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<strong>16</strong> th March <strong>2025</strong><br />
THURSDAY, JANUARY <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2025</strong><br />
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Easing traffic woes a<br />
high priority for <strong>2025</strong><br />
• By Jack Ward<br />
FINDING A safe fix to ease<br />
traffic flow through Hornby<br />
is a key priority this year for<br />
the Greater Hornby Residents<br />
Association.<br />
Chair Derek<br />
Phelps said<br />
congestion is not<br />
new, but a continual<br />
problem.<br />
“Traffic is<br />
a nightmare.<br />
(There’s) no<br />
foreseeable plan<br />
– the motorway<br />
was supposed to<br />
Derek<br />
Phelps<br />
take 40-60% of traffic flow, but<br />
nothing I’ve seen shows that is<br />
the case.<br />
“I’ve been on this for the last<br />
five years and will keep bringing<br />
it up in mayoral forums.”<br />
Phelps said at the last mayoral<br />
forum on November 19 when he<br />
raised the subject of a traffic plan<br />
for Greater Hornby, a council<br />
staff member told him not to<br />
expect an answer anytime soon.<br />
“It is a sad state when you have<br />
Hornby as a gateway south from<br />
the airport and it’s the first thing<br />
travellers see because if you come<br />
south you have to go through<br />
Hornby.<br />
“The worst time is around<br />
3pm when school is out. Before<br />
Christmas, Main South Rd was<br />
STANDSTILL: Easing traffic congestion is high on the agenda for the Greater Hornby<br />
Residents Association.<br />
PHOTO: JACK WARD<br />
bumper to bumper from Carmen<br />
Rd past Neils St and at times<br />
backed up to Springs Rd.”<br />
Hornby councillor Mark Peters<br />
said easing traffic woes was also<br />
on his agenda this year.<br />
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“It is on my radar to improve<br />
safety in the touchpoints in the<br />
Hornby area through visibility<br />
and planning, and how we can<br />
take our city centre back.”<br />
Peters would like more engagement<br />
with New Zealand Transport<br />
Agency (NZTA).<br />
He said Hornby was mentioned<br />
by NZTA in its 2024-27<br />
National Land Transport Programme<br />
(in regards to improving<br />
safety at intersections on SH1<br />
and reducing delays caused by<br />
crashes).<br />
Phelps said the residents<br />
association has a really good<br />
relationship with<br />
Peters.<br />
“We have<br />
constant communications,<br />
he comes to<br />
all meetings<br />
and even pours<br />
the tea at the<br />
monthly market<br />
– he is fighting<br />
for the good of Hornby.”<br />
Mark<br />
Peters<br />
An annual calendar was being<br />
finalised, Phelps said.<br />
It would include events such as<br />
fun days, kids’ disco nights, and<br />
an Easter egg hunt.<br />
The first meeting of the year<br />
for the Greater Hornby Residents<br />
Association is on <strong>January</strong> 26 at<br />
2pm. Meetings are held on the<br />
last Sunday of the month at the<br />
Hornby Club.<br />
Phelps said anyone is welcome<br />
to attend.<br />
“We want people to come<br />
and talk about issues they have<br />
in Hornby.”<br />
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Mahjong for Experienced<br />
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Thursday, 10am-2pm<br />
Mataiki Hornby Centre<br />
Are you a Mahjong expert?<br />
Wanting to meet other experienced<br />
players? Come along to Hornby<br />
Library on Thursdays and use our<br />
Mahjong equipment. Our table and<br />
equipment is available for use between<br />
the hours of 10am-2pm.<br />
Minecraft Build Challenge –<br />
8-12 years<br />
Friday, 10am-noon<br />
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre<br />
Join us for a two hour Minecraft Build<br />
Challenge these school holidays!<br />
Unleash your creativity, build amazing<br />
structures, and make new friends.<br />
Special information: Basic game<br />
knowledge and ability to use a mouse<br />
and keyboard are required.<br />
Ages: 8-12 years. Cost: $11.14 including<br />
booking fee. Book online at events.<br />
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Reflect & Ride Workshop:<br />
Design your Own Custom<br />
Safety Vest – 8-12 years<br />
Monday, 10.30am-1pm<br />
Mataiki Hornby Centre<br />
Imagine designing your very own<br />
bike safety vest with custom reflective<br />
vinyl! Use basic digital art skills to<br />
design and cut reflective vinyl for a<br />
safety vest. Heat press your custom<br />
design onto the vest, then take it home<br />
and ride safely in style on your next<br />
