The Star: December 16, 2021

The Star Thursday December 16 2021
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PUZZLES
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CREMATORIUM
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SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WORDBUILDER
WordBuilder
123
6
C O B
T L H
CROSSWORD
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223
words of three or more letters,
How many words of three or more
including plurals, can you make from the 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 11 beginning Very Good 14 with Excellent a capital 17
are
Solution
allowed.
122: into,
There’s
ion, lino, lint,
at
lion,
least
lit, loin,
one
loo,
loon, loot, lot, loti, LOTION, nil, nit, noil, not, oil,
olio, onto, tin, toil, ton, too, tool, toon.
six-letter word.
Good 8 Very Good 12 Excellent 16+
9 10
11 12
DECO
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13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20
21 22 23 24
25 26
27 28
SOLUTION
No.123
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
F N P C I M V S U Y L Q J
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
H B X A R W Z E O T D G K
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Decoder A
Across
1. Animal remains (7)
5. Coffee maker (7)
9. Lets up (5)
10. French pastry (9)
11. Keep trying (9)
12. Staggers (5)
13. Origins (5)
1 10 11 12 13
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Y W
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
5 12 15 24 4 9 4 14 26 12
14 21 24 22 1 26 21 22 2
15. Doubt (9)
18. Additional fee (9)
19. Ornamental headband
1 17 1 4 9 26 6 10 26 24 26
(5)
21. Wild rose (5)
23. Chronicle (9)
25. Naivety (9)
26. Talk pompously (5)
27. Marine reptiles (7)
28. Stray off the subject (7)
Down
1. Vine (7)
2. Store of water (9)
3. Corridor (5)
4. Replacement (9)
26 23 26 26 24 1 12 18
19 7 26 6 17 18 2 6 18 2 5
5. Man (5)
6. Control (9)
7. Climb (5)
Y
A
W
8. Skilled tradesman (7)
14. Round (9)
16. Lead a movement (9)
17. Lifeless (9)
18. Exist (7)
20. Eternal (7)
22. Close to the centre (5)
23. Idiots (colloq) (5)
24. Amidst (5)
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9 17 5 4 24 1 26 20 3 26 9 17
17 15 1 18 14
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y
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15 25 26 12 14 24 21 26
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 of with 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 numbers. letters, enter As you them get into the
letters, the main write grid, them and into 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.
26 4 2 12 22 19 21 10 18 14 14
4 22 8 4 11 9
22 24 15 4 2 4 17 1 8 24 9 5
15 12 4 12 18 23 10
10 5 4 15 21 17 5 18 2 8 18
9 17 2 18 20 18 4 21 1 24 13
21 17 18 16 4 15 26 24 17
7 26 6 18 2 12 26 24 8 9
24 13 8 18 14
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.
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.
21 16 9 22 21 8 2 5 4 15 11 23
25 6 21 8 11
22 21 16 8 17 10 4 10 9 5 21
8 21 4 23 24 24 10
8 3 17 4 20 4 10 8 1 8 5 9
123
7 4 8 1 15 19
8 19 2 8 11 8 19 22 10 4 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
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R
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F
124
F
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Crossword
Across: 1. Carcass, 5.
Barista, 9. Eases, 10.
Croissant, 11. Persevere,
12. Reels, 13. Roots, 15.
Suspicion, 18. Surcharge,
19. Tiara, 21. Briar, 23.
Narrative, 25. Innocence,
26. Orate, 27. Turtles, 28.
Digress.
Down: 1. Creeper, 2.
Reservoir, 3. Aisle, 4.
Successor, 5. Bloke, 6.
Restraint, 7. Scale, 8.
Artisan, 14. Spherical, 16.
Spearhead, 17. Inanimate,
18. Subsist, 20. Ageless,
22. Inner, 23. Nongs, 24.
Among.
WordBuilder
bloc, blot, BLOTCH, bolt,
bot, botch, both, clot, cloth,
cob, col, colt, cot, hob, holt,
hot, lob, loch, lot, loth.
Sudoku
SOLUTION
No.122
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A N W L H O Y Z F I R U B
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
J E T S P G X V Q M C D K
DECODER
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