Western News: December 04, 2025

The Star, December 4, 2025
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CROSSWORD
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SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
N B E
L E A
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329 329
L E A
many words of three or more letters,
How
including
many
plurals,
words
can you
of
make
three
from
or
the
more
six
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign
How words or beginning with a capital are
from many
allowed.
the words
There's
six letters, of three
at least one
using or more
six-letter
each letters,
word.
only
including once? plurals, can you make from the six
TODAY
letters, Good using 10 each Very letter Good only 15 once? Excellent No 20 foreign
No words beginning with a capital are
words Solution or words 328: ego, beginning
allowed. There’s
eon, erg,
at
ergo, with
least
gen, a capital
one
gin, girn, are
allowed. six-letter
giro, goer, There's gone, goner, at least gore, one grin, six-letter groin, IGNORE, word.
word. ion, ire, iron, nog, noir, nor, ogre, one, ore, REGION,
reign, rein, rig, ring, roe. TODAY
Good 10 Very Good 15 Excellent 20
letters, including plurals, can you make
Solution 328: ego, eon, erg, ergo, gen, gin, girn,
giro, goer, gone, goner, gore, grin, groin, IGNORE,
ion, ire, iