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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, <strong>2023</strong><br />
• By Jaime Cunningham<br />
ST THOMAS of Canterbury<br />
College completed a dream New<br />
Zealand secondary schools rugby<br />
league campaign by claiming the<br />
national title in their first-ever<br />
finals appearance on Saturday.<br />
They beat St Paul’s College<br />
(Auckland) 12-6 in a thrilling<br />
final to go through the three-day<br />
tournament unbeaten.<br />
It was also the first time a<br />
school outside of Auckland had<br />
lifted the trophy since 2000.<br />
• Turn to page 9<br />
www.starnews.co.nz<br />
PHOTOS:<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
RUGBY LEAGUE<br />
St Thomas’<br />
now in the<br />
big league<br />
Specialist<br />
pool gets<br />
$400k<br />
grant<br />
COMMUNITY organisations<br />
have been working hard to<br />
fundraise for the Matatiki<br />
Hornby Centre hydrotherapy<br />
pool and they have now been<br />
given a helping hand.<br />
The New Zealand<br />
Community Trust has donated<br />
a grant of $400,000 for the pool<br />
which is set to open alongside<br />
a library and customer service<br />
hub, an aquatic centre<br />
with a lane pool, spa pool,<br />
toddlers’ wet play area and<br />
learn-to-swim pool set to early<br />
next year.<br />
The city council agreed to<br />
provide $2.5 million for the<br />
hydrotherapy<br />
pool, with the<br />
balance of $1.4<br />
million<br />
currently being<br />
raised by the<br />
Hornby Rotary<br />
Club and the Marc Duff<br />
Greater Hornby<br />
Residents<br />
Association.<br />
Association head of special<br />
projects Marc Duff said they<br />
applied for the grant to help<br />
them bring the benefits of<br />
hydrotherapy to Hornby.<br />
“We’re absolutely thrilled with<br />
the generous grant we received.<br />
It has really put a buzz in the<br />
community,” he said.<br />
• Turn to page 5<br />
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what’s on<br />
this week<br />
JP Clinic<br />
Thursdays, 9.30am-12.30pm<br />
Hornby Library<br />
A Justice of the Peace is on site to take<br />
oaths, declarations, affidavits and<br />
affirmations; to witness signatures on<br />
documents and to certify document<br />
copies. The JP can also witness<br />
citizenship applications, sponsorship<br />
applications and rates rebate<br />
applications. There is no charge for<br />
this service. JP sessions are held in the<br />
community centre next to the library.<br />
Drop-in Session with Hornby<br />
Ward Councillor Mark Peters<br />
Thursday, 10am-noon<br />
Hornby Library<br />
Mark will be available at the Hornby<br />
Library most Thursday mornings<br />
between 10am and noon, with<br />
community board members Sarah<br />
Brunton or Henk Buunk substituting<br />
if Mark is unavailable. These sessions<br />
are for anyone wanting to discuss<br />
local issues or ask questions they may<br />
have about anything city council<br />
related. Contact Mark to make an<br />
appointment: 028 409 5615 or<br />
mark.peters@ccc.govt.nz<br />
Story Time<br />
Fridays, 10.30-11am<br />
Riccarton House and Bush<br />
Join us for story time in the historic<br />
morning room at Riccarton House.<br />
Bring your tamariki and a gold coin<br />
and enjoy local books, bubbles and<br />
English Conversation Club Thursday, 11am-noon, Upper Riccarton<br />
Library The Conversation Club is a relaxed drop in group where anyone is<br />
welcome to come and practice conversations in English. This is not a class,<br />
but an opportunity to talk with others in English and meet new people.<br />
Great for ESOL learners.<br />
fun. No bookings necessary. Aimed<br />
at pre-school children (older siblings<br />
welcome). Even better, purchase any<br />
large coffee and receive a free fluffy<br />
from our friends at The Quarters Cafe.<br />
From Paper to Pixel Exhibition<br />
Every day until Wednesday 16<br />
Te Hapua: Halswell Centre<br />
An exploration of the local history<br />
content that has been collected,<br />
digitised and made available online by<br />
Christchurch City Libraries over the<br />
past 20 years.<br />
Knit ‘n’ Yarn<br />
Thursday, 10am-noon – Upper<br />
Riccarton Library<br />
Thursdays and Saturdays, 1-3pm – Te<br />
Hāpua: Halswell Centre<br />
Come along with your knitting,<br />
