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Once you’ve cracked the code, fill in the bonus phrase to reveal a Christmas carol
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2 Wordsearch
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3 Mind The Gap
Place a well-known three-letter word in the spaces of each row to complete
the nine-letter word. Do it correctly and the shaded column will spell out
something related to Christmas.
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Hammered thumb
Fell off ladder
Slipped on ice
Broken bone
Bruise
Sprain
Eleanor
Ella
Elspeth
Santa’s Little Helpers
Three of Santa’s elves have had unfortunate mishaps recently.
From the given clues, work out which injury each elf received, how they
injured themselves, and which elf tended their wounds.
Clues
2 Elvin slipped on ice when he went to feed the reindeer:
fortunately nothing was broken.
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Elmer
Elvin
Elwood
Eleanor
Ella
Elspeth
Broken bone
Bruise
Sprain
Accident
Injury
Helper
Place the listed words into the grid. When completed
rearrange the highlighted letters to spell out something
related to Christmas.
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PORT
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3 Ella rushed to the aid of the elf who fell off the ladder
whilst hanging ornaments on the tree in Santa’s grotto. It
wasn’t Elwood.
Elf
Star
Fairy
1 The elf who hammered his thumb whilst making toys had a very nasty
bruise. It was not Elspeth who applied some arnica to the
throbbing digit.
Lamps
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GOOSE
GRAVY
SWEDE
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CHAIRS
EGG-NOG
GAMMON
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CARROTS
SPROUTS
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PARSNIPS
STUFFING
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PLUM PUDDING
ROAST POTATO
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CRANBERRY SAUCE
KILTED SAUSAGES