Southern View: May 19, 2022

connecting you with your neighbourhood 

1 – 3 July 

2022 

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022 

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Swimmers set up 

with skills for life 

LINWOOD AVENUE School 

has been awarded a grant of 

$8000 for swimming 

lessons. 

The grant has been given by 

the New Zealand Community 

Trust. 

Principal Gretchen Smith 

said: “The drowning statistics 

for Aotearoa this summer have 

been dreadful. 

“Learning to swim is crucial 

for water safety and swimming 

is a vital skill for all students to 

develop.” 

• Turn to page 4 

Christchurch Arena 

Pavilion for 

quarry will 

recognise 

Korean War 

veterans 

A TRADITIONAL Korean-roofed 

pavilion to be installed in the 

Songpa-gu Garden at Halswell 

Quarry Park will commemorate 

Canterbury veterans of the Korean 

War. 

The pavilion (jeongja) is being 

shipped from Busan in Korea and 

on arrival at Lyttelton Port will be 

assembled at the quarry park and 

placed on the western side of the 

garden. 

The installation is planned to be 

completed by June. 

It will join existing monuments 

including a memorial bridge 

commemorating the Korean War 

and traditional Korean totem 

poles – a symbol of friendship 

between Christchurch and its 

sister city Songpa-gu. 

The Canterbury Korean War 

Veterans’ Pavilion will have 

plaques naming each veteran 

located under the overhang of the 

roof. 

More than 6000 New 

Zealanders served in Korea 

between 1950-57. Forty five 

men lost their lives during this 

engagement. 

“The jeongja honours the 

Korean War Veterans in 

Canterbury and their sacrifices 

made during the Korean 

War,” says Korean Society of 

Christchurch president and 

member of the Christchurch- 

Songpa-gu Sister City Committee, 

Mary Yoon. 


• Missing plaques, p3 

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JP Clinic 

Every Thursday, 10.30am-1.30pm 

Spreydon Library 

A justice of the peace will be 

available to members of the 

community, to witness signatures 

and documents, certify document 

copies, hear oaths, declarations, 

affidavits or affirmations as well as 

sign citizenship, sponsorship or rates 

rebates applications. There is no 

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Wā Kōrero-Storytimes 

Thursday, 11-11.30am 

South Library 

Meet others in the community 

when you and your pre-schooler go 

along for a fun variety of stories, 

songs and rhymes which foster 

children’s literacy. All whānau 

and caregivers welcome. Free, no 

bookings required. Guardians and 

children over 12 will need to wear 

a face mask and show their vaccine 

pass on arrival. Room capacity is 

limited and the number of attendees 

possible at sessions will be influenced 

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space. 

South Christchurch Farmers’ 

Market 

Every Sunday, 9am-noon 

66 Colombo St, next to South Library 

The South Christchurch Farmers’ 

Market prides itself on having the 

best selection of fresh local produce 

in Christchurch, including a large 

Exhibition by MC Hébert, Thursday, all day, South Library. MC is a 

self-taught artist but credits the development of her skills to an outstanding 

art program at her high school in Canada, multiple massive art books 

borrowed from the city council libraries, and YouTube painting tutorials. 

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Monday, 2-4pm 

South Library 

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Technology Help Drop In 

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Tuesday, 10.30-11.30am 

Spreydon Library 

Do you need help using your 

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with email, searching the internet, 

using the library catalogue, eBooks, 

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Free, no bookings required. 

Auahatanga – South Creative 

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South Library 

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

EILEEN KERR received a 

fake vaccination booster form 

in her mailbox and while she 

recognised it was fake, she didn’t 

think everyone would. 

Now the 70-year-old Spreydon 

resident is warning others to be 

wary of similar hoaxes. 

When Eileen went to co lect 

the mail, she noticed what 

appeared to be a form to 

book your Covid-19 booster 

vaccinations in advance. 

She sat down at the dinner 

table with pen in hand, abou to 

start fi ling ou the form, when 

she noticed something strange. 