Pool Party – Dive-in Movie, Saturday, Noon-5pm, Te Hāpua: Halswell<br />
Centre. Round up your friends and whānau for an epic evening. This year’s<br />
dive-in movie party is packed with excitement: giant inflatables, an obstacle<br />
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painting, and get a free ice cream, courtesy of Streets, while supplies last.<br />
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Safety vests provided. Ages: 8-12 years.<br />
Cost: $27.00 including booking fee.<br />
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Auahatanga – Creative Time<br />
Wednesday, 10-11.30am<br />
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre<br />
Drop in and have a go with our<br />
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space at Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre.<br />
Equipment available includes 3D<br />
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software including Adobe Creative<br />
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if you need help. These are not<br />
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you to try out the equipment available<br />
and work on your own creative<br />
projects. For ages <strong>16</strong>+.<br />
Door Décor – 5-12 years<br />
Monday, 2.30-3.30pm<br />
Matatiki Hornby Centre<br />
Come and design your own<br />
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2025</strong> 3<br />
Stitching for a cause part of<br />
healing journey for Heather<br />
• By Jack Ward<br />
HEATHER SMITH has been<br />
through dark times during her<br />
life.<br />
But those days have passed<br />
and sewing has been a big part<br />
of the 68-year-old’s recovery.<br />
On Saturday, Heather will lead<br />
a sewing bee in a bid to make<br />
120 sensory mats for students<br />
at Ferndale School – a specialist<br />
school for students with varying<br />
levels of special needs.<br />
“Sewing helps me keep the<br />
mental demons away. It gives me<br />
something to focus on and it is<br />
therapeutic,” she said.<br />
Her mental demons stem from<br />
four years of domestic abuse<br />
she suffered while living in<br />
the Australian Outback before<br />
returning to Christchurch three<br />
years ago.<br />
The St Martins resident had<br />
been based in Australia for<br />
28 years working as a music<br />
therapist performing for<br />
dementia patients in hospitals<br />
and rest homes, which gave her<br />
an idea – making sensory mats.<br />
A sensory mat is an interactive<br />
surface that engages the senses<br />
through different textures,<br />
colours, and patterns. They can<br />
deliver a calming effect for users<br />
GOOD CAUSE: Rachael Okey (left) and Heather Smith with<br />
a completed sensory mat from their first sewing bee.<br />
and help to relieve tension.<br />
“I started making sensory<br />
mats for dementia patients at<br />
Christchurch Hospital as a way<br />
to keep people calm,” she said.<br />
Heather made 80 mats herself.<br />
From there, she put out a<br />
call for help and people started<br />
offering donated materials.<br />
This is where Rachael Okey<br />
joined in.<br />
Okey has 35 years of sewing<br />
experience and runs Sew Far<br />
Sew Good studio in Hoon Hay.<br />
“I saw on a local community<br />
page that Heather was looking<br />
for bits and pieces so I reached<br />
out and said ‘let’s get together to<br />
do some sewing and education at<br />
the same time’,” Okey said.<br />
“It is pretty cool. I’m a firm<br />
believer that if you learn a skill<br />
you should share it. There is a<br />
huge amount of joy from making<br />
something for someone else.”<br />
The first sewing bee in<br />
September yielded 28 sensory<br />
mats with up to eight people<br />
working at any one time.<br />
Heather said the team wanted<br />
to do more.<br />
Her daughter-in-law Sharon<br />
de Garnham, a teacher aide<br />
at Ferndale, saw the mats and<br />
suggested making some for the<br />
students there.<br />
“She thought they would be<br />
wonderful as a learning aide<br />
for (teaching) how to dress,”<br />
Heather said.<br />
The mats will be equipped<br />
with zips, clips, button-holes,<br />
and laces to tie, which will help<br />
the students learn important<br />
skills.<br />
Going forward, Heather<br />
has two full bookshelves of<br />
donations to keep her busy<br />
long after the sewing bee as<br />
she continues her focus on<br />
supporting others.<br />
“Sewing gives me structure<br />
and helping other people helps<br />
me.”<br />
• The sewing bee is on<br />
this Saturday with sessions<br />
at 1.30, 3.00 and 4.30pm.<br />
