Pegasus Post: November 25, 2021

16 Thursday November 25 2021
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contain the digits 1 to 9.
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How many words of three or more letters,
How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six
letters, using
including
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plurals,
only once?
can
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you
foreign
words or words beginning with a capital are
make allowed. from There's the at six least letters, one six-letter using word.
each only once? TODAY
Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22
No Solution words 119: deem, beginning demo, DEMOTE, with a doe, capital dome,
are dot, dote, allowed. emote, meed, There’s meet, at met, least mete, one meted,
mod, mode, mot, mote, ode, ted, tee, teed, teem,
six-letter
tod, toe, toed,
word.
tom, tome.
Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22
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SOLUTION
No.120
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C L Y R B I Q E G J D M W
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S F K U A V H Z P T O N X
Decoder
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Across
7. Defeatist (8)
9. Relating to a choir (6)
10. Food regime (4)
11. Unmoving (10)
12. Smoothly (music) (6)
14. Mental power (8)
15. Tap (US) (6)
16. Industrious (6)
19. Seven-sided figure (8)
21. Yearly (6)
23. Enforced isolation (10)
24. Nemesis (4)
25. Informant (colloq) (6)
26. Pasta (8)
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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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Down
1. Reason (6)
2. Let for money (4)
3. Jewel (8)
4. Go without, make do (6)
5. Link (10)
6. Strangle (8)
8. Sparse (6)
13. Dilute (10)
15. Often (8)
17. Come together (8)
18. Weak or feeble (6)
20. Overly enthusiastic (4,2)
22. Canopy (6)
24. Drill (4)
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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 challenge letters 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 letters, numbers. enter As you them get into the
letters, the main write grid, them and into the reference main grid and grid. the To reference keep track grid. Decoder of the
uses letters all you 26 letters have of found, the alphabet. cross them off the alphabet provided.
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8 21 11 19 5 21
10 5 1 3 1 12 5 9 9 19 12 22
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SOLUTION
No.119
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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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U R P F N C D K S T H A M
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J V W Y Q B G I Z E L O X
Crossword
Across: 7. Hopeless,
9. Choral, 10. Diet, 11.
Stationary, 12. Legato, 14.
Capacity, 15. Faucet, 16.
Active, 19. Heptagon, 21.
Annual, 23. Quarantine,
24. Bane, 25. Snitch, 26.
Macaroni.
Down: 1. Motive, 2. Rent,
3. Gemstone, 4. Scrimp, 5.
Connection, 6. Garrotte, 8.
Scarce, 13. Adulterate, 15.
Frequent, 17. Coalesce,
18. Infirm, 20. Gung ho, 22.
Awning, 24. Bore.
WordBuilder
ins, its, nit, nits, nut, nuts,
quin, quins, quint, QUINTS,
quit, quits, sin, sit, snit,
SQUINT, stun, suit, sun, tin,
tins, tun, tuns, unit, units.
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