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Thursday May 11 2023
CROSSWORD
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295
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
195
6
M A S
Y L U
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
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
once?
TODAY
Good 14 Very Good 17 Excellent 21
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 194: into, ion, nip, nit, onto, opt, OPTION,
pin, pint, pinto, pion, pit, piton, poi, point, pont,
word. poo, pot, POTION, tin, tip, ton, too, toon, top, topi.
Good 14 Very Good 17 Excellent 21
19 20 21 22
23 24
25 26
Across
7. Lateral (8)
9. Doorway (6)
10. Split (4)
11. From that point on (10)
12. Pure (6)
14. Use for the first time (inf) (8)
15. Perspires (6)
16. Help (6)
19. Germs (8)
21. Go back on a deal (6)
23. Amazing (10)
24. Musical group (4)
25. Detest (6)
26. Tiny sliver of wood (8)
Decoder
Down
1. End (6)
2. Turf used as fuel (4)
3. Most distant (8)
4. Come into sight (6)
5. Vocation (10)
6. Cellar (8)
8. Verbal communication (6)
13. A fondness for sugary foods
(5,5)
15. Photograph (8)
17. Toil (8)
18. Tooth decay (6)
20. Raved (6)
22. Male goose (6)
24. Nemesis (4)
U P J F H Y K V W G A R O
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M Q N S T I L E D X Z C B
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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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
M
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
T E
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SOLUTION
No.195
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 out the
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.
8 10 12 24 21 24 5 8 1 20
C
24 14 24 24 24 1 24 11 8
U
4 14 13 5 6 5 7 8 4 9 19
B
8 6 3 7 15 24 4 18
7 24 12 8 15 26 9 6 14 1 26
7 15 22 25 7
15 26 8 5 25 19 25 6 4 2 14 8
25 26 13 3 14
26 17 24 21 26 14 25 17 6 4 18
16 24 25 26 25 23 15 14
8 6 20 6 9 3 24 15 15 8 25
12 18 24 4 8 8 7 8 25
5 25 6 3 22 24 25 9 7 19
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
C B
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
U
SOLUTION
No.194
195
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Z W B L P D Q O X R K N Y
U J T S G F A C H V E I M
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
21 11 14 9 11 20 20 16 12 14 21 20
11 22 21 6 21 14 20
20 14 25 21 10 10 14 20 21 6 20 23
21 12 8 5 20 23 12
M
19 14 14 26 12 23 25 23 2
23 22 17 20 12 3 24
20 15 23 20 7 11
E
T
18 1 21 9 2 13 21 9 2
3 22 2 5 21 9 21
21 24 21 12 20 23 2 26 23 12 2 7
10 2 1 6 23 22 24
23 4 20 14 12 20 1 24 26 21 20 23
Crossword
Across: 7. Sideways,
9. Portal, 10. Rift, 11.
Thereafter, 12. Chaste, 14.
Christen, 15. Sweats, 16.
Assist, 19. Bacteria, 21.
Renege, 23. Astounding,
24. Band, 25. Loathe, 26.
Splinter.
Down: 1. Finish, 2. Peat,
3. Farthest, 4. Appear, 5.
Profession, 6. Basement, 8.
Speech, 13. Sweet Tooth,
15. Snapshot, 17. Struggle,
18. Caries, 20. Ranted, 22.
Gander, 24. Bane.
WordBuilder
alms, alum, alums, amyl,
ASYLUM, lam, lams, lay,
lays, mas, maul, mauls, may,
mays, sal, say, slam, slay,
slum, sly, sum, yam, yams,
yum.
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