The Star: November 24, 2016

SOLUTIONS
44 Thursday November 24 2016
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The Star
Puzzles
THE
CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8
9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19
20 21
DECODER
Each number
represents a different
letter of the alphabet.
Write the given letters
into all squares with
matching numbers.
Now work out which
letters are represented
by the other numbers.
As you get the letters,
write them into
the main grid and
the reference grid.
Decoder uses all 26
letters of the alphabet.
22 23
ACROSS
6. Rectangular (6)
7. Iconic NZ food brand (6)
10. Clam found on Northland and
Southland beaches (7)
11. Rites for the dead (Maori) (5)
12. Repair (4)
13. Pass on (5)
16. Aggressively masculine (5)
17. As well (4)
20/21. Novel published in 1960, the
first by Barry Crump (1,4,4,3)
22. Annual (6)
23. Miniature tree or shrub (6)
DOWN
1. Belonging to the present time (12)
2. Experienced person (3,4)
3. Unmoving (5)
4. Country which Air NZ started
flights to in 2016 (7)
5. Pricked (5)
8. New Zealand appeals to this body
were abolished in 2003 (5,7)
9. Get lost! (4,1,4)
14. Summer footwear (7)
15. Glance (7)
18. Outspoken (5)
19. Poison (5)
WORDBUILDER
E L S O G
How many words of three or more letters can you
make, using each letter only once? Plurals are
allowed, but no foreign words or words beginning
with a capital. There’s at least one five-letter word.
Good 10 Very Good 13 Excellent 16
SUDOKU
314
Fill the grid so that every row,
every column and every 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9.
SOLUTIONS
The number game that
improves your arithmetic
HOW TO PLAY
It’s like sudoku: each
vertical and horizontal
line has to contain
the numbers 1-6, and
the numbers can’t be
repeated in any row or
column.
But it’s sudoku with a
twist: The numbers in
each heavily outlined
set of squares, called
cages, must produce the
number in the top corner.
For example, 5+ means
the numbers add up to 5,
9x means the numbers
multiply to equal 9.
TIP: Numbers can be repeated in a cage, as long as they are not in the
same line or row.
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Number FuN
2 Digits
48
70
3 Digits
198
539
679
789
795
829
890
901
976
977
4 Digits
4419
8110
8802
9832
5 Digits
18887
23407
23762
69841
72438
83868
96896
97662
7 Digits
0809434
3019573
8 Digits
48887756
60893483
Untitled Puzzle
NUMBER FUN
2
6
6
9
8
4
1
7
2
4
3
8
9
8
3
2
9
1
9
8
0
8
0
9
4
3
4
9
7
6
7
0
3
0
1
9
5
7
3
8
8
0
2
9
6
8
9
6
1
8
8
8
7
4
8
6
7
9
7
9
5
7
3
2
KENKEN
NZ CROSSWORD
Across: 6. Oblong, 7. Tiptop,
10. Toheroa, 11. Tangi, 12.
Mend, 13. Relay, 16. Macho,
17. Also, 20/21. A Good Keen
Man, 22. Yearly, 23. Bonsai.
Down: 1. Contemporary, 2.
Old hand, 3. Inert, 4. Vietnam,
5. Stung, 8. Privy Council,
9. Take a hike, 14. Jandals,
15. Glimpse, 18. Vocal, 19.
Venom.
DECODER
WORDBUILDER
ego, egos, gel,
gels, goes, leg,
legs, log, logs,
loge, loges, lose,
ogle, ogles, ole,
sloe, slog, sol,
sole
SUDOKU
SUDOKU
NZ CROSSWORD
Across: 6. Oblong, 7. Tiptop,
WORDBUILDER
ego, egos, gel,
gels, goes, leg,
legs, log, logs,
loge, loges, lose,
ogle, ogles, ole,
sloe, slog, sol,
sole
10. Toheroa, 11. Tangi, 12.
Mend, 13. Relay, 16. Macho,
17. Also, 20/21. A Good Keen
Man, 22. Yearly, 23. Bonsai.
Down: 1. Contemporary, 2.
Old hand, 3. Inert, 4. Vietnam,
5. Stung, 8. Privy Council,
9. Take a hike, 14. Jandals,
15. Glimpse, 18. Vocal, 19.
Venom.
DECODER
KENKEN
2
3
4
8
9
7
6
0
8
0
9
4
3
4
1
8
8
8
7
9
6
8
9
6
8
8
0
2
7
7
9
5
1
9
8
9
9
8
3
2
7
2
4
3
8
6
9
8
4
1
3
0
1
9
5
7
3
6
7
9
7
0
6
2
NUMBER FUN
Untitled Puzzle