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A mother’s story of loss,
grief and a cancer blow
A mother who has
experienced tragedy
still manages to find
joy in the small things.
After losing her 13-dayold
baby and being
diagnosed with stage
four ovarian cancer
with a life expectancy
prognosis of five to 15
years, Sarah Luxon uses
her blog to write about
the “messy things” in
life. Emily Moorhouse
reports
FOUR YEARS ago Sarah Luxon,
34, gave birth to what appeared
to be a perfectly healthy baby girl
named Mackenzie.
However, the second week into
Mackenzie’s life, Sarah noticed
she was becoming quite grizzly
but after a check up from the
midwife, was told everything was
okay.
• Turn to page 4
LOSS: (Above left) – Sarah Luxon lost her baby Mackenzie to a heart defect when she was 13-days-old. Since then Sarah
has raised more than $3000 for Kenzie’s Gift, a charity that supports families through grief and loss. (Above) – Sarah and
husband Greg, along with daughters Hazel, 7, Willa, 2, and step-daughter Tayla, 19, travel to Tekapo each year on the
anniversary of Mackenzie’s death to connect as a family during what can be a difficult time.
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Wa Pēpi Babytimes
Thursday, 10.30-11am
Fendalton Library
Meet others in the community
and join the relaxed, fun group for
interactive songs, rhymes, and books
that will delight and develop your
baby or toddler. Recommended
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Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm
Papanui Library
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Friday, 10am-noon
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Saturday, 10am-noon
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A justice of the peace is on site to
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Gus finds out what it’s
like to be mayor for a day
GUS McPHERSON likes all the
things a 10 year old should – his
dog, football, gaming, water
polo, guitar, surf lifesaving,
swimming and mountain
biking.
But he also has a particular
interest in politics and could
one day see himself sitting at the
head of the city council table as
nayor.
So that’s why Gus became
Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s assistant
for the day, sitting by her side
and overseeing the June 9 city
council meeting.
He even goes to the same
school the mayor and councillor
Pauline Cotter went to, St Patrick’s
School.
“But the mayor went a few
years before me,” Gus said.
So after meeting her at Vic’s
Cafe it was decided he would
spend the day helping the
mayor out to see how the city
council works and understand
what councillors do “to make
Christchurch great again.”
Gus’ day in the chamber saw
him being treated like the mayor
and helping run the meeting
through a number of different
items.
“I really liked the community
board reports. Especially how
POLITICAL INTEREST: Gus McPherson was Mayor Lianne Dalziel’s assistant for a day.
[Waitai Coastal-Burwood
Community Board chair] Kelly
Barber responded and presented
the report to me,” Gus said.
Ms Dalziel said it was great to
have a young person bring some
joy to the city council table for
the day.
“He turned up, dressed up and
looked like a regular part of the
business,” she said.
“He was incredibly diplomatic
and kept the councillors in line
which are important parts of
being a mayor. He’s got a great
political mind.”
She was particularly impressed
with his speech, parts of which
were ad-libbed.
Gus said it was worth
skipping a day of school for
and could definitely see
himself running for mayor . . .
one day.
School to
celebrate
150th
anniversary
• By Emily Moorhouse
THIS YEAR Papanui Primary
School will celebrate 150 years
of learning with a celebration
planned that could also act as a
reunion for past pupils.
Principal Paul Kingston said a
celebration was supposed to be
held last year, but due to Covid
this was postponed.
Instead, the pupils’ celebrated
last year by working on different
projects around the school, but
wanted to organise a proper celebration
worthy of 150 years.
The celebration is likely to
take place in November and will
include speeches, afternoon tea
with a cake and a tree planting.
Kingston said there’s a “wee bit
of history” with the school, having
moved to its current site at
40 Winters Rd in 1920 and undergoing
renovations in the 60s
and again after the earthquakes.
“It looks very different, people
are amazed by the physical
changes,” Kingston said.
Kingston has been with the
school for 20 years, serving as
the longest-standing principal
and said the school has operated
through some significant events
such as the earthquakes and
pandemic.
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‘It’s made me appreciate what’s actually
• From page 1
A few days later, feeling like
something wasn’t right, Sarah
took Mackenzie to an after hours
medical centre.
Within minutes of arriving,
Mackenzie’s heart stopped beating.
“It was horrible, just watching
my wee baby being resuscitated
and having to call my husband
to tell him that her heart had
stopped and to come in,” Sarah
said.
