OverSixty April 2023 Digital

OVERSIXTY.COM.AU | ISSUE 4 | APRIL 2023 31 WORD FINDER For this word finder puzzle, you must find words of three letters or more by travelling horizontally, vertically or diagonally to the adjacent letters. Each letter may be used once only in each new word. Plurals and well-known proper names are allowed. FUNNY BUSINESS T H G O R I F E S WORD CIRCLES Unscramble the letters in each circle to produce two words with similar meanings. I E L Q A Y T U R Y I I A T P M REMEMBER MY NAME? Once, a famous entertainer was visiting the care home where I worked and got chatting to an elderly resident. After a while he asked her, “Do you know who I am?” ”No dear, I’m sorry, I don’t,” she replied. “But don’t worry about it. We all get a bit forgetful now and then. Go and ask that lady over there in the red dress. She’s the matron. She’ll be able to tell you.” SUBMITTED BY VALERIE CROSSLEY TIMELY REMINDER My husband surprised me with a night out to celebrate the anniversary of our first date. I was reminded of the man I fell in love with. We arrived at the cinema and discovered that the movie we were supposed to be watching had started an hour earlier at a different location. Then I was reminded of the man I married. @GOODSHEWRITES QUITE THE CATCH My online dating bio says I have a corner office with views of the entire city, drive a $500,000 vehicle and am paid to travel. I don’t know why my dates are surprised when I tell them I’m a bus driver. @DADSAYSJOKES FOLLOWING THE SCENT While working in our garden, my partner and I noticed the most beautiful floral scent. Trying to determine the source, we sniffed every plant, weed and shrub around us. Finally, my partner exclaimed, “I found it! The neightbour’s spin-dryer is running and it’s coming from their vent.” SUBMITTED BY LINDA LEVERMAN TIME LAPSE “That was only one or two years ago.” Me, talking about anything that happened between 1991 and 2019. ANNE T. DONAHUE, AUTHOR WORD PYRAMID For this puzzle you are given a number of clues. The first answer has two letters, the second three letters, the third four – and so on. Each answer consists of the same letters as the previous one with the addition of one letter. French article Falsehood Reside Large organ Splinter ANSWERS For the solutions to all our puzzles, head to: www.o60.me/puzzles-issue-4-March-2023-answers