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8<br />

Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />

CROSSWORD<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6<br />

7 8 9<br />

10 11<br />

12 13 14<br />

15 16 17<br />

18<br />

280<br />

SUDOKU<br />

Every row, column and box should<br />

contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />

WordBuilder<br />

WORDBUILDER<br />

180<br />

6<br />

N T S<br />

A U N<br />

words of three or more letters,<br />

How<br />

including<br />

many<br />

plurals,<br />

words<br />

can you<br />

of<br />

make<br />

three<br />

from<br />

or<br />

the<br />

more<br />

six<br />

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />

words or words beginning with a capital are<br />

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.<br />

once?<br />

TODAY<br />

Good 13 Very Good 16 Excellent 20<br />

letters, including plurals, can you make<br />

from the six letters, using each only<br />

No words beginning with a capital are<br />

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />

Solution 179: abut, alb, art, bar, bat, blat, blur, blurt,<br />

bra, brat, brut, BRUTAL, bur, burl, but, lab, lat, rat,<br />

word. rub, rut, tab, tabu, tar, tau, tub, tuba, tubal, ultra.<br />

Good 13 Very Good 17 Excellent 21<br />

19 20 21 22<br />

23 24<br />

25 <strong>26</strong><br />

Across<br />

7. Unflagging (8)<br />

9. Quantity (6)<br />

10. Exist (4)<br />

11. Resonant (10)<br />

12. Soft felt hat (6)<br />

14. Spice (8)<br />

15. Fuss (6)<br />

16. Whitewater (6)<br />

19. Delight (8)<br />

21. Livestock (6)<br />

23. Unbeaten (10)<br />

24. Partiality (4)<br />

25. Downpour (6)<br />

<strong>26</strong>. Tin (8)<br />

Decoder<br />

Down<br />

1. Separate (6)<br />

2. Give up (4)<br />

3. Wheedle (8)<br />

4. Hesitate (6)<br />

5. Reporter (10)<br />

6. Notorious (8)<br />

8. Reek (6)<br />

13. Scandalous (10)<br />

15. Poised (8)<br />

17. Chance event (8)<br />

18. Infected (6)<br />

20. Lopsided (6)<br />

22. Heavy (6)<br />

24. Shrub (4)<br />

E I H K L J A Z M S V X U<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 <strong>26</strong><br />

T F O P R N G W Q Y C D B<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 <strong>26</strong><br />

R<br />

Y A<br />

All puzzles copyright<br />

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />

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<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz<br />

SOLUTION<br />

No.180<br />

10 13 17 2 4 <strong>26</strong> 2 23 20 1 2 4<br />

Crossword<br />

Across: 7. Tireless, 9.<br />

Amount, 10. Live, 11.<br />

Stentorian, 12. Fedora, 14.<br />

Cardamom, 15. Bother,<br />

16. Rapids, 19. Pleasure,<br />

21. Cattle, 23. Undefeated,<br />

24. Bias, 25. Deluge, <strong>26</strong>.<br />

Canister.<br />

Down: 1. Divide, 2. Cede,<br />

3. Persuade, 4. Falter, 5.<br />

Journalist, 6. Infamous, 8.<br />

Stench, 13. Outrageous,<br />

15. Balanced, 17. Accident,<br />

18. Septic, 20. Uneven, 22.<br />

Leaden, 24. Bush.<br />

WordBuilder<br />

ant, ants, anus, aunt, aunts,<br />

nan, nans, nun, nuns, nut,<br />

nuts, san, sat, stun, sun,<br />

SUNTAN, tan, tans, tau, tun,<br />

tuna, tunas, tuns.<br />

Sudoku<br />

Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different<br />

letter - there is a number for all <strong>26</strong> letters of the alphabet.<br />

DECODER<br />

Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.<br />

The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented<br />

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

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

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

4 14 12 15 11 20 13 23 3 20<br />

5 14 16 <strong>26</strong> 13 14 7 15 6<br />

G I N<br />

15 6 2 18 <strong>26</strong> 14 6 21 20 5 3<br />

22 5 7 17 6 14 18 22<br />

14 5 20 23 23 <strong>26</strong> 14 12 14 23 20<br />

<strong>26</strong> 22 22 23 18<br />

13 14 12 18 20 22 19 20 18 3 4 10<br />

20 5 13 8 5<br />

15 18 15 9 <strong>26</strong> 3 5 22 20 25 15<br />

1 15 14 <strong>26</strong> 6 15 1 23<br />

15 20 15 6 23 15 12 15 3 <strong>26</strong> 23<br />

6 20 24 14 23 20 14 5 <strong>26</strong><br />

7 14 7 15 7 20 13 10 1 14<br />

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<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

N G<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 <strong>26</strong><br />

I<br />

SOLUTION<br />

No.179<br />

180<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

Q K R H O A P D M N Y G V<br />

W B X L E Z U J C F S T I<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 <strong>26</strong><br />

23 21 3 11 10 2<br />

11 13 12 11 8 20 2 14 18 13 12 1<br />

14 1 16 1 20 <strong>26</strong> 13<br />

21 14 14 21 18 16 3 7 15 6<br />

R A Y<br />

2 <strong>26</strong> 4 11 4 23<br />

25 13 12 2 14 18 22 20 4 11 23 18<br />

20 2 21 7 14 21<br />

23 3 20 5 3 21 4 4 21 18<br />

7 21 23 24 23 16 2<br />

14 2 19 14 13 4 21 23 9 13 4 21<br />

20 2 7 14 12 14

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