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<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>24</strong> 20<strong>24</strong><br />

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Across<br />

Down<br />

7. 7. Defeatist 26 (8)<br />

1. 1. Reason 27 (6)<br />

9.<br />

Across<br />

9. Fake (6)<br />

2.<br />

Down<br />

2. Repose (4)<br />

10.<br />

7. Across<br />

Defeatist<br />

Sieve (4)<br />

(8)<br />

3.<br />

1. 3. String<br />

Down<br />

Reason of of words<br />

(6)<br />

(8)<br />

Across<br />

Down<br />

11.<br />

9. 1.<br />

Fake<br />

Teeming Sibling<br />

(6)<br />

(10)<br />

4.<br />

(6)<br />

2. 4. Organ<br />

1.<br />

Repose (6)<br />

7. Defeatist (8)<br />

1. Reason Height (6) (7)<br />

(4)<br />

12. 10. A Necessities<br />

Sieve division (4)<br />

of of the year (6)<br />

5.<br />

(6)<br />

3. 5. Small<br />

2.<br />

String breed Distorts<br />

of words<br />

of of dog (5)<br />

(8)<br />

(3,7)<br />

9. Fake (6)<br />

2. Repose (4)<br />

14.<br />

11. Repentant<br />

9. Bundle<br />

Teeming of<br />

(10)<br />

(8)<br />

6.<br />

hay (4)<br />

4. 6. Badinage<br />

3.<br />

Organ Line around<br />

(6)<br />

(8)<br />

10. Sieve (4)<br />

3. String of words Earth (8)<br />

15. (7)<br />

12. Type<br />

10.<br />

A Without<br />

division<br />

of of ring help<br />

of<br />

(6)<br />

the (10)<br />

year (6)<br />

8.<br />

5. 8. Hit<br />

5.<br />

Small hard Respond<br />

breed<br />

(6)<br />

11. Teeming (10)<br />

4. Organ (6) (6)<br />

of dog (3,7)<br />

16.<br />

14. Fairy-like<br />

11.<br />

Repentant creature Reddish brown<br />

(8)<br />

(6)<br />

13.<br />

(6)<br />

6. 6.<br />

Badinage<br />

Proposition Bankrupt<br />

(8)<br />

(10)<br />

12. A division of the year (6)<br />

5. Small breed (9)<br />

of dog (3,7)<br />

19.<br />

15. Ambitious,<br />

12.<br />

Type Unnecessary<br />

of ring<br />

enterprising (6)<br />

person<br />

15.<br />

(8)<br />

8. Hit<br />

Irregular Relative<br />

hard (6)<br />

(8)<br />

14. Repentant (8)<br />

6. Badinage (8)<br />

(2-6)<br />

by marriage (7)<br />

16. 13.<br />

Fairy-like<br />

Stone fruit<br />

creature<br />

(9)<br />

(6)<br />

17.<br />

13. Footpath Bothersome<br />

Proposition (8)<br />

15. Type of ring (6)<br />

8. Hit hard (6) (10)<br />

21. person (4,2,3,4)<br />

19. Truth<br />

Ambitious, (6)<br />

enterprising person<br />

18.<br />

15. Ghost<br />

Irregular (6)<br />

16. (8)<br />

23. 15. Fairy-like Epoch (4)<br />

creature (6)<br />

13. 14. Proposition Medical care (10) (9)<br />

(2-6)<br />

Edible flower (10)<br />

20.<br />

17. Crowd<br />

Footpath (6)<br />

19. (8)<br />

<strong>24</strong>. 16. Ambitious,<br />

Assist in a enterprising<br />

crime (4)<br />

person<br />

15.<br />

16. Irregular<br />

Eternal (8)<br />

(7)<br />

21. Farm<br />

Truth building<br />

(6)<br />

(4)<br />

22.<br />

18. Swollen,<br />

Ghost (6)<br />

distended (6)<br />

(2-6)<br />

25. 17. Deserted settlement (5,4)<br />

17.<br />

18. Footpath<br />

Hide (7)<br />

(8)<br />

23. Repudiate<br />

Edible flower<br />

(6)<br />

(10)<br />

<strong>24</strong>.<br />

20. Incinerate<br />

Crowd (6)<br />

(4)<br />

21.<br />

26. 21. Truth<br />

Hold (6)<br />

back 18.<br />

19. Ghost<br />

When (6)<br />

in fact (7)<br />

<strong>24</strong>. Balustrade<br />

Farm building<br />

(8)<br />

23. (4)<br />

22. Swollen, distended (6)<br />

22. Edible<br />

Mollycoddle flower (10)<br />

(6)<br />

20.<br />

20. Crowd<br />

Between (6)<br />

trot and gallop (6)<br />

<strong>24</strong>. 25. Repudiate (6)<br />

<strong>24</strong>. Incinerate (4)<br />

<strong>24</strong>. Farm<br />

Container building<br />

(10)<br />

(4)<br />

22.<br />

23. Swollen,<br />

Swindles distended<br />

(5)<br />

(6)<br />

25. 26. Balustrade (8)<br />

25. Repudiate<br />

Exclamation (6)<br />

(4)<br />

<strong>24</strong>. Incinerate (4)<br />

26.<br />

26. Balustrade<br />

Irony or sarcasm (8)<br />

(6)<br />

27. Population Decoder<br />

count (6)<br />

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Repartee, Throng, 22.<br />

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Turgid, Struck, <strong>24</strong>. 13. Burn.<br />

Suggestion, 15.<br />

Sporadic, 17. Pavement,<br />

18. Wraith, 20. Throng, 22.<br />

Turgid, <strong>24</strong>. Burn.<br />

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