Selwyn_Times: June 28, 2023

30 Selwyn Times Wednesday June 28 2023
CROSSWORD
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9
10 11
297
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
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197
6
D E R
O C R
12 13
14 15 16 17 18
words of three or more letters,
How many words of three or more
including plurals, can you make from the 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 16 Very Good 20 Excellent 24
Solution 196: ail, ails, aisle, ale, ales, ilia, isle, lase,
lea, leas, lei, leis, LIAISE, lie, lies, lis, sail, sal, sale,
word. sea, seal.
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 16 Very Good 20 Excellent 24
19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26
27 28
29
Across
1. Easily influenced (14)
10. Spokes in a wheel (5)
11. Important event/stage (9)
12. Permeate (7)
13. Windpipe (7)
14. Old-fashioned (5)
16. Angered by an injustice (9)
19. Helix (9)
20. Terminate (5)
22. Very old (7)
25. Rubbish (7)
27. For each person (L) (3,6)
28. Conceit (5)
29. A celebration of 60 years (7,7)
Decoder
Down
2. Arbitrator (9)
3. Indian yoghurt dish (5)
4. Wine waiter (9)
5. Small waterway (5)
6. Longing for the past (9)
7. Soup
8. Graceful (7)
9. Complained (colloq) (6)
15. A bold outlaw (9)
17. Demote (9)
18. Worship (9)
19. Applauded (7)
21. Wobble (6)
23. Approximately (L) (5)
24. Attempted (5)
26. Swift (5)
U Z Y H D R L M X P Q B A
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V I K C O S E J T N F W G
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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
O D G
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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SOLUTION
No.197
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.
11 7 7 20 2 10 13 26 15 9 7 4
14 22 7 18 26 26
10 26 23 6 2 10 8 14 19 2 7 6
13 20 25 2 20 20 17
2 10 26 18 7 24 14 26 9 7 2
C
A
N
2 6 6 14 7
1 26 10 2 9 16 8 14 21 23 7 19
26 6 23 10 6
4 26 18 21 2 10 2 6 9 7 19
26 26 19 13 9 19 17
10 26 19 19 26 9 7 18 25 5 18 16
4 2 11 5 3 21
16 7 26 6 9 10 5 12 17 7 19 7
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
N
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
A
SOLUTION
No.196
197
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
U L F X M S Y K I C N R J
O Z H V Q G T A W E P B D
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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
5 5 25 3 9
3 5 13 2 6 1 14 6 25 3
D
2 5 10 5 6 6
O
4 6 25 25 3 19 9 1 6 10 22 25
G
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
Crossword
Across: 1. Impressionable,
10. Radii, 11. Milestone, 12.
Pervade, 13. Trachea, 14.
Dated, 16. Indignant, 19.
Corkscrew, 20. Abort, 22.
Ancient, 25. Garbage, 27.
Per capita, 28. Pride, 29.
Diamond wedding.
Down: 2. Moderator, 3.
Raita, 4. Sommelier, 5.
Inlet, 6. Nostalgia, 7. Broth,
8. Elegant, 9. Griped, 15.
Desperado, 17. Downgrade,
18. Adoration, 19. Clapped,
21. Teeter, 23. Circa, 24.
Tried, 26. Rapid.
WordBuilder
cod, code, coder, cor, cord,
core, cored, corer, cred, credo,
crore, decor, doc, doe,
doer, err, ode, orc, order,
ore, RECORD, red, redo,
roc, rod, rode, roe.
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