Nor'West News: February 02, 2023

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Bins, charity boxes part of 

rubbish system review 

KERBSIDE BIN sizes and 

issues caused by dumping 

rubbish outside of charity boxes 

are under review. 

Consultation opened this 

week on the proposed Draft 

Waste Management and 

Minimisation Bylaw 2023 

bylaw, which allows regulation 

of all waste collection services 

and operations. 

Currently the city council 

has two waste bylaws – the 

Waste Management Bylaw 2009 

and the Cleanfill and Waste 

Handling Operations Bylaw 

2015. 

City council resource recovery 

manager Ross Trotter said the 

current bylaws were legally due 

for review in 2025. 

“However, we decided to 

review them sooner to ensure 

they remain fit for purpose. 

Following the review we 

decided to replace the two 

existing bylaws with the 

proposed new one,” he said. 

“The new bylaw is consistent 

with recent changes to 

regulations under the Waste 

Minimisation Act and our 

climate resilience strategy. It 

will also assist in achieving 

our Waste Management and 

Minimisation Plan 2020, 

including the goal to move 

towards zero waste.” 

Trotter said the proposed 

changes will provide greater 

flexibility. “Some of the 

proposed changes will legally 

enable us to adapt our services 

easier in the future.” 

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what’s on 

this week 

Wā Pēpi-Babytimes 

Thursday, 10.30-11am 

Fendalton Library 

Meet others in your community when 

you and your pre-schooler go along 

for a fun variety of stories, 

songs and rhymes that foster 

children’s literacy. All whānau 

and caregivers welcome. Free, no 

bookings required. 

Mahjong 

Friday, 2-4pm 


Interested in playing Mahjong? For 

beginners and advanced players alike. 

If you have your own set, take it 

along, otherwise go along and join in 

a friendly game. 

Mandarin Conversation Club 

Wednesday, 5-6pm 


A drop-in group where anyone 

is welcome to come and practice 

conversations in Mandarin, in a 

friendly and relaxed environment. 

This is not a class, but an opportunity 

to talk with others in Mandarin 

and to meet new people in the 

community. Free, no bookings 

required. 

Community Bible Group 

Monday, 10.30-noon 

Abberley Park Hall 

A community Bible reading group 

Lunar New Year Afterschool Activities, Friday, 3.30-4.30pm, 

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre. Enjoy this rare 

opportunity to experience chinese traditional games, crafts and activities. 

Have fun with your friends and whānau in this special celebration season. 

Free, no bookings required. 

that meets Monday mornings. If 

you’re interested, please call Veronica 

on 021 022 92613. 

Knit ‘n’ Yarn 

Wednesday, 1-2.30pm 

Redwood Library 

Work during the week? Do you find 

the weekends just that bit too quiet? 

Go along and enjoy a chat with others 

as you knit. For anyone who loves to 

knit or wants to learn. Free, no bookings 

required. 

Rummikub 

Thursday, 1-3pm 


Go along and play Rummikub – an 

exciting, interactive strategy game. 

Papanui Community Toy 

Library 

Wednesday, 7-8.45pm and 

Saturday, 10am-noon 

Behind Styx Mill Garden Centre, 185 

Cavendish Rd, Casebrook 

Take your children and join the 

ever-growing toy library community. 

There are over 850 toys to choose 

from and we are able to cater for 

Thursday February 2 2023 

children up to eight-years-old. 

Bolivia (card game) 

Thursday, 1-3pm 

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and 

Community Centre 

Go along and join in a fun and 

friendly card game of Bolivia. Everyone 

is welcome! 

After School Activity Zone 

Friday, 3.30-4.30pm 

Papanui Library 

Back to school craft: Tin can 

decoration for stationery. All whānau 

welcome. Caregivers, please stay in 

the library during the session. Free, 

no bookings required. 

JP Clinic 

Tuesday, 10am-1pm 

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. Free, no 

bookings required. 

