OverSixty January 2023 Issue

31 OVERSIXTY.COM.AU | ISSUE 3 | JANUARY 2023 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 U M A E R T H C I WORD LADDER In a word ladder puzzle you have to change one word into another by altering a single letter at each step. Each step must be a valid word. Turn FOOL into SAGE 1 Common fund 2 Number of votes cast 3 Become wearisome 4 Wan 5 Attendant FOOL SAGE WORD CIRCLES Unscramble the letters in each circle to produce two words with similar meanings. E R E A L L I B I H F T F A L U HELPFUL HUSBAND On the way to meet my husband at a restaurant, I realised I didn’t have my phone and immediately panicked. I needn’t have worried. He saw my phone on the couch at home and brought it with him. When he arrived, I checked my texts. There was only one, and it was from him: “I’m on my way, and I have your phone.” MICHELLE STEINMETZ CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN It always irked my single mother that her grocery store didn’t carry eggs in packages of six – just by the dozen. Then one day, her wish came true. She walked into the grocery and found fresh eggs in cartons of six. “I was so excited,” she told us later, “that I bought two!” THOMAS HASSMANN TIME FOR A NEW SAYING Probably the worst thing you can hear when wearing a bikini is “Good for you!” @ElizaBayne FOR PAWSTERITY Give your canine a leg up in our dog- eat-dog world by naming him or her after someone famous. Here’s some inspiration collected by care.com : • Droolius Caesar • Woofgang Amadeus Mozart • Sarah Jessica Barker • Jimmy Chew • Doggy Howlswer, M.D. • Chew Barka • Fur-dinand • Sherlock Bones OWNING UP TO IT “I make mistakes. I’ll be the second to admit it.” AUTHOR JEAN KERR FACT Did you know that if you count the number of stars in the universe and compare that to the exact number of grains of sand on a beach, you can ruin a holiday? COMEDIAN TOM NEENAN