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Winners are grinners
SIMON FENWICK might be 51
but he still wields a mean table
tennis bat.
Fenwick won the over 30s
title at the Otago table tennis
championships at the weekend,
and also made the semi-finals
of the men’s top event, the open
grade, going down to eventual
champion and top seed Nathan
Xu from Auckland, who has
been based at the University of
Pennsylvania.
“It was a very strong
tournament,” said Fenwick.
Fenwick, from Addington, has
been one of Canterbury’s best
known players over the years,
and is a former South Island
champion and New Zealand top
10 player.
He is now focusing on the
North Island championships in
Palmerston North starting today.
Meanwhile, Woolston
Concert Brass won the C Grade
stage events at the national
championships in Dunedin on
Saturday.
Tyme Marsters (flugel horn),
Sam Pinder (BBb bass) and
Raynor Martin (soprano cornet),
all from Woolston Brass, won
their solo events. Marsters
went on to finish third in the
champion of champions – where
all solo winners play again for
the overall title.
Woolston Brass was also third
in the A grade stage events and
won the street march. Drum
major, Todd Turner, was the
overall champion drum major.
Addington Brass was second
in the B grade street march and
third in the B grade stage events.
SOUTHERN
VICTORIES: Simon
Fenwick, 51, won the
over 30s title at the
Otago table tennis
championships at the
weekend.
Woolston Concert Brass (left) won
the C Grade stage events at the
national championships in Dunedin,
while Addington Brass placed in the
B grade.
Squash club,
community
centre
arbitration
date set
• By Heidi Slade
THE MT Pleasant Squash Club
has budgeted $15,000 for legal fees
to try and stop it being taken over
by the Mt Pleasant Community
Centre.
The club is in a legal dispute
with the centre after being issued
a notice to terminate its licence
to occupy the McCormacks Bay
facility, which it has been in for
more than 40 years.
Tit-for-tat letters between
lawyers acting for the club and the
centre have led to the notice being
put on hold until arbitration is
held between the two.
Southern View
can now reveal
arbitration will
take place in
November.
Squash club
members were
told at its annual
meeting Hamish
last Tuesday the Methven
$15,000 budget
would be taken from the club’s
cash reserves.
Two members raised concerns
using the money would be a
breach of the club’s constitution.
But club president Hamish
Methven said that was incorrect.
“It’s not in the constitution.
We can use club funds for legal
action,” he said.
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Matariki Food Market, Friday, 5-8pm, The Tannery, 3 Garlands Rd.
The atrium retailers will open late and from 5pm a collection of food trucks
will take up residence, turning the atrium into a communal banqueting hall
to celebrate the Māori New Year. Head along with friends and family and
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Sydenham Business
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Every Thursday, 11-11.30am
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Thursday, 1.30-3.30pm
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Monday, 2-4pm
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Thursday July 13 2023 3
Battle to keep airport on bus route won
• By Briar Allen
A PLAN TO remove the airport
terminal stop from a bus route
from Halswell that travels
through the western suburbs has
been scuttled.
Halswell
Ward city
councillor
Andrei Moore,
Environment
Canterbury
councillor Deon
Swiggs and the
Andrei
Moore
Greater Hornby
Residents
Association
have won
their bid to make sure the No
125 Halswell & Westlake to
Redwood bus continues to stop
at the Christchurch Airport
terminal.
The change was proposed by
ECan in April last year because
of a lack of available space at
the terminal stop before the
Covid-19 pandemic hit.
An ECan spokesperson said
it is not seeing as many bus
travellers stopping at the airport
terminal as it did before the
pandemic.
“Since there is currently
available capacity at the airport
bus stop, route 125 will continue
to stop at the airport.
“This is based on up-to-date
information on numbers of
tourists and bus operators using
the airport stop.”
DROP-OFF: A plan to stop the No 125 bus from going to the Christchurch Airport terminal has been dropped.
The spokesperson said when
tourism returns to the same level
as before Covid-19, capacity will
become an issue, but ECan will
address this as required and the
125 bus will operate as normal.
Said the spokesperson:
“According to data from recent
months, an average of around
1000 people per day use route
125 on weekdays, with the total
number of passengers for the
full month of June 2023 being
27,138.”
The bus travels through
Halswell, Westlake to Redwood
and stops at the Hub Hornby,
Russley, Christchurch Airport,
Bishopdale Village Mall, and
Northlands.
Moore said keeping the airport
stop means passengers have
retained access to the airport for
$2 or less.
“I was quite perplexed when
hearing the reason for the move
while I was looking at a mostly
empty bus terminal. I thought
it was totally silly to go near the
airport but not to it.”
Moore said he has caught the
bus many times. The airport
terminal stop was usually empty
and the bus would only stop at
the airport for about 30 seconds
before moving on, he said.
“I was told the bus terminal
area was at capacity and couldn’t
handle any additional routes,
but it looked empty most times
when I was there, so hence my
confusion as to why this stop
would be removed.”
He credited Swiggs for his hard
work.
“Many are not aware that
this bus route to the airport
is available to them, so now
hopefully it will get used more
now that people are being made
aware,” Moore said.
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Thursday July 13 2023
A BUSY WEEK
away from the clinic
Steve, Connor and myself recently
attended the NZL Veterinary Conference
in the Capital. My very first vet
conference, attending with my son. Was
a fabulous 3 days reconnecting and
sharing ideas with colleagues, learning
new medical treatments and more
about diseases, visiting the trade stands
and formulating our “wish lists”, and
spending time with Connor.
Steve tested Pomeranians through to
Great Danes, checking for diseases such
as:
• Distichiasis - an extra row of eyelashes
that are directed towards the cornea
(window of the eye)
• Cataracts - cloudiness of the lens which
is normally like a clear marble in the
middle of the eye
GOVERNMENT FUNDED: The Jobs for Nature scheme has provided $1.19
billion in Government funding over four years. ​
Nature work scheme
making a difference
I attended lectures on heart disease in
cats and dogs, airway disease ( BOAS)
in the Brachycephalic dog breeds,
anaesthetic regimes for cardiac and
respiratory patients, nutrition in heart
disease and the coughing dog. I actually
love being back in lecture theatre,
soaking up new knowledge, new
medications and what’s new in research.
In veterinary medicine you can never
know enough, and I realised early on
that to get the most of my job and help
as many patients as I can, I was going to
have to keep up the study and constantly
keep improving and bettering myself.
Which is what I have done for 33 years.
It’s the degree that just keeps on giving.
Steve also recently held an “eye testing”
day in Auckland, organised and run
by the Auckland Poodle Club. It was a
jammed packed, fun day, with 104 dogs
in attendance to have their eyes checked
by Steve for inherited diseases. Steve
started at 8am, finishing at 4pm with
only a 10 minute break. I joined as Steve’s
secretary, uploading patient details and
making sure the microchip numbers
matched the dogs.
• Retinal Dysplasia - the retina is the
“nerve” at the back of the eye that
collects all the visual information. Retinal
dysplasia with when the retina is not
formed properly when the puppy is an
embryo being formed
• Progressive retinal atrophy - a disease
where the retina starts to “die away”
when the dog is an adult. It is a little bit
like macular degeneration is people.
• Glaucoma - is an increase in pressure
within the eye caused by a blockage of
the internal drainage angle. This is nearly
always a nasty painful disease in dogs.
THE JOBS for Nature scheme has
provided $1.19 billion in Government
funding over four years to with an
aim to bring people into nature-based
employment and support skills training.
Mitch Thorn is one of a team of five
young people employed through the
scheme by the city council as part of the
Government’s Covid-19 recovery
package.
“It’s been a hell of an opportunity, we’re
really lucky I reckon,” Mitch said.
“The park rangers have got a lot of work
that needs doing and being able to have
five field crew put the hours in and get
stuff done on the ground has helped free
them up to work on other projects that
they wouldn’t normally have the time for,
which increases the conservation gain
from the wider team.”
Alongside him are Matt, Mackenzie,
Hannah and Georgia, who are all in their
twenties.
For 23-year-old, Mackenzie the variety
of her job is a draw card. Along with pest
plant control and animal control there’s
also planting, maintenance and habitat
restoration on the Port Hills and Banks
Peninsula.
Hannah was a summer seasonal ranger
at Bottle Lake Forest Park before starting
with Jobs for Nature in February last year.
She sees a future for herself in some sort
of conservation field work.
“Everything I’ve been doing is quite new
so I’m still learning all the different areas,”
she said.
Matt was also on a seasonal summer
contract before starting and welcomed the
longer-term position.
He enjoys wildlife and has since had
opportunities with city council ecologists
to do skink monitoring and bird counts
around Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere.
