Ashburton Courier: July 29, 2021

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Ashburton Courier, July 29, 2021
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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Across
1. Asense of which enablesone to see
the joke (6)
4. Acrazypersoninamac is turned
out (6)
9. Ten, on joining,needthis to fit into (7)
10. Emerald is the thingtogofor (5)
11. TheoriginalArkwright? (4)
12. FiftyinanEnglish riverthat’smaking
no waves(4)
13. It is also undesirably in excess (3)
15. What some pictures show is along
story (4)
16. Cardgame fierymonsterwill havein
the garden (4)
19. Acurtsy one takes swimmingly (3)
21. In which one is camping,orhas
mindset on it (4)
22. An unaccompanied game of cards?
(4)
24. Onemore rate-changeincluding
ten(5)
25. In Pietro’s sin, Iolanthe discovered a
composer (7)
26. Thespirit is one Ileave going east
(6)
27. Themiddleput outnot long ago(6)
Down
1. The milk of it makes mortals
agreeable(5,8)
2. Aresortwhere mother meets theking
on the way in (7)
3. Is notwell, andheartless, forone
thing(4)
5. Reasoning it’sarow (8)
6. It is still in amuddle as to howto
buryone (5)
7. In no too strictafashion for onetying
himself inknots(13)
8. Settle theloanconcerning one’s
wages(5)
14. Girl’sreligious pamphlet maytake
one’s attentionaway(8)
17. Once it’s made,itcan be kept or
broken (7)
18. Be soundasleep? (5)
20. Walter took father to be awriter(5)
23. Man is involved in atennislesson
(4)
SUDOKU
Fill the grid so that every column, everyrow and 3x3
box containsthe digits 1to 9.
QUICK CROSSWORD
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7
8 9
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Across
1. Happenagain(5)
4. Whole (6)
8. Hurried and chaotic
(7)
9. Abrupt (5)
10. Matter (5)
11. Popular cocktail(7)
12. Four score (6)
14. Ancientunitof
distance(6)
17. Addto, enlarge(7)
19. Lively dance (5)
21. Greased (5)
22. Neither here nor
there(7)
23. Off target (6)
24. Liquidconsistency
(5)
Down
1. Kitchenappliance
(12)
2. Schoolgroup (5)
3. Withdraw (7)
4. Earnings(6)
5. Privateteacher (5)
6. Game played on
ice(7)
7. On purpose (12)
13. Protective eyewear
(7)
15. Authorise (7)
16. Miserly(6)
18. Churchofficial(5)
20. Getuplate(3-2)
CODECRACKER
QUICK CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Recur,4.Intact, 8. Frantic, 9. Terse, 10.Issue, 11.
Martini, 12.Eighty,14. League,17. Augment,19. Polka, 21.Oiled,
22. Nowhere,23. Astray,24. Runny.
Down: 1. Refrigerator, 2. Class, 3. Retreat,4.Income,5.Tutor, 6.
Curling, 7. Deliberately,13. Goggles, 15.Empower, 16. Stingy,18.
Elder,20. Lie-in.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Humour 4. Maniac9.Mortise 10. Green11. Noah12.
Calm13. Too15. Epic 16. Snap 19. Dip 21. Tent 22. Solo24.
Extra25. Rossini 26.Sprite 27.Recent.
Down: 1. Humankindness2.Margate 3. Unit 5. Argument6.Inert
7. Contortionist 8. Repay14. Distract 17. Promise18. Snore20.
Pater 23. Isle.
TARGET
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mitt moat moot mort
MOTIVATOR motor motto
omit otto ratio riot root rota
taro tarot tart tiro tomato
toot tori tort trait tram trim
trio trot vomit
MEDIUM HARD
EASY
TARGET
V M A
T T O
R I O
Good 15
Very Good 22
Excellent 27+
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