Selwyn_Times: December 06, 2023

Selwyn Times Wednesday December 6 2023
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Down
7. 7. Pertinent 26 (8)
1. 1. Part 27 of of the eye (6)
9. 9. Across
Picturesque (6)
2.
Down
Prison room (4)
Across 10. 7. Across Pertinent
Knoll (4)
(8)
Down 3. 1.
Innocuous Down Part of the
(8)
eye (6)
7. 11. 9. Pertinent Puppet 1. Picturesque
(10) (8)
Sibling (6) (6)
1. 4. 2. Part On 1. Prison
land of the Height room
(6) eye (7) (4) (6)
9. 12. 10. Picturesque Lacking Necessities Knoll (4)
social (6)
polish (6) 2. 5. (6)
3. Prison Recurrent 2. Innocuous room (10)
Distorts (5)(8)
(4)
10. 14. 11. Knoll Sample 9. Bundle Puppet (4)
(8)
of (10)
3. 6. hay (4)
4. Innocuous Lacking 3. On Line land
energy
around (6) (8)
or enthusiasm (8)
11. 15. Earth (7)
12. Puppet Cadaver 10. Lacking (10)
(6)
Without social help (10) polish (6) 4. 8. 5. On Soundly 5. Recurrent land (6)
defeat Respond (6) (10)
(6)
12. 16. 14. Lacking __ 11. Sample
and gentleman social Reddish (8) polish (6) (6) 5. 13. brown (6)
6. Recurrent 6. Lacking
Exchange
Bankrupt energy (10)
letters (9) or
(10)
enthusiasm (8)
14. 19. 15. Sample Abandoned 12.
Cadaver (8)
Unnecessary
(6)
(8)
6. 15. (8)
8. Lacking Soundly
Optimistic energy Relative
defeat
(8) or by marriage
(6) enthusiasm (8)
15. 21. (7)
16. Cadaver Stable 13.
__ Stone
and
(6)
fruit
gentleman (6)
(9)
(6) 8. 17.
13. Soundly Pyromaniac Bothersome
Exchange defeat letters
(8) (6)
person
(10)
16. 23. (4,2,3,4)
19. __ Ratio 15.
Abandoned (10) gentleman Epoch (4)
(8) (6)
13. 18.
15. Exchange Central 14.
Optimistic
area letters Medical care
(8)
of a (10) building (6)
19. 24. (9)
21. Abandoned Close 16.
Stable
up Assist in
(6)
(4)(8)
15. 20.
a crime (4)
17. Optimistic Burst 16.
Pyromaniac
out (6) (8)
Eternal (7)
(8)
21. 25.
23. Stable Root 17.
Ratio
vegetable (6)
Deserted
(10)
(6)
17. 22. settlement (5,4)
18. Pyromaniac Numb 18.
Central
(6)
Hide (7)
area (8) of a building (6)
23. 26. 24. Ratio In 21.
Close
error (10)
Hold back
up
(8)
(4)
18. 24. (8)
20. Central Large 19.
Burst
block When
out area in fact
(6)
of stone a building or wood (6) (4)
24. (7)
25. Close 22.
Root up Mollycoddle
vegetable (4)
(6)
(6)
20. 22. Burst 20.
Numb out Between
(6) (6)
25. trot and gallop (6)
26. Root 24.
In Container
error vegetable (8) (6)
22. (10)
24. Numb 23.
Large (6)
Swindles
block (5)
of stone or wood (4)
26. In error (8)
24. Large block of stone or wood (4)
25. Exclamation (4)
26. Irony or sarcasm (6)
27. Population Decoder
count (6)
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SUDOKU SUDOKU Crossword
cep, clop, clue, col, cole,
cop, oust, cope, out, coup, outs, OUTSET, coupe,
COUPLE, oust, set, out, sett, outs, cue, sot, sou, cup, OUTSET,
stet, cupel,
stout,
leu, set, sue, lop, sett, suet, lope, sot, test, sou, loupe, toe, stet, pole,
toes, stout,
tot,
puce, sue, pul, pule
suet, test, toe, toes, tot,
tote, oust,
tote, totes, totes,
out, tots,
outs,
tots, tout,
OUTSET,
tout, touts,
touts,
tut, set,
tut, tuts,
tuts, sett,
use,
use, sot,
ute.
sou,
ute.
stet, stout,
sue, suet, test, toe, toes, tot,
tote, totes, tots, tout, touts,
Across: tut, tuts, 1. use, Sister, ute. 4. Basics,
9. Across: Bale, 10. 7. Unassisted,
Relevant,
Across:
11. 9. Russet, Scenic, 7. Relevant,
12. 10. Needless,
Hill, 11.
9.
13. Marionette, Scenic, 10.
Nectarine, 12. Hill,
15. Gauche, 11.
Aeon,
Marionette,
16. Abet, 12. Gauche,
17. Ghost town,
14.
Across:
14. Specimen,
21. 9. Specimen, Relevant,
15. Corpse,
9. Restrain, 15. 22. Corpse,
Cosset,
16.
9.
16. 24. Ladies,
Scenic,
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10.
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Hill,
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21.
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12.
23.
Census.
Proportion,
Gauche,
Proportion,
24.
14.
24. Down: Seal,
Specimen,
Seal, 25. Turnip,
25. Turnip,
15. Corpse,
26.
26.
Mistaken.
16.
Mistaken.
Ladies, 1. Stature, 19. Derelict, 2. Skews,
3. Equator, 5. Answer,
Down:
21.
Down:
Steady,
1. Retina, 6. Insolvent, 1. Retina,
23. Proportion,
2. Cell,
7. Stepson,
2. Cell,
3.
24.
3. Harmless, 8. Harmless,
Seal, 25. Pain in the 4.
Turnip,
4. Ashore,
neck, Ashore,
26.
5.
14.
5.
Repetitive,
Mistaken.
Repetitive, 6. Listless, 8.
Treatment, 1. 6.
1. 16. Listless, 8.
Thrash,
Down:
Thrash,
Ageless, 2. 2. 18.
Secrete, 3. 3. 13.
1.
13.
Retina,
Correspond,
Correspond,
2. Cell,
19. Whereas, 4. 4. 15.
3.
15. 20. 5. 5.
Canter, Cheerful,
Harmless,
Cheerful, 23. Scams. 6. 17.
4.
17.
Ashore,
Arsonist,
6. Arsonist,
5.
8.
18.
Repetitive,
18. Atrium,
8.
Atrium, 20.
6.
20.
Listless,
Irrupt, 22.
Irrupt, 22.
8.
Deaden,
Thrash,
Deaden,
24.
13.
24. Slab.
Correspond,
Slab.
15. Cheerful, 17. Arsonist,
18. Atrium, 20. Irrupt, 22.
Deaden, 24. Slab.
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of or of more letters,
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words There’s
lop,
beginning
lope, LOPPER, are
from
allowed.
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lore,
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10 beginning Very Good 19
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word.
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lick, lie, life, like.
letters, including plurals, can you make
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letters, including plurals, can you make
word. Good 10 Very Good 14 Excellent 20
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