Bookings can be made<br />
via the Sew Far So Good<br />
Facebook page<br />
Appeal<br />
for help<br />
finding<br />
plaques<br />
A RESIDENT is asking for help<br />
tracking down missing plaques<br />
stolen from historic sites.<br />
Leslie Gilder told chrislynchmedia.com<br />
she was shocked to<br />
discover the plaques, including<br />
one bought by the citizens of<br />
Christchurch in December 1963<br />
for Ashgrove Reserve in Somerfield,<br />
had gone missing.<br />
Gilder told chrislynchmedia.<br />
com an Addington Cemetery<br />
plaque commemorating the<br />
lives lost to deadly diseases<br />
like typhoid in the 1880s was<br />
also missing, as was a drinking<br />
fountain at Dickens Street<br />
Reserve, Addington, and another<br />
plaque in Ruskin Reserve,<br />
Addington.<br />
Gilder said the plaques were<br />
likely stolen but she believes<br />
scrap metal dealers in the city<br />
would recognise them.<br />
City council head of parks<br />
Rupert Bool told chrislynchmedia.com:<br />
“We take these<br />
incidents seriously, recording all<br />
reported thefts and allocating<br />
an annual budget for plaque<br />
renewal or replacement to<br />
preserve our shared heritage.”<br />
Bin good with recycling<br />
These are the only items that can go in the yellow bin<br />
Lids in<br />
the red<br />
bin<br />
Clean cardboard and paper<br />
(now including empty pizza boxes)<br />
Clean food and drink<br />
tins and cans<br />
Clean plastic bottles and containers<br />
(4 litres and under, numbered 1, 2 and 5)<br />
Clean glass bottles<br />
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Remember to rinse your containers before putting them in the yellow bin. All lids go in the red bin.<br />
Download our free Christchurch Bins app<br />
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Thanks for bin good.<br />
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2025</strong> 5<br />
Elephant slide<br />
brought to life<br />
in children’s book<br />
FIFTY YEARS after it was built,<br />
the elephant slide in Bishopdale<br />
Park has been immortalised in a<br />
new children’s book.<br />
Elephant Park tells the story of<br />
Elly the elephant, who is feeling<br />
a bit tired and run down. A little<br />
boy invites her home for the<br />
weekend and with his dad’s help,<br />
Elly receives a makeover and a<br />
new lease on life.<br />
Author Melanie Koster was<br />
inspired by the way renowned<br />
writer Margaret Mahy often<br />
blurred the line between fact and<br />
fiction in her books.<br />
“My early childhood was spent<br />
on the West Coast but when<br />
we came over to visit family<br />
in Christchurch, my sister and<br />
I would meet our cousins at<br />
Bishopdale Park and spend hours<br />
playing on the elephant slide.<br />
“When we moved to Christchurch,<br />
I was delighted our new<br />
home was a quick bike ride from<br />
both the Bishopdale Library and<br />
‘Elephant Park’ as we called it.<br />
Having spent many happy hours<br />
playing on the slide as a child,<br />
I had fun imagining what this<br />
inanimate object might do or say<br />
if it had a voice,” Koster said.<br />
Twenty-one months after the<br />
idea was seeded the finished book<br />
was published with Scholastic<br />
NZ. It is illustrated by Jenny<br />
Cooper.<br />
It wasn’t until after publication<br />
that Melanie discovered the<br />
origin of the famous slide. It was<br />
the brainchild of Alida Pickard,<br />
who had come second in a local<br />
schools’ competition.<br />
Said Pickard: “In the 1970s my<br />
family and I were living in Stretton<br />
St and attending Burnside<br />
High School. Bishopdale was a<br />
new subdivision back then, so<br />
they were developing a sports<br />
ground and a playground.<br />
“There was a competition for<br />
children in the area to submit<br />
ideas for what they wanted, and<br />
as I have a passion for elephants,<br />
I decided to make a paper mâché<br />
elephant with the idea of it being<br />
a slide or for climbing on.<br />
“I was delighted when they<br />
picked my elephant as second<br />
place. I received a Canterbury<br />
Savings Bank Account with $5 as<br />
my prize – plus my elephant got<br />
built, with a slide going up and<br />
over top of her. I was very proud.<br />
“I watched her being built and<br />
loved that she sat at the front of<br />
the park where we could see her<br />
every time we drove past. Over<br />
the years my son and then my<br />
grandchildren have played on her<br />
plus many of my friends and their<br />
children and grandchildren.”<br />
Thousands of children have<br />
