Ashburton Courier: December 12, 2019
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>12</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 61<br />
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QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8547<br />
ACROSS<br />
1. Unrealistic (8)<br />
6. Inlet(4)<br />
8. Unruffled (4)<br />
9. Summit (8)<br />
10. Cap (5)<br />
11. Grow (6)<br />
13. Insect (6)<br />
15. Badge (6)<br />
17. Shellfish (6)<br />
19. Compel (5)<br />
22. Brawny(8)<br />
23. Open (4)<br />
24. Asterisk (4)<br />
25. Sicken (8)<br />
DOWN<br />
2. Courageous (5)<br />
3. Storm (7)<br />
4. Mountains (4)<br />
5. Metal (8)<br />
6. Seat(5)<br />
7. Bird (7)<br />
<strong>12</strong>. Airship (8)<br />
14. Drain (7)<br />
16. Material (7)<br />
18. Bring on (5)<br />
20. Workmanship (5)<br />
21. German woman (4)<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8547<br />
ACROSS<br />
1. There’s soup and Mom’s ordered ice-cream all round<br />
(8). 6. Abit like that myself (4). 8. Deliberately start off<br />
being lazy (4). 9. Before one gives utterance to, stops (8).<br />
10. To be accurate said to correspond with (5). 11. The<br />
players have time for acoffee (6). 13. Try toget sun and<br />
plenty of it (6). 15. Make alunge at and hope to catch his<br />
head (6). 17. One of the top operators in the building industry<br />
(6). 19. Have afight, due to drink? (5). 22. Intricately<br />
woven, are objects that can withstand heat (8). 23.<br />
The vehicle Istarted for him (4). 24. So upset again, shot<br />
by (4). 25. Atextile worker wearing uniform (8).<br />
DOWN<br />
2. Give instructions as to the sequence? (5). 3. Got rid of<br />
the debris and put the seats back (5,2). 4. Seem obviously<br />
unhappy about the work myself (4). 5. Do they look better<br />
after abrushing? (8). 6. The riddle is made up by agirl<br />
(5). 7. Writing about, say one speaks indistinctly (7). <strong>12</strong>.<br />
Decides it was amistake to have become engaged? (8).<br />
14. Everywhere you find man, sweetheart (3,4). 16. Can<br />
rake the border.It’sthe usual procedure (7). 18. Asouvenir<br />
of one’sholiday leave. Music (5). 20. Arange sold by<br />
the hardware store (5). 21. Look closely at the match (4).<br />
SUDOKU<br />
MEDIUM No. 5199<br />
5 8 3 1<br />
8<br />
1 4 6 7<br />
3 6 8<br />
3 9 4<br />
8 1 6<br />
5 6 7 2<br />
7<br />
2 6 1 4<br />
Solution to previous Sudoku<br />
Howto<br />
solve<br />
Sudoku!<br />
Fill the grid<br />
so thatevery<br />
rowand every<br />
3x3 square<br />
contains the<br />
digitals 1to9<br />
9 2 6 1 8 3 7 5 4<br />
7 1 3 9 4 5 8 6 2<br />
8 4 5 2 7 6 3 9 1<br />
3 9 2 4 5 1 6 8 7<br />
6 7 1 8 3 2 5 4 9<br />
5 8 4 7 6 9 2 1 3<br />
1 5 9 3 2 8 4 7 6<br />
4 3 8 6 9 7 1 2 5<br />
2 6 7 5 1 4 9 3 8<br />
Solution to previous crossword<br />
QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8546 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Tact. 7, Illogical. 8, Ally. 9,Snub. 10, Rush.<br />
11,Poop. 14, Unyielding. 16, Instructor. 19, Earl. 22, Push.<br />
24, Sane. 25, Bren. 26, Paramount. 27, Glee.<br />
Down -1,Tramp. 2, Cello. 3, Plenty. 4,Sombre. 5, Tier.<br />
6, Passenger. <strong>12</strong>, Orangutan. 13, Punt. 15, Dire. 17, Upshot.<br />
18, Tenant. 20, April. 21, Lunge. 23, Heap.<br />
CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8546 -SOLUTIONS<br />
Across -1,Mite (might). 7, De-press-ed. 8, Nam-E(rev.).<br />
9, Miss. 10, Site (sight). 11, S-top. 14, In good form. 16,<br />
Egg shampoo. 19, Puff(-pastry). 22, Snip(e). 24, Back.<br />
25, Stir.26, As are-su-lt. 27, Urge.<br />
Down -1,Minus. 2, Tempo. 3, Seeing. 4, P-rest-O. 5, As-<br />
(wee)k-s. 6, Better off. <strong>12</strong>, Toughness. 13, Pins. 15, F-lop.<br />
17, Abbess. 18, Pickle. 20, Utter.21, For-C-e. 23, Part.<br />
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