Nor'West News: January 25, 2024

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2024 

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Moll’s Dolls take to the stage 

Extensive work on intersection upgrades to finish in June 

MAJOR ROAD works, 

including intersection upgrades, 

road resurfacing and water main 

renewals, have started in Ilam, 

Bryndwr and Burnside. 

The work will run on the city 

council transport and three 

waters projects until June. 

It will include upgrades to 

three busy intersections – Athol 

Tce and Waimairi Rd, Clyde Rd 

and Ilam Rd, as well as Clyde 

Rd and Greers Rd – to improve 

safety. 

Contractors are also continuing 

construction of the Te Ara 

O-Rakipaoa Nor’West Arc 

Cycleway along Ilam Rd between 

Memorial Ave and Ilam Fields. 

Old water pipes will be 

replaced on Memorial Ave 

between Ilam Rd and Roydvale 

Ave, as well as odour control 

work on University Drive. There 

will be resurfacing work on 

sections of Grahams Rd and 

Roydvale Ave. 

Said city council transport 

operations manager Stephen 

Wright: “This 

is a huge 

package of 

work, and we 

know road 

works are 

disruptive so 

we’re taking a 

high impact, 

short duration 

Stephen 

approach 

Wright 

and doing 

everything in the area at once to 

get out of people’s way as quickly 

as possible and minimise the 

impact on the area in the longer 

term. 

“The bulk of the work began 

in early January to make the 

most of the quieter holiday 

period for residents and before 

students head back to school and 

university.” 

While some of the projects 

will be finished by March, the 

Memorial Ave water main 

renewal work will run into May 

• By Sasha Watson 

SHUFFLE BALL change, time 

step, and buffalo are just a 

few of the most common tap 

dancing moves – ones which 

Molly Chapman knows very 

well. 

As the director and vice president 

of an all-female competitive 

tap-dancing team, Moll’s 

Dolls, Chapman, who teaches 

the team and competes alongside 

them, has been preparing 

for several months for the 35th 

New Zealand Masters Games. 

The event will take place in 

Dunedin from February 3-11, 

and the group of 35 to 70-yearolds 

will dance the nights away, 

competing against four teams 

in the formation dance and 

show dance categories of the 

dance-sport section. 

The group will also compete 

as duos, triples and quad teams 

in the under-50s and over-50s 

categories. 

• Turn to page 5 

and the Nor’West Arc Cycleway 

construction will continue 

through to June. 

“The work has been planned to 

keep traffic flowing as smoothly 

as possible but if you’re 

travelling through the area, 

particularly to the airport or for 

school pickups and drop-offs, 

please allow for extra time,” 

Wright said. 

“Thanks for your patience as 

we replace old pipes and make 

our streets way safer.” 

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Thursday Book Club 

Thursday, 1-2.30pm 

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reading and old favourites. With no 

set book to read, this is a relaxed and 

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Brick Your Book – 

International LEGO Day 

Friday, all day 

Papanui Library 

Play with giant Lego to celebrate 

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January. 

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Monday-Saturday, all day 

Redwood Library 

Artwork by Grace and Virginia 

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January. This is the first time Grace 

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while Virginia will share some of her 

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JP Clinic 

Saturday, 10am-noon – Fendalton 

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Tuesday, 10am-1pm – Papanui 

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Wednesday, 10am-1pm – 

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Cedars felled at social housing unit 

a ‘shame’, says resident 


A LONG-STAY social housing 

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finding out five large cedar trees, 

that once provided the units 

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Garry Roberts, 

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Aorangi Courts 

in Bryndwr for 

about five years 

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to the cedars, is 

confused as to 

why the more 

than 50-year-old 

trees were not just 

pruned back. 

Garry 

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“I really believe the trees would 

benefit from a good trim – just 

taking off a third of the top and 

a prune back of the overhanging 

branches, not a full felling. It will 

change the character of the area,” 

said Roberts. 

But Ōtautahi Community 

Housing Trust chief executive 

Cate Kearney said trimming the 

trees could prove problematic. 

“We were advised by an 

arborist that significant pruning 

could destabilise the trees,” she 

said. 