whizzed down the slide in the<br />
half-century since 1974.<br />
SLIDING INTO HISTORY:<br />
Author Melanie Koster in<br />
front of the elephant slide<br />
that inspired her children’s<br />
book, Elephant Park. <br />
Right – with slide creator<br />
Alida Pickard.<br />
PHOTOS: CCC<br />
GYM FOR THE<br />
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FOR THE BRAIN<br />
Do you enjoy cards? Keep mentally active by<br />
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The Christchurch Bridge Club Lessons for <strong>2025</strong><br />
• Starts Monday 27th <strong>January</strong> 7.30pm – 9.45pm<br />
• 12-week course with 3 FREE introductory lessons<br />
• Then a $20 fee to cover teaching material<br />
• Make new friends and socialise after lessons<br />
• NZ Representative teachers<br />
• Caters for all levels of bridge knowledge and learning<br />
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• Health benefits – mental and social<br />
• (Second set of lessons commence<br />
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6<br />
Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2025</strong><br />
continuing education<br />
It’s never too<br />
late for music<br />
Are you an adult who learned an<br />
rock bands – something for everyone.<br />
instrument in your childhood but gave Our adult students tell us that getting<br />
up because it got too hard or life just got involved in music experiences in their later<br />
busy? Or have you always wanted to learn years has been life changing. Learning<br />
a musical instrument but never had the something new is good for the brain,<br />
opportunity? Well , it’s not too late! activating neural pathways, strengthening<br />
The Christchurch School of Music, Te motor skills and and bringing about a sense<br />
Kura Puoro offers tuition in a wide range of of well-being. New and lasting friendships<br />
instruments and has lots of ensembles that are formed and there is always lots of<br />
adults of all ages and stages can join. There laughter.<br />
are orchestras, wind ensembles, a string Find out more at csm.org.nz or contact<br />
ensemble, concert band, jazz bands and us on office@csm.org.nz<br />
Make <strong>2025</strong> your year<br />
to discover the Bible!<br />
Why read the Bible? It’s such an old<br />
book, it’s outdated with no relevance today.<br />
But is it? What if it turns out to be the<br />
most important book you will ever read?<br />
Courses run during term times on<br />
Thursday evenings at the Rolleston<br />
Community Centre. These are entirely<br />
free (you will never be asked for money)<br />
and are run by volunteers from the<br />
Christadelphian community. No pressure<br />
is ever applied, as we believe in freely<br />
providing everyone with the tools to begin<br />
reading the Bible for themselves and so to<br />
discover a real treasure!<br />
Term 1 – Discover the Bible<br />
Term 2 – New Testament Unpacked<br />
Term 3 – Practical Lessons from<br />
New Testament Characters<br />
Term 4 – God’s Promise for the Earth<br />
Enrol now:<br />
bibleeducationnz@gmail.com<br />
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Phone Alan on 021 105 3544<br />
LESSONS, ENSEMBLE, AND INSTRUMENT HIRE<br />
FOR ALL AGES<br />
IT’S NEVER TOO<br />
LATE FOR MUSIC!<br />
The Christchurch School of Music offers a<br />
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Enrol now for 2024!<br />
office@csm.org.nz<br />
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2025</strong> 7<br />
continuing education<br />
Focus on learning for fun<br />
Do you seek intellectual challenge in<br />
history, philosophy, science or politics?<br />
Does the idea of a new hobby, like<br />
photography or drawing appeal to you?<br />
Would you like to explore cuisines from<br />
other cultures or health through your diet?<br />
This year why not make learning part of<br />
your life through a course at the WEA?<br />
Participants describe WEA as:<br />
• a fun and friendly environment<br />
• with highly qualified tutors, eager to<br />
share knowledge<br />
• excellent value for money<br />
• having improved their knowledge, skills<br />
and confidence.<br />
CWEA has successfully provided<br />
community-based education, in a central<br />
location, for over 100 years. Whatever your<br />
Papanui High School is one of the<br />
longest standing providers of Community<br />
Education Courses in Christchurch and<br />
New Zealand. Our proud history of catering<br />
for the lifelong learning needs of Adult<br />
Students started in 1937.<br />
The sight of our beautiful,<br />
historic main building lit<br />
up at night has greeted<br />
