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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
331<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
231<br />
6<br />
U R B<br />
E N M<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
16<br />
17 <strong>18</strong><br />
19<br />
20 21 22 23 24<br />
many words of three or more letters,<br />
How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.<br />
once?<br />
TODAY<br />
Good 12 Very Good 15 Excellent 19<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 230: den, deny, die, dike, din, dine, dink,<br />
dinky, dye, dyke, dyne, end, ink, inked, inky, ken,<br />
word. key, kid, KIDNEY, kin, kind, kine, yen, yin.<br />
Good 12 Very Good 15 Excellent 19<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Spiny tree or shrub (6)<br />
5. Stew (6)<br />
10. Romantic (7)<br />
11. Indian rice dish (7)<br />
12. Marksman (6)<br />
15. Social outcast (6)<br />
16. Current (7)<br />
17. Long tale (4)<br />
<strong>18</strong>. One of these (4)<br />
19. Defile (7)<br />
20. Gamble (4)<br />
22. Ding (4)<br />
25. Restricted (7)<br />
27. Madman (6)<br />
28. Stay (6)<br />
31. Embrace tightly (7)<br />
32. Allocation (7)<br />
33. Scram! (4,2)<br />
34. Pierce (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Preparing food (7)<br />
3. Wardrobe (6)<br />
4. As well (4)<br />
5. Infant (4)<br />
6. Antenna (6)<br />
7. Blindly imitative (7)<br />
8. Overtakes (6)<br />
9. Entitlements (6)<br />
13. Mechanical (7)<br />
14. Bad guy (7)<br />
15. Big cat (7)<br />
20. Downfall (6)<br />
21. Eat (7)<br />
23. Inspect (7)<br />
24. Renter (6)<br />
25. Mourn (6)<br />
26. Edict (6)<br />
29. Accomplishment (4)<br />
30. Musical composition (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Acacia, 5. Braise,<br />
10. Amorous, 11. Biryani,<br />
12. Sniper, 15. Pariah,<br />
16. Topical, 17. Saga, <strong>18</strong>.<br />
This, 19. Pollute, 20. Dice,<br />
22. Dent, 25. Limited, 27.<br />
Maniac, 28. Remain, 31.<br />
Squeeze, 32. Portion, 33.<br />
Beat it, 34. Skewer.<br />
Down: 2. Cooking, 3.<br />
Closet, 4. Also, 5. Baby, 6.<br />
Aerial, 7. Slavish, 8. Passes,<br />
9. Rights, 13. Robotic, 14.<br />
Villain, 15. Panther, 20.<br />
Demise, 21. Consume, 23.<br />
Examine, 24. Tenant, 25.<br />
Lament, 26. Decree, 29.<br />
Feat, 30. Opus.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
ben, berm, bum, bun, bur,<br />
burn, emu, men, menu, neb,<br />
nub, numb, NUMBER, rub,<br />
rube, rue, rum, rumen, run,<br />
rune, umber, urn<br />
Sudoku<br />
DECODER<br />
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the<br />
given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out<br />
which letters are represented by the other numbers.<br />
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T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />
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