Southern View: February 15, 2024

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SURFable sessions
an annual highlight
• By Geoff Sloan
CONNOR Duncan-Caley,
14, hit the water on Sunday
with members of the Sumner
Longboarders club for a special
lesson.
They were taking part in the
SURFable sessions at Christchurch’s
Scarborough Beach to
help teach 48 disabled swimmers
to surf the waves.
Despite wet and cold
weather, the novice surfers
relished the opportunity. They
quickly got to grips with the
new skills with their tutors,
while working around their
disabilities, which ranged from
blindness to Down syndrome
and cerebral palsy.
Event co-ordinator Pete
Mannix said the annual
SURFable sessions wouldn’t
happen without help from an
army of volunteers who give up
their day to make it a special
event for the surfers and their
families.
“It’s probably the one opportunity
a year that some of these
guys get the opportunity to get
into the surf experience getting
onto a surfboard.
“Whether it’s standing up,
sitting down, lying down,
doesn’t really matter.”
The Sumner Longboarders
club is celebrating 10 years of
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SURF’S UP: Connor Duncan-Caley, 14, relished the opportunity to learn how to surf on
Sunday with the help of volunteers from the Sumner Longboarders club.
running the free lessons.
Over that time, the members
introduced around 400 disabled
surfers to the sport.
“(There’s) a lot involved in
the setting up and the planning
and the organisation and it all
comes together and then the
first session of the day, we’re
standing up here on the shore
and you hear the hoots in the
hollers and the laughter and
the yahoos and you think: ‘Oh,
all right, we’re under way’.
“And everyone gets a big grin
on their face and that lasts all
day.”
Mannix says the event is fully
booked each year, with more
interest than the 50-member
club can accommodate.
“We’re doing a big review af-
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
ter this to look at sustainability
and how do we expand it.
“It’s a bit tricky in
Christchurch, the surf season.
The warm weather and the
warm water doesn’t last very
long, so that’s why we try and
put all the effort into the one
big event.”
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name
THE NEW South Library has
been gifted a name – Ōmōkihi –
connecting the building back to
its riverside site.
The name has been given to the
city council by Ngāi Tūāhuriri
and is consistent with the traditional
practice of whakahaumanu
te papatupu – restoring the customary
title to the land beneath
the building.
“Ōmōkihi was the name of an
old kaika (settlement), possibly
a nohoka/nohonga (seasonal occupation
site) where mogi/mōkihi
rested during their journey to
wakawaka (harvesting areas)
and/or pā or other kaika,” said
Tania Wati, a representative for
Tūāhuriri.
“The modern context is that we
are all on a journey and this is a
place to rest on that journey.
“Symbolically the name means
a collective space where all are
welcome. Thus we propose the
name Ōmōkihi,” Wati said.
The Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote
Community
Board will be asked to formally
accept the name on behalf of the
city council at its meeting next
week.
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JP Clinics
Spreydon Library – Thursday,
10.30am-1.30pm
South Library – Tuesday, 10am-1pm
A Justice of the Peace will be available
to members of the community to
witness signatures and documents,
certify document copies, hear
oaths, declarations, affidavits
or affirmations as well as sign
citizenship, sponsorship or rates
rebates applications. This service is
free.
Lunar New Year After School
Activity Zone
Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm
South Library
Celebrate Lunar New Year with the
Confuscius Institute and join in for
Chinese calligraphy and knot making
in this session. Free, drop-in. Suitable
for children 5-12 years.
Zentangle Community Art
Exhibition
All day, every day
South Library
On display at the gallery wall for February
is 20m 2 of ‘Zentangle’ artwork.
Pieces done by lots of people, using
tangles on a large scale. Zentangle is
a pattern-based drawing technique
used to draw small-scale artworks
Edmonds Factory Garden Party, Sunday, noon-3pm at Edmonds
Factory Gardens. Go along to enjoy a community garden party where all
are welcome, for fun and games. There will be scones, a sausage sizzle, live
music, games, kapa haka, stalls, and a bouncy castle. Free to attend.
which can be done for a creative
mindful focus or turned into projectbased
designs. The artworks on the
wall contain nearly 300 different
tangles.
