Nor'West News: March 28, 2024
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10<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
341<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
241<br />
6<br />
U R C<br />
O L A<br />
12 13 14 15<br />
16<br />
17 18<br />
19<br />
20 21 22 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 14 Very Good 17 Excellent 21<br />
Solution 240: Ire, lei, let, lie, lip, lire, lit, lite, litre,<br />
pelt, per, peri, peril, pert, pet, pie, pier, pile, pit, rep,<br />
word.<br />
ret, riel, rile, rip, ripe, rite, tie, tier, tile, tiler, tip, tire,<br />
trip, tripe, TRIPLE.<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 14 Very Good 17 Excellent 21<br />
25 26<br />
27 <strong>28</strong><br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Tawdry or tasteless (6)<br />
5. Rush madly (6)<br />
10. Without purpose (7)<br />
11. Deliberately vague (7)<br />
12. Heat (6)<br />
15. Cow-like (6)<br />
16. Temporary stay, visit (7)<br />
17. Delight (4)<br />
18. Charges (4)<br />
19. Ruddy (7)<br />
20. Lifeless (4)<br />
22. Girl (4)<br />
25. Punctuation mark in French (7)<br />
27. Entreaty (6)<br />
<strong>28</strong>. Involve (6)<br />
31. Lack of sophistication (7)<br />
32. Minor illness (7)<br />
33. Car model; insect (6)<br />
34. Dawn (literary) (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Submerge in liquid (7)<br />
3. Perspires (6)<br />
4. Chaff (4)<br />
5. Musical symbol (4)<br />
6. Justification (6)<br />
7. Imposing building (7)<br />
8. Eavesdrop (colloq) (6)<br />
9. Niche (6)<br />
13. Nonetheless (7)<br />
14. Bedroom (7)<br />
15. React angrily or defensively (7)<br />
20. Rely (6)<br />
21. One of the Seven Deadly Sins (7)<br />
23. Unpaid performer (7)<br />
24. Military greeting (6)<br />
25. Building material (6)<br />
26. Deer horn (6)<br />
29. Ancient harp (4)<br />
30. Mad (colloq) (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Kitsch, 5. Career,<br />
10. Aimless, 11. Evasive,<br />
12. Warmth, 15. Bovine, 16.<br />
Sojourn, 17. Glee, 18. Fees,<br />
19. Reddish, 20. Dead, 22.<br />
Lass, 25. Cedilla, 27. Prayer,<br />
<strong>28</strong>. Entail, 31. Naivety, 32.<br />
Ailment, 33. Beetle, 34.<br />
Aurora.<br />
Down: 2. Immerse, 3.<br />
Sweats, 4. Husk, 5. Clef,<br />
6. Reason, 7. Edifice, 8.<br />
Earwig, 9. Recess, 13.<br />
However, 14. Boudoir, 15.<br />
Bristle, 20. Depend, 21.<br />
Avarice, 23. Amateur, 24.<br />
Salute, 25. Cement, 26.<br />
Antler, 29. Lyre, 30. Gaga.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
arc, arco, car, carl, carol,<br />
caul, coal, col, cola, cor,<br />
coral, cru, cur, curl, lac, lour,<br />
oar, oca, OCULAR, oral, orc,<br />
orca, our, roc<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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