“I started reading and that’s 

when the bomb went off,” she said. 

The form read: “Jabbing our 

way to a “safer” New Zealand?” 

That was enough to make Eileen 

question its authenticity, in spite 

of how official it looked. 

a topic of discussion. 

Eileen said the paper was good “I’m 70, my husband’s 

quality and the form had been 60-something and I thought 

put in her mailbox at a time we’re fine, we’re not the flashest 

when booster vaccinations were on social media, but a lot of 



people around here are elderly 

and they would go and worry 

about that crap if they didn’t 

read the small print,” she said. 

The form had a space to fill in 

your personal details and slots 

to book your next booster shot, 

which was shown to be required 

every two weeks, totalling up to 

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Since becoming a budding young 

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Hickford’s interest in cricket stemmed 

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Food bank founder 

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Committee upset by missing plaques 

that signify friendship between cities 

GONE: David Bolam-Smith at the site of a removed plaque. The Canterbury Japanese 

Society and Christchurch Kurashiki Sister City committee members saw the plaques were 

missing during a monthly working bee in the Kurashiki Garden. 


TWO MISSING plaques at 

Halswell Quarry have left 

keepers of the garden frustrated 

and confused. 

The Canterbury Japanese 

Society and Christchurch 

Kurashiki Sister City committee 

members noticed two plaques 

had been taken from the 

Kurashiki Garden when they 

were completing their monthly 

working bee. 

The first plaque, which was 

secured to a rock, represents the 

40th anniversary of the relationship 

between the city and Japan, 

as the city’s mayor at the time 

was signed in the same time as 

the Kurashiki mayor. 

The second plaque was donated 

to the gardens and installed 

onto a shade house used for 

people working in the gardens to 

rest in. 

Christchurch Kurashiki Sister 

City committee member David 

Bolam-Smith said it was devastating 

to see the plaques were 

missing, as they represented the 

friendship between the committee 

and Japan. 

“It must have been quite an 

effort, it was secured to a rock,” 

Bolam-Smith said. “I have no 

idea how they did it.” 

He said it was frustrating, as 

committee members spend a lot 

of volunteer hours making the 

gardens look nice. 

Bolam-Smith, who looks after 

the garden along with a ranger, 

said the 40th anniversary plaque 

cost just under $2000 to make 

and install. 

He said he has contacted the 

city council about reporting the 

missing plaques to police and 

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A REGULAR DAY AT 

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Every day is an adventure as a veterinarian. But it is also hard work, and that’s without 

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and events we can’t predict, like the Labrador that swallowed a sock or a patient struggling 

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our entire team. 

Steve performing Cataract surgery. 

Blue was referred to McMaster & Heap for an MRI because 

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Swimming lessons 

teach life-long skills 

• From page 1 

Smith said Christchurch was 

surrounded by beautiful beaches and 

rivers – and it was essential young 

children were taught basic skills to ensure 

their safety in outdoor or indoor water 

environments. 

“By teaching children how to swim at 

primary school, we hope that this will help 

develop a life-long love of water sports, 

and the necessary knowledge they will 

need for water safety.” 

She said each year the school committed 

to providing swimming lessons for its 

students, as formal lessons were beyond 

the reach of many of families within the 

school community. 

“Swimming lessons help tamariki to 

develop important swimming and water 

safety skills in a controlled and safe 

aquatic environment.” 

The skills and knowledge gained could 

then be used outside of school hours. 

“We sought funding from NZCT for 

swimming lessons for the entire school, 

from year 1 through to year 6, with a 

specific focus on our middle school 

students in years 3 and 4,” Smith said. 

“The quote for the middle school was 

larger than for the junior and senior 

schools because it includes a swim week 

in every term. Year 3 and 4 children are 

the group who typically make the most 

progress.” 

She said swimming lessons should be 

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professional swimming lessons. Funding 

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The makeshift bar bringing 

joy to a neighbourhood 


WHAT STARTED out as a 

joke has become a safe space 

for residents to talk about 

their feelings and meet their 

neighbours. 