Let’s Have a Cuppa
Tuesday, 11-11.45am
Spreydon Library
Join in for a social morning with free
hot drinks and snacks. Spend some
time talking to other members of the
community and librarians or take a
trip down memory lane and share
photos and stories from Canterbury’s
rich history.
Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Thursdays, 1.30-3.30pm
South Library
Come along on Thursdays with your
knitting, crochet or anything you like
that’s portable and crafty and enjoy
time with other crafters. Share skills
and be inspired in our friendly, relaxing
environment.
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Wa Korero: Storytimes
Fridays, 10.30-11am
Spreydon Library
Meet others in the community when
you and join in for a fun variety of
stories, songs and rhymes which
foster children’s literacy. All whānau
and caregivers are welcome. Free,
drop-in.
Not Just Cards: Social Game
Club
Monday, 2-4pm
South Library
Join the friendly group and play
Scrabble, Upwords, chess and cards.
Free, no bookings required, go along
when you can.
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‘Let’s put Bill on the wall’ project complete
• By Dylan Smits
A MURAL commemorating
the life and work of legendary
artist Bill Hammond has been
installed at the Lyttelton Arts
Factory.
Hammond’s painting, Traffic
Cop Bay, was selected for the
mural due to its local references.
“We have completed something
that he was keen on. It’s a
tribute to the community that
he was very fond of,’ said Hammond’s
widow Jane McBride.
Hammond lived in Lyttelton
since the 1970s and remained a
resident after his artistic career
took off.
The goal of getting a Hammond
painting on the arts factory
front had been in the works
since before his death, but took
on a new meaning after he died
in January 2021.
McBride said the idea came
from LAF creative director Mike
Friend.
“He has always wanted to
make the end wall of the theatre
into a boldly local artistic statement.
He put the idea to Bill
Hammond who liked it immediately.”
The ‘Let’s put Bill on the
wall’ project was born in 2020.
McBride took a lead role in
organising.
During a Lyttelton Arts Festival
auction in July, the sale of one
of Hammond’s lithographs in his
HONOURING: A mural of Bill Hammond’s painting Traffic Cop Bay is displayed on the
Oxford St wall of the Lyttelton Arts Factory. The project was achieved with the support of
Hammond’s widow Jane McBride, LAF, Te Papa and the local arts community. ​
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the mural.
It is a vinyl wrap covering the
Oxford St side of LAF.
Traffic Cop Bay was purchased
by Te Papa in 2003. The museum’s
arts collection notes say
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“It is an example of local art
that works in a global context. Its
ecological theme is as relevant to
international audiences as it is to
New Zealand.”
McBride said the mural’s
reveal on February 2 was a very
special moment.
“I was not prepared to feel
such emotion as I did,” she said.
“Traffic Cop Bay was simply
stunning.”
She is proud Hammond has
been honoured.
“He would be very pleased,
quietly.”
She said many have been impressed
by the mural.
“I have been so happy that
people have spoken of their joy
and appreciation. Bill loved Lyttelton
and was always prepared
to give back.”
McBride noted the support
from Te Papa, LAF, Lyttelton
Primary School, and the wider
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which helped realise the vision of
putting Bill on the wall.
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completion and Hammond was
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Thursday February 15 2024
Teen dancer making step up to the world
• By Sasha Watson
LUKE STREET is going to
jig, step and kick his way onto
the stage at the World Irish
Dancing Championships, held
in Glasgow, Scotland, in late
March.
Luke has been training four
times per week with his instructors,
Shannon Dilger and Argene
Flack, at the Southern Cross
Irish Dance School’s new facility
in Phillipstown, and will go to
the championships alongside
fellow dance student, 11-year-old
Cameron Murray.