crochet or other craft project. Share<br />
skills and be inspired in our friendly,<br />
relaxing environment. All skills and<br />
skill levels are welcome in this social<br />
group.<br />
Zine Club<br />
Thursday, 3-4.15pm<br />
Upper Riccarton Library<br />
Learn about different zine-making<br />
techniques, meet other creators, and<br />
enjoy some arts and crafts. Whether<br />
you’re a poet, artist, photographer<br />
or none of the above – there’s a zine<br />
in you! Some collage resources will<br />
be provided, but we encourage you<br />
to bring along your preferred art<br />
medium or device if you have one.<br />
This is an inclusive club, open to<br />
intermediate and high-school aged<br />
students.<br />
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DWELLING: The basic three-bedroom home on an 1123sq m section on Glenmore Ave, Casebrook, sold for $597,000.<br />
Bidding war for quake-damaged home<br />
• By Nikki Preston<br />
AN UNINSURED Casebrook<br />
home that needs earthquake<br />
repairs has sold under the<br />
hammer for $597,000, stunning<br />
both the trustees and agents.<br />
Half a dozen property traders<br />
battled it out for the threebedroom,<br />
one-bathroom home on<br />
Glenmore Ave at the Harcourts<br />
Gold auction, with the eventual<br />
sale price exceeding the property’s<br />
RV of $580,000.<br />
Harcourts Gold agent Debbie<br />
Soper said the auction was a<br />
“cracker”.<br />
“For an ‘as is, where is’ in Casebrook,<br />
which we all sort of saw as<br />
being in the $400,000s, $597,000<br />
was just nuts,” she said.<br />
The bidding opened at<br />
$220,000, but most had dropped<br />
out by the time it reached the high<br />
$400,000s, she said.<br />
The auctioneer announced the<br />
property as being on the market<br />
at $500,000 and, by the time the<br />
bidding reached $540,000, there<br />
were just two buyers left.<br />
“Two people were really, really<br />
fighting it out and trying to get rid<br />
of the other one, and they both<br />
just hung in there as long as they<br />
could and the underbidder just<br />
couldn’t.<br />
“It got to the stage where it just<br />
didn’t make sense,” said Soper.<br />
The property was located down<br />
a long shared driveway, making<br />
access to the large 1123sq m section<br />
tricky, she said.<br />
It was in “original and raw”<br />
condition and even the toilet seat<br />
was missing.<br />
Some wanted to do up the<br />
property and resell it, while<br />
others saw potential in developing<br />
the land or adding a second<br />
dwelling. One bidder only<br />
viewed the property minutes<br />
before the auction and entered<br />
the room just as the bidding<br />
kicked off.<br />
“Not everybody wanted to<br />
develop that section either, most<br />
people were looking to repair the<br />
house, update it, and put it back<br />
on the market.<br />
“But the margin will be pretty<br />
slim to do that at that level, so<br />
you’ve got to make the section<br />
work really.”<br />
The trustees who put the<br />
property on the market after the<br />
elderly owner moved into a rest<br />
home three months ago were at<br />
the auction.<br />
Said Soper: “The trustees could<br />
tell this was insane . . . they held<br />
their poker faces really well.”<br />
She said the sale price was<br />
higher than recent sales on<br />
nearby Farrington Ave, where repaired<br />
properties in better condition<br />
and zoned for the desirable<br />
Burnside High School have gone<br />
for prices in the mid-$500,000s.<br />
A three-bedroom, onebathroom<br />
home with only<br />
an “as is, where is” garage<br />
on Farrington Ave sold for<br />
$565,000 in February, while a<br />
neighbouring property on the<br />
same street, which had been<br />
repaired, went for $550,000 in<br />
June. She said “as is, where is”<br />
properties “go really well” and<br />
the market overall is gaining<br />
momentum on the back of a<br />
steady winter.<br />
“I said to someone: ‘They are<br />
always selling for as much as<br />
the repaired properties at the<br />
moment. But it depends on what<br />
it is and where it is as well’.<br />
“To be fair having the big<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 5<br />
Hornby hydrotherapy pool underway<br />
• From page 1<br />
The trust’s national grants<br />
manager Ben Hodges said the<br />