our Night Class students<br />
for over 87 years. Papanui<br />
is renowned for offering<br />
a diverse array of quality<br />
evening courses and<br />
weekend workshops,<br />
and Term 1 <strong>2025</strong> is no<br />
exception.<br />
Along with our ever<br />
popular Watercolour<br />
interest we are sure to find classes that suit<br />
your timetable, budget and style of learning.<br />
Term 1 begins 29th <strong>January</strong> <strong>2025</strong>. Discover<br />
more at www.cwea.org.nz. Also onsite is<br />
our newly opened second-hand Bookshop:<br />
WE Are Books. Browse the shelves and<br />
find some book bargains! Monday-Friday,<br />
10am-3pm. Saturdays 11-3pm<br />
Italian Singers performing at the<br />
North West Branch Christmas function<br />
Term 1 Night Classes at Papanui<br />
Painting, Sewing, Cooking and Woodwork<br />
courses, new in Term 1 are Wine and Food<br />
Matching, Strength2Balance Exercise, and<br />
Small Business Set-up and Skills. Weekend<br />
Workshops include our popular Barista<br />
Weekend Workshop,<br />
Basket Weaving, An<br />
Introduction to Genealogy<br />
and Making Beeswax<br />
Wraps.<br />
Term 1 courses begin<br />
the week of 10 February.<br />
For a complete list of<br />
courses and to enrol,<br />
visit our website, https://<br />
www.papanui.school.nz/<br />
adult-education phone<br />
03 3520701 or email<br />
ace@papanui.school.nz.<br />
New Year and New<br />
Courses at Risingholme<br />
Enrolments are open for Risingholme’s<br />
<strong>2025</strong> courses. Take a look at what’s on offer<br />
and come learn with us!<br />
The new programme offers an extensive<br />
array of courses designed for individuals at<br />
all stages of life. Whether you’re seeking to<br />
enhance your professional skills, explore a<br />
new hobby, or engage in creative pursuits,<br />
our diverse range of courses cater to a variety<br />
of interests and can help enhance your<br />
overall wellbeing.<br />
Some of the new courses on offer next year<br />
include:<br />
• Budgeting Tips: The current cost of<br />
living crisis has contributed to financial<br />
stress for many people. In this 3-week course<br />
you’ll dive into your money goals, find<br />
strategies to manage debt, reduce expenses,<br />
and make a financial plan that you can<br />
implement straightaway.<br />
• Printmaking for Beginners Workshop:<br />
Make your own stamps and stamp pads<br />
with recycled materials, try monotype<br />
printing and more! With an emphasis on<br />
experimentation and fun, this course will<br />
be a friendly introduction to printmaking<br />
without the need for specialist equipment.<br />
• The Art of Smocking: Smocking is<br />
used in everything from babies’ clothes,<br />
floaty summer dresses, and home décor<br />
like cushions. This course will teach you<br />
basic smocking stitches to help you make a<br />
decoration or item of clothing.<br />
• Introduction to GarageBand for Mac:<br />
Great for those interested in podcasting<br />
and sound editing! Learn to put audio and<br />
sound effects on to a video clip, record and<br />
edit yourself or a friend singing or playing<br />
an instrument and create a multi-track<br />
recording.<br />
• Plaster Mould Making 101 Workshop:<br />
This 2-week workshop will teach you to<br />
make a model for a mould using sculpture<br />
construction methods and make moulds<br />
using readymade objects.<br />
• Creative Visual Story Workshop: Have<br />
you got a poem you’ve wanted to expand on<br />
and colour in? Do you have delicious recipes<br />
that need illustrations? Or a short story to<br />
illustrate? This 2-week workshop will teach<br />
you to translate the written word into hand<br />
drawn pictures using the French ‘aux trois<br />
crayon’ technique to bring your ideas to life.<br />
Reflecting on the importance of adult<br />
education, Risingholme’s Director, Lynda<br />
Megson, notes that “lifelong learning is not<br />
just a buzzword for us, it’s a mission we are<br />
deeply committed to realising and is part of<br />
our purpose as an organisation to exist at the<br />
heart of wider learning communities. For<br />
many of our learners, lifelong learning is a<br />
pathway to personal and professional growth<br />
that is deeply rewarding. It provides people<br />
with new knowledge, experiences, and a<br />
social connection which enriches not just<br />
the individual but our communities too.”<br />
If you’re feeling inspired to try<br />
something new you can browse all our<br />
courses and enrol by heading to<br />
www.risingholme.org.nz or see the<br />
Risingholme team in person at their<br />
Opawa office.