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recycling 

By putting the right clean items in the yellow bin, 

you’re helping to reduce waste going to landfill. 

These are the only items that can go in the 

yellow bin: 

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Thursday February 2 2023 3 

Garden pantry comes to life 

THE ST ALBANS community 

garden pantry Pataka Kai has 

been completed. 

Resident Mark Wilson, 

who has been a key figure in 

the project, said it had been a 

journey to get it the pantry built, 

painted and stocked with food. 

Much of the food comes 

from the local residents and the 

community garden itself, with 

more vegetable beds planned. 

“A community pantry is 

exactly that, a pantry for 

everyone, with a mantra of: 

‘Take what you need’ and 

‘share when you can’,” said 

Wilson. 

The pantry is built from 

timber Wilson salvaged from 

replaced fences and donated 

off-cuts and the paint came 

from the community and other 

community gardens. 

“Essentially it cost nothing 

to build, just the time and 

dedication to construct it. Seeing 

all the children painting it and 

it now being functional in front 

of the St Albans Community 

Centre was definitely a 

worthwhile undertaking,” said 

Wilson. 

He was hopeful the 

community garden, called 

Kohinga Mara, would have 

a good harvest of summer 

vegetables in the coming weeks 

and months. 

“From humble beginnings of 

an empty site of building rubble 

UP-AND-RUNNING: Mark Wilson puts the finishing touches on the St Albans community 

garden pantry Pataka Kai. 

and overgrown weeds, our 

garden has produced everything 

from broccoli to beetroot, 

cucumbers to corn,” Wilson 

said. 

“Euan Johnston, our CEG 

(chief executive gardener), is 

hard at work in the five raised 

garden beds, herb beds and 

strawberry patch most days 

of the week. The bees in the 

secure bee enclosure down at the 

garden are also doing very well. 

“We we started with a hive of 

two boxes, now we are up to five. 

They are thriving. 

“We should have a decent 

amount of local honey from 

local gardens to partially fund 

future developments at the 

community garden, with 

space yet for more garden beds 

and plans for making the space 

more accessible to all, including 

wheel chairs and walking 

frames.” 

Wilson said attracting more 

people to the garden, holding 

gardening workshops and 

continuing to promote more 

sustainable food practices and 

healthy community spaces 

throughout our neighbourhoods 

is the plan for this year. 

Working bees are also held 

once a month, usually on a 

Sunday. 

•For more information 

on the working bees and 

workshops, visit the St 

Albans Community Food & 

Pataka Kai Facebook page 

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•From page 1 

The main changes in the new 

bylaw could include: 

•The ability for residents to 

opt out and not pay for kerbside 

collection services in certain 

circumstances. 

•More flexible rules for kerbside 

collection services. 

•New requirements for 

waste management plans in 

some circumstances so waste 

is managed more effectively, 

including for multi-unit residential 

developments, demolition and 

construction activities, and large 

scale events. 

•New rules to address the problems 

caused by unaddressed mail 

and advertising material and deal 

with nuisance from litter, including 

litter around donation boxes for 

clothing and household goods. 

•Allowing the city council to set 

standards for the collection points 

for recycling and diverted materials. 

•Revised provisions to support 

the diversion of materials 

from landfill and ensure all 

waste materials are disposed of 

appropriately. 

•Amendments to the licensing 

requirements for waste operators. 

•Consultation on the 

changes will close on 

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information, go to the city 

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Innes Ward by-election voting open; 

VOTING IS underway in the 

by-election to find someone to 

represent the Innes Ward on the 

Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central 

Community Board. 

The vacancy was created after 

the successful candidate in the 

October local body elections, 

Shreejana Chhetri, resigned a 

week after she was elected. 

The by-election will be a 

postal ballot and voting papers 

were sent out last week. 

Voting closes at noon on Friday, 

February 17, and the progress 

results will be announced 

soon after. 

Said city council electoral officer 

Jo Daly: “If you’re enrolled, 

you’ll find everything you need 

– a candidate profiles sheet 

with the profiles of all seven 

candidates, the voting paper, 

and a return envelope. It’s easy 

and rewarding to vote, and to be 

part of the democratic process 

in your community.” 

The candidates are: 

Mike Davidson (For a Safer, 

Greener Innes) Moazzem Hossain 

Ali Jones (Independent) 

Harrison McEvoy (Independent) 

Garry Neale (Independent) 

Mahlon Saumalu (Independent) 

and Mark Wilson (Independent 

Voice for Innes). 

To make sure your completed 

vote is received before voting 

closes, post it no later than 5pm 

on Tuesday, February 14. They 

can also be hand-delivered to 

vote bins at the following locations: 

• Christchurch City Council 

Civic Offices, Papanui Library 

and Service Centre, Redwood 

Library, Shirley Library, and 

Service Centre Tūranga. 

Voting bins in the community 

are also being trialled at: 

• Kohinga St Albans Community 

Centre, 1049 Colombo St, 

9am–1pm, Monday–Friday; 

• Shirley Community Trust 

MacFarlane Park Neighbourhood 

Centre, 17 Acheson Ave, 

during opening hours. 

“Special voting facilities 

for people who are on the 

unpublished roll or have lost, or 

not received, their voting papers 

are available,” Daly said. 

“We can post these out to 

electors or issue them in person, 

Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, 

from the Civic Offices on 

Hereford St, Papanui Library 

and Service Centre Customer 

Services Desk, and Shirley 

Library and Service Centre 

Customer Services Desk. 

“To get them posted out to 

you, contact us on 03 941 8999 

or at elections@ccc.govt.nz.” 

• For further information 

please visit ccc.govt. 

nz/electionsor contact 

the Electoral Team 

on (03) 941 8581 or 

elections@ccc.govt.nz 

Mike Davidson 

For a Safer, 

Greener Innes 

My principal 

residence is NOT 

within the Innes 

Ward area. 

As a long-time 

St Albans resident and previous 

member of your community 

board, I have been a strong advocate 

for Innes. I helped lead and 

secure significant funding for the 

Edgeware Pool, St Albans Community 

Centre and 10 Shirley Rd 

site. 

We’ve achieved so much, but 

there’s still work to do. Innes 

residents are clear that they want 

safer, greener communities with 

better tree protection, increased 

tree canopy and cleaner waterways. 

Residents want children to 

get to school and home again 

safely; for our local shops to be 

supported, our communities to 

be strong and our environment 

healthy. Housing intensification, 

localised flooding and the impact 

of traffic on local streets need to 

be addressed and our communities 

need to be resilient to climate 

change. 

My experience and good relationships 

with existing community 

board members will ensure 

this work is prioritised. 

Vote for Mike – Vote for 

a trusted community voice. 

Mike4Innes@gmail.com 

Moazzem 

Hossain 

My principal 

residence is within 

the Innes Ward 

area. 

I have been living 

in this ward for 

20 years with my wife, daughter, 

mother and brothers. I am 

involved in community work as 

a Justice of the Peace, neighbourhood 

support, residence group, 

crime watch and Civil Defence. 

Christchurch City Council has 

awarded me (a civic award) in recognition 

of my voluntary work. 

I have studied law at the 

University of Canterbury and 

am now working as a committee 

member for the council. The 

Innes Ward’s roads, streets, 

footpaths, playgrounds, reserves, 

and community facilities need 

a makeover. I am interested in 

contributing more for the communities 

at large within the scope 

of the community board. I will 

maintain openness, impartiality, 

commitment, compassion and 

politeness in decision making 

processes. 

Nga Mihi, warm regards. 

Ali Jones 

Independent 

My principal 



area. 

I am standing 

for the Community Board Innes 

seat because our area needs a 

strong, local voice and I understand 

the things in our area that 

need addressing. 

