Selwyn_Times: December 13, 2023

Selwyn Times Wednesday December 13 2023
32
PUZZLES
CROSSWORD
CROSSWORD
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6
6
320
309
7 7 8 8 9
9
320
CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7
7 8 9
710 10 11
11
8 8
9
9 10
10 11
10 12 12 13 13 11 14
14
11 12
12 13 14
12 15 15 13 14 16 16 17
17
13 14 18
18
15
15 16 17
19 19 15 20 20 16 17 21 21 22
22
18
16 17 18 18 19
19 20 21 22
19 23 23 20 20
21 24
24
22
21 22 23
23 24
23 25 25 26
26
24
24 25
25 26
25 26
Across
Down
7. 7. Pertinent 26 (8)
1. 1. Part 27 of of the eye (6)
9. 9. Picturesque (6)
2. 2. Prison room (4)
Across
10. Knoll (4)
Down
3. 3. Innocuous (8)
7. Across
Across Pertinent (8)
1. Down
11. Puppet (10)
4. 4. Down Part
On land
of the
(6)
eye (6)
9. 7. . 1. Picturesque Pertinent Sibling (6) (8)
(6)
2. 1. 1. Prison Part Height of room the (7)
eye (4)
(6)
12. Lacking social polish (6) 5. Recurrent (10)
10. 9. . Picturesque Knoll Necessities (4)
(6)
(6)
3. 2. 2. Innocuous Prison Distorts room (5) (8)
(4)
14. Sample (8)
6. Lacking energy or or enthusiasm (8)
11. 10. 9. Puppet Knoll Bundle (4)
(10) of hay (4)
4. 3. 3. On Innocuous Line land around (6)
(8)
15. Cadaver (6)
8. Soundly defeat Earth (6)
(7)
12. 11. 1. 10. Lacking Puppet Without (10)
social help polish (10)
(6) 5. 4. 5. Recurrent On Respond land (6)
16. __ and gentleman (6)
13. Exchange (10) (6) letters (10)
14. 12. 11. Sample Lacking Reddish (8) social brown polish (6)
(6)
6. 5. 6. Lacking Recurrent Bankrupt energy (10)
19. Abandoned (8)
15. Optimistic (9) (8)
or enthusiasm (8)
15. 14. 12. Cadaver Sample Unnecessary (8)
(6) (8)
8. 6. Soundly Lacking Relative defeat energy by marriage (6)
or enthusiasm (7)
(8)
21. Stable (6)
17. Pyromaniac (8)
16. 15. 13. __ Cadaver Stone and gentleman fruit (6) (9) (6)
13. 8. Soundly Exchange Bothersome defeat letters person (6)
23. Ratio (10)
18. Central area of of a (10)
building (4,2,3,4) (6)
19. 16. 15. Abandoned __ Epoch gentleman (4)
(8) (6)
15. 13. 14. Optimistic Exchange Medical (8) care letters (9)
(10)
24. Close up (4)
20. Burst out (6)
21. 19. 16. Stable Abandoned Assist (6)
in a (8) crime (4)
17. 15. 16. Pyromaniac Optimistic Eternal (7)
(8)
25. Root vegetable (6)
22. Numb (6)
(8)
23. 21. 17. Ratio Stable Deserted (10) (6)
settlement (5,4)
18. 17. 18. Central Pyromaniac Hide (7)
area 26. In error (8)
of (8)
24. Large block of of
a
stone building
or or wood (6)
(4)
24. 23. 21. Close Ratio Hold (10) up back (4) (8)
20. 18. 19. Burst Central When out area in (6) fact of (7) a building (6)
25. 24. 22. Root Close Mollycoddle vegetable up (4) (6) (6)
22. 20. 20. Numb Burst Between out (6)
(6) trot and gallop (6)
26. 25. 24. In Root Container error vegetable (8) (10)
(6)
24. 22. 23. Large Numb Swindles block (6) (5) of stone or wood (4)
26. 25. In Exclamation error (8) (4)
24. Large block of stone or wood (4)
26. Irony or sarcasm (6)
27. Population Decoder
count (6)
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
320
SUDOKU SUDOKU
SUDOKU Crossword
cep, clop, clue, col, cole,
cop, oust, cope, out, coup, outs, coupe, OUTSET,
COUPLE, set, oust, sett, out, cue, sot, outs, cup, sou, OUTSET, cupel, stet, stout,
leu, sue, set, lop, sett, suet, lope, sot, test, loupe, sou, toe, pole, stet, toes, stout, tot,
puce, tote, sue, pul, totes, suet, pule test, tots, toe, tout, toes, touts,
tot,
oust, tut, tote, tuts, out, totes, use, outs, tots, ute.
OUTSET, tout, touts,
set, tut, sett, tuts, sot, use, sou, ute.
stet, stout,
sue, suet, test, toe, toes, tot,
tote, totes, tots, tout, touts,
Across: tut, 1. Sister, tuts, use, ute.
Across: 7. Relevant, 4. Basics,
9. 9. Bale, Across: Scenic, 10. 7. Unassisted, 10. Relevant, Hill, 11.
11. Marionette, 9. Russet, Scenic, 12. 10. 12. Needless, Hill, Gauche,
11.
13. 14. Marionette, Nectarine, Specimen, 12. 15. 15. Gauche, Aeon, Corpse,
16. Across: 16. 14. Abet, Ladies, Specimen, 17. Relevant, Ghost 19. Derelict, 15. town, Corpse,
21. 9. 21. 16. Restrain, Scenic, Steady, Ladies, 10. 22. 23. 19. Hill, Cosset, Proportion, Derelict,
11.
