We are The Christie magazine Oct 2025

Enjoy completing these puzzles just for fun, or to pass the time. If you submit your answers, you might be in with a chance of winning a prize. ? Fancy yourself a puzzle master? To qualify for the draw and a chance to win a Christie Charity bundle, please send a picture of your puzzle page to the-christie.internalcomms@nhs.net Alternatively, cut out your completed puzzle section and post it to WATC editor, The Christie, 2-4 Candleford Road, Withington, Manchester M20 3JH. Entries close on Friday 19 December 2025. Answers available on The Christie website when entries close

Puzzles

Christie crossword Across 2. Humdrum (3,2,3,4)

4. Comes from trees and dogs (4) 6. Protection for the patella (4,3) 8. Manchester Town Hall architecture (3-6) 13. Herb/a street in France (3) 14. Greek goddess of wisdom (6)

15. Non-tabloid paper (10) 16. Big Ben's tower (9,5) 18. Guitar string clamp (4) 19. Geometric crisps (7) Down 1. 3. An alliance (9) 4. Type of vinegar (8) 5. Journalist (8) 7.

Halloween tradition (5,2,5)

Add more details (5,3) 9. Prejudice, partiality (4) 10. Medicine tablet/shape (7) 11. River running through Manchester (6) 12. Device like an iPad (6) 17. Old-fashioned (7) Christie quiz 1. The Christie was the first hospital in the UK to treat patients with which technology in 2018? A) Proton beam therapy B) CyberKnife radiotherapy C) PET-CT scanning 2. What is the tallest building in the world (as of 2025)? A) Deansgate Square South Tower B) Merdeka 118 Tower C) Burj Khalifa

Sudoku

3. Which of these Greater Manchester landmarks was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the same architect as Manchester Town Hall? A) John Rylands Library B) Strangeways Prison C) Victoria Baths 4. Which blood group is known as the ‘universal donor’? A) O negative B) AB positive C) B negative 5. What is the national flower of Wales? A) Daffodil B) Bluebell C) Thistle 6. How many medical students did we welcome through our education department last year (2024)? A) 314 B) 562 C) 206 7. Which novel holds the record as the world’s best-selling book by a single author (excluding religious texts)? A) Don Quixote B) The Lord of the Rings C) A Tale of Two Cities

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