Nor'West News: April 18, 2024
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8<br />
9 10<br />
344<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
244<br />
6<br />
R R H<br />
T A E<br />
11 12<br />
13 14 15<br />
16 17 <strong>18</strong> 19<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 />
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.<br />
once?<br />
TODAY<br />
Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
from the six letters, using each only<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Solution 243: bed, bel, bled, blue, bod, bode, bold,<br />
bole, boule, bud, dob, doe, dole, DOUBLE, dub, due,<br />
word. duel, duo, eld, led, leu, lob, lobe, lobed, lode, loud,<br />
lube, ludo, ode, old.<br />
Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27<br />
20<br />
21 22 23<br />
24 25<br />
26 27<br />
Across<br />
1. Solidly built (6)<br />
4. For ever (6)<br />
9. Fete (4)<br />
10. Reinforce (10)<br />
11. Swimsuit (6)<br />
12. Roy G Biv, for example (8)<br />
13. Healthy (9)<br />
15. Surety (4)<br />
16. Make reference to (4)<br />
17. Adamant (9)<br />
21. Branch of mathematics (8)<br />
22. Group with shared<br />
characteristics (6)<br />
24. Person who overreacts (5,5)<br />
25. Shaft of light (4)<br />
26. Butterflies (in your stomach) (6)<br />
27. Middle (6)<br />
Down<br />
1. Blindly imitative (7)<br />
2. One of the five basic tastes (5)<br />
3. Sack (7)<br />
5. Connected (6)<br />
6. Spaceman (9)<br />
7. Significant (7)<br />
8. Head of government (5,8)<br />
14. Straggler (9)<br />
16. Humiliation (7)<br />
<strong>18</strong>. Infuriate (7)<br />
19. Tell a story (7)<br />
20. Select group (6)<br />
23. Custom (5)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Sturdy, 4.<br />
Always, 9. Gala, 10.<br />
Strengthen, 11. Bikini, 12.<br />
Mnemonic, 13. Wholesome,<br />
15. Bail, 16. Cite, 17.<br />
Insistent, 21. Calculus, 22.<br />
Cohort, 24. Drama queen,<br />
25. Beam, 26. Nerves, 27.<br />
Centre.<br />
Down: 1. Slavish, 2. Umami,<br />
3. Dismiss, 5. Linked, 6.<br />
Astronaut, 7. Special,<br />
8. Prime minister, 14.<br />
Latecomer, 16. Chagrin, <strong>18</strong>.<br />
Incense, 19. Narrate, 20.<br />
Clique, 23. Habit.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
are, art, ate, ear, earth, eat,<br />
era, err, hare, hart, hat, hate,<br />
hater, hear, heart, heat, her,<br />
rare, rat, rate, RATHER,<br />
rear, ret, rhea, tar, tare, tea,<br />
tear, terra, the<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 />
Decoder<br />
Sudoku<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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