“We’ve asked our tree maintenance 

contractor to remove them 

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Roberts said “it seemed a 

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such as wind, rain and the 

sun, and if the trees were to be 

preserved and looked after, they 

would be “a good something to 

pass on to the next generation.” 

“Cutting the cedars down is 

not just about the trees, it’s about 

the nature and wildlife that 

comes from having them too.” 

Built in the late 1970s, the 

Aorangi Courts complex consists 

of 18 single-story units, four 

ground-floor units, and four 

top-floor units, which are owned 

by the city council and leased to 

Ōtautahi Community Housing 

Trust. 

“Council staff contacted us 

to discuss removing the trees 

at the request of the Waimāero 

Fendalton-Waimari-Harewood 

Community Board, following a 

public forum presentation to the 

board by Aorangi Courts neighbours,” 

said Kearney. 

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Monday and work is expected to 

take two weeks, depending on 

the weather. 

Works will include the removal 

of the trees, stump grinding, 

tidying up, and replanting, as 

well as follow-up works to remedy 

any damage caused to lawns 

and gardens. 

While two neighbours have 

opposed the tree felling, Roberts 

said the majority of neighbours 

living at the courts reacted positively 

or apathetically when he 

spoke to them. 

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“Right now, I feel this is quite a 

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It seems like taking the easy option,” 

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“Most of us at the courts are 

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Competing a ‘life highlight’ for dancers 

• From page 1 

Chapman, 65, said: “The 

masters is one of the only 

competitions where we get 

to showcase our talents and 

compete against other groups. 

We are really excited about 

competing as representatives of 

our local community. 

“We’re also a masters games 

award-winning team, having 

won gold, silver and bronze 

medals in the formation team 

and dance sport at the last four 

games.” 

The team has received a New 

Zealand Community Trust 

grant of $2000 to help with the 

running of two minivans and 

accommodation costs. 

Chapman donned her first pair 

of tap shoes when she was four 

and never looked back. Born 

and raised in Dunedin, she now 

lives in Bromley and has been 

teaching dance for more than 45 

years. 

She passed her love of dance 

onto her late daughter Nicola, 

who died six years ago, and her 

son Hayden, who graduated 

MOLL’S DOLLS: 

Dancers have 

been practising 

twice a week 

for the past 

few months in 

preparation for 

the competition 

in Dunedin next 

month. 

from the American Musical and 

Dramatic Academy in 2014 and 

is now a New York-based off- 

Broadway performer. 

“I love dancing, it has been a 

full family affair. It brings me so 

much joy and I believe it is never 

too late to learn how to dance,” 

Chapman said. 

“Moll’s Dolls is about being, 

dancing and competing together 

and enjoying yourself. We’re one 

of very few tap-dancing teams 

that actively compete . . . and we 

have an absolute blast.” 

The group was founded in 

2015 and came about when the 

mother of a young girl Chapman 

was teaching suggested setting 

up a class for adults, as well as 

preschoolers. 

It was while attending a masters 

games event with a softball 

team that Chapman became 

aware of the dance-sports category 

and soon after began setting 

up a competitive dance team. 

Team member and performer 

Julie Riker said Molls Doll’s was 

their “senior sports club” and 

provided an invaluable sense 

of community, happiness, and 

health. 

”Being able to dance with 

childhood friends some fifty 

years later and travel to the NZ 

Masters Games in Dunedin will 

be a life highlight for me.” 

COMPETE: Moll’s Dolls have won gold, 

silver and bronze medals at the past four 

Masters Games. 

The group offers classes for 

women of all skill levels at St 

John’s Church in Woolston, 

ranging from absolute beginners 

to seasoned tappers, and offers 

the opportunity to dance at 

corporate functions, community 

events, rest homes and other 

performances. 

Said Angela Yannakis, who 

is also a part of the performing 

team: “Moll’s Dolls are a funloving 

dance group with one 

thing in common – a passion for 

tap dancing. 

“We constantly strive not only 

to perform to a high standard but 

also to have the most wonderful 

time doing it.” 

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Feeding vulnerable communities 

a team effort, says award recipient 


FOUNDING charities to 

stabilise food insecurity in 

schools and vulnerable groups 

has seen community advocate 

Verity Verster receive a city 

council civic award. 