24. Marionette, 24. 21. Receptacle, Seal, Steady, 25. 12. 23. Turnip, 25. Gauche, Proportion, Ahem, 26.
26. 14. Mistaken. 24. Satire, Specimen, Seal, 27. 25. Census.
Turnip, 15. Corpse, 26.
Down: 16. Down: Mistaken.
Ladies, 1. Stature, 1. Retina, 19. Derelict, 2. 2. Skews,
Cell,
3. 21. 3. Equator, Down: Harmless, Steady, 1. 5. Retina, 23. Answer, 4. Proportion, Ashore, 2. Cell, 5.
6. 24. Repetitive, Insolvent, 3. Harmless, Seal, 25. 7. 6. Turnip, Stepson, 4. Listless, Ashore, 26. 8.
5.
8. Mistaken. Thrash, Pain Repetitive, in the 13. neck, 6. Correspond,
Listless, 14. 8.
Treatment, Down: 15. Thrash, Cheerful, 1. 13. 16. Retina, Correspond,
Ageless, 17. Arsonist, 2. Cell, 18.
Secrete, 3. 18. 15. Harmless, Atrium, Cheerful, 19. Whereas, 20. 4. 17. Ashore, Irrupt, Arsonist, 20. 22.
5.
Canter, Repetitive, Deaden, 18. Atrium, 23. 24. Scams.
6. 20. Slab. Listless, Irrupt, 8. 22.
Thrash, Deaden, 13. 24. Correspond, Slab.
15. Cheerful, 17. Arsonist,
18. Atrium, 20. Irrupt, 22.
Deaden, 24. Slab.
Crossword
Crossword
WordBuilder
WordBuilder
WordBuilder
WordBuilder
Sudoku
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 1 to to 9.
9.
Every row, column and box should
contain Every Every row, the row, digits column 1 to and and 9.
box box should should
contain the the digits digits 1 to to 19.
to 9. 9.
DECODER
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
220
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
6
220 6
220 220
T S O
TP T S E O
U
TC EO UL
209 6
220
words of of of three or or or more letters,
How including
many
plurals,
words
can you
of
make
three
from
or
the the
more
six
six
letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No No you foreign
make
words or or or words beginning with at at a capital are
from allowed.
the There's
six letters,
words of at three least or one
using
more six-letter
each
letters, word.
only
How
including once?
many
plurals,
words
can TODAY you of
make
three
from
or
the
more
six
of of three or more letters,
How words 15 can you
of 19
make three from the
more 23
of three or more letters,
letters, How Good using including 15 each Very letter Good plurals, only 19 once? Excellent can No you foreign 23
including No words many
plurals, beginning words
can you
of
make
three with from a or capital the
more
six six
make are
words or words using beginning
each with a only once? capital are
from No foreign
letters, allowed.
Solution the using 219: words There's
including six There’s each lop, letters, lope, words at least
plurals, LOPPER,
at only one
using least once? lore, six-letter
can each one
ore, No
with a capital word.
you pep, foreign six-letter only make
words per, plop, words pole, pop, beginning pope, pore, with prep, a capital pro, are prop,
are
once?
from
allowed. word. PROPEL, from the rep, the
There's six roe, six letters,
at role, at TODAY
least at rope.
least one
using
one six-letter each each word.
only
word.
only
No once?
Good words 15 beginning Very Good
TODAY
19 Excellent 23
TODAY
with a capital are
allowed.
Solution
No Good No Good words Good
219: 10 10 15 There’s
lop, 12 beginning Very lope, Very Good LOPPER,
at Good least 19 14 with lore,
15 with Excellent Excellent
one Excellent a
ore, capital
pep,
a six-letter
2320
20
19
are are
per, plop, pole, pop, pope, pore, prep, pro, prop,
word.
Solution Solution 219: 208: lop, ceil, lope, clef, LOPPER, elf, at elk, lore,
least FICKLE, ore, PROPEL, allowed. rep, There’s roe, role, rope. at least one one fie, pep,
six-letter file, fleck,
per, flick, plop, ice, pole, ilk, pop, lei, lek, pope, lice, pore, lick, lie, prep, life, pro, like.
prop,
word. PROPEL, rep, roe, role, rope.
letters, including plurals, can you make
letters, including plurals, can you make
word.
Good 10 Very Good 14 Excellent 20
Good Good 109 Very Good 14 13 Excellent 20 18
Each number represents a a different letter of of the alphabet. Write the
DECODER
given letters into all all squares with matching numbers. Now work out
DECODER
which letters are represented by by the other numbers.
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the
given Each Each letters number number into represents all squares a different a with different matching letter letter of numbers. of the the alphabet. Now work Write Write out the the
which given given letters letters are into into represented all all squares squares with by with the matching other numbers. Now Now work work out out
which which letters letters are are represented by by the the other other numbers.
Decoder
Decoder
Decoder
Sudoku
Sudoku
Sudoku
All All puzzles copyright
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz
All puzzles copyright
All puzzles copyright
T H E P U ZAll Zpuzzles L Ecopyright
C O M P A N Y
T
T H
H E
E P
P U Z L E C O M P A N www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz
U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y
Y
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz
Charitable Trust
DRIVER EDUCATION
TO FIND OUT WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY GO TO
www.proactivedrive.org.nz