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Thursday January 26 2017 51
Puzzles
THE CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9
10 11
12
13 14 15
16 17 18
19 20 21
22
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.
23 24
25
ACROSS
1. New Zealand entertainer of the
year, 1985 (5,1,5)
8. Alike (7)
9. Large black bird (5)
10. Fall (4)
11. View (7)
12. Prohibit (3)
13. Carbonated water (4)
15. An additional amount (4)
17. Be in debt (3)
19. Partially cover (7)
20. Thought (4)
23. Tropical fruit (5)
24. A token amount (7)
25. North Island’s second largest
body of fresh water (4,7)
DOWN
1. Adjacent (6)
2. West Indian dance (5)
3. Squeal (4)
4. Technical language (6)
5. Relating to ships or shipping (8)
6. Rescuer (7)
7. Plant which was used as a
medicinal herb by Maori (6)
12. An estimated or approximate
number (8)
14. Taking everything into account (7)
16. More than 40,000 NZ residents
are of this ethnic group (6)
17. Martin Guptill’s role for the Black
Caps (6)
18. Flower which has had a New
Zealand National Society since 1938
(6)
21. Contributor (5)
22. Emanate (4)
WORDBUILDER
N P A
L
I
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 9 Very Good 13 Excellent 16
SUDOKU
323
Fill the grid so that every row,
every column and every 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9.
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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SOLUTIONS
The number game that
improves your arithmetic
KenKen is a registered trademark of Nextoy LLC
Number FuN
2 Digits
01
57
79
97
3 Digits
036
291
616
681
685
750
874
877
923
939
4 Digits
0064
5274
5844
6265
6308
8974
5 Digits
56018
89434
7 Digits
5318887
7268387
8 Digits
07002613
09494106
14877474
14900168
Untitled Puzzle
NUMBER FUN
8
1
0
7
0
0
2
6
1
3
6
8
1
5
8
4
4
8
9
7
4
1
4
8
7
7
4
7
4
9
3
9
7
5
0
5
6
1
6
6
3
0
8
2
9
1
5
8
7
7
6
8
5
0
0
6
4
9
2
3
9
KENKEN
8
NZ CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Billy T James, 8.
Similar, 9. Raven, 10. Drop,
11. Outlook, 12. Ban, 13.
Soda, 15. More, 17. Owe,
19. Overlap, 20. Idea, 23.
Guava, 24. Nominal, 25. Lake
Rotorua.
Down: 1. Beside, 2. Limbo, 3.
Yelp, 4. Jargon, 5. Maritime,
6. Saviour, 7. Manuka, 12.
Ballpark, 14. Overall, 16.
Tongan, 17. Opener, 18.
Dahlia, 21. Donor, 22. Emit.
DECODER
WORDBUILDER
ail, ani, alp, lain,
lap, lip, lipa, nail,
nap, nil, nip, nipa,
pail, pain, pal,
pan, pani, pia,
pial, pin, plain,
plan.
SUDOKU
SUDOKU
NZ CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Billy T James, 8.
Similar, 9. Raven, 10. Drop,
11. Outlook, 12. Ban, 13.
Soda, 15. More, 17. Owe,
19. Overlap, 20. Idea, 23.
Guava, 24. Nominal, 25. Lake
Rotorua.
Down: 1. Beside, 2. Limbo, 3.
Yelp, 4. Jargon, 5. Maritime,
6. Saviour, 7. Manuka, 12.
Ballpark, 14. Overall, 16.
Tongan, 17. Opener, 18.
Dahlia, 21. Donor, 22. Emit.
WORDBUILDER
ail, ani, alp, lain,
lap, lip, lipa, nail,
nap, nil, nip, nipa,
pail, pain, pal,
pan, pani, pia,
pial, pin, plain,
plan.
DECODER
8
KENKEN
9
5
2
9
1
7
5
0
9
3
9
1
4
8
7
7
4
7
4
9
2
3
0
0
6
4
6
3
0
8
8
9
7
4
5
8
4
4
6
8
1
0
7
0
0
2
6
1
3
6
8
5
8
7
7
6
1
6
5
1
8
SOLUTIONS
NUMBER FUN
Untitled Puzzle