Selwyn_Times: January 31, 2024

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1. 1. Diminish 33 (6)
2. 2. 34
Expand (7)
cross 5. 5. Surplus 26 (6)
Down 3. 3. Stoop 27
(6)
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2. 4. Expand 4. Bird home (7)
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Surplus 11. Illness (6)
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3. Down
5. Stoop 5. Whirlpool (6)
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0. 1. 12. Across Insensitive Diminish Straight, (6)
(7) honest (6)
4. 2. 6. Bird 6. Down Expand Universe home (7)
(4)
(6)
1. 5. 15. 1. Illness Surplus Sibling Beginner (7) (6)
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5. 3. 7. Whirlpool 7. 1. Stoop Beach Height (6)
(4) (7)
2. 10. 16. 4. Straight, Insensitive Necessities Repulsive honest (7)
(7)
(6) (6)
6. 4. 8. Universe 8. 2. Bird Bitter Distorts home (6)
(6)(5)
(4)
5. 11. 17. 9. Beginner Illness Bundle Professional (7)
(6)
hay cook (4)
(4)
7. 5. 9. Beach 9. 3. Whirlpool Current Line (7) around (6)
(4)
Earth (7)
6. 12. 18. 10. Repulsive Straight, Liability Without honest (7)
(4)
help (10) (6)
8. 6. Bitter 13. 5. Universe Respond Undersized (6) (6)
(6)
fish (7)
7. 15. 19. 11. Professional Beginner Fan Reddish (7)
(6)
brown cook (4) (6)
9. 7. Current 14. 6. Beach Bankrupt Entourage (6) (7)
(9)
(7)
8. 16. 20. 12. Liability Repulsive Join Unnecessary (4)
(7)
(8)
13. 8. 15. 7. Undersized Bitter Relative Digit (6)
(7)
by fish marriage (7) (7)
9. 17. 22. 13. Fan Professional Exploited Stone (7) fruit (4)
(9) cook (4)
14. 9. 20. 8. Entourage Current Bothersome Evasive (6)
(7) (6)
person (4,2,3,4)
0. 18. 25. 15. Join Liability Non-religious Epoch (4) (4)
(4)
(7)
15. 13. 21. 14. Digit Undersized Clothing Medical (7)
(7) care fish (9) (7)
2. 19. 27. 16. Exploited Fan Make Assist (7)
worse (4) in a crime (6)
(4) 20. 14. 23. 16. Evasive Entourage Disgraceful Eternal (6)(7)
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event (7)
5. 20. 28. 17. Non-religious Join Find Deserted (4)
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settlement (7) (5,4) 21. 15. 24. 18. Clothing Digit Further Hide (7)
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down (6)
7. 22. 31. 21. Make Exploited Small Hold worse back dog (4)
(6) (7)
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23. 20. 25. 19. Disgraceful Evasive Ape-like When (6) in (6) event fact (7) (7)
8. 25. 32. 22. Find Non-religious Late Mollycoddle (6)
(7)
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24. 21. 26. 20. Further Clothing Rat Between or or down mouse (7)
trot (6)
and (6)
gallop (6)
1. 27. 33. 24. Small Make Peek Container dog worse (6)
(7) (10) (6)
25. 23. 29. 23. Ape-like Disgraceful Hillside Swindles (6)
(Scottish) (5) event (7)
(4)
2. 28. 34. 25. Late Find Come Exclamation (7) (6)
to to rest (4) (6)
26. 24. 30. Rat Further Sound or mouse down of of an (6)
(6) accident (4)
3. 31. 26. Peek Small Irony (6) dog or sarcasm (7)
(6) 29. 25. Hillside Ape-like (Scottish) (6)
(4)
4. 32. 27. Come Late Population (7) to rest Decoder
(6) count (6) 30. 26. Sound Rat or of mouse an accident (6)
(4)
33. Peek (6)
29. Hillside (Scottish) (4)
34. Come to rest (6)
30. Sound of an accident (4)
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adit, aid, and, ani, ant,
anti, bad, bait, ban, band,
cep, BANDIT, adit, clop, aid, clue, bat, and, col, bid, ani, cole, bin, ant,
bit,
cop, dab, anti, cope, dan, bad, coup, din, bait, dint, coupe, ban, nab, band,
nib,
COUPLE, nit, BANDIT, tab, tad, cue, bat, tan, cup, bid, tincupel,
bin, bit,
adit, aid, and, ani, ant,
leu, dab, lop, lope, dan, din, loupe, dint, pole, nab, nib,
anti, bad, bait, ban, band,
puce, nit, pul, tab, pule tad, tan, tin
BANDIT, bat, bid, bin, bit,
dab, dan, din, dint, nab, nib,
nit, Across: tab, tad, 1. tan, Lessen, tin tin
5.
Excess, 10. Callous, 11.
Disease, Across: 12. 1. Lessen, Direct, 15.
Across: Novice, Excess, 1. 16. Sister, 10. Hideous, Callous, 4. Basics,
17. 11.
9. Chef, Bale, Disease, 18. 10. Debt, Unassisted, 12. Direct, 19. Admirer, 15.
11. Across: 20. Russet, 1.
Novice, Seam, 1. 16. 12. Lessen, 22. Hideous, Needless,
Used, 5. 5.
25. 17.
13. Excess, Secular, Chef, Nectarine, 10. 18. 27. Callous,
Debt, 15. Impair, Aeon,
11.
19. 28. Admirer,
16. Disease, Locate, 20. Abet, Seam, 17. 12.
31. Ghost Direct,
Terrier, 22. Used, town,
15.