“She passed away very suddenly
and I had no idea what had
happened until the post-mortem
came back, and it took months.”
Mackenzie died from a heart
defect where a hole in her heart,
known as a patent ductus arteriosus,
hadn’t properly closed over
after being born as well as having
high blood pressure in her lungs.
Sarah said while the hospital
staff did an incredible job at trying
to help Mackenzie, it was too
much for her little body to handle
and she died at 13-days-old.
“She coped with what ended
up being fatal very well right up
until her body went: ‘We can’t do
this anymore’.”
Afterwards, Sarah felt there
was a lack of mental health
support offered with no funded
clinical psychologists or counsellors
to talk to.
She attended a support group
but said she would have benefited
much more from one-on-one
therapy, and feels as though her
seven-year-old daughter, who
was two at the time would have
benefited from this as well.
Every August, for Mackenzie’s
anniversary, Sarah goes to Tekapo
with her husband Greg, their
daughters Hazel, 7, and Willa, 2,
and her step-daughter Tayla, 19,
to connect as a family through
what is a very hard time.
Last year when they were checking
out of their accommodation,
Sarah asked to book for the same
time next year and got talking to
the woman at reception.
She opened up about the reason
behind their yearly visit and
the pain of loosing Mackenzie.
The woman said to Sarah:
“That’s given me goosebumps,”
and told her about Kenzie’s Gift,
a charity that supports families
going through grief or loss.
The charity was doing a winter
swim challenge to raise money
for mental health to go towards
helping families in similar situations
to Sarah’s.
So Sarah decided to commit to
the winter swims, mostly at New
LOVE: Sarah
Luxon is making
the most of
time she has
left with her
family and said
she’s enjoying
the small things
like picking up
the kids from
school.
PHOTO:
HEATHER
RECORDS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Brighton Beach to raise money
for what she described as a very
worthwhile cause.
“I’m not a big putting myself
out there person but I did 13 dips
so one for each day of Mackenzie’s
life,” Sarah said.
Sarah, who isn’t a strong
swimmer started off with a goal
of raising $300 and was “very
touched” by people’s generosity
when she raised more than
$3000.
However, during her dips,
Sarah noticed a lump on her
abdomen that she assumed was a
hernia.
But after feeling fatigued and
experiencing bowel issues, she
went for a check up.
After multiple visits to doctors,
a gynaecologic oncologist, orthopaedics,
an ultrasound, an MRI,
a biopsy and months of waiting,
Sarah was diagnosed with stage
four ovarian cancer and given a
five to 15-year prognosis.
During this time, Sarah continued
with her winter dips, in
spite of it being painful on her
abdomen.
Sarah said she felt frustrated
with how long it took to get a diagnosis
and said if it was a lump
on her breast she would have got
it checked straight away.
“As women we get told to check
our breasts, but we don’t hear
that there’s no screening at all
for ovarian cancer. It was not
something that I knew about or
considered,” she said.
“There’s just not enough awareness
about all of those issues and
people feel really awkward talking
about ovaries.”
Faced with a prognosis of up
to 15 years and still grieving the
loss of baby Mackenzie, Sarah
realised she felt alone, so started
a blog in hopes of helping others
going through something
similar.
She called it Joy in the Small
Things and posts regularly about
navigating life with her diagnosis
and sharing her experiences.
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important’
“I started it up just as a way
to share with people what was
happening with cancer and
the treatment and I found that
writing helped me work through
quite a few things emotionally
and mentally.”
“I felt quite isolated
or separated
because I didn’t
know anybody
else who had been
through a similar
experience with
having a daughter
die at 13 days and
then finding that
there’s not a huge
amount of awareness
on ovarian
cancer as well,”
Sarah said.
Sarah has undergone
surgery
to have all the
visible tumours
removed and began
chemotherapy
on Christmas Eve,
and is now on
hormone blockers to prevent any
further growths.
“Scientists haven’t done studies
on people with this cancer [ovarian]
so they don’t know how best
to treat it so it’s not that there
are drugs out there that aren’t
funded, it’s that they don’t know
what drugs to actually make
available for us,” Sarah said.
“There’s no research so it feels
quite lonely. They can’t even give
me a prognosis better than five to
15 years.”
Sarah said she’s still trying to
get her head around her prognosis
and gets tripped up on a
daily basis by her seven-year-old
asking questions
like will she ever
be a grandma?