It will be the Hillmorton
High School year 11 student’s
second time competing at the
world championships, having
competed in Montreal, Canada
last year.
“Being there will be a good
experience, I’ve never been to
Scotland before. While I’d like to
place higher than I did last year,
which was 42nd, getting into the
top 50 per cent would be awesome,”
said the 15-year-old, who
is from Hoon Hay.
However, travelling to and
from the competition, staying
in accommodation and the cost
of airfares will be expensive –
upwards of $15,000.
Luke’s mother Kendra Street
said: “If anyone is keen to donate
and help, that would be amazing.
We have already paid for entry
into the competition, our airfares
are on the credit card and we are
awaiting the council’s response
to Luke’s Youth Development
funding application.
“Finding funding is quite hard
due to him being 15 years old.
Most of the funding requires applicants
to be 16 and older.
“With every .donation, yours
or your business name will be
printed onto an ‘I have your
back’ t-shirt, which Luke will
wear out and about to say thank
STRAIGHT
LEGS: Luke
placed 42nd
overall in his first
international
world
championship
last year held
at Montreal,
Canada.
you to his supporters and sponsors.”
Luke qualified at the 2023 New
Zealand Irish Dancing national
championships, held at Burnside
High School, having won all
three of his dances for the overall
title and gaining a perfect score
of 300 in the U15s age group.
He has been dancing for five
years at the Southern Cross Irish
Dance School and has competed
regularly for about two years.
HIGH KICKS: Luke Street has been learning Irish dancing
at the Southern Cross Irish Dance school for about five
years and has competed regularly for about two.
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champs
Said Street: “We first went to a
boys-only class before he joined.
“Luke thought this was quite a
unique and fun dance and he had
rhythm and could learn the steps.
He loves it, when he first started,
he would just keep dancing all the
time.’’
Luke will be competing in
the soft-shoe and hard-shoe
15-16-year-old boys categories at
the championship, where, if he
places in the top 50 per per cent,
he will then be eligible to compete
in the set dance category.
There will be a panel of five adjudicators
to judge and score each
dance out of 100 points in aspects
including rhythm and musicality,
turn and crossover, elevation,
speed, power, posture, carriage
and presence.
The overall result is based on
the total points a dancer received
from their three dances.
“Luke has pulled up his socks
in terms of training and his presentation
during the dances. It was
good for him, in his first world
championships last year, to see the
standard of dancing from all of
the other boys, and learn what he
needs to do,” said Street.
•To help Luke get to
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Street on Facebook or the
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School page and donate to
the bank account: 06-0829-
0100-548-01.
Merv and Anji say goodbye
after 29 years of service
• By Sasha Watson
THE HEI Hei and Hornby
communities have said goodbye
to well-known dairy owners,
Balvant “Merv” Ravji and his
wife, Anjana.
After nearly three decades, the
couple has sold the shop. They
finished up on Sunday.
Said Ravji: “We just need a
break. It was an (open) seven-day
business, which we have been
running for 29 years. We’re not
retiring, but want to enjoy our
time and life while we still can.
“We would like to humbly
thank the whole community for
their understanding . . . there has
been an outpour of people who
have thanked us and wished us
well. We have been so welcomed
by everyone throughout the
years. We cannot thank them
enough.”
More than 200 well-wishers
have bid the couple farewell
online and in person.
Said Greater Hornby Residents
Association chair Derek Phelps:
“Being the people they are, Merv
and Anji wanted to keep it quiet,
but we could not let them get
away with that.
“They are a fantastic couple
who always give the most
outstanding service and will
be greatly missed. Merv has
advised the new owners have had
experience running a similar
operation.”
One well-wisher on Facebook
mentioned their father, who was
in a wheelchair, being greeted by
Ravji at the door, so the owner
could collect necessary items and
take them back out to his father,
which made life a bit easier.
