Pittwater LIfe December 2019 Issue

Pittwater Puzzler
Compiled by David Stickley
1 DOWN
28 Take a dip in the ocean (4)
29 Correct errors (5)
ACROSS
1 Bargains found at discount stores (5)
4 Moving air that cools down the coast
on a hot day (4)
6 Elegant and stylish (4)
10 A burrowing monotreme covered
with spines and having a long snout and
claws for hunting ants and termites (7)
11 Plants that naturally belong to a local
area (7)
12 Horizontal plane of the ocean’s
surface (especially that halfway between
mean high and low tide) (3,5)
13 Charity footrace (3,3)
15 Understand, usually after some initial
difficulty (3,2)
16 Came out into view (7)
18 A conveyance that transports people
or objects (7)
19 A field of study or sphere of action (5)
22 Not far away (4,2)
23 Modified form of netball where young
players can learn the game (8)
25 Having no definite colour (7)
26 Alive but not active or growing (of
seeds) (7)
27 An acquaintance or fellow worker (4)
DOWN
1 Equestrian discipline (8)
2 In reality (2,5)
3 Australia’s biggest yacht race (6,2,6)
4 Destination of the Big Swim that starts
at Palm Beach (5,5)
5 How many schools Pittwater Primary
Schools Sports Association represents (4)
7 Hung around, like a drone (7)
8 Type of small plane once operated by
Aquatic Airways at the location currently
known as The Boathouse (6)
9 Bushland area in Bilgola Beach that has
a walking track and lookout (7,7)
14 Popular vote on an issue (10)
17 Brought in from overseas (8)
18 Bridge with multiple arches (7)
20 Upcoming competition among
creative types set in an around Newport
Village (3,4)
21 A person whose n ame is not given (6)
24 Crab’s pincer (4)
[Solution page 70]
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