Western News: May 18, 2023
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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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CROSSWORD<br />
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296<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
196<br />
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S A I<br />
I E L<br />
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16<br />
17 <strong>18</strong><br />
19<br />
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How many words of three or more<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
from the six letters, using each only<br />
How many words of three or more letters,<br />
including plurals, can you make from the 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 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 19<br />
Solution 195: alms, alum, alums, amyl, ASYLUM,<br />
lam, lams, lay, lays, mas, maul, mauls, may, mays,<br />
word. sal, say, slam, slay, slum, sly, sum, yam, yams, yum.<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 19<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Soak up (6)<br />
5. Destructive grasshopper (6)<br />
10. Turns (7)<br />
11. Compartment (7)<br />
12. Arachnid (6)<br />
15. Hit (6)<br />
16. Tiresome (7)<br />
17. Fill to satisfaction (4)<br />
<strong>18</strong>. Twisted (4)<br />
19. Vocation (7)<br />
20. A dull pain (4)<br />
22. Flower (4)<br />
25. As well (7)<br />
27. Spoiled (6)<br />
28. Lines of poetry (6)<br />
31. Outline (7)<br />
32. Item of jewellery (7)<br />
33. Evaluate (6)<br />
34. Insult (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Between (7)<br />
3. Beginning (6)<br />
4. Party (colloq) (4)<br />
5. Deficiency (4)<br />
6. Fashions by hand (6)<br />
7. Diminish (7)<br />
8. Chippies (UK) (6)<br />
9. Fervent (6)<br />
13. Linked (7)<br />
14. Cut of meat (7)<br />
15. Eye protectors (colloq) (7)<br />
20. Sudden and unexpected (6)<br />
21. Atrocious (7)<br />
23. Grading (7)<br />
24. Unkempt (6)<br />
25. Central American country (6)<br />
26. Deprive of food (6)<br />
29. Tidings (4)<br />
30. Possessive of she (4)<br />
O Z H V Q G T A W E P B D<br />
14 15 16 17 <strong>18</strong> 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<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 out the<br />
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.<br />
17 2 8 10 5 1<br />
21 11 14 9 11 20 20 16 12 14 21 20<br />
11 22 21 6 21 14 20<br />
20 14 25 21 10 10 14 20 21 6 20 23<br />
21 12 8 5 20 23 12<br />
M<br />
19 14 14 26 12 23 25 23 2<br />
23 22 17 20 12 3 24<br />
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T<br />
<strong>18</strong> 1 21 9 2 13 21 9 2<br />
3 22 2 5 21 9 21<br />
21 24 21 12 20 23 2 26 23 12 2 7<br />
10 2 1 6 23 22 24<br />
23 4 20 14 12 20 1 24 26 21 20 23<br />
20 15 23 20 7 11<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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T E<br />
SOLUTION<br />
No.195<br />
196<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
M Q N S T I L E D X Z C B<br />
U P J F H Y K V W G A R O<br />
14 15 16 17 <strong>18</strong> 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
10 26 23 6 2 10 8 14 19 2 7 6<br />
13 20 25 2 20 20 17<br />
2 10 26 <strong>18</strong> 7 24 14 26 9 7 2<br />
2 6 6 14 7<br />
1 26 10 2 9 16 8 14 21 23 7 19<br />
26 6 23 10 6<br />
4 26 <strong>18</strong> 21 2 10 2 6 9 7 19<br />
C<br />
26 26 19 13 9 19 17<br />
U L F X M S Y K I C N R J<br />
A<br />
N<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
10 26 19 19 26 9 7 <strong>18</strong> 25 5 <strong>18</strong> 16<br />
4 2 11 5 3 21<br />
16 7 26 6 9 10 5 12 17 7 19 7<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 />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
C N<br />
14 15 16 17 <strong>18</strong> 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
A<br />
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SOLUTION<br />
No.196<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Absorb, 5.<br />
Locust, 10. Rotates, 11.<br />
Chamber, 12. Spider, 15.<br />
Strike, 16. Tedious, 17. Sate,<br />
<strong>18</strong>. Bent, 19. Calling, 20.<br />
Ache, 22. Iris, 25. Besides,<br />
27. Ruined, 28. Stanza,<br />
31. Profile, 32. Earring, 33.<br />
Assess, 34. Sledge.<br />
Down: 2. Betwixt, 3. Outset,<br />
4. Bash, 5. Lack, 6. Crafts,<br />
7. Subside, 8. Crisps, 9.<br />
Ardent, 13. Related, 14.<br />
Sirloin, 15. Sunnies, 20.<br />
Abrupt, 21. Heinous, 23.<br />
Ranking, 24. Shaggy, 25.<br />
Belize, 26. Starve, 29.<br />
<strong>News</strong>, 30. Hers.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
ail, ails, aisle, ale, ales, ilia,<br />
isle, lase, lea, leas, lei, leis,<br />
LIAISE, lie, lies, lis, sail, sal,<br />
sale, sea, seal.<br />
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