Young World Puzzles — June 26, 2015

June 25, 2015 03:40 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 04:58 pm IST

Crossword for you

This is a special crossword where the answer is a homophone of what the clue suggests! A homophone is a word that sounds like or rhymes with another word. For example, the answer to ‘Cheerfully change a diaper’ is HAPPY because diaper = nappy, and nappy rhymes with HAPPY. Cheerful means HAPPY, so you have another clue right there! Notice that the first part of the clue points you to the answer while the second part gives you the homophone. So the answer to ‘Bouquet for a meal’ is BUNCH because meal = lunch, and lunch rhymes with BUNCH.

Across

1. Bouquet for a meal (5)

3. Same chick emerges from the egg (5)

6. Poem that's more than bad! (5)

7. Frock to iron (5)

8. Cheerfully change a diaper (5)

9. Young lad with a plaything (3)

11. Opulent music group (5)

13. Melody about a mistake (4)

14. Weapon that is not wide (5)

15. After sunset, brightness (5)

16. Fungus for a grand meal (5)

Down

1. Wild pig wants to fly (4)

2. Collision of garbage (5)

3. Happy fruit (5)

4. Fasten that tart (3)

5. Bees make currency (5)

6. Steam on a page (6)

7. Mythical creature on a vehicle (6)

9. Fruit in the capital of Cuba (6)

10. Ha ha, said the cow's young one (5)

12. Calendar item is not on time (4)

13. Oscillating terra cotta (4)

Sudoku

Snakes & Ladders

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