The Shirley resident was 

surprised to be recognised for 

her voluntary services at the city 

council’s annual ceremony. 

“In November, I was informed 

that I had won an award. I didn’t 

know I was nominated so it was 

a bit of a surprise.” 

Verster, a social worker, 

founded Kai for the Community 

Charitable Trust, in 2018 and 

Mums on Meals in 2020. 

Kai for the Community, which 

was started to address food 

poverty within the central city, 

is run by volunteers who provide 

in-house hot meal services. 

“I feel like an imposter 

receiving this award because 

it isn’t just me, there are 

many people, volunteers, and 

supporters who are working in 

the background, who should 

receive it too,” Verster said. 

“We also offer social 

needs support and practical 

information to external agencies 

to about 110 people from 

ACKNOWLEDGED: Verity Verster receiving her award from Mayor Phil Mauger and Linwood Ward councillor Yani Johanson, 

and with the Kai for the Community team. 

vulnerable communities every 

Sunday afternoon.” 

Mums on Meals is a division 

of Kai for the Community with 

eight volunteers who work on 

a rostered system, catering for 

selected Christchurch East 

schools that do not qualify for 

Government or other agencies’ 

funding programmes. 

“The division works closely 

with social workers in schools to 

identify the children in need 

and support them with homecooked 

and high-nutritional 

meals, like cottage pie and 

lasagne served with vegetables,” 

said Verster. 

“We are currently working 

with about 40 to 50 children. 

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affect the individual, it is the 

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McKenzie aims for Paralympics 

• By Dylan Smits 

MCKENZIE DRAGE is in 

the pool six days a week in 

preparation for the New Zealand 

championships in April, with 

a long-term goal of competing 

at the Los Angeles 2028 

Paralympics Games. 

The 19-year-old was born with 

Apert syndrome, but it has never 

stopped her from pursuing her 

dreams. 

“I am very determined and like 

to face challenges with a positive 

mindset,” she said. 

Apert syndrome causes fusion 

of bones in the fingers, toes, and 

head and neck. Various surgeries 

were needed during Drage’s infancy 

and childhood to improve 

her quality of life. 

“School and social life have 

been a challenge but I’ve never 

let my disability hold me back 

from setting goals and achieving 

them,” she said. 

When swimming, Apert 

syndrome mainly affects Drage’s 

range of movement as she cannot 

fully extend her arms, neck or 

shoulders. 

“I have limited reach and kicking 

ability, but I follow a daily 

stretching programme to try and 

develop my flexibility.” 

Drage works part time as 

a lifeguard at Jellie Park. She 

attended Hagley College until 

graduating last year and lives on 

the family farm near McQueens 

THE RIGHT 

LANE: 

McKenzie 

Drage with 

the award 

qualifying her 

team for last 

year’s Oceania 

tri series. 

Drage’s longterm 

goal is 

to compete 

in the 2028 

Paralympics. 

Below – with 

coach Emma 

Smith. 

Valley with her parents and older 

brother. 

Farm life has taught her how to 

work hard. 

“I’ve learned how to get jobs 

done and be organised with my 

time.” 

The family owns 80 free range 

chickens, and Drage is partly 

responsible for selling their 

eggs to customers in Christchurch. 

She has always enjoyed swimming 

and started competing in 

year 11. 

“Being able to swim well helps 

me feel confident in any water. 

I really like the discipline of 

training hard and feeling fit and 

healthy.” 

Drage is part of the Aquagym 

Swim Club where she is coached 

by Emma Smith. 

In September, she represented 

New Zealand for the first time at 

the Oceania tri series swimming 

‘Everyone has differences and strengths, and life is about 

making the most of what you have’ – McKenzie Drage 

championships in Hastings. 

She won the 100m individual 

medley, achieving a personal 

best of 1min 52.4sec. 

“I feel really satisfied when I 

get a personal best time in a race 

I have been focusing on,” she 

said. 

“They don’t come easy though, 

there’s a lot of hard work and 

sometimes you get disappointed 

when you don’t make a time.” 

Drage is training hard ahead 

of the New Zealand swimming 

championships in April. 

With her eyes on the future, 

Drage wants to achieve qualifying 

times for the world para 

series in Melbourne next year 

and then the Los Angeles 2028 

Paralympic Games. 