“Long-term I want to work with
wildlife in New Zealand. My wife is from
Zimbabwe so eventually we might end up
going there and I’d like to carry on doing
conservation work,” Matt said.
City council head of regional parks Kay
Holder said the Jobs for Nature staff had
been invaluable.
“The scheme has provided the
opportunity for 10 more staff to work
in Christchurch parks and natural
environments across the city. Not only
has this seen a great increase in plant
and animal pest control, planting and
maintenance, it has also given training
and learning opportunities to people who
will now be better placed to continue this
important work,” Holder said.
Steve has organised more clinics around
the country to eye test breeding dogs.
It’s very important for the specific breeds
and breeders that hereditary conditions
are identified are not passed on to future
generations.
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Thursday July 13 2023 5
‘Fight for the club’
• From page 1
Methven said the club’s
committee also got legal advice
on using the funds.
“Every club member is supporting
us to fight for the club.
It’s overwhelming how much
support we’ve got,” he said.
Community centre acting
president Debbie Wolff did not
respond to Southern Views’
questions, asking how much the
community centre has allocated
for its legal funds and if the
centre has funds available.
She said she could not respond
to questions due to the upcoming
arbitration.
“We don’t have any further
comments to make on the matter,”
Wolff said.
“There’s not a lot more to say.”
The squash club also passed
several amendments to its
constitution, which was written
in the 1980s, at the annual meeting.
“We’re trying to do our piece
to make it more modern,” Methven
said.
“We approved our changes at
the AGM. I now have to present
those changes to the community
centre at their next committee
meeting.”
The amendments include
decreasing the number of committee
members the club has
and adjustments to its timing for
its annual general meeting to coincide
with the modern financial
year, Methven said.
The community centre will
vote on the amendments.
Methven said he feared the
centre’s committee would vote
against the changes due to the
dispute, but said none of the
changes affected the centre.
The centre will also appoint
one of its members to sit on the
squash club’s committee.
Methven believes Paul Monk
LEGAL BATTLE:
The Mt Pleasant
Squash Club and
the Mt Pleasant
Community Centre will
go to arbitration.
is a likely candidate.
Monk is the president of the
Sumner Tennis and Squash Club
and a Squash Canterbury board
member.
“It’s inappropriate. It’s a
massive conflict of interest,”
Methven said.
Monk would not comment,
saying the only person
authorised to speak on behalf of
the community centre is Wolff.
400-plus goals to
help beat cancer
A ICE HOCKEY player has
scored more than 400 goals for
a good cause.
Ashton Whittle, 8, has so far
raised $453 for the Canterbury
West Coast Cancer Society to
help fund free services for people
with cancer.
Ashton took part in the
society’s Shoot for the Moon
challenge to score 384 goals and
raise $384. Why 384? Because
the moon is about 384,000km
away from the Earth.
The goals were counted during
his Saturday games for The
Spiders at the Alpine Ice Rink in
Waltham, at his weekly practices,
in his practice goal at home,
and on his air hockey table.
“Mum found out about the
challenge and asked me if I’d
like to do it,” Ashton said.
“I thought that would be fun
because I like shooting goals in
ice hockey.”
Ashton’s mum Anna Wilson
also plays ice hockey. She said
apart from Ashton’s great-aunt
having had cancer as a teenager,
their family has not been
directly affected by the disease.
“It’s good to try and do something
for other people,” Wilson
said.
Ashton started ice skating
when he was only two and has
played ice hockey since he was
four.
READY: Ashton Whittle plays
hockey at the Alpine Ice rink
in Waltham.
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challenge or sponsor Ashton,
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Thursday July 13 2023
Holiday Lego fun for all ages
CREATIVE: Adults and children alike have a go
at building with Lego Bricks at Hornby Hub,
including Lexie Hedley, 7, from Avonhead.
• By Briar Allen
AGE IS NO barrier
to letting out your
inner child at the Hub
Hornby these school
holidays.
The shopping mall has
set up a Lego Bricks area
for people to enjoy over the
last week of the holidays.
Along with plenty of bricks
to build with, Lego Masters
NZ season 2 semi-finalist and
House of Bricks co-owner
Rachel de
Vries has been helping out and
providing tips.
De Vries said the first day
was really busy, and positive.
“It has been absolutely amazing.”
She said she especially loves
seeing adults get involved.
“It is nice to see people being
creative, including parents
and caregivers, not just the
children. Everyone stops
past the play area, it is really
therapeutic and Lego Bricks
has changed a lot, say from 20
years ago. There is something
for everyone.
