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Thursday <strong>March</strong> 9 <strong>2023</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
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8 9<br />
10 11<br />
286<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
186<br />
6<br />
T L I<br />
N L E<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
16<br />
17 18<br />
19<br />
20 21 22 23 24<br />
many 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 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22<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 185: AERIAL, ail, air, ala, alar, ale, are, area,<br />
areal, aria, aril, ear, earl, era, ira, ire, lair, lea, lei, liar,<br />
word. lie, lira, lire, rail, rale, real, REALIA, rial, riel, rile.<br />
Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Handy (6)<br />
5. Oppose (6)<br />
10. Ailment (7)<br />
11. Reluctantly approve (7)<br />
12. Foot arch (6)<br />
15. Desolate (6)<br />
16. Sports official (7)<br />
17. Blokes (4)<br />
18. Clutter (4)<br />
19. Relating to sight (7)<br />
20. Swindle (4)<br />
22. Tread (4)<br />
25. Garments (7)<br />
27. Dessert (6)<br />
28. Weaken, hinder (6)<br />
31. Projectile (7)<br />
32. Stirs up, inflames (7)<br />
33. Adjourn (6)<br />
34. Urban road (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Y C B P J G F A Q V D U I<br />
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E S N H X T W M Z O K L R<br />
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All puzzles copyright<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 />
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E V<br />
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T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz<br />
Down<br />
2. Ostentatious (7)<br />
3. Antenna (6)<br />
4. Endure (4)<br />
5. Risque (4)<br />
6. Icecream dish (6)<br />
7. Whip (7)<br />
8. Becoming weary (6)<br />
9. Racquet sport (6)<br />
13. Literary companions (3,4)<br />
14. Arbitrate (7)<br />
15. After the expected time (7)<br />
20. Obsequious (6)<br />
21. Performer (7)<br />
23. Warm and comfortable (colloq) (7)<br />
24. Make happy (6)<br />
25. Drift (6)<br />
26. Dish (6)<br />
29. Implores (4)<br />
30. Light glancing touch (4)<br />
SOLUTION<br />
No.186<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Useful, 5. Resist,<br />
10. Illness, 11. Condone,<br />
12. Instep, 15. Barren, 16.<br />
Referee, 17. Guys, 18.<br />
Mess, 19. Optical, 20. Scam,<br />
22. Step, 25. Clothes, 27.<br />
Afters, 28. Damage, 31.<br />
Missile, 32. Incites, 33.<br />
Recess, 34. Street.<br />
Down: 2. Splashy, 3. Feeler,<br />
4. Last, 5. Racy, 6. Sundae,<br />
7. Scourge, 8. Tiring, 9.<br />
Tennis, 13. Pen pals, 14.<br />
Mediate, 15. Belated, 20.<br />
Smarmy, 21. Artiste, 23.<br />
Toastie, 24. Please, 25.<br />
Cruise, 26. Saucer, 29.<br />
Begs, 30. Kiss.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
ell, ill, inlet, lei, lent, LENTIL,<br />
let, lie, lien, lilt, line, lint,<br />
LINTEL, lit, lite, net, nil, nit,<br />
tell, ten, tie, tile, till, tin, tine.<br />
Sudoku<br />
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different<br />
letter - there is a number for all 26 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 the out<br />
which letters letters you have are represented found, cross by them other off the numbers. alphabet provided.<br />
21 22 25 26 20 1 13 17 10 13 15 4<br />
7 17 1 4 10 10<br />
20 26 2 4 21 3 21 12 14 2 26 2<br />
25 6 23 10 1 14 21<br />
12 1 21 23 1 7 1 16 2 3<br />
26 3 3 10 21 3<br />
6 21 13 19 1 6 2 6 21 3 9 21<br />
G E T<br />
4 2 13 18 10 21<br />
14 6 21 5 26 8 26 12 11 14<br />
2 7 6 19 14 10 26<br />
1 21 13 12 26 1 2 6 10 19 12 1<br />
12 26 10 21 25 12<br />
20 25 6 10 3 7 1 1 11 1 3 24<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 />
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E<br />
T<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
G<br />
SOLUTION<br />
No.185<br />
186<br />
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D S K J Y U N I L A M F Q<br />
Z T B W C X G E R O V P H<br />
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5 6 8 22 13 8 18 4 13 17 5 6<br />
E<br />
25 12 24 18 25 10 7<br />
V<br />
4 2 8 3 13 4 16 19 12 19 8 2<br />
E<br />
24 20 8 4 17 18 25<br />
7 4 2 25 21 11 15 4 11<br />
17 8 5 6 2 25 20<br />
1 4 26 7 20 2 6 7 7<br />
21 23 2 13 6 20 15<br />
16 11 17 5 6 2 8 4 14 7 7 9<br />
13 7 19 8 20 4 19<br />
2 19 16 12 8 20 16 8 17 25 19 16<br />
6 16 20 1 11 11
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