community were crying out for<br />
a hydrotherapy<br />
pool, so it was<br />
an easy decision<br />
for them to<br />
partner with<br />
the city council<br />
to help make it<br />
happen.<br />
“We are<br />
Ben Hodges<br />
about providing<br />
as many people as possible<br />
with uplifting opportunities to<br />
participate in sport and active<br />
recreation. The hydrotherapy<br />
pool means even more people<br />
will be able to enjoy the fun<br />
and therapeutic benefits of this<br />
aquatic facility,” he said.<br />
Hornby Rotary Club president<br />
Paul Burns said bringing a<br />
hydrotherapy pool to the centre<br />
will have a huge impact on a lot<br />
of people in the community and<br />
surrounding areas.<br />
“Hydrotherapy<br />
pools are great<br />
for people with<br />
aches and pains<br />
or recovering<br />
from injuries,”<br />
he said.<br />
Burns said<br />
it is also a<br />
Paul Burns<br />
good option<br />
for beginner<br />
swimmers and anyone who just<br />
wants to relax in a warm water<br />
environment.<br />
“Rotary’s focus is to help<br />
support the needs of our local<br />
community and the trust grant<br />
has had a significant impact on<br />
completing this project.”<br />
Hydrotherapy involves the<br />
use of warm water for pain<br />
relief, relaxation and a range<br />
of treatments. The water<br />
temperature is usually between<br />
33-36°C, warmer than swimming<br />
pools which are typically kept at<br />
26-28°C.<br />
Hornby resident Angela<br />
Swinney said she is excited about<br />
using the pool after having had a<br />
recent heart attack.<br />
“The pool will enable me to<br />
do gentle exercise in a safe and<br />
supervised setting. I’m very<br />
proud of the greater Hornby<br />
community for all the hard<br />
mahi it put into making the<br />
hydrotherapy pool happen,” she<br />
said.<br />
Around the site, the brick<br />
work for the pool changing<br />
rooms and plant room have been<br />
progressing steadily and will be<br />
completed in the next few weeks.<br />
Currently the city council<br />
team are working on procuring<br />
furniture like couches, desks and<br />
chairs for the library and other<br />
gear for the site.<br />
POOL THERAPY: The<br />
hydrotherapy pool is set to<br />
open in early 2024.<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
Biggest fashion show yet at Hub<br />
• By Briar Allen<br />
THE ANNUAL Hub Hornby<br />
fashion show is set to be the<br />
biggest yet.<br />
Senior centre manager Jason<br />
Marsden said the fashion show,<br />
which was first held in 2019,<br />
will feature 13 runways and 119<br />
models, compared to about 70<br />
models last year.<br />
“It is massive this year. It has<br />
just grown and grown and gotten<br />
bigger every year,” he said.<br />
The show on <strong>September</strong> 14 will<br />
starts at 7pm and will be free to<br />
attend. About 200 VIP tickets<br />
are available which include a seat<br />
and goodie bag.<br />
Marsden said the whole<br />
community, from young people<br />
to seniors, will be represented on<br />
stage.<br />
“It not only features spring<br />
and summer fashion for the<br />
upcoming season from our<br />
fashion retailers, but the models<br />
are drawn from staff, friends,<br />
family and customers.<br />
“It represents and supports<br />
diversity, as well as the<br />
community we serve.”<br />
He said the show aims to get<br />
the community talking about it<br />
and wanting to come along.<br />
“There is such a positive energy<br />
with the fashion show that you<br />
do not get at traditional runway<br />
shows.<br />
“For us it is about recognising<br />
and celebrating people in our<br />
community who do so much for<br />
others.”<br />
The Hub also called for people<br />
to nominate someone they<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 9<br />
St Thomas’ dominate<br />
national schools squad<br />
• From page 1<br />
A large number of St Thomas’ supporters<br />
were on the sidelines for their second clash<br />
against St Paul’s of the tournament at<br />
Bruce Pulman Park, Auckland.<br />
St Thomas’ were first to score in the<br />
final, and followed it up with another try<br />
shortly after.<br />
Despite trailing early, St Paul’s managed<br />
to dot down for one of their own before the<br />
halftime break to close the gap to 10-6.<br />