Wycola Hair Design’s Heather
Jackson, who works at the salon
next to the dairy, told Southern
View she wished the couple “the
very best for their next journey”.
“They wanted their leaving to
go under the radar – but I told
them that’s not happening. Merv
COMMUNITY ICONS: Hei
Hei Dairy owners, Balvant
“Merv” Ravji and his wife,
Anjana have sold up after
almost three decades.
PHOTO: GHRA
is very humble and doesn’t want
to be in the spotlight.
“Most businesses around
here have changed owners
over the last few years, but not
the dairy. They become a part
of the community’s daily life,
taking an interest with everyone,
supporting those who need it day
and night,” she said.
“During Covid-19 and
throughout the restrictions,
Merv had set himself up with a
box outside the shop with bits
and bobs. He continued to serve
Hei Hei in any way he could.”
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Thursday February 15 2024
‘Ōmōkihi’ captures area’s historic significance
• From page 1
Board chair Callum Ward
said it’s important to have a
meaningful name for this new
facility, which highlights the
significant connection to the site
on the banks of the Ōpāwaho
Heathcote River.
The old facility was
badly damaged in the 2011
earthquakes and while it has
been temporarily strengthened
and is safe to occupy, it is
experiencing issues with
things such as heating and
weather tightness.
In October, councillors
approved a new $32 million
facility to be rebuilt at the
riverside site on Colombo St.
Concept designs have been
developed with input from
the community and includes a
library, customer services,
a learning centre, café,
governance spaces and meeting
rooms.
“We are very pleased to have
received the name Ōmōkihi
for our renewed facility. It is a
name that captures the historic
significance of the area and
connects the facility with the
river in particular,” Ward said.
“We are hugely grateful to
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Festival-goers show their love
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BIG TURNOUT: An estimated 15,000 people attended the 13th annual ‘I Love Brighton’
festival in Thomson Park.
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
• By Geoff Sloan
AN ESTIMATED crowd of up to
15,000 descended on Thomson
Park for the 13th annual ‘I Love
Brighton’ festival.
Event co-organiser Martha
Baxendell said the free festival
was a great way to start the year.
“This is a family friendly
event that we put on every year
with activities for children, a
little market area, we’ve got
entertainment happening.
I mean, just a fun day for
everyone.”
Community groups and sports
clubs took the opportunity to
showcase their offerings, keen to
recruit new members by running
games and activities.
The event began after the
Christchurch earthquakes as a
way of lifting the spirits of the
New Brighton community and
encouraging locals to re-engage
in activities.
“We wanted to create
something that helped bring our
community together, just show
that unity and also to encourage
our tamariki to see what they
could get involved in.”
Baxendell was delighted with
the great community support
for the event held on Tuesday
last week. The key sponsors were
the Home Foundation, Tangata
Atumotu Trust and the Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood
Community Board, which
allowed all the activities to be
free.
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Is there any sort of market here
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reckon there is because that’s
exactly what they have launched
here in the form of the MIFA 9.
If nothing else this imposing,
futuristic looking giant is hard to
miss.
From every angle, this is a big
vehicle at 2-metres wide and
5.3 metres long, and making a
long story longer is MIFA 9’s
3.2-metre wheelbase.
New Zealand gets a threemodel
MIFA 9 range, each with
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$79,990, while the mid-spec
Luxury retails for $99,990. Easily
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This luxury heavyweight of
the giant people mover brigade
possesses a remarkably good
turn of pace for such a high,
wide, long and hefty vehicle at
nearly 2.6 tonne. Providing the
performance fireworks is an
180kW electric motor driving
the front wheels with three drive
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to propel it from 0-100km/h in a
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starts, much to the surprise of
drivers it left in its wake. A single
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town and highway driving.
The cabin is seriously large.
This means heaps of space to
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that make this a road going
luxury cruise liner. No surprises
then to find two large captain’s
chairs in the second row, with
cooling and heating, massaging
function, with one touch fully
electric reclining. There are
three memory positions, eight
massaging options.
