Nor'West News: June 01, 2023

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Thursday June 1 2023
CROSSWORD
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298
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
198
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N U H
S M A
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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
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
once?
TODAY
Good 10 Very Good 13 Excellent 18
Solution 197: cod, code, coder, cor, cord, core,
cored, corer, cred, credo, crore, decor, doc, doe,
doer, err, ode, orc, order, ore, RECORD, red, redo,
word.
roc, rod, rode, roe.
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
Good 10 Very Good 14 Excellent 19
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25 26
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Across
1. Stifle (7)
5. Goods to be sent abroad (7)
9. Assists in crime (5)
10. From now on (9)
11. Act improperly (9)
12. Sample (5)
13. Lampoon (5)
15. Religious (9)
18. Resistance fighter (9)
19. Fertiliser from bird droppings (5)
21. Cinders (5)
23. Large retail shop (9)
25. Feeling unwell (3-6)
26. Invalidate (5)
27. Remains (7)
28. Queued (5,2)
Decoder
Down
1. Prison (colloq) (7)
2. Exaggerate (9)
3. Undue speed (5)
4. A practice or trial performance (9)
5. Weird (5)
6. Toy (9)
7. Religious ceremonies (5)
8. Resembling a dream (7)
14. Doorway (9)
16. Maiden (9)
17. Plain (9)
18. Beauty or charm (7)
20. Partially cover (7)
22. Exhales noisily (5)
23. Elk (5)
24. Blemish (5)
B J Z U W L X H N K Q E F
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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 the them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.
26 15 7 26 5 19 10
9 16 17 6 25 10 22 24 17 25 5 1
11 22 20 19 17 9 9
10 22 23 18 25 19 19 9 18 26 17 19
9 25 5 19 8 10
19 17 1 25 11 21 9 10 22 11
D
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5 5 25 3 9
3 5 13 2 6 1 14 6 25 3
2 5 10 5 6 6
4 6 25 25 3 19 9 1 6 10 22 25
4 7 25 9 9 7 9
25 8 25 14 6 2 18 11 19 9 10 12
3 6 8 22 23 19 1
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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O D G
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SOLUTION
No.197
198
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
V I K C O S E J T N F W G
U Z Y H D R L M X P Q B A
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
11 10 8 26 12 15
25 4 8 16 22 4 19 21 24 3 17 14
20 19 9 18 17 25 19
5 3 2 25 18 26 18 18 17 6 2
8 4 11 5 18
4 19 11 25 20 13 24 2 19 4 18 17
14 16 26 18 18
T O D G S R V Y A I C M P
8 8 11 26 19 2 19 11 22 18 25
26 19 20 11 1 1 20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
19 13 23 8 6 19 6 18 7 19 5 17
P U T
4 17 18 19 16 18
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
T U
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SOLUTION
No.198
26 2 18 11 25 13 19 6 18 11 25
Crossword
Across: 1. Smother, 5.
Exports, 9. Abets, 10.
Hereafter, 11. Misbehave,
12. Taste, 13. Roast, 15.
Spiritual, 18. Guerrilla, 19.
Guano, 21. Ashes, 23.
Megastore, 25. Off-colour,
26. Annul, 27. Residue, 28.
Lined up.
Down: 1. Slammer, 2.
Overstate, 3. Haste, 4.
Rehearsal, 5. Eerie, 6.
Plaything, 7. Rites, 8.
Surreal, 14. Threshold, 16.
Inaugural, 17. Unadorned,
18. Glamour, 20. Overlap,
22. Huffs, 23. Moose, 24.
Stain.
WordBuilder
anus, ash, ham, hams, has,
hum, human, HUMANS,
hums, man, mans, manus,
mas, mash, mun, mush,
san, sham, shun, sum, sun.
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