22 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2023</strong> CHRISTCHURCH CREMATORIUM FUNERALS CROSSWORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 327 SUDOKU Every row, column and box should contain the digits 1 to 9. WordBuilder WORDBUILDER 227 6 T U M N E I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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 allowed. <strong>The</strong>re's at least one six-letter word. once? TODAY Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27 letters, including plurals, can you make from the six letters, using each only No words beginning with a capital are allowed. <strong>The</strong>re’s at least one six-letter Solution 226: adit, aid, and, ani, ant, anti, bad, bait, ban, band, BANDIT, bat, bid, bin, bit, dab, dan, din, word. dint, nab, nib, nit, tab, tad, tan, tin. Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27 19 20 <strong>21</strong> 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Across 1. Very close, friendly (colloq) (5,2,7) 10. Command (5) 11. Oppress (9) 12. Thick fog (colloq) (3,4) 13. Degenerate (7) 14. Unearth (3,2) 16. Card game (9) 19. Change shape or appearance (9) 20. Search through hurriedly (5) 22. Begin again (7) 25. Speak ill of (7) 27. Laundry room (9) 28. Confess (3,2) 29. Soldiers held by the enemy (9,2,3) Down 2. Showy garden shrub (9) 3. Collector’s item (5) 4. Italian appetiser (9) 5. Weary (5) 6. Pioneer (9) 7. <strong>The</strong>re it is! (Fr) (5) 8. Term of endearment (7) 9. Lethargic (6) 15. Edible green nut (9) 17. Unbounded (9) 18. Viral infection (9) 19. Vomit (5,2) <strong>21</strong>. Excused (6) 23. Popular fast food (5) 24. Ceasefire (5) 26. Cool and distant (5) Crossword Across: 1. Thick as thieves, 10. Order, 11. Tyrannise, 12. Pea soup, 13. Deviant, 14. Dig up, 16. Solitaire, 19. Transform, 20. Rifle, 22. Restart, 25. Traduce, 27. Washhouse, 28. Own up, 29. Prisoners of war. Down: 2. Hydrangea, 3. Curio, 4. Antipasto, 5. Tired, 6. Innovator, 7. Voila, 8. Sweetie, 9. Torpid, 15. Pistachio, 17. Limitless, 18. Influenza, 19. Throw up, <strong>21</strong>. Exempt, 23. Sushi, 24. Truce, 26. Aloof. WordBuilder emit, emu, item, men, menu, met, mien, min, mine, mint, MINUTE, MINUET, mite, mute, net, nim, nit, nut, ten, tie, time, tin, tine, tun, tune, unit, unite, untie, ute 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. Decoder Sudoku All puzzles copyright T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz CHRISTCHURCH CREMATORIUM FUNERALS
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