“How do you
respond to that?
Yeah, it’s very
hard.”
Sarah has
stopped working
to spend as much
time as she can
with her family
and said she tries
her best to stay in
the moment.
“I can’t bring
myself to miss out
on the potentially
short time left
with the kids. I’m
enjoying taking
the kids to swimming
lessons and
being there at the
school gates for pick-up.”
Sarah said she feels incredibly
lucky for the people she has
around her and after all she’s
been through it’s changed her
perspective on life.
“It’s made me appreciate what’s
actually important, I don’t sweat
the small stuff,” she said.
“I just want to help people, I
just want to make a difference in
someone else’s life.”
Miniature gets makeover
A LOT of attention to detail and
a dash of nostalgia. Those are key
to the work artist Mike Beer –
aka GhostCat – is doing in situ,
restoring the miniature model
of the Port Hills at the Victoria
Park Visitor Centre.
The model was originally
created by Judith Streat and installed
as part of the visitor centre
upgrade in the early 2000s.
“It was really nice to see some
of the most popular places and
trails had worn away on the
model as you could literally see
where people had traced their
pathways,” said city council
parks programmes and partnerships
manager Kate Russell.
“But after more than 20 years,
the model was at the end of its
life and it was time for a refresh.”
The work is being done by
Beer, who has found his niche in
miniatures.
“I usually do more urban work,
miniature objects, buildings and
city stuff, so this was a bit out of
the ordinary for me,” he said.
“It’s not like these jobs come up
very often. I’m stoked to be doing
it. The Port Hills are such an
iconic part of Christchurch.”
Over the five days he’s been
working on it, he’s been focused
on making it look as realistic as
possible.
“The process is all about building
it up in layers. You start with
the landscape, the trees and the
REFRESH:
Artist Mike Beer,
aka GhostCat,
restoring the
miniature model
of the Port Hills
at the Victoria
Park Visitor
Centre.
PHOTO:
NEWSLINE
scrub before you add detail,”
Beer said.
“Then we’ve added the tracks,
more details to the outer areas
like the sea of Lyttelton Harbour
and the roads, even some froth in
the ocean where it would hit the
hills.”
As well as restoring the model,
it’s also being updated with more
accurate track locations and
Māori place names.
Said Russell: “This project is
part of a wider refresh of the
centre, which will also include
Māori content such as providing
access to the Ngāi Tahu Atlas
and sharing the story of the
Māori relationship with the
Port Hills.”
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
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Recently my wee Macy, two year old Black
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saving a dogs life. Lola donated blood
frequently in her earlier years before she
got kidney cancer and had chemotherapy,
rendering her unsuitable.
Macy used to be needle phobic and it
would take a lot of persuading and many
treats just to get her still enough to take her
own blood for testing. She has watched
me lots pulling blood from other dogs, so
this time around she was brave. Firstly we
needed to blood type her to make sure
she was a match for the patient. The dog
requiring her blood had
already had one past
transfusion, so this time
around we needed a
perfect blood match.
Luckily our external
laboratory move fast to
cross match the blood,
so within the hour we
knew Macy was going
to be a donor. Both
were DEA 1.1 negative.
Macy was then sedated
and prepared for her
transfusion. Blood is
taken via a large bore
COAGULOPATHY can happen with
poisoning like rat bait, shock, cancers,
parasites, liver disease and acute blood loss.
To see whether a patient needs a
transfusion we clinically and physically
evaluate them. There are blood tests
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Bid for lower water
rates in coastal areas
• By Emily Moorhouse
A COMMUNITY board member wants
people living in the coastal suburbs to have
cheaper excess water rates.
Community board member for the Burwood
Ward Linda Stewart is concerned
not enough people are aware of the excess
water rates that will come into effect on
July 1.
“I can see a lot of people are going to be
upset,” she said.
Stewart said the coastal suburbs are
sand-based, so people
tend to use more water to
irrigate their gardens.
“We water more
frequently so I’m feeling a
bit sorry for us over here,
I wanted to see a cheaper
rates struck for the coastal
suburbs, any suburb that is Linda
sand-based,” she said. Stewart
Stewart posted to a local
Facebook group asking if people knew
about the rate and included a link for
residents to check how much water they
use.
“The feedback was they were shocked
and horrified because they’ve discovered
they’re a really high user.”
