Western News: September 29, 2022

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Thursday September 29 2022
CHRISTCHURCH
CREMATORIUM
FUNERALS
CROSSWORD
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263
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
163
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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 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 17 Very Good 21 Excellent 25
Solution 162: ace, act, ape, apt, ate, cake, cap, cape,
cat, cep, eat, kea, kept, pace, pack, PACKET, pact,
pat, pate, pea, peak, peat, peck, pet, tack, take, tap,
word.
tape, tea, teak, tec.
letters, including plurals, can you make
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
Good 17 Very Good 21 Excellent 25
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Across
1. Outdo (7)
5. Express an opinion (5,2)
9. Drives out (5)
10. Eggplant (9)
11. Porous (9)
12. Cut in two (5)
13. Perch (5)
15. Attacker (9)
18. Capitulate (9)
19. Social blunder (5)
21. Rent (5)
23. Building (9)
25. Similar (9)
26. Black and white mammal (5)
27. Interpreter (7)
28. Excess (7)
Decoder
Down
1. Bung (7)
2. Cistern (9)
3. Passageway (5)
4. Right (nautical) (9)
5. Sword (5)
6. Inhabitant of Earth (9)
7. Major source of food for baleen
whales (5)
8. Excuse (7)
14. Consequently (9)
16. Startles (9)
17. Wealth (9)
18. Rescue (7)
20. Stylish (7)
22. Saying (5)
23. Cooker (5)
24. Cavort (5)
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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.
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 into the
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.
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19 12 1 11 4 7 6 8 16 1 19 16
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N O T
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N O T
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SOLUTION
No.162
163
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SOLUTION
No.163
Crossword
Across: 1. Surpass, 5.
Speak up, 9. Ousts, 10.
Aubergine, 11. Permeable,
12. Halve, 13. Roost, 15.
Assailant, 18. Surrender,
19. Gaffe, 21. Lease, 23.
Structure, 25. Analogous,
26. Panda, 27. Exegete, 28.
Surfeit.
Down: 1. Stopper, 2.
Reservoir, 3. Aisle, 4.
Starboard, 5. Sabre, 6.
Earthling, 7. Krill, 8. Pretext,
14. Therefore, 16. Surprises,
17. Affluence, 18. Salvage,
20. Elegant, 22. Adage, 23.
Stove, 24. Caper.
WordBuilder
ark, arks, ask, asks, asp,
asps, ass, par, park, parks,
pars, pas, pass, rap, raps,
rasp, rasps, sap, saps,
sark, ska, spa, spar, spark,
SPARKS, spars, spas.
Sudoku
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26 26 19 24 23 17
CHRISTCHURCH
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CREMATORIUM
FUNERALS
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