Traffic (both the volume and 

flow), increased housing density, 

pavements and roads still broken 

and in disrepair, ongoing issues 

with surface flooding and local 

crime – these are the issues I have 

been contacted most regularly 

about. 

Having lived in the Innes 

Ward for many years and seeing 

what still needs to be done, I 

will be a positive and clear voice 

for residents and those who 

work in the Innes Ward. Being 

local and knowing the issues, are 

both absolutely critical to this 

role. I have represented Innes 

for the last nine years as a city 

councillor and a community 

board member. My passion for 

local politics and wanting to 

make a positive difference for 

residents and businesses remains 

strong. 

Harrison 

McEvoy 

Independent 

My principal 



Ward area. 

Kia ora. I’m 

running because there is an 

important voice and perspective 

missing from our representative 

bodies: Youth. 

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Meet the seven candidates standing 

They have not been represented 

in our decision-making bodies or 

in their outcomes: transport, infrastructure, 

climate change, and 

the cost of living. The impact is 

one of hardship and social deconstruction 

that disproportionately 

affect our younger generations, 

who are lacking the support 

mechanisms and programmes 

that other generations had in the 

face of major challenges. 

I have over seven years of 

experience in youth charities 

including senior governance. I 

recently graduated the University 

of Canterbury and will train to 

become a teacher, and I stood 

in the previous local elections. 

I reside in St Albans in the 

Papanui Ward, but the Innes 

Ward’s community forms a core 

part of my upbringing and is 

the community where I feel 

at home. A vote for youth is a 

vote to secure our community’s 

future. 

Garry Neale 

Independent 

My principal 



area. 

If elected I 

will do my best 

to promote the interests of the 

residents in the community. I 

have helped residents in my area 

when approached. I served in the 

New Zealand Armed Forces for 

22.5 years. During this time I was 

trained in leadership, managing a 

warehouse and being an effective 

member of the Armed Forces. 

I received the Long Service and 

Good Conduct Medal and the 

New Zealand Service Defence 

Medal. I ran a scout troop for 

three years and was a budget 

advisor for five years. 

After leaving the army I 

operated a commercial cleaning 

service for approximately 16 

years and then managed a 

commercial cleaning service, as 

manager, for three years before 

retiring in March 2020. 

Mahlon 

Saumalu 

Independent 

My principal 



Ward area. 

Talofa lava! 

My name is Mahlon Saumalu. 

I am grateful to be one of your 

candidates for the Community 

Board in the Innes Ward here 

in Ōtautahi/Christchurch. I was 

born and raised here in Christchurch 

and am a proud community 

member. My teenage years were 

spent living in the area as I had 

attended Papanui High, graduating 

in 2015. I work locally at an 

organisation named VOYCE 

Whakarongo Mai – the national 

independent advocacy agency for 

children and young people in the 

State Care System. 

My job is largely making sure 

that the voices of our young 

people in state care are heard by 

amplifying their voices. So rest 

assured, I have a lot of experiencing 

advocating for others as I’d 

now advocate for the community 

voice on the board! 

Although a lot of my life is 

spent in the local ward and 

community, I currently reside in 

Waimairi Beach. 

Mark Wilson 

Independent 

Voice for Innes 

My principal 



area. 

Committed, 

active and a true local, I am asking 

for your vote to our Innes 

Community Board. 

I am focused on giving honest 

and truthful representation of 

our community. As an invested 

Innes resident I am motivated 

to see real pragmatic action on 

issues where our needs have 

been ignored or sidelined, some 

examples being storm water 

drains, the rebuild of the Shirley 

Community Centre, and the 

ongoing prioritising of commuting 

traffic over all aspects of our 

community’s safety. Now more 

than ever with increased financial 

pressures on the horizon for 

Christchurch, we must prioritise 

funding for projects that actually 

benefit our community and stop 

wasting resources on bureaucracy. 

I continue to be involved 

in numerous community groups 

and committees, ranging from 

work place representation to 

community activation, empowerment 

and sustainability. 

I’d appreciate your support 

for election onto the community 

board, delivering for Innes. 

