Western News: February 22, 2024
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10<br />
Thursday <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
336<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
236<br />
6<br />
A R L<br />
U G F<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
16<br />
17 18<br />
19<br />
20 21 <strong>22</strong> 23 24<br />
How 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 />
from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only<br />
once?<br />
TODAY<br />
Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />
Solution 235: act, actin, ani, ant, anti, antic, apt,<br />
can, cant, cap, cat, CATNIP, inapt, nap, nip, nit, pact,<br />
pain, paint, pan, panic, pant, pat, pic, pica, pin, pint,<br />
word.<br />
pit, pita, tan, tap, tic, tin, tip.<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Young and inexperienced (6)<br />
5. Optical illusion (6)<br />
10. Romantic (7)<br />
11. Fill to satisfaction (7)<br />
12. Portions (6)<br />
15. Abide (6)<br />
16. Recuperate (7)<br />
17. Unknown author (abbr) (4)<br />
18. Part of the eye (4)<br />
19. Misshape (7)<br />
20. Dismiss (4)<br />
<strong>22</strong>. Becomes older (4)<br />
25. Accomplishment (7)<br />
27. Card suit (6)<br />
28. Muscle injury (6)<br />
31. Excellent, wonderful (7)<br />
32. Deadly poison (7)<br />
33. Pressing (6)<br />
34. Annual pay (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Alligator pear (7)<br />
3. Plunderer (6)<br />
4. Stinging insect (4)<br />
5. Disguise (4)<br />
6. Instead (6)<br />
7. Type of hard stone (7)<br />
8. Feeling of sickness (6)<br />
9. Niche (6)<br />
13. Grave (7)<br />
14. Porch (7)<br />
15. Go backwards (7)<br />
20. Split (6)<br />
21. Climb awkwardly (7)<br />
23. Glassworker (7)<br />
24. Chanteuse (6)<br />
25. Chevron (6)<br />
26. Stretch out (6)<br />
29. Overcome (4)<br />
30. Parts of a play (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Callow, 5.<br />
Mirage, 10. Amorous, 11.<br />
Satiate, 12. Shares, 15.<br />
Reside, 16. Recover, 17.<br />
Anon, 18. Lens, 19. Distort,<br />
20. Sack, <strong>22</strong>. Ages, 25.<br />
Success, 27. Hearts, 28.<br />
Sprain, 31. Sublime, 32.<br />
Cyanide, 33. Urgent, 34.<br />
Salary.<br />
Down: 2. Avocado, 3.<br />
Looter, 4. Wasp, 5. Mask,<br />
6. Rather, 7. Granite, 8.<br />
Nausea, 9. Recess, 13.<br />
Serious, 14. Portico, 15.<br />
Regress, 20. Schism, 21.<br />
Clamber, 23. Glazier, 24.<br />
Singer, 25. Stripe, 26.<br />
Sprawl, 29. Best, 30. Acts.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
fag, far, flag, flu, frag, frug,<br />
FRUGAL, fug, fugal, fur, furl,<br />
gal, gar, gaur, guar, gulf, lag,<br />
lug, rag, rug<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 />
All puzzles copyright<br />
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz
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