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Apeth (from Ota Sbees) Ritern ov thu perpal geriller

Exploring the Underworld Eight boys go exploring in a dangerous cave

TERM 3 1980 continues with the embassy siege and The Empire Strikes Back

Lazer Lash An exciting criminal spy adventure in a world made of lasers!

Woman Line Which of these five squiggly lines leads to the woman?

May 1980

Three Squares

THE MAZE For a moment - just one tiny little moment - I almost thought I’d drawn a maze you could actually get through. But no. THE WORD SEARCH Can you find three monsters? I can only find two. Well, actually I can find four, or maybe five, but I don’t think those other two or three were intentional. The two I can definitely find: 1. DRACULA - diagonally, down from the top left - and yes, I spotted the fake-out reading right from the top 2. WEREWOLF - straight down from the W towards the end of the top row The other three (which I don’t think were intentional): 3. THALS - halfway along the second row from the bottom. A fairly well-established alien race in Doctor Who, so this could have been the third answer. I definitely knew about them. But they’re hardly monsters, and not really in the same ballpark as the first two. 4. GORN - second column along, read up from the bottom. The big guy in the lizard costume William Shatner wrestles with in those Star Trek clips you’ve seen. But I wouldn’t have known its name. Would I? 5. SODS - diagonally up from the bottom right corner, after the G. And yes, I’m clutching at straws. Can you find anything better? Did I just forget to put the third one in? It must have been Thals. Or Gorn. THE CROSSWORD Have you ever seen such a wretched thing? I suppose it’s my first attempt, but Christ it’s weak. Especially compared with the similar word puzzles I did a few pages back. The answers (in case you think you actually need them): ACROSS 1: Skywalker 3: Bell 4: Isle DOWN 1: Sub 2: Yellow 4: Is And why did I never, ever use a ruler to draw these? For someone so prolific, I was so bloody lazy.

Raven Mad >

Update (November 2023) I’ve finally seen the third monster: IGOR. As in Igor. Second column from the left, read upwards from the bottom. Overlapping with Gorn, so I really should have seen it earlier.