When we all 

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2023 Census, 

we all count. 

Tuesday 7 March is our chance 

to represent ourselves, our 

families, whānau, communities 

and cultures. Census gives us 

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and streets. Learn more at 

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Using less water encouraged during heatwave 

PEOPLE ARE being urged to 

reduce their water use with hot 

and dry conditions forecast for 

the coming weeks. 

Water demand in Christchurch 

is increasing, and at peak times 

there’s already pressure on the 

water supply network. 

Said city 

council head 

of three 

waters Helen 

Beaumont: “In 

previous 

Helen 

Beaumont 

years we’ve 

seen extreme 

pressure on the 

Christchurch 

water supplies when 

temperatures have increased, 

and we’re expecting that could 

happen again in the coming days 

and weeks. 

“To help ease the burden on 

our water supply network we’re 

asking residents to be extra 

mindful of their water use as 

temperatures increase.” 

She said irrigation systems and 

unsupervised sprinklers use a lot 

of water. 

“To reduce your outdoor water 

use we suggest watering for three 

to five minutes every second day 

with a hose or watering can. 

“This is enough to keep plants 

in good condition throughout 

the hottest months. Watering 

early in the morning or after 

9pm means the water is absorbed 

by the soil instead of evaporated 

by the heat.” 

HELPING HAND: Conserve water on hot days with these 

top tips, including watering the garden in the morning 

and doing fast washes. 

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Beaumont said if water 

restrictions are needed later in 

the summer, it won’t be because 

of the risk of running out of 

water; it’ll be to ease the pressure 

on the water supply network. 

“During hot weather demand 

increases dramatically and we 

struggle to get enough water 

through the pipes and into our 

reservoirs. If we can’t keep the 

reservoirs filled, water pressure 

drops across the network,” she 

said. 

“Having enough water in the 

reservoirs is also essential for 

fire-fighting, so pressure on the 

water supply network can put us 

at risk in emergency situations. 

“We’re doing our best to lead 

by example and have a leak 

detection programme underway 

to reduce the amount of wasted 

water leaking from council 

pipes. 

“We’re also working directly 

with commercial and residential 

customers with leaks to help get 

them sorted and avoid excess 

water use charges.” 


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Morning time? Watering 

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Shorten your shower - Keep 

your showers short and sweet. 

Use a timer or match the 

length of your shower with 

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Slow the flow - Older showerheads 

often use a lot more 

water than needed. Replacing 

it with a modern, low flow 

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out on water pressure! 

Seek the leak - Dripping 

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leaky pipes can waste a lot of 

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your water meter. 

Be a one-load wonder - 

Washing a full load of laundry 

is the most water-efficient way 

to do your laundry. 

Contain the rain -Installing 

a rainwater tank is a simple 

process and provides another 

water source. 

It’s written in the starrating 

- When buying 

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Diversely delicious Buddha bowls 

To have a healthy body we 

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Job’s tears, shiitake and 

tofu Buddha bowl with 

tamari and ginger sauce 

Ingredients 

1 cup Job’s tears 

200g block of tofu (firm or soft, 

but not silky tofu) 

1 packet of sliced dried shiitake 

or 8 whole fresh — sliced, (2 

mushrooms per serve) 

1 broccoli, divided into florets 

3cm finger of fresh ginger 

Fresh coriander 

Tamari (wheat-free naturally 

brewed soy sauce) 

Sprouts (Mung bean, alfalfa, 

broccoli or pea sprouts) 

Chilli (optional) 

Directions 

To cook Job’s tears, place in a 

medium-sized pot, rinse in cold 

water then toast the grains in the 

pan, top up with water at least 

1cm above the grains and bring 

to the boil with the lid on. 

Once boiling, turn heat to 

med/low (check that it is not too 

low, so the grain is still cooking). 

Continue to cook on low for 40- 

ORGANIC: To prepare the Buddha bowls, cook and chop 

all the different components and ingredients in advance 

then put it all together. PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIEN 

50 minutes until the grains are al 

dente. 

