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About Time is the national newspaper for Australian prisons and detention facilities

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ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
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Find the nine-letter word in the grid. Then see how many other words you can find of three or more letters. You can only use each letter once and every word must contain the centre letter.

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0–10 words good, 11–23 brainy, 24–40 wizard, 41–50 mastermind, 51+ legend!

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Help Us Keep Publishing About Time
Without About Time, I don’t know where I would be – Mark, from a prison in Victoria

We need your help so that we can print and distribute the paper to every person in every prison for at least the next year. We value whatever you can spare, no matter how big or small.

Australia’s prison population is growing, and our many prisons are spread far and wide.

We need your help so that we can print and distribute the paper to every person in every prison for at least the next year. We need your help to cover postage for anyone who sends us a letter from the inside.

We value whatever you can spare, no matter how big or small.