Nor'West News: April 06, 2023

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Thursday April 6 2023
CROSSWORD
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290
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
190
6
V R E
I A N
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
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
once?
TODAY
Good 18 Very Good 23 Excellent 28
letters, including plurals, can you make
from the six letters, using each only
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
Solution 189: bed, bid, bide, bio, bod, bode,
BODICE, cedi, cob, cod, code, deb, dice, die, dob,
word. doc, doe, ice, iced, obi, ode.
Good 18 Very Good 23 Excellent 27
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23 24
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Across
7. Lucid (8)
9. Night-time restriction (6)
10. Fog (4)
11. Flawlessness (10)
12. Type of 16ac. (6)
14. Soak (8)
15. Make unhappy (6)
16. Luxury foodstuff (6)
19. Dreadful (8)
21. Dairy product (6)
23. Defiant (10)
24. Read quickly (4)
25. Decayed (6)
26. Spread or diffuse through (8)
Decoder
Down
1. Well-mannered (6)
2. Warmth (4)
3. Souvenir (8)
4. Emphasis (6)
5. Associate with (10)
6. Newspaper employee (8)
8. Push (6)
13. Below (10)
15. Framework (8)
17. Lineage (8)
18. Regain (6)
20. Fit in (6)
22. Barely adequate (6)
24. Prophet (4)
M F H R V S X I T J E U Q
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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 letters main grid, into all and squares the reference with matching grid. numbers. To keep Now track work of out the
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.
14 11 2 11 9 24 7 6 11 14 1
4 21 17 11 9 6
22 21 14 24 22 17 21 7 10 24 17 13
21 21 9 11 22 2 12
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
24 17 4 2 24 13 11 14 2 4 22
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.189
190
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E
S
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V E T M A O X H S I J R Y
D Z C F U N G L K Q W B P
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25 20 8 20 25 18
10 6 22 16 24 12 17 26 14 10 1 16
10 10 9 9 8 13 1
15 12 16 11 18 8 21 12 19 8 20
12 25 8 3 22
4 25 18 4 4 13 19 12 2 20 22 9
F L U
P D N O B L C Z G K A W Y
10 21 9 17 12
21 5 13 25 10 14 7 10 22 8 16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
15 14 10 3 8 22 14
18 22 25 20 26 8 25 13 14 18 25 25
25 18 8 20 12 12
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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F
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U
L
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SOLUTION
No.190
12 22 9 8 25 22 10 23 8 25 1 13
Crossword
Across: 7. Coherent,
9. Curfew, 10. Mist, 11.
Perfection, 12. Beluga, 14.
Saturate, 15. Sadden, 16.
Caviar, 19. Terrible, 21.
Cheese, 23. Rebellious,
24. Scan, 25. Rotten, 26.
Permeate.
Down: 1. Polite, 2. Heat,
3. Keepsake, 4. Accent, 5.
Fraternise, 6. Reporter, 8.
Thrust, 13. Underneath, 15.
Skeleton, 17. Ancestry, 18.
Recoup, 20. Belong, 22.
Scanty, 24. Seer.
WordBuilder
air, ani, are, ave, aver,
ear, earn, era, ire, naive,
NAIVER, nave, near, rain,
ran, rani, rave, raven,
RAVINE, rein, rev, rive,
riven, vain, van, vane, vein,
via, vie, vine
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