,3,9) |
Numbers in brackets—eg (4)—tell you the number of letters in the solution.
Answers read across, up, down, or diagonally, and run forwards or backwards,
but always in a straight line. Click here for printable version
It’s just for fun. There are no prizes for getting it right, though feeling smug is fine 😉
Stuck? The solution is here
Libertà Puzzles : Sudoku
Word Search puzzles may not be your thing. Don’t know about you, but I reckon Sudoku is one of Japan’s greatest exports. I can do Sudoku for hours, usually when I should be doing something else—like writing my latest book. Ah well. Sometimes a bit of relaxation is necessary to let the creative brain catch its metaphorical breath, no? That’s my excuse, anyway.…
Sudoku #2 (Easy)
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each horizontal and vertical row contains the numbers 1-9 without repeats.
Each block of 9 cells also contains the numbers 1-9 without repeats.
Click here for printable version of puzzle #2
Libertà Puzzles : #3 Sudoku (Medium)
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each horizontal and vertical row contains the numbers 1-9 without repeats.
Each block of 9 cells also contains the numbers 1-9 without repeats.
Click here for printable version of puzzle #3
In case you’re stuck, Both Sudoku solutions are here
Happy puzzling and keep safe and well
Oh, this is fab, thank you! I have printed out the word search for an idle moment. I had to give up on Sudoku due to my number dyslexic (I know there’s a word for it but I can’t remember it now) affliction. I tried for an age but never once could I get through to the end without finding I’d done something wrong. Arggh! Not attempting either of those. But Wowzer on the word search! Hooray!
I think the missing word may be dyscalculia, Liz. Not that it matters. So glad that at least one of today’s puzzles will suit you. Enjoy 😉
Yes, that’s the one. No wonder I can’t remember it!