This is a bold breakout vehicle
for LDV, who are intent showing
the automotive world they can
design and build to top class
luxury vehicle – as a first attempt
it shows plenty of promise.
However, these aren’t enough
to ignore its flaws that you
don’t expect in $120K vehicle.
These include inconsistent build
quality, variable attention to
detail and too many hard and
lower grade plastic trims and
surfaces in the cabin.
Also I’d award a 5-star
annoying rating for the vehicle’s
over zealous and loud audible
warnings that burst into their
fullest voice for even the most
minor driving transgressions.
Finding where to silence these
on the small touch screen was
a mission, but there were high
fives all round in the cabin when
we finally hushed this electronic
nagger.
As expected, the ride is skewed
toward comfort and it delvers
that well enough over favourable
road surfaces. It’s less adept on
demanding roads where noise is
more noticeable.
Handling at moderate speeds
over undulating terrain, and
during cornering was better
than expected, but it’s a vehicle
that doesn’t enjoy being hurried
along over these sorts of roads.
Knowing and understanding
the MIFA 9’s road holding
limitations and driving to these
is one of the keys to enjoying this
unique people mover.
Finance
available
(conditions apply)
CARS WANTED
– CASH PAID
We buy small
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- Must be tidy
REDUCED
2011 mazda aXeLa
$7,995
1500cc, auto, 184,500kms.
2010 miTsubishi rVr
$10,995
1800cc, auto, 2WD, 128,000kms.
2009 ToyoTa ipsum 7 seaTer
$8,995
2.4, auto, alloys, 81,000kms.
2014 ToyoTa coroLLa GX haTch 1.8
was $11,995 Now $10,995
Auto, NZ new 176,000kms.
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2012 NissaN Tiida LaTio 4 door
$5,995
1.5 auto, 131,000kms, new WOF, drives well.
2009 suzuki sX4
$8,995
5Dr Hatch, 2.0L auto, NZ new, 114,000kms.
2015 ToyoTa coroLLa GX haTch
$12,995
1600cc, 147,000kms, rev.camera, NZ new.
2012 NissaN Tiida 5/haTch
$6,995
1.5 auto, 111,000kms.
REDUCED
4 IN STOCK
2012 hyuNdai i30 s/w
$8,995
NZ new, 1600cc, auto, 133,000kms, alloys.
2015 ToyoTa yaris 5/haTch
was $13,995 Now $12,495
1.3L, auto, NZ new, low 56,000kms.
2012 NissaN Tiida 5/haTch
$6,995
1.5 auto, new WOF, 127,000kms.
2012 hyuNdai i30 5/haTch
$7,995
1.6L, auto, 173,000kms, alloys.
- 281 Ferry Road - 03 389 1121 - dougdrake@xtra.co.nz www.dougdrake.co.nz

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Finance Available T.A.P. Ph: 027 344 4488
$25,990 $24,990 $26,750 $27,250
2014 NissaN atlas BOX tRUCK
3Ltr turbo diesel, 5 speed, 84,064kms, barn doors
at rear, super tidy example.
2016 NissaN NV350
Auto, 2Ltr petrol, 5dr, ABS, ESC, 114,000kms,
very tidy example.
2018 NissaN NV350
Auto, 2.5Ltr diesel, 5dr, window tints, 105,000kms,
very popular diesel.
2019 NissaN NV350
2.5Ltr diesel, auto, 5 door, silver, 118,000kms,
immaculate order, drives superb.
$27,750 $12,250 $9,250 $15,990
2018 tOYOta hiaCe
2Ltr VVT-I auto, 119,000kms, 5 door, air/con, ABS,
ESC, drives superb.
2010 MiNi COOpeR CaMdeN
Hi Spec, alloys, 1600cc auto, ABS, drives superbly.
2013 sUzUKi swift
1400cc auto, NZ new, 66,328kms, alloys,
economical, stunning in bright red pearl.