Head of three waters Helen Beaumont
said councillors are considering whether
implementation of the rate gets delayed,
which will be decided at the annual plan
meeting on Tuesday.
Stewart is urging residents to check their
water use through the water reporter on
the city council’s website and said water
use will only increase over summer.
The rate was passed last year in the city
council’s annual plan, in
spite of the Waitai Coastal-
Burwood Community
Board making a submission
against it.
The targeted rate will
apply to any single household
with a water meter
Helen
Beaumont
Thursday June 16 2022
that uses, on average,
more than 700 litres a day,
roughly equivalent to 100
toilet flushes.
“Property owners in Christchurch and
Banks Peninsula will pay a fixed rate of
$1.35 for every 1000 litres they use over the
average limit,” Beaumont said.
Households will receive an invoice for
any excess water used roughly every
90 days.
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needle from her jugular
vein and it takes 10-15
minutes to pull so she
needs to lie perfectly
still, hence the sedation.
She wasn’t readily
giving up her blood
but we managed to
get about 400mls to
transfuse. Immediately
the transfused Whole
Blood is administered
to the dog needing
it, slowly infused
via a pump system.
Often the recipient
immediately feels better and has more
energy.
The main reasons we transfuse a patient
is for ANEMIA (where a patient has a
reduced number of Red Blood cells) and
COAGULOPATHY (clotting dysfunction).
RBCs deliver oxygen to tissues so we can’t
do without these.
ANEMIA can be acute (road traffic
accidents) or chronic (as in cancers, poisons
like rat bait and Immume mediated
disorders). The dog Macy helped out
had Immune Mediated Anemia and
Thrombocytopenia (low platelets).
red blood cells and
plasma elements. It is
easily collected and
requires no processing
before transfusion.
Main purpose - acute
blood loss or active
bleeding, as it replaces
what is directly being
lost. Unless transfused
to the patient within
6-8 hours of collection,
it is a poor source of
clotting factors. Main
indication for use is
anemia.
Blood transfusions don’t happen every day
but when a patient does require blood, it
needs to happen then and there if we are
to save a life. Many of the staff pets have
been blood typed so now we have a pool
of donors to call on if needed. Obviously
they need to be healthy, fully vaccinated,
the right weight to give up 1/2 litre blood
and not receiving chemotherapy or
immunosuppressive drugs.
A great gift to be able to give another dog,
I’m very proud of my Macy.
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Thursday June 16 2022
Pacific attire can be worn at Christ’s College
CHRIST’S College’s adoption
of a Pacific garment is being
described as a step in the right
direction.
Students at the exclusive school
can now wear ie faitaga to school
as part of their uniform instead
of grey trousers.
It is described as a more formal
version of a lava lava. The
garment is called ie faitaga in
Samoan, tupenu in Tongan and
sulu in Fijian.
Principal, Garth Wynne, said
the addition to the official college
uniform could be worn by
Pasifika students in place of their
trousers throughout the year.
Student Jayden Sa, 17, grew up
in a Samoan family. He is a New
Zealander but is proud of his
Samoan culture. For him, the ie
faitaga represents more than just
a uniform.
“Last year when we didn’t
have any, seeing the other
schools wearing the ie faitaga, I
just wanted to be a part of that
because they get to represent
themselves and their culture and
I thought: ‘Why not get involved
and embrace our culture’,” he
said.
When other boys from different
schools wore their ie
faitaga that got Jayden – who is
in Christ’s College first rugby
XV, a teacher, and then the principal
thinking.
Said assistant principal Neil
Porter: “I thought: ‘Why aren’t
we doing that?’,”
So he made it happen. It was
easy to implement because
Christ’s College is not the first
school in the country or even the
city to make them an option.
Porter wishes the decision was
made sooner.
“Some people are further
down the journey than we are.
I think it is a step in the right
direction. In my view, it has been
so well received by the students
and their parents that in some
ways I am kicking myself that we
didn’t do it earlier.”
Jayden and the boys in the first
XV are honoured they are now
able to wear ie faitaga at College.
“I was pretty stoked. I was
pretty happy that he even
thought of us in a way. It’s great,”
Sa said.
Former Principals’ Federation
president Whetu Cormick
wants all schools to do more to
address issues Pasifika students
face.