Cody Adlam, 21 along with his 

flatmate Cassius Kulsen, 19, and 

their neighbour Adrian Page, 40, 

are known by the community as 

the ‘Sydenham Street Wavers’. 

The three men set up a bar 

stand made from wooden pallets 

each weekend on Huxley St and 

invite their neighbours to stop by 

for a hot drink and biscuit and 

talk about their feelings. 

“We’re pretty shocked at how 

big it is,” Adlam said. 

“It started out as a joke.” 

The trio quickly gained popularity 

among residents in the 

area and get a lot of waves from 

passers-by. 

Adlam said the idea started 

when the group was fundraising 

for breast cancer in January. 

They set up a couch on the 

street with a sign that said every 

beep equals a dollar donation 

from one of the three men. 

“Every now and then we would 

put a couch and rug on the street 

and decided to have a bar one 

weekend,” Adlam said. 

The group set up a sign that 

reads “this is a safe place for all 

people to talk about their feelings 

haere mai”. 

After seeing the positive reactions 

from people, the group decided 

to make it a regular thing. 

“People driving past stop and 

ask us what we’re doing,” Adlam 

said. 

“Some people say: ‘Oh I 

needed to hear this today’.” 

Adlam said they often have 

people stop by for a chat and 

open up about things they’re 

struggling with. 

“It feels good,” Adlam said. 

CONNECTION: Resident 

Cinta Terry stops by for a 

chat with the ‘Sydenham 

Street Wavers.’ 

“Growing up talking to people 

was kind of hard to access so 

it’s nice to be able to have a chat 

with people.” 

The group even had someone 

who was drink driving pull over 

for a chat and let them drive her 

home and another person who 

opened up about struggles with 

domestic violence at home. 

Adlam said even when the 

group aren’t out on the street 

they can hear people beeping 

their horns when they drive past. 

“It’s nice that it brings people 

joy,” he said. 

“It brings us joy as well.” 

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TWO NEW signalised crossings on 

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crossing points for people using the 

Rapanui-Shag Rock cycleway. 

Construction work began last 

week and is expected to take 

between five and seven months to 

complete. Accompanying works 

will also take place to widen ‘pinch 

points’ on Humphrey’s Drive and 

upgrade Tidal View. 

The crossing points will connect 

the Charlesworth Reserve section 

of the cycleway to the Ferrymead 

Bridge-Redcliffs section of the 

coastal pathway. 

One will be placed near Windsurfer 

Reserve and one near the 

intersection of Humphrey’s Drive 

and Tidal View. 

“These signalised crossing will 

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point across what is a very 

busy road. We’ll also be replacing 

• From page 1 

“We also commemorate the 

60th diplomatic relations anniversary 

between New Zealand 

and South Korea and hope to 

further strengthen the relationship 

for many years to come.” 

Songpa-gu Garden is maintained 

by members of the committee 

and the wider Korean 

community. 

“It is very well kept and greatly 

enjoyed by visitors within the 

wider context of the park,” says 

the failing seawall along the front 

of Tidal View and implementing a 

new streetscape plan for this area,” 

city council head of transport Lynette 

Ellis said. 

“New picnic tables, cycle parking, 

water drinking fountain and 

an outdoor shower will make it 

an amenable space for a picnic, for 

windsurfers and foilers accessing 

the estuary or to use it as a starting 

point for a trip along the coastal 

pathway.” 

Vehicle speeds will be reduced to 

30km/h along Tidal View. 

The cycleway connects Sumner 

via the pathway to the central city, 

passing through Linwood. It has 

one final section through Moncks 

Bay still to be completed as part of 

the pathway. 

That work is currently under 

way and expected to be finished in 

2023. 

city council head of parks Andrew 

Rutledge. 

“This pavilion will form the 

centrepiece of the garden and 

further enhance what is an 

important gathering place for the 

Korean community.” 

