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Thursday December 2 2021
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SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
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121
6
A E X
F T I
CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9
221
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 six letters, using
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
each only once? TODAY
No Good words 12 beginning Very Good 15 with Excellent a capital 19
Solution 120: ins, its, nit, nits, nut, nuts, quin, quins,
are
quint,
allowed.
QUINTS, quit,
There’s
quits, sin,
at
sit, snit,
least
SQUINT,
one
stun, suit, sun, tin, tins, tun, tuns, unit, units.
six-letter word.
Good 9 Very Good 13 Excellent 18+
10 11
12 13 14 15
16
DECO
12
17 18
19
20 21 22 23 24
25 26
27 28
29 30
31 32
SOLUTION
No.121
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
B Z E L F J P V T G X Y D
33 34
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
W H A C U O K I R Q N M S
Decoder
Across
1. Respiratory condition (6)
5. Tree; neat and tidy (6)
10. Agrees (7)
11. Evasive talk (7)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
H O B
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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
12. Rubber (6)
15. As a result of this (6)
16. Recuperate (7)
17. Despatch (4)
18. Change direction
suddenly (4)
19. Significance (7)
20. Appear (4)
22. Excludes (4)
25. Arousing sympathy (7)
27. Attraction (6)
28. Heave (6)
31. Porch (7)
32. Beguile (7)
33. Niche (6)
34. Journey (6)
2 15 26 17 6 17
17 15 1 19 12 4 4 5 6 13 13 7
H O B
15 19 22 10 16 15 1
Down
2. Nourish (7)
3. Impede (6)
4. As well (4)
5. Secure (4)
2 15 15 25 17 17 16 15 2 24 10 4
6 21 12 23 1 15
8 9 11 1 12 25 9 4 15 25
6. University lecturer (6)
7. Acknowledge defeat (7)
8. Provides (6)
9. Theatrical performer (6)
13. Daydream (7)
14. Advice (7)
15. Atrocious (7)
20. Norway lobster (6)
21. Make bigger (7)
23. Paua, to non-New
Zealanders (7)
24. Lookout (6)
25. Commend (6)
26. Layers (6)
29. Person in charge (4)
30. Hit hard (4)
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11 1 11 15 25 7 26 15 17 6
12 16 16 17 17 19
6 18 18 6 17 15 25 12 11 13 1 2
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
the letters,
numbers.
enter
As you
them
get
into
the
letters,
the main
write
grid,
them
and
into
the
the
reference
main grid and
grid.
the
To
reference
keep track
grid. Decoder
of the
uses all 26 letters of the alphabet.
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
20 14 22 9 9 26
T
13 2 16 3 9 13 4 3 19 6 17 16
R
25 12 25 8 4 25 8
Y
4 6 5 11 13 16 17 10 5 3 18 18
2 13 22 17 5 17 25
23 15 10 3 24 23 1
12 4 24 15 11 15 20 24 4 1 10 23
11 17 3 4 1 14
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.
8 14 16 24 18 6 24 16 13
4 26 7 23 22 13 17
5 11 15 8 20 20 17 16 3
1 17 8 4 13 3 22
9 6 3 13 22 3 11 3 17 25 13 22
16 1 22 17 14 8 8
4 6 11 21 16 24 8 9 6 11 8 4
121
7 13 26 16 23 16
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
R
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
T Y
122
Crossword
Across: 1. Asthma, 5.
Spruce, 10. Assents, 11.
Flannel, 12. Eraser, 15.
Hereby, 16. Recover,
17. Send, 18. Veer, 19.
Meaning, 20. Seem, 22.
Bars, 25. Piteous, 27. Allure,
28. Strain, 31. Portico, 32.
Enamour, 33. Recess, 34.
Travel.
Down: 2. Sustain, 3. Hinder,
4. Also, 5. Safe, 6. Reader,
7. Concede, 8. Caters, 9.
Player, 13. Reverie, 14.
Counsel, 15. Heinous, 20.
Scampi, 21. Enlarge, 23.
Abalone, 24. Sentry, 25.
Praise, 26. Strata, 29. Boss,
30. Belt.
WordBuilder
aft, ate, axe, eat, eft, eta,
exit, fat, fate, fax, feat, feta,
fiat, fie, fit, fix, FIXATE, tax,
taxi, tea, tie.
Sudoku
SOLUTION
No.120
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
S F K U A V H Z P T O N X
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
C L Y R B I Q E G J D M W
DECODER
122
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