“It is different from what it
was – there is so much you can
do,” said De Vries.
“There is no wrong way to
build with Lego Bricks, it is
your idea you are building.”
Hub Hornby senior centre
manager Jason Marsden said
the community mall hosted a
creative, artistic and hands-on
event each year.
“This really ticks all of the
boxes. There has been an
amazing turn out here of adults
and kids alike, it is relaxing,
and it is cool to see people relax
here,” he said.
Marsden thinks the event
will only get busier as the week
goes on as it provides a good
opportunity for people to
come and go as they please –
especially as it is free.
“It is good to see people focus
on something that is more
tactical than technologicalbased.
We’ll definitely bring
this event back in the future.”
De Vries said House of Bricks
also hosts several community
events, such as smaller versions
ENTERTAINED: Cathy
Stevenson and her
grandson Malachy, 5, play
with the Lego while they
wait for a haircut.
PHOTOS: BRIAR ALLEN
of the Christchurch Brick Show,
and would love to get more
people involved.
“It is part of what we do to
inspire people to be creative,
and inspire creative children
to continue to be who they are
so they can go on to fill those
creative jobs.”
Cathy Stevenson lives just
down the road from Hub
Hornby and was enjoying the
Lego Bricks.
“We came here for a haircut,
but we had to wait for it, so
this was ideal to do while we
waited,” she said.
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open from 10am-2pm
today and tomorrow
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Canada debut on the cards
after big Wave season
REPRESENT: Sumner Wave winger Gabe Casey,
pictured here in the Wave’s 30-13 win over Burnside on
July 1, could make his debut for Canada in Tonga next
month.
PHOTO: TONY BRUNT PHOTOGRAPHY​
• By Jaime Cunningham
AFTER IMPRESSING at club
level this season, Sumner Wave
outside back Gabe Casey has
been named in Canada’s 32-
man squad to tour Tonga next
month.
The squad for the two-test
series was announced last
week. The uncapped Casey
was named in the team to tour
Brazil last year but did not take
the field.
Casey, 23, made his Wave
debut earlier this season.
He previously played for the
Toronto Arrows in North
America’s Major League Rugby
competition.
Casey, who hails from Ottawa
and studied at the University
of Victoria in Ontario,
started in all but one of the
Wave’s round robin matches at
centre or on the right wing.
The Wave face Sydenham at
Saint Leonards Square in the
Metro Premier plate semi-final
at 3pm on Saturday. They failed
to make the cup semi-final
after losing to New Brighton
25-21 in the elimination final
at the weekend.
Casey has also been involved
with coaching at St Andrew’s
College this season.
Tonga will use the two
Canada tests as warm-ups for
the Rugby World Cup in South
Africa from September 8 to
October 28.
Canada
will not be
at the World
Cup for the
first time in
the team’s
history. They
were knocked
Kingsley
Jones
out of
contention in
a 33-24 loss to
Chile in 2021. Chile qualified
with a 54-46 aggravate victory
over two tests.
Canada coach Kingsley Jones
believes the Tonga matches will
be a good challenge for his side.
“The Tonga tour is an
opportunity for us to play two
tough test matches and get a
look at some new faces with a
group of players who are very
committed to the sport, and to
furthering their rugby careers,”
he said.
Canada will have a training
camp and scrimmage with the
Fijian Drua academy before
taking on Tonga at Teufaiva
Sport Stadium in Nuku’alofa
on August 10 and 15.
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Thursday July 13 2023
Sweetness at start and finish of the day
Nigel Slater turns to
brilliantly colourful
rhubarb and chard for
two dishes that look as
good as they taste
Roast rhubarb with
porridge and oat crumble
Serves 4
Ingredients
800g rhubarb stalks
2 medium oranges
2 heaped Tbsp caster sugar
6 juniper berries
For the oat crumble:
75g plain flour
75g butter
A good pinch of sea salt
50g caster sugar
55g rolled oats
For the porridge:
400ml water
100g pinhead oatmeal
Salt to taste
Directions
Trim any dry ends from the
rhubarb and discard, then cut
each stalk into pieces roughly
5cm long. Pack the rhubarb into
a non-reactive baking dish. Preheat
the oven to 200 deg C.
Cut the oranges in half and
squeeze their juice into a bowl.