Being a paraswimmer has 

given her amazing opportunities, 

she said, like meeting her hero, 

Paralympian Sophie Pascoe, 

and being able to represent New 

Zealand in international competitions. 

“Everyone has differences 

and strengths, and life is about 

making the most of what 

you have.” 

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Chicken feet an 

unwelcome find 

WHAT 

A CASEBROOK couple feared 

their children or pets could 

have been poisoned after raw 

chicken feet painted with pink 

nail polish on the claws were 

thrown onto a Cavendish Rd 

property. 

The house was also egged 

earlier this month, but it was 

the unusually decorated chicken 

feet which concerned the adult 

occupants, who wished to 

remain anonymous. 

Although a common pet food 

for dogs, uncooked chicken 

feet can cause outbreaks of 

bacteria-related salmonella, 

campylobacter and listeria. 

“The nail polish can be toxic 

and we’ve got no idea what else 

could have been done to them,” 

said the mother-of-two. 

Her children are aged two and 

six, while there is also a cat in the 

household. 

“We had six (chicken feet) 

dotted across our front lawn. Our 

cat was trying to eat them, we 

had to get her away from them,” 

she said. 

“We also have young children 

on the property so they’re a 

potential danger to them as well. 

RAW EMOTION: A 

Casebook couple were 

appalled to find potentially 

harmful raw chicken feet 

on their lawn after their 

property was targeted by 

pranksters. 

“It was quite disturbing to us 

and it would have been just as 

disturbing to the children, had 

they seen them.” 

The chicken feet were found in 

the early hours of January 5, and 

it was not an isolated incident, 

leading the woman to believe 

local youth were emulating a 

social media trend. 

“Apparently there is some viral 

TikTok prank about this which 

originated in America,” she 

said. 

“Our best guess is someone 

is trying to replicate it here. It 

surprise me if there’s a video of it 

happening here as well.” 

The woman, who lodged 

a report with police and is 

awaiting the chicken feet to be 

taken away for analysis, posted 

her concerns on the Bishopdale/ 

Burnside/Casebrook Community 

Facebook page and soon learned 

other members had been 

targeted. 

Another Cavendish Rd resident 

found chicken feet crammed into 

a letterbox the same morning; a 

woman who lives on Casebrook’s 

Regents Park Drive found 

chicken feet on her car. 

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Thai beef salad 

Serves 4 

Gluten, Sugar, Dairy and Egg Free 

For the zesty Thai dressing 

1 Tbsp fresh ginger, finely grated 

½-1 chilli, seeds discarded, 

finely chopped 

1 clove garlic, crushed 

1 Tbsp fish sauce 

1 lime, zest and juice 

1 tsp rice wine vinegar or apple 

cider vinegar 

30g Allulose (or another easy 

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1 tsp Dijon mustard 

2 Tbsp sesame oil 

2 Tbsp fresh coriander, finely 

sliced 

½ tsp salt 

For the salad 

400g scotch fillet steak, left 

covered at room temperature for 

30 minutes prior 

3 Tbsp olive oil 

1 tsp salt 

1 tsp cracked black pepper 

120g mesclun 

50g mung beans or bean sprouts 

8 cherry tomatoes, quartered 

¼ small red onion, finely sliced 

¼ cucumber, diced 

2 Tbsp fresh coriander, roughly 

chopped 

1 Tbsp fresh mint, roughly 

chopped 

30g peanuts, chopped 

Method 

• First, make the dressing by 

putting everything in a jar and 

shaking to combine or whisk it all 

together in a bowl. You can make 

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light and fresh salad dressing, just 

omit the coriander so it doesn’t 

discolour. 

• Heat a heavy-based frying pan 

over a high heat. 

• Rub the steak with the oil, salt 

and pepper. Once the pan is very 

hot, add the steak and cook on 

high to your liking. Once the steak 

is cooked, remove it from the pan 

and let it rest while you prepare 

the rest of the salad. 

• On a large serving platter, 

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bottom, then arrange the mung 

beans, cherry tomatoes, red onion, 

cucumber and herbs over the top. 

• Once the steak has rested for 

at least 5 minutes, slice it and pat 

dry any excess juices with a 

paper towel. 