Christchurch-Songpa-gu 

Sister City Committee and the 

Korean Society of Christchurch 

are fundraising for the pavilion 

which is estimated to cost 

$110,000. 

Along with the new pavilion, 

an existing pyeong sang or 

bench will be replaced and new 

landscaping features added, 

including rocks lining the 

stream north of the site and a 

row of six cherry trees to link the 

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be installed at 

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Park. PHOTO: 

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were opened in 2001. 

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Shakespeare’s Globe beckons for actor 

• By Shardey Harris 

A TALENTED young actor has 

been offered a once-in-a-lifetime 

opportunity to represent New 

Zealand on the world stage. 

Hornby High School head 

student Nadia Officer has become 

a member of the Shakespeare 

Globe Centre New Zealand 

Young Shakespeare Company for 

2022, and will be one of 24 young 

actors from around the country 

heading to the Globe Theatre in 

London later this year. 

Nadia was ‘shocked but 

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“It is my dream to get to the 

Globe and I hope to express and 

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lessons and language that 

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years ago, which couldn’t be 

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Nadia said. 

After gaining success at the 

regional and national Sheila 

Winn Shakespeare Festivals, 

Nadia was awarded the most 

promising actor. 

She then went on to become 

part of the National Shakespeare 

Schools Production, where 

only 50 students were selected 

nationwide. From there, the 

24 actors were chosen for the 

SGCNZ Young Shakespeare 

Company. 

PHOTO: 

MEMORY 

OF LIGHT 

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Principal Robin Sutton was 

filled with pride recalling the first 

time he watched Nadia perform. 

“I remember seeing Nadia as a 

Year 8 student on the stage, and 

even as a 12-year-old she had 

the most natural stage presence 

I’ve ever seen in a student in my 

whole teaching career. And she’s 

just got better and better.” 

Not only has this opportunity 

changed Nadia’s life, but it has 

helped inspire other students at 

the school to pursue theatre. 

Drama Teacher Joanne Clark 

said: “Every student deserves 

to have that opportunity and 

to know you can go to those 

productions, go to nationals, and 

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is there.” 

Shakespeare wrote in his play 

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‘The world’s mine oyster’, and 

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Nadia is rallying to raise $10,000 

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A fundraiser event is also 

being held next Wednesday, 

May 25 at the Hornby High 

School Auditorium. Nadia 

invites the community to come 

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PRESENCE: Nadia Officer 

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HOME & HEATING 

Keep cosy with 

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Sticky date 

anything always 

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cake by Joan 

Bishop is no 

exception. It is 

light but at the same time 

quite densely moist. The 

dates enrich the cake’s deep, 

delectable texture and the 

grape juice provides the tang. 

PHOTO: CHRISTINE O’CONNOR/ODT 

Delicious sticky date 

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AS A child, I remember very vividly the 

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baking wafting through the house. As 

a result of all this activity, the cake tins 

were always full, in spite of the fact that a 

number of ingredients were in short supply. 

Afternoon tea was always quite an 

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We, the children, had our eyes glued to 

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I’ve recently talked to a number of 

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Sticky date and grape juice cake 

Makes 16 slices 

Ingredients 

270g pitted dates, halved 

250ml dark grape juice 

50g butter, roughly chopped 

2 Tbsp treacle 

120g dark cane or brown sugar 

¾ tsp baking soda 

2 large eggs, size 7, lightly beaten 

190g plain flour 

2 tsp ground allspice 

Directions 

Preheat the oven to 170degC. 

Lightly oil the sides of a 20cm ring tin 

and line the base with non-stick baking 

paper. 

Combine the chopped dates and the 

grape juice in a microwave proof bowl. 

Cover and microwave on full power for 3 

minutes. 

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and baking soda. The baking soda will 

cause the mixture to froth up. 

