The Star: April 29, 2021

Thursday April 29 2021 The Star
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CREMATORIUM
FUNERALS
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SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
PUZZLES 27
WORDBUILDER
WordBuilder
092
6
D A E
T E B
words of three or more letters,
How
including
many
plurals,
words
can you
of
make
three
from
or
the
more
six
letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No you foreign
words or words beginning with a capital are
make from the five letters, using
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
each only once? TODAY
Good 17 Very Good 21 Excellent 25
No words beginning with a capital
are allowed. There’s at least one
Solution 091: cep, cere, creep, crepe, epic, ere,
ice, ire, peer, per, peri, pic, pie, piece, pier, PIERCE,
six-letter price, RECIPE, word. rep, rice, rip, ripe.
Good 12 Very Good 16 Excellent 22+
DECO
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19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26
27 28
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SOLUTION
No.92
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A F I H E Y R G B U S M J
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Q K Z V L O T C N P W D X
I
Decoder
Across
1. Entry (6)
5. Idiotic (7)
10. Language (colloq) (5)
11. Outing (9)
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T F
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
17 16 13 23 6 26 21 5 24 24 4 24
9 14 16 3 16 4
12. Balmy (7)
13. Pupil (7)
14. Evade (5)
16. Expression of
disapproval (9)
19. Cautiously (9)
20. Praise, glorify (5)
22. Lured (7)
25. Avoidance (7)
27. Coming before (9)
28. Tranquillity (5)
29. Regarded as (7)
30. Ecstatic (6)
9 17 11 13 13 23 24 10 3 17 25 14
Down
2. Challenger (9)
3. Wear away (5)
4. Disbelieving (9)
5. Concentrate (5)
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8 7 13 17 11 26 24 23 24 26 26
14 24 7 18 3 22
10 24 22 14 18 24 26 17 11 13 23 16
6. Blue-green colour (9)
7. Give an opinion (5)
8. Sacred place or retreat (7)
9. Even-tempered (6)
15. Streamlined (9)
17. Group of US universities
(3,6)
14 6 3 19 18 23
18. Lifeless (9)
19. Vine (7)
21. Dabble (6)
23. Silly person (5)
24. Desiccated (5)
26. First in importance (5)
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T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y
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F
DECODER
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Each Enter number the given represents letters into a different all squares letter with of the matching alphabet. numbers. Write the
given The letters challenge into now all squares is to work with out matching which letters numbers. are Now represented work out
which by the letters other are numbers. represented As you by the get other numbers. letters, enter As you them get into the
letters,
the main
write
grid,
them
and
into
the
the main
reference
grid and
grid.
the
To
reference
keep track
grid. Decoder
of the
uses
letters
all 26
you
letters
have
of
found,
the alphabet.
cross them off the alphabet provided.
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23 14 5 20 14 25 14 3 18
20 18 9 6 23 9 8 18 12 19 22
2 1 25 17 26 22 6 22
B O B
24 11 23 25 14 5 8 6 4 18 5
8 13 23 16 17 26 18 24 23 10 24 10
18 24 19 23 18
14 20 7 15 23 5 12 20 14 10 18 12
8 22 23 9 18
8 6 22 5 6 9 21 14 20 16 12
5 18 12 16 16 25 24 23
14 16 25 19 24 7 18 20 16 18 24
16 9 23 20 18 18 7 24 7
25 25 18 13 10 18 20 7 5 19
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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SOLUTION
No.91
24 13 14 11 5 23
11 24 18 8 17 14 9 20 14 15 13 5
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.
93
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
K S W J R M U Y B D V X O
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
N A I P C Z F E T L H G Q
Crossword
Across: 1. Access, 5.
Fatuous, 10. Lingo, 11.
Excursion, 12. Clement,
13. Student, 14. Dodge,
16. Criticism, 19. Carefully,
20. Exalt, 22. Enticed, 25.
Evasion, 27. Preceding, 28.
Peace, 29. Reputed, 30.
Elated.
Down: 2. Contender, 3.
Erode, 4. Sceptical, 5.
Focus, 6. Turquoise, 7.
Opine, 8. Sanctum, 9.
Placid, 15. Efficient, 17.
Ivy League, 18. Inanimate,
19. Creeper, 21. Tinker, 23.
Twerp, 24. Dried, 26. Alpha.
WordBuilder
Abet, ate, bad, bade, bat,
bate, bated, bead, beat, bed,
bee, beet, bet, beta, dab,
date, deb, DEBATE, debt,
eat, eta, tab, tad, tea, ted,
tee, teed.
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