Stir in the sugar then press the
juniper berries with a heavy
weight to crack them open, and
add to the orange juice. Pour
the juice and berries over the
rhubarb and bake for about 30
minutes until soft.
Make the crumble: Put
the flour and butter in a food
processor and process to coarse
crumbs, then stir in the salt,
sugar and oats. Drop in 1 Tbsp
of water and shake the bowl
backward and forwards until the
mixture forms crumbs. Tip on
to a baking sheet and slide into
the oven, it can go in at the same
time as the rhubarb. Bake until
pale gold (about 20 minutes),
then remove and set aside.
Remove the rhubarb from the
oven while you make the porridge.
Bring the water to the boil,
rain in the oatmeal and stir for
3 or 4 minutes while it thickens.
Stir in a pinch of salt and divide
between 4 small bowls. Put some
of the rhubarb in each bowl, then
spoon over the rhubarb juice.
Scatter some of the crumble over
each dish of fruit and porridge.
Sweet, hot chard
I have had this as a side dish
for chargrilled mackerel and
with tempura-style fried broccoli,
but it is also good on top of
steamed rice.
Serves 2 as a side dish
Ingredients
For the dressing:
2 garlic cloves
1 stalk of lemongrass
2 hot red chillies
A small (40g) piece of ginger
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp light soy sauce
1 Tbsp lime juice
1 Tbsp fish sauce
3 Tbsp runny honey
400g chard stalks
3 Tbsp groundnut oil
Directions
Peel and crush the garlic to a
paste with a pinch of salt, then
scrape into an empty screw-top
jar. Peel away the outer leaves
of the lemongrass, then roughly
chop the tender shoot within.
Put the chopped lemongrass into
an electric spice mill or coffee
grinder and process to a dry
paste, then add it to the garlic.
Roughly chop the chillies and
add to the garlic and lemongrass.
Peel the ginger, then grate to a
paste and add to the jar. Add
the vegetable oil, soy sauce, lime
juice and fish sauce, then spoon
in the honey, tighten the lid and
shake to combine to a thin, syrupy
dressing.
Cut the chard stalks into short
pieces, roughly 10cm in length.
Warm the groundnut oil in a
large, shallow pan over a moderate
heat, then add the chard
stalks and cover with a lid. Let
the chard cook for 10 minutes,
turning the stalks over occasionally
until they are tender.
Pour the dressing into the pan
and toss the chard stalks in it.
Let the dressing bubble for 4-5
minutes until it coats the stalks,
then transfer to a serving dish.
– ODT
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Thursday July 13 2023 9
Manu Kōrero success
Whakamihi koutou to our rangatahi who
attended Manu Kōrero in Week 8. Manu Kōrero
(speech competition) is the biggest school event in
the Māori Academic calendar.
A special mihi to our mana wahine Denver Stirling
Cashmere hosted our annual
winter sports exchange with
Waimea College on June 13.
The exchange, first started
in 1959, ran for a number of
years before a large break,
before restarting in 2014.
It is a much anticipated and
enjoyed day on the Term 2
sporting calendar for all
involved.
Cashmere took out the
exchange 3-2 to win the shield
for this year.
Fantastic games were played
in a great competitive spirit. This
result means that the score is
now locked at 11 all for overall
wins in the exchange.
A huge thank you to all the
FSP world finalists
(Y12) who placed fourth in her prepared speech
and ninth in her impromptu, and to Kahutaiki
Calman (Y9) who finished seventh.
Ko Te iringa o Kahukura ko te korowai matauraka
ō tātou tīpuna.
Sporting shield reclaimed
The Future Problem Solving
World Finals were hosted at the
University of Massachusetts
this year. Cashmere students
Cashmere High School Sports Exchange participants, left, receive the
Shield from members of the Waimea College team.
participating met and mingled
with students from many
countries and a number of United
States states.
Cashmere High School World Final Results were:
Jasper Murray — 2nd Senior Team Multi-Affiliate Problem Solving
Naaomi Wilson— 3rd Senior Team Multi-Affiliate Problem Solving
Elizabeth Collecut — 5th Senior Team Multi-Affiliate Problem Solving
Ruby Geddies — 6th Senior Scenario Writing
Seamus Mirfin — 6th Middle Division Scenario Writing
Ellen Dougherty — 8th Middle Division Scenario Writing
We congratulate our students' achievement at the event.
staff and coaches involved, as
well as the Cashmere families
who hosted Waimea players.
