Pegasus Post: March 30, 2023

8 Thursday March 30 2023
CHRISTCHURCH
CREMATORIUM
FUNERALS
CROSSWORD
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8
9 10
289
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
189
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I D O
B E C
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16 17 18 19
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 11 Very Good 14 Excellent 19
Solution 188: amp, ape, are, arm, ear, era, map,
MAPPER, mar, mare, PAMPER, pap, paper, par, pare,
pea, pear, pep, per, perm, pram, prep, ram, ramp,
word.
rap, rape, ream, reap, remap, rep.
letters, including plurals, can you make
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
Good 11 Very Good 14 Excellent 19
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24 25
26 27
Across
1. Sushi accompaniment (6)
4. Ploy (6)
9. Print error (4)
10. Conventional (10)
11. Unborn human (6)
12. Passage (8)
13. Canine swim style (3,6)
15. Girl (4)
16. Profound (4)
17. Boundary (9)
21. Horrific (8)
22. Minor setback (6)
24. Writings, printed work (10)
25. Reveal secrets (4)
26. Bitterly disappointed (colloq) (6)
27. Gradually diminish (6)
Decoder
Down
1. Expression of praise or
encouragement (inf) (3,2,2)
2. Buy a round (5)
3. Puzzled (7)
5. Ludicrous (6)
6. Finish (9)
7. Leather cloth (7)
8. Various (13)
14. Previous example (9)
16. Term of endearment (7)
18. Attain (7)
19. Teach (7)
20. Comfort (6)
23. Hawser (5)
D Z C F U N G L K Q W B P
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V E T M A O X H S I J R Y
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SOLUTION
No.189
24 17 4 2 24 13 11 14 2 4 22
Crossword
Across: 1. Wasabi,
4. Tactic, 9. Typo, 10.
Mainstream, 11. Foetus, 12.
Corridor, 13. Dog paddle,
15. Lass, 16. Deep, 17.
Parameter, 21. Gruesome,
22. Hiccup, 24. Literature,
25. Blab, 26. Gutted, 27.
Recede.
Down: 1. Way to go, 2.
Shout, 3. Bemused, 5.
Absurd, 6. Terminate, 7.
Chamois, 8. Miscellaneous,
14. Precedent, 16. Darling,
18. Achieve, 19. Educate,
20. Solace, 23. Cable.
WordBuilder
bed, bid, bide, bio, bod,
bode, BODICE, cedi, cob,
cod, code, deb, dice, die,
dob, doc, doe, ice, iced, obi,
ode.
Sudoku
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 the out
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off the numbers. alphabet provided.
25 18 9 13 25 6 14 13 9 26
B U S
18 18 6 12 3 6 24 2 21
12 2 26 12 6 14 18 16 2 2 2
9 26 22 10 14 26 6 14
3 6 6 22 5 14 14 10 16 3 20
9 4 9 6 2
5 7 2 4 2 19 11 18 3 3 2 14
10 14 3 9 12
12 16 21 10 23 18 2 1 10 2 9
17 10 12 18 19 3 18 16
21 5 4 10 14 9 18 4 4 2 12
6 6 15 2 9 12 12 26 5
24 2 26 5 24 19 9 8 6 26
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
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SOLUTION
No.188
189
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K S W J R M U Y B D V X O
N A I P C Z F E T L H G Q
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15 21 3 9 24 17 3 11 21 6 4
21 3 2 24 4
25 3 19 24 24 3 15 6 24 20 24 2
S E E
3 16 1 4 1
11 11 5 5 17 24 18 21 11 22 24
12 16 17 24 24 3 23
11 2 24 26 25 11 22 24 11 2 8 24
17 17 22 22 24 7
CHRISTCHURCH
21 21 9 11 22 2 12
CREMATORIUM
FUNERALS
22 21 14 24 22 17 21 7 10 24 17 13
4 21 17 11 9 6