“One could argue that a uniform
change is merely a surfacecovering
initiative. I mean I applaud
the school but what are the
wider challenges for Māori and
Pacific students, and we know
what they are. High levels of
under-achievement and, I would
argue, that they have come about
because the system has perpetuated
the inequities, racism, and
low expectations,” Cormick, who
is now an educational consultant,
said.
Tautai o le Moana Trust,
which is a branch of the New
Zealand Pasifika Principals Association,
believes equity goes
beyond reading, writing, and
maths.
“It’s about understanding the
person that you are working
BREAKTHROUGH:
(From left) –
Christ’s College
students
Armani Lemalu,
Lehopoame
(Hopo) Leota,
Jayden Sa, and PJ
Palamo.
with, the strength behind them,
their languages and their heritage
that make them who they
are,” trust director Helen Varney
said.
Jayden Sa’s new found pride is
a testament to that.
“It motivates me just like
thinking of family and where
I come from and what got me
here,” he said.
Sa hopes other schools yet to
make ie faitaga an option have a
light-bulb moment and make the
change.
– NZ Herald
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Ford fans put their ponies on show
• By John Cosgrove
BETTING ON the odds of it not
raining in spite of the forecast,
Ross Stubley of Avondale,
chanced the weather by taking
his Ford Capri soft top out for a
run to a Ford event at Leithfield
on Sunday.
Stubley said like many, his
passion for Fords began at an
early age.
“I started off with Ford cars,
buying EB Falcons and Fairlanes,
and yeah, I’ve got a few now, I
just like the smoothness of them
and the way they look,” Stubley
said.
Nearly 200 Fords of all ages
and descriptions turned out
to show off their lines, curves,
engines and pedigrees.
Even though they were
built in Australia, England,
Germany and of course Detroit,
who could not fail to see the
passion in the eyes and voices of
the hundreds of owners and enthusiasts
who turned up for the
Ford day at the Waimak Classic
Cars museum.
There were Falcons old and
new, Fairlanes, Mustangs from
both centuries, Capris, Thunderbirds,
Cortinas, Escorts, Zephyrs
and more.
Chris Ash, 70, of Parklands,
turned up with his 2021 5-litre
Mach Mustang and said he
had grown up with early Ford
coupes.
“As a young fella I grew up
with all the earlier 39 Ford
coupes. I saw the earlier Mach
1 models back in the 70s and I
thought: ‘Gee look at that.’
“I thought I would never own
one until I got to a stage when I
can now afford one and thought
I might get an old one, but I
bought this 21 model Mustang
because Fords don’t break
down,” Ash said.
Greg Herrett of Linwood said
he has always just liked them.
“Over time, just the way
they’ve been performed, and enhanced,
and you can’t go wrong,”
he said.
Standing beside his immaculate
66 Mustang coupe, Rick
Paulsen, said he had been a Ford
fan all his life, owning many
over the years, from Escorts to
Mustangs.
“I’ve been a blue oval man
through and through for all my
life. My dad had Falcons, and the
reason I own a 66 coupe like this
ENTHUSIASTS: Bruce McCormick, (left) of
Harewood in his 1937 V8 sedan four-door.
(Above) – Ross Stubley, of Avondale, with his
Ford Capri soft top.
PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE
one was because my uncle had one
when I was six years old, and I said
one day, I’m going to own one and
now I do,” Paulsen said.
Waimak Classic Cars spokesperson
Sally Lane said it was
an honour for them to host the
event.
“We were holding the
Ford event for all the Ford
lovers, drivers, dreamers and
owners.
“There was a very good vibe
there and we had the Mustang
club here as well as the hot rod
club turn up and compete for a
wide variety of prizes for best in
show,” she said.
Many Ford fans said they had
been born into Ford families.
Bruce McCormick of
Harewood, said he had followed
in his father’s footsteps and had a
lifelong passion for early Fords.
“My father had 46, 48 sedans,
and I have a 37 Ford V8 sedan
and a 37 club ute, I just love
them,” he said.
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Food tastes very
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HOME & HEATING
Thursday June 16 2022
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Carrot & Feijoa Mini Muffins
Makes 24
Subtly sweetened with just carrot and
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one small (227g-235g) can of crushed pineapple
in natural juice (drain well first).