2016 peUGeOt eXpeRt VaN
2Ltr turbo diesel, 5 speed manual, 5 door, drives
superbly
$6,990 $7,990 $12,750 $10,750
2007 tOYOta COROlla
1500cc Auto, VVT-1, 91,172kms, very tidy example
2005 tOYOta COROlla
5 speed manual, 83,000kms, NZ new, 1800cc
VVT-i, immaculate, one owner, light blue
2009 tOYOta wish
1800cc auto, 7-seater, 87,879kms, alloys,
drives superbly.
2012 tOYOta aqUa hYBRid
74,500kms, auto, alloys, air/cond, ABS, ESC, power/
steer, superb to drive.
Includes ORC
$16,990 $9,250 $15,990 $11,490
$13,990
2014 Mazda aXela 2014 Mazda aXela 2018 daihatsU hi Jet
2 litre, 5 speed manual, 90,252kms,
dark blue pearl, alloys, ABS, ESC.
2008 Mazda ateNza
auto, alloys, black leather interior,
116,513kms, nice vehicle
Includes ORC
2 litre auto, alloys, CD, Cruise, ABS, ESC,
deep blue pearl, immaculate.
5 door van, auto, ABS, ESC, Lane Depart,
airbags, economical, ideal commercial.
Includes ORC
2018 YaRiX GX
NZ new, 94,087kms, bright red, air/
cond, ABS, airbags, Look only.
$11,750 $16,750 $25,990 $27,990
$12,750
2007 sUzUKi apV VaN
5 speed, 1600cc, manual, NZ new,
5 door, alloys, very clean example.
2010 tOYOta VellfiRe
auto, 7 seater, alloys, side and front
airbags, superb family coach.
2016 NissaN atlas BOX tRUCK
5spd manual, 3 Litre turbo diesel, large
rear cargo capacity, excellent example.
NissaN NV350
2500cc turbo diesel, auto, 5 door, roof
rack, 88,595kms.
2016 Mazda deMiO
1300cc auto, ESC, ABS, airbags, leather
seats, bright red pearl, 67,605kms
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SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
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many words of three or more letters,
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allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
once?
TODAY
Good 21 Very Good 26 Excellent 31
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 234: apron, hap, harp, hoar, hop, horn,
nap, nor, oar, opah, ORPHAN, pan, par, phon, pro,
word. rah, ran, rap, rho, roan.
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7. Eternal (8)
9. Throws out (6)
10. Filth (4)
11. Artificial body part (10)
12. Harmony (6)
14. Landing field (8)
15. Moved quickly or hastily (6)
16. Season (6)
19. And so on (Latin) (2,6)
21. Yearbook (6)
23. Causing distress (10)
24. Thorn (4)
25. Long, tapering flag (6)
26. Impediment (8)
Down
1. Sidekick (6)
2. Printed words (4)
3. Reaction (8)
4. Person owing money (6)
5. Walker (10)
6. Remarkable (8)
8. Advertising phrase (6)
13. Snake-like (10)
15. Comprehensive (8)
17. Loud, resounding (8)
18. Extravagant (6)
20. Chore, task (6)
22. Overseas (6)
24. Edge (4)
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Across: 7. Timeless,
9. Ejects, 10. Dirt, 11.
Prosthetic, 12. Unison, 14.
Airstrip, 15. Darted, 16.
Spring, 19. Et cetera, 21.
Annual, 23. Disturbing,
24. Barb, 25. Pennon, 26.
Handicap.
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3. Response, 4. Debtor,
5. Pedestrian, 6. Striking,
8. Slogan, 13. Serpentine,
15. Detailed, 17. Plangent,
18. Lavish, 20. Errand, 22.
Abroad, 24. Brim.
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cat, CATNIP, inapt, nap, nip,
nit, pact, pain, paint, pan,
panic, pant, pat, pic, pica,
pin, pint, pit, pita, tan, tap,
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