Western News: January 26, 2023
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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