A hard-fought battle followed in the<br />
second half, with both sides unable to<br />
score due to some impressive defence.<br />
However, St Thomas’ extended their lead<br />
with a penalty kick after a high tackle by<br />
St Paul’s.<br />
The two points would go on to be the<br />
only points added to the halftime score,<br />
and enough for St Thomas’ to claim the<br />
national title for the first time.<br />
St Thomas’ had only managed to make<br />
the semi-finals twice before this year, but<br />
never the final.<br />
But in <strong>2023</strong>, St Thomas’ form was<br />
evident not only in their results but also<br />
their dominance in the national secondary<br />
schools squad selected following the<br />
tournament.<br />
The school boasts nine players in the<br />
19-strong squad set to play in a fixture<br />
against the NZ Clubs squad on Labour<br />
weekend next month.<br />
Haeata Community Campus was the<br />
only other Christchurch school in any<br />
of the four tournaments last week. They<br />
finished 11th in the boys’ championship<br />
grade.<br />
National secondary schools<br />
boys squad<br />
Sio Kali – St. Paul’s College<br />
Maretino Kaloudau – St. Thomas<br />
of Canterbury College<br />
Sheldon Heywood – St. Thomas<br />
of Canterbury College<br />
Jackson Stewart – St. Thomas of<br />
Canterbury College<br />
Malakai Cama – Rotorua Boys’<br />
High School<br />
Quiann Feterikamafoe – St. Paul’s<br />
College<br />
Meihana Pullen – St. Thomas of<br />
Canterbury College<br />
Malakai Filippo – St. Paul’s College<br />
Noah Harmer Campbell – St.<br />
Thomas of Canterbury College<br />
Jason Salalilo – St. Thomas of<br />
Canterbury College<br />
Tepatasi Laumalila – De La Salle<br />
College<br />
Mikaele Ilaiu – Rotorua Boys’ High<br />
School<br />
Junior Sikuvea – De La Salle College<br />
Sosaia Latu – Otahuhu College<br />
Kalani P. Donaldson – De La Salle<br />
College<br />
Jeriko Fillipi Talisau – St. Paul’s<br />
College<br />
Zeke Faga-Iti – St Thomas of Canterbury<br />
College<br />
Ezikele Paulo – St. Thomas of<br />
Canterbury College<br />
Lenox Tuiloma – St. Thomas of<br />
Canterbury College<br />
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TOUGH: St Thomas' beat St Paul's College (Auckland) 12-6 in a thrilling<br />
final at Bruce Pulman Park in Auckland on Saturday.
10<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
St Margaret’s qualify for nationals<br />
after South Island schools final<br />
FOCUS: St Margaret’s centre Ellese Haigh keeps her eyes on<br />
the target in their 51-27 win over Otago Girls’ High.<br />
• By Jaime Cunningham<br />
AN EXTRA-TIME thriller saw<br />
St Margaret’s College go down<br />
to Columba College in the<br />
South Island secondary schools<br />
netball final.<br />
St Margaret’s had a dominant<br />
tournament in Invercargill<br />
and have now qualified for<br />
the New Zealand secondary<br />
schools tournament in<br />
Auckland, which starts on<br />
October 3, after the 30-28<br />
loss. Christchurch Girls’ High<br />
(third), St Andrew’s College<br />
(fourth) and Villa Maria<br />
College (fifth) also clinched<br />
spots at next month’s New<br />
Zealand tournament by<br />
finishing in the top five.<br />
But for St Margaret’s, who<br />
were last year’s national<br />
finalists, the final loss was<br />
a disappointing end to the<br />
tournament.<br />
They recorded an impressive<br />
3<strong>07</strong> goals across their first six<br />
games while conceding just 133.<br />
St Margaret’s met rivals St<br />
Andrew’s in their third playoff<br />
match in two weeks in the<br />
semi-final, which the red-andwhites<br />
won 43-31.<br />
St Margaret’s looked like<br />
winning the final last Thursday<br />
after taking a 13-5 lead in the<br />
first quarter. Goal attack Ivy<br />
Brown was a standout, injecting<br />
energy on attack and defence in<br />
the first half.<br />
Despite a number of<br />
opportunities for Columba, St<br />
Margaret’s managed to hold on<br />
to a 19-14 lead at halftime.<br />
Clean intercepts gained<br />
them plenty of turnovers on<br />
defence, but unforced errors<br />
saw St Margaret’s take 2min to<br />
get their first goal of the third<br />
period.<br />
St Margaret’s had possibly<br />
their lowest quarter score of the<br />
season with just six goals.<br />
But for much of the final<br />
