The Star: November 09, 2017

42 Thursday November 9 2017
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Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into
the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
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1. Children (Maori) (8)
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8. Tease (9)
9. Appropriate (3)
10. Mythical creature (4)
11. Tempo, cadence (6)
13. Accept a difference of opinion
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15. Melon-like tropical fruit (6)
16. New Zealand software company
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18. Fuss (3)
20. Mixed-up, confused (2,1,6)
21. Someone who’s doomed (colloq) (5)
22. Illness which is a major cause of
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4. Only person to have been Prime
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5. Northland bay which includes
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6. Plume (7)
7. Sure (7)
12. Despondency (7)
13. Traditional Maori name for Mount
Cook/Aoraki (7)
14. Cargo (7)
15. Indicate (5)
17. Town at one end of the Northern
Gateway Toll Road (5)
19. Fury (4)
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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.
L
D
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.
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