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Serve just as it is or with whipped cream 

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The cake will keep in a cool place in an 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 

9 10 

244 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

144 

6 

T R A 

Y S A 

11 12 

13 14 15 

16 17 18 19 

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 each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22 

Solution 143: gin, girn, giro, gown, grin, groin, grow, 

grown, ion, iron, nog, noir, nor, now, owing, own, 

rig, ring, row, ROWING, wig, win, wing, wino, won, 

word. 

worn, wring, wrong. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22 

20 

21 22 23 

24 25 

26 27 

Across 

1. Flare (6) 

4. Exit (6) 

9. Russian ruler (4) 

10. Fussy (10) 

11. Dilly-dally (6) 

12. Maternal (8) 

13. Supple (9) 

15. Lure (4) 

16. Tricks (4) 

17. List of items (9) 

21. Immense (8) 

22. Split off (6) 

24. Shabby (4-2-4) 

25. Assert (4) 

26. Hypothesis (6) 

27. Otherwise (6) 

Decoder 

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K L P U J G C N S V Z W O 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

F M Q D E R T B H A X I Y 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

A F Shuker 

SOLUTION 

No.144 

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 

T 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

E 

A 

All puzzles copyright 

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y 

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz 

Down 

1. Type of rice (7) 

2. Bitter or pungent (5) 

3. Subjugate (7) 

5. Culpable (6) 

6. High-spirited (9) 

7. Bright red (7) 

8. Head of state (5,8) 

14. Impediment (9) 

16. Devise or invent (7) 

18. Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet 

(7) 

19. Compensation (7) 

20. Take care of (6) 

23. Lifting machine (5) 

21 2 26 11 11 23 25 24 21 2 

Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different 

letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet. 

DECODER 

Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers. 

The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented 

Each by the number other represents numbers. a As different you get letter the of letters, the alphabet. enter them Write the into 

given the main letters grid, into all and squares the reference with matching grid. numbers. To keep Now track work of out the 

which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided. 

23 12 2 16 17 7 8 12 6 20 9 

26 26 6 5 10 10 

2 17 22 7 18 10 21 19 15 12 21 19 

12 3 26 17 17 21 19 

7 26 17 6 21 10 2 5 21 7 15 

12 20 10 22 5 

22 5 7 7 5 5 25 12 20 14 5 4 

16 26 24 20 13 

9 6 5 1 5 6 5 21 4 17 2 

5 5 11 10 4 12 5 

6 12 4 12 20 17 15 5 10 23 5 6 

12 19 5 26 5 12 

20 6 5 5 15 7 17 8 6 10 7 

R A T 

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 

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 10 11 12 13 

R T A 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

SOLUTION 

No.143 

144 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

T M A N V J X Y S U R O Z 

K B Q G F D C W H L E P I 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

15 9 18 19 4 18 12 26 18 23 13 2 

3 22 10 25 5 

9 5 23 4 13 23 24 9 11 5 3 

14 9 25 25 22 26 26 23 

11 26 22 4 18 18 19 9 10 3 11 

18 26 17 21 14 21 25 23 18 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Beacon, 4. 

Egress, 9. Tsar, 10. Particular, 

11. Dawdle, 12. Motherly, 13. 

Lithesome, 15. Bait, 16. Cons, 

17. Inventory, 21. Enormous, 

22. Secede, 24. Down-atheel, 

25. Aver, 26. Theory, 27. 

Unless. 

Down: 1. Basmati, 2. Acrid, 

3. Oppress, 5. Guilty, 6. 

Exuberant, 7. Scarlet, 8. 

Prime minister, 14. Hindrance, 

16. Concoct, 18. Epsilon, 

19. Redress, 20. Foster, 23. 

Crane. 

WordBuilder 

art, arts, artsy, arty, ASTRAY, 

rat, rata, rats, ray, rays, sat, 

satay, satyr, say, star, stay, 

stray, sty, tar, tars, tray, 

trays, try, tsar. 

Sudoku 

3 23 4 25 21 24 7 23 2 14 5 

26 14 11 18 3 

11 16 13 21 3 1 9 11 

A 

13 24 21 4 20 26 11 9 5 26 21 

E 

21 24 4 8 14 11 21 26 1 

T 

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