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2025</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
9 10<br />
383<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
283<br />
6<br />
B E D<br />
N L O<br />
11 12<br />
13 14 15 <strong>16</strong> 17<br />
18 19 20<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 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 36<br />
Solution 282: bel, berm, blue, bluer, blur, bum,<br />
bur, burl, elm, emu, lemur, leu, lube, LUMBER, lure,<br />
mule, rub, rube, ruble, rue, rule, rum, RUMBLE,<br />
word.<br />
umbel, umber.<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 />
Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 36<br />
21 22 23 24<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
Across<br />
1. Green vegetable (7)<br />
5. Female line (7)<br />
9. Bitter or pungent (5)<br />
10. Custom (9)<br />
11. Clement (9)<br />
12. Surmise (5)<br />
13. Vomit (5)<br />
15. ‘Don’t look a __ __ in the mouth’<br />
(4,5)<br />
18. Capitulate (9)<br />
19. Gradually reduce (5)<br />
21. Aromatic spice (5)<br />
23. Silly or superficial (9)<br />
25. Devoted (9)<br />
26. Fight (5)<br />
27. Postponed (7)<br />
28. Neither here nor there (7)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
1. Section of a book (7)<br />
2. Weather gauge (9)<br />
3. Mix up, confuse (5)<br />
4. Alienated (9)<br />
5. Male duck (5)<br />
6. Catapult (9)<br />
7. Nimble (5)<br />
8. Flair (7)<br />
14. Public clamouring (3,3,3)<br />
<strong>16</strong>. Prohibited (9)<br />
17. Unprincipled (9)<br />
18. Broke away (7)<br />
20. Determination (7)<br />
22. Prototype (5)<br />
23. Foul-smelling (5)<br />
24. U-shaped bend in a river (5)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Cabbage, 5.<br />
Distaff, 9. Acrid, 10. Tradition,<br />
11. Temperate, 12. Guess,<br />
13. Retch, 15. Gift horse,<br />
18. Surrender, 19. Taper, 21.<br />
Cumin, 23. Frivolous, 25.<br />
Dedicated, 26. Brawl, 27.<br />
Delayed, 28. Nowhere.<br />
Down: 1. Chapter, 2.<br />
Barometer, 3. Addle, 4.<br />
Estranged, 5. Drake, 6.<br />
Slingshot, 7. Agile, 8.<br />
Finesse, 14. Hue and cry, <strong>16</strong>.<br />
Forbidden, 17. Reprobate, 18.<br />
Seceded, 20. Resolve, 22.<br />
Model, 23. Fetid, 24. Oxbow.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
bed, bel, ben, bend, bled,<br />
blend, blond, BLONDE,<br />
bode, bold, bole, bond,<br />
bone, boned, den, dob, doe,<br />
dole, don, done, ebon, eld,<br />
end, eon, led, lend, lob,<br />
lobe, lobed, lode, loden,<br />
lone, neb, noble, nod, node,<br />
ode, old, olden, one.<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 />
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