quarter, St Margaret’s held onto<br />
their slim lead.<br />
Then Columba soared to a<br />
28-27 lead with 36sec to go on<br />
the clock. St Margaret’s were<br />
able to keep their cool, with<br />
Brown netting a goal to even<br />
the match. But it wasn’t to be<br />
for St Margaret’s in extra-time.<br />
They were unable to add to<br />
their score, while Columba<br />
went in front by two for the first<br />
time in the game.<br />
Meanwhile, CGHS faced St<br />
Andrew’s to decide third place.<br />
CGHS were reeling from a<br />
44-17 loss to Columba, and<br />
came out firing to finish third<br />
with a 35-30 win. The last<br />
spot at nationals went to Villa<br />
Maria, who beat Southland<br />
Girls’ 33-32 in a thrilling<br />
fifth place playoff. The four<br />
Christchurch sides now turn<br />
their focus to the national<br />
tournament at Trust Arena,<br />
Auckland, which starts on<br />
October 3.<br />
FINAL PLACINGS:<br />
A grade:<br />
2nd St Margaret’s<br />
College<br />
3rd Christchurch Girls’<br />
High<br />
4th St Andrew’s College<br />
5th Villa Maria College<br />
9th Cashmere High<br />
17th Rangi Ruru Girls’<br />
School<br />
18th Rangiora High<br />
26th Marian College<br />
32nd Burnside High<br />
B grade:<br />
1st Rolleston College<br />
2nd Darfield High<br />
3rd Avonside Girls’ High<br />
11th Lincoln High<br />
12th Hillmorton High<br />
15th Middleton Grange<br />
17th Riccarton High<br />
27th Ellesmere College<br />
•For the full results go<br />
to www.sissnetball.co.nz/<br />
draws-results-<strong>2023</strong>/Online-DrawResults<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
Back-to-back basketball titles<br />
• By Jaime Cunningham<br />
ST ANDREW’S College’s<br />
senior A girls basketball team<br />
have qualified for next month’s<br />
nationals after winning back-toback<br />
AA premier schools South<br />
Island titles.<br />
They met rivals Rangiora<br />
High in the final of the threeday<br />
tournament at Dunedin,<br />
winning 73-54. It came a week<br />
after the two teams faced off in<br />
the Canterbury secondary<br />
schools final – which St Andrew’s<br />
also won.<br />
Year 13 student Lauren<br />
Whittaker was once again<br />
immense for St Andrew’s in a<br />
final, scoring 20 points.<br />
St Andrew’s progressed to the<br />
South Island final after dominant<br />
wins over Nayland College<br />
(90-22) and Avonside Girls’<br />
High (85-33) in pool play. They<br />
beat Columba College 75-58 in<br />
the quarter-final before beating<br />
Kaiapoi High 82-41 in their<br />
semi-final.<br />
St Margaret’s College also<br />
secured a spot at nationals,<br />
which takes place in Palmerston<br />
North from <strong>September</strong> 25-30,<br />
after finishing third. They beat<br />
Kaiapoi 82-64 in the third-place<br />
playoff following a 65-48 loss to<br />
Rangiora.<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High lost<br />
83-66 to Columba in the playoff<br />
for fifth, but sixth-place nabbed<br />
them a spot at nationals.<br />
In the boys’ tournament,<br />
SHOT: St Andrew’s College successfully defended their South Island girls’ basketball title<br />
at the AA schools tournament in Dunedin last week. <br />
Christ’s College came up short<br />
in the final against Waimea<br />
College, losing 74-67. It followed<br />
their thrilling 82-81 semi-final<br />
win against St Thomas of Canterbury<br />
College. The two teams<br />
also met in the Canterbury final<br />
a week before.<br />
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champions St Thomas’ were<br />
unable to finish in the top three,<br />
going down 87-81 to Nelson<br />
College in a nail-biting thirdplace<br />
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COOPER MOORE came<br />
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title at the national age group<br />
championships.<br />
THe Clearwater golfer’s first<br />
round 67 at the Timaru Golf Club<br />
last week saw him take a two-shot<br />
lead over Ryan Xie (Remuera)<br />
who played at the NZ Open this<br />
year. Moore’s<br />
second round 71<br />
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going into the<br />
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him three shots behind Xie.<br />
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12<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