32.
25.
21. Novice, Overdue, Secular, Restrain, 16. 33. Hideous, 27. 22. Glance, Impair, Cosset,
17.
28.
34.
24. Chef, Settle. Locate, Receptacle, 18. Debt, 19.
31. Terrier, 25. Admirer,
Ahem,
32.
26. 20. Down: Overdue, Satire, Seam, 2. 27. 22. Enlarge, 33. Census.
Used, Glance, 3.
25.
34.
Down: Secular, Slouch, Settle. 1. 27.
Stature, 4. Nest,
Impair, 2. 5. 28.
Skews,
Eddy,
Locate, 3. 6. Equator, Down: Cosmos, 31. Terrier,
2. 5. Enlarge, Answer, 7. Seaside,
32.
3.
Overdue, 6. 8. Insolvent, Slouch, Acidic, 33. 4. 9. 7. Glance,
Nest, Recent, Stepson, 5. 34.
Eddy, 13.
Settle.
8. Tiddler, Pain 6. Cosmos, in the 14. neck, Retinue, 7. Seaside, 14.
15.
Down: 2. 3.
Treatment, Numeral, 2. Enlarge,
8. Acidic, 16. 20. 9. Ageless, 3.
Recent, Shifty, 21. 13. 18.
Slouch, 4. 5. Secrete, Apparel, 4.
Tiddler, 19. Nest,
23. 14. Whereas, Scandal, 5. Eddy,
Retinue, 20.
15. 24.
6. 6. 7. Canter, Deeper, Cosmos,
Numeral, 23. 25. 7.
Scams. 20. Simian, Seaside,
Shifty, 26. 21.
8. 8. Rodent, Acidic, 9. 9. Apparel, 29. Recent,
23. Brae, Scandal, 30. 13.
Oops. 24.
Tiddler, 14. Retinue, 15.
Deeper, 25. Simian, 26.
Numeral, 20. Shifty, 21.
Rodent, 29. Brae, 30. Oops.
Apparel, 23. Scandal, 24.
Deeper, 25. Simian, 26.
Rodent, 29. Brae, 30. Oops.
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Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 11 to to 9. 9.
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
Every Every row, row, column column and and box box should
should
contain contain the the digits digits 1 to 1 to 9.
9.
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How many words of three or more letters, U
including plurals, can you make from Ithe six
words or words beginning with a capital are
allowed. N There's at least C T one six-letter O I
word.
once?
TODAY
L
many words of three or more letters,
including How many plurals, words can you of of make three from or or the more
six
letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No No you foreign
make
words or words beginning with a capital are
many words of three or more letters,
How
allowed. from the including many
There's six letters,
plurals, words
at least
can you of make three
one using six-letter each from or the more
word.
only
six
once?
letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No you foreign make
words 15 with 19 a capital are 23
Good 15 Very Good 19 of or Excellent 23
No many words words beginning of three or more with letters, a capital are
from How including the There's six gel, letters, at least of three one using six-letter or more each word. letters, only
Solution once?
How including
many 225: gel, plurals,
words gelt, gen, can you
of
make
three
from the
more
TODAY
at gent, get, leg, glen, let, glue,
allowed. many plurals, glut, GLUTEN, There’s words can you of gnu, gun, gut, at make three
least from or leg, lent, one the more
let, leu, six-letter
six lug,
letters, using word.
Good luge, letters, lune, including each letter
15 using lung, Very each lunge, Good letter plurals, only once?
lute, 19 only net, Excellent nut, once? can No teg, you foreign
No ten, 23
foreign
tug,
make
words words beginning with a capital are
No from tun, words tune, or words beginning with a a capital are are
ute.
allowed. the
Solution from
There's 225: the six letters, gel,
There's
gelt, six
at at
gen, letters,
least one using gent,
one
get, using
six-letter each glen,
six-letter
each
word.
only
glue,
allowed. word.
only
glut, once?
Good GLUTEN, There’s 15 gnu, Very gun, TODAY gut, at Good least
leg, lent, 19 one let, Excellent leu,
six-letter
lug,
23
word. luge, once?
No lune, Good words lung, 15 lunge,
beginning Very lute, Good TODAY net, 19 with
nut, Excellent teg,
a ten,
capital tug, 23
are
tun,
Solution tune, No Good words ute.
225: gel, 12 beginning gelt, Very gen, Good gent, 15 with get, Excellent glen, a capital glue,
19 are
Good
allowed.
glut, allowed. Solution GLUTEN, 15 Very
There’s 208: gnu, There’s ceil, Good gun, clef, gut,
at elf, 19
least at
leg, elk, Excellent least
lent, one FICKLE, let, one
leu, fie, six-letter
23 file, lug,
six-letter
fleck,
word. luge, flick,
lune, ice,
lung, ilk, lei,
lunge, lek,
lute,
lice, net,
lick, nut,
lie, life,
teg, like.
ten, tug,
tun, tune, ute.
letters, including plurals, can you make
letters, including plurals, can you make
word.
Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23
Good 9 Very Good 13 Excellent 18
Each number represents a different letter of of the alphabet. Write the
given letters into all all squares with matching numbers. Now work out
which letters are represented by by the other numbers.
Each
DECODER
number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the
given DECODER
letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out
which Each letters number are represents represented a different by the other letter numbers. of the alphabet. Write the
given Each letters number into represents all squares a with different matching letter numbers. of the alphabet. Now work Write out
the
which given letters letters are into represented all squares by with the matching other numbers.
numbers. Now work out
which letters are represented by the other numbers.
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