Ingredients
1¼ cups plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice
¾ cup finely grated carrot
1 free-range egg, lightly whisked (or 1
flax egg)
1 tsp vanilla essence or extract
¼ cup natural unsweetened yoghurt
¾ cup mashed ripe banana
75g butter, melted
¼ cup finely diced feijoa flesh
Directions
Preheat oven to 200degC. Grease a 24-hole
mini muffin tin.
Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon/
mixed spice into a large bowl. Loosely toss
through grated carrot using your hands.
In another bowl, whisk egg, vanilla,
yoghurt, banana and butter until well
combined. Stir through feijoa.
Make a well in the dry ingredients and
add the wet ingredients. Stir until just
combined – do not overmix (to ensure a
lighter muffin).
Spoon batter into the muffin tin holes,
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when lightly pressed in the centre. Leave
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Green Pikelets
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Ingredients
½ large head broccoli
1 large handful spinach (tough stalk
removed) or baby spinach
3 free-range eggs
½ cup fortified baby rice cereal
olive oil, for frying
Directions
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Cut broccoli into florets and discard the
stalk. Place in a food processor and blitz
until very finely chopped. You need 1 cup
for this recipe; measure to check you have
the correct amount and return to the food
processor. Add spinach, eggs and baby rice
and process until smooth.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a large cast-iron or
non-stick fry pan on a medium heat.
Cook pikelets in two batches. Add
tablespoons of mixture to the pan and
cook for 2-3 minutes on one side, before
using a fish slice to carefully flip over and
cook on the other side, until set and lightly
browned. Add a little more oil between
batches as needed. Serve warm or cold.
Tip: These will keep for 1-2 days in a
sealed container in the fridge. Alternatively,
you can freeze by storing in a sealed
container or ziplock bag, separating
pikelets between layers of baking paper to
prevent them sticking together.
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HOME & HEATING
Get the balance
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words or words beginning with a capital are
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once?
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mires, miry, miser, MISERY, rime, res, rim, rimes,
rims, rimy, rise, rye, semi, sim, sir, sire, yes.
letters, including plurals, can you make
from the six letters, using each only
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
word.
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18 19 20
21 22 23 24
25 26
27 28
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1. Tongs (7)
5. Equine accommodation (7)
9. Support, backing (5)
10. Small airfield (9)
11. Bankrupt (9)
12. Small, thin French pancake (5)
13. Spooky (5)
15. Acrimony (9)
18. Excessively fat (9)
19. Smooth, shiny fabric (5)
21. Boredom (Fr) (5)
23. Brawny (9)
25. Provisional (9)
26. Tolerate (5)
27. Withdraw (7)
28. News (7)
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which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.
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26 25 12 4 18 16 19 1 15 23
9 18 3 9 19
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9 6 10 3 13 8 16
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23 17 22 10 8 24 25 23 1 23 26
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
T H I P S R C N E V D M O
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Down
1. Delicate (7)
2. Official record keeper (9)
3. Art stand (5)
4. Pseudonym (5,4)
5. Small fish (5)
6. Daring (9)
7. Slack (5)
8. Landscape (7)
14. Clarify (9)
16. Burial (9)
17. Instinctive understanding (9)
18. Maker (7)
20. Lumps of silver or gold (7)
22. Music for nine (5)
23. Fast-moving (5)
24. Tartan cloth (5)
9 21 1 10 12 4 9 6 10 14 14
14 22 20 22 26 10
20 7 11 20 22 23 11 15 12 10 19 10
19 25 11 16 9 11 1
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Across: 1. Forceps,
5. Stables, 9. Aegis, 10.
Aerodrome, 11. Insolvent,
12. Crepe, 13. Eerie,
15. Animosity, 18. Corpulent,
19. Satin, 21. Ennui,
23. Strapping, 25. Tentative,
26. Abide, 27. Retreat,
28. Tidings.
Down: 1. Fragile,
2. Registrar, 3. Easel,
4. Stage name, 5. Sprat,
6. Audacious, 7. Loose,
8. Scenery, 14. Elucidate,
16. Interment, 17. Intuition,
18. Creator, 20. Nuggets,
22. Nonet, 23. Swift,
24. Plaid.
WordBuilder
dog, don, dong, dour, drug,
dug, din, dung, duo, gnu,
god, gourd, GROUND, gun,
gurn, nod, nog, nor, our, rod,
round, rug, run, rung, undo,
urn.
Sudoku
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2 13 18 3 8 1 23
26 23 12 25 10 11 9 1 1 9 5
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