Compers News - Puzzle 3 - Closes 31/7/24

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This is going to be difficult to explain to non- subscribers to Compers News ......It's a crossword with a list of 3,4,5,7 lettered words which you have to fit in (there are no clues - you have to work out how fit the above given words) You must use all the words & black out the remaining squares so the result is a fully symmetrical crossword - ie whether you rotate grid 90, 180 or 270 the design remains the same  Grid is 13 squares across and 13 squares down - to start you off letter H is 4th column 1st line, black out square 3 on 2nd line, insert W row 10, 13th column - (fill in seven corresponding black squares right away). I've taken the magazine with me on holiday and it's driving me up the wall!! If I could get the corresponding black squares I may be able to continue myself - there's insufficient room here to list all the words but the six 7 lettered words are EPICURE IMITATE LEADING OMINOUS PERFUME WHETHER  - big thank you for any pointers given 

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start top left corner going across: PUSH; 1 black square; letter M (its MITE going down); black square; letter C (CUBE going down); black square; PANG

Second row - letter O ; 2 black squares; EPICURE; 2 black squares; R

That should give you a good starting point. the 7 letter word at the bottom running parallel to epicure is LEADING and the 2 down the sides are OMINOUS and PERFUME

WHETHER and IMITATE cross one another in the middle (whether goes dow, imitate across) 

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Thank you so much for taking the time to give the information in such detail - I will now spend the time filling in the many blanks and hopefully I will have a much better idea of how to tackle a similar competition when it next appears   in my Compers Magazine - I was well and truly stuck so thank you so much