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on top of the 

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over the 

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peanuts, 

season 

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pepper, 

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over about 

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Spring onion pancakes 

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Makes 4 

Suitable for GF, sugar free, plantbased 

Ingredients 

200g ground almonds 

30g psyllium husk powder 

2 tsp Xanthan gum 

1 tsp baking powder, gluten-free 

½ tsp salt 

¼ tsp White pepper 

100ml to 170ml boiling water 

2 spring onions, thinly sliced 

4 Tbsp olive oil 

Method 

• Place the ground 

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husk, 

xanthan 

gum, 

baking 

powder, 

salt 

and 

pepper 

into a 

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The psyllium husk will absorb 

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• Cut the dough into four. 

Working with one piece at a 

time, roll out between two sheets 

of baking paper into a circle 

about 2mm thick. Sprinkle over 

a quarter of the chopped spring 

onion, then fold it in half. Roll 

again to 2mm thick, then repeat 

the process with the remaining 

dough. 

• Preheat a non-stick frying pan 

over a medium heat. Once warm, 

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or 2 pancakes, depending on the 

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With an all-new replacement 

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The reputation that surrounds 

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when cornering. 

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ventilated disc brakes in place of 

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while slightly larger front disc 

brakes are convincing show 

stoppers. 

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premium $63,390 SR5 Cruiser 

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reviewed here. 

Ample power is provided 

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There’s an abundance of low 

speed pulling power with 

500Nm more torque than the 

motor it replaced three years 

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engine is strong and effortless in 

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In low speed town driving, 

I felt noise levels were overly 

intrusive for a premium ute. 

The motor revels in off-road 

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The six-speed automatic is an 

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Drivability would go up a 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

9 

10 11 

322 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

222 

6 

G T A 

T R E 

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. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 20 Very Good 25 Excellent 30 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Solution 221: alb, all, allot, alto, atoll, ball, BALLOT, 

bat, blat, bloat, blot, boa, boat, boll, bolt, bot, lab, 

word. lat, lob, lot, oat, tab, tall, toll. 

Good 15 Very Good 22 Excellent 28 

19 20 21 

22 23 24 25 26 

27 28 

29 

Across 

1. Forms of creative activity for an 

audience (10,4) 

10. Proportion (5) 

11. Discard (4,5) 

12. Word formed from initial letters 

(7) 

13. Last in line (7) 

14. Unnamed object (5) 

16. Spying (9) 

19. Opponent (9) 

20. Enthusiastic (5) 

22. Training meeting (7) 

25. Mythical sea creature (7) 

27. Without thought or preparation 

(9) 

28. Halt (5) 

29. Black box (aircraft) (6,8) 

Down 

2. Blackmail (9) 

3. Scowl (5) 

4. Advise in favour (9) 

5. Point of dispute (5) 

6. Pretentious, ostentatious (9) 

7. African animal (abbr) (5) 

8. Ceremonial staff (7) 

9. School absentee (6) 

15. Environmental propaganda (9) 

17. Medical emergency worker (9) 

18. Make worse (9) 

19. Forsake (4-3) 

21. Blush (6) 

23. Plain clothes (5) 

24. Detection instrument (5) 

26. Happen again (5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Performing arts, 

10. Ratio, 11. Cast aside, 12. 

Acronym, 13. Endmost, 14. 

Thing, 16. Espionage, 19. 

Contender, 20. Eager, 22. 

Seminar, 25. Mermaid, 27. 

Offhanded, 28. Cease, 29. 

Flight recorder. 

Down: 2. Extortion, 3. 

Frown, 4. Recommend, 

5. Issue, 6. Grandiose, 

7. Rhino, 8. Sceptre, 9. 

Truant, 15. Greenwash, 17. 

Paramedic, 18. Aggravate, 

19. Cast-off, 21. Redden, 23. 

Mufti, 24. Radar, 26. Recur. 

WordBuilder 

age, are, art, ate, ear, eat, 

era, erg, gar, gat, gate, gear, 

get, grate, great, rag, rage, 

rat, rate, ret, tag, tar, tare, 

TARGET, tart, tat, tater, tea, 

tear, teat, teg, tetra, treat 

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 

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