To prepare the tofu, take the 

tofu out of its packet, drain the 

water, wrap in a tea towel and set 

aside. 

Prepare the marinade by 

combining ⅓ cup of water, ⅓ 

cup tamari soy sauce, 4 slices of 

fresh ginger and 1 clove garlic. 

Cut the tofu into cubes and 

shallow-fry in a hot pan. When 

crispy on all sides pop tofu into 

the marinade while still hot. 

Drain the shiitake, conserving 

the water, and place in the pan 

you used for the tofu. Add the 

soak-water a little at a time, 

keeping the mushrooms covered. 

Cook until tender and set aside. 

Prepare the sauce by using the 

marinade from the tofu, whisk it 

with a little sesame oil. 

Dry-roast sunflower seeds, 

pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds 

for toppings. 

Cut the broccoli into 

individual florets, steam, and set 

aside. 

Now assemble the Buddha 

bowl. First place the grain on 

the bottom of the bowl and pile 

it a little more in one half of the 

bowl so it is visible when all 

other ingredients are added. 

Place the broccoli next to 

the mound of grain, then place 

the tofu and shiitake. Top with 

sprouts and the seeds, drizzle 

with some sauce, saving some 

extra to top-up as you eat at the 

table. 

Broad bean and millet 

Buddha bowl with harissa 

tahini sauce 

Ingredients 

1 cup hulled millet 

⅔ cup broad beans – shelled 

and steamed 

⅔ cup steamed edamame 

⅛ cup olive oil 

1 tomato cubed, 1 avocado 

peeled and cubed, ½ red onion 

thinly sliced. Mix and season 

with olive oil, salt and pepper. 

2 Tbsp tahini 

1 Tbsp of lemon juice 

½ tsp salt 

1 tsp harissa 

Some fresh basil, chopped 

Directions 

Cook the millet: Place in a 

medium sized saucepan, cover 

with water (1cm over the grain) 

and bring to the boil. Turn the 

heat down and simmer with the 

lid tilted until water has been 

soaked up. Turn heat off, place 

the lid on and set aside for 10 

minutes. 

Mix the edamame and broad 

beans with a little olive oil and 

salt and pepper. 

To make the sauce, place 

tahini and lemon juice and 

salt in a small bowl, add ⅛ cup 

water and whisk to make a 

paste. Keep adding spoonfuls of 

water to create a smooth sauce 

consistency. 

Add the harissa and taste – 

add salt if needed. 

Assemble the bowl, starting 

with the millet. Add the beans 

on one side and the avocado and 

tomato salad on the other. Top 

with tahini sauce and sprinkle 

with fresh basil. 

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once? 

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letters, including plurals, can you make 

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nuns, nut, nuts, san, sat, stun, sun, SUNTAN, tan, 

word. tans, tau, tun, tuna, tunas, tuns. 

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23. Trudge (7) 

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25. Figure of speech (6) 

26. Layers of rock (6) 

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10. Alumnus, 11. Towards, 

12. Planet, 15. Serene, 16. 

Relaxed, 17. Even, 18. Cyst, 

19. Built-in, 20. Apse, 22. 

Stab, 25. Surplus, 27. Crisis, 

28. Strain, 31. Sopping, 32. 

Example, 33. Briefs, 34. 

Shades. 

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Banner, 4. Rash, 5. Mate, 

6. Bawled, 7. Largely, 8. 

Sample, 9. Assert, 13. 

Tenuous, 14. Wallops, 

15. Serious, 20. Accost, 

21. Skipper, 23. Traipse, 

24. Banter, 25. Simile, 26. 

Strata, 29. Ages, 30. Fees. 

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gulp, gun, leg, leu, lug, luge, 

lune, lung, lunge, peg, pen, 

plug, PLUNGE, pug, pul, 

pule, pun, unpeg. 

Sudoku


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