MEET THE Volkswagen<br />
Amarok, the German sibling of<br />
the latest Ford Ranger and an<br />
interesting alternative to one of<br />
our best selling Utes.<br />
This model-sharing arrangement<br />
between two of the heavy<br />
hitters of the car world, one hailing<br />
from North America and the<br />
other Europe, is an interesting<br />
alliance and precursor to other<br />
models expected to spawn.<br />
Unlike the current all conquering<br />
third generation Ranger<br />
current armed with something<br />
for everyone; a 15 strong line-up,<br />
comprising 2WD and 4WD versions,<br />
and the choice of single,<br />
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Volkswagen camp around the<br />
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Amarok owners in the form of<br />
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The high spec $88,000 Amarok<br />
Pan Americana being reviewed<br />
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The Pan Americana packs<br />
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The well-appointed and finished<br />
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There’s a classy, modern<br />
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The way this sizeable Ute glides<br />
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Ride comfort is outstanding both<br />
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During my limited and less than<br />
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consumption on road test 11.6L/100km, Value for money 7,<br />
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CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
9<br />
10 11<br />
312<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
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212<br />
6<br />
O A U<br />
T M N<br />
12 13<br />
14 15 16 17 18<br />
words of three or more letters,<br />
How<br />
including<br />
many<br />
plurals,<br />
words<br />
can you<br />
of<br />
make<br />
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the<br />
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once?<br />
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Good 16 Very Good 21 Excellent 24<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
from the six letters, using each only<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Solution 211: ego, eon, gen, gin, gip, gone, ion, nip,<br />
nog, nope, one, open, opine, peg, pen, peon, pie,<br />
word. pig, PIGEON, pin, pine, ping, pion, poi, pone, pong.<br />
Good 10 Very Good 14 Excellent 19<br />
19 20 21<br />
22 23 24 25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29<br />
Across<br />
1. Aurora australis (8,6)<br />
10. Sufficient (5)<br />
11. Ravenous (9)<br />
12. Tilts to one side (7)<br />
13. Etch (7)<br />
14. Picture (5)<br />
16. Rebuke (9)<br />
19. Apiarist (9)<br />
20. Relating to the eye (5)<br />
22. Outdated (7)<br />
25. Breathe (7)<br />
27. Appalled (9)<br />
28. Farewell (Spanish) (5)<br />
29. Innovative (14)<br />
Down<br />
2. Deliberate (2,7)<br />
3. In that place (5)<br />
4. Listen surreptitiously (9)<br />
5. Tend (5)<br />
6. Under an assumed identity (L) (9)<br />
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(3-2)<br />
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9. Daredevil (6)<br />
15. Medical procedure (9)<br />
17. Game bird (9)<br />
18. Gradually diminish (9)<br />
19. Powerful embrace (4,3)<br />
21. Fold (6)<br />
23. Freight (5)<br />
24. Scale (5)<br />
26. Pile (5)<br />
Crossword<br />
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10. Ample, 11. Voracious,<br />
12. Careens, 13. Engrave,<br />
14. Photo, 16. Reprimand,<br />
19. Beekeeper, 20. Optic,<br />
22. Archaic, 25. Respire,<br />
27. Horrified, 28. Adios, 29.<br />
Groundbreaking.<br />
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There, 4. Eavesdrop, 5.<br />
Nurse, 6. Incognito, 7. Hooha,<br />
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15. Operation, 17. Partridge,<br />
18. Attrition, 19. Bear hug,<br />
21. Crease, 23. Cargo, 24.<br />
Climb, 26. Stack.<br />
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AMOUNT, ant, atom, aunt,<br />
auto, man, mat, moa, moan,<br />
moat, mount, muon, not, nut,<br />
oat, out, tam, tan, tau, tom,<br />
ton, tun, tuna, unto<br />
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