Sky Harrington-Baker loses
his locks for a good cause as
part of this year's fundraising
effort for Leukaemia and
Blood Cancer NZ's 'Shave for a
Cure' event in which a number
of students participated. As
a school group we raised
$4896, with $2056 of that total
coming from Sky! It was great
to see everyone come together
for a great cause. Big thank
you to Cara Reid who did an
amazing job organising this
event.
www.cashmere.school.nz
Former principals of Cashmere High School from left (L-R) David
Turnbull, John Murdoch and centenarian Ron Chapman, with
Eccleton, the school's current principal.
Centenarian
celebration
May 17 was a special day
in which we welcomed back
to Cashmere, to celebrate his
100th birthday, former teacher
and principal Mr Ron Chapman.
During our Y12 Assembly, Mr
Chapman was acknowledged
not only for his impressive
milestone, but also for his life
of service. Mr Chapman was
joined by previous principals,
Mr John Murdoch and Mr Dave
Turnbull. Congratulations to Mr
Chapman!
Top performances
bring Quest trifeca
Term 2 has seen
Quest success for
our Performing Arts
students.
First up is Show
Quest where our
students presented a
wonderfully creative
piece that displayed the
incredible dance talent
that is being fostered
within the school. which
resulted with awards for
Best Choreography, Best
Use of Drama, and Best
Soundtrack.
In addition Lily
Dougherty, was named
Whetu Rangatahi, the Star of
the Show. And the best news
of all was that we were named
Canterbury Champions and now
move on to the National Finals,
awarded in September.
This was followed by the
Smokefree Rockquest in which
the band Sandfly won the
Canterbury Regional Finals
and have now been invited to
submit a video recording for
consideration to get into the
National Finals – good Luck!
Lastly, the Gala Concert was an
incredible end to a massive jazz
week at Ara Jazzquest.
The big news of the final
night was that the Cannonball
Collective won the Gold Award
First Place / Best Combo Award;
Best Vocalist for Amelie Devos;
Best Drummer for Nicolae
Didenco, while The Rests won the
Silver Award, and Soulstice the
Bronze Award and The Dominant
Seven the Bronze Award.

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Thursday July 13 2023
CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8
9 10
304
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
204
6
N U E
S I G
11 12
13 14 15
16 17 18 19
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
from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only
once?
TODAY
Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 21
Solution 203: amber, are, ark, arm, bake, baker, bam, bar,
bare, bark, barm, beak, beam, bear, bema, berk, berm,
bra, brae, brake, break, bream, ear, EMBARK, era, kame,
word.
kea, kerb, make, maker, mar, mare, mark, rake, ram, ream.
letters, including plurals, can you make
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
Good 10 Very Good 15 Excellent 20
20
21 22 23
24 25
26 27
Across
1. Break free (6)
4. Stroke lightly (6)
9. Scraps of cloth (4)
10. Large African animal (10)
11. Pester (6)
12. Rebuke (8)
13. Reliant (9)
15. Without (4)
16. Portal (4)
17. Respect (9)
21. Innate (8)
22. Natural ability (6)
24. Help (10)
25. Similar (4)
26. Gun dog (6)
27. Small waterway (6)
Down
1. Radiate (7)
2. Expenses (5)
3. Foretell (7)
5. Unprincipled (6)
6. Occur (9)
7. Marital partners (7)
8. Disturbing (13)
14. Fanatic (9)
16. Origin, beginning (7)
18. Plead (7)
19. Substantiate (7)
20. Mild and kind (6)
23. Depart (5)
Crossword
Across: 1. Escape, 4.
Caress, 9. Rags, 10.
Rhinoceros, 11. Hassle, 12.
Chastise, 13. Dependent,
15. Sans, 16. Gate, 17.
Deference, 21. Inherent, 22.
Talent, 24. Assistance, 25.
Akin, 26. Setter, 27. Stream.
Down: 1. Emanate, 2.
Costs, 3. Portend, 5. Amoral,
6. Eventuate, 7. Spouses, 8.
Disconcerting, 14. Extremist,
16. Genesis, 18. Entreat,
19. Confirm, 20. Gentle, 23.
Leave.
WordBuilder
gen, GENIUS, gens, genus,
gin, gins, gnu, gnus, guise,
gun, guns, sen, sign, sin,
sine, sing, single, snug, sue,
suing, sun, sung, use, using
DECODER
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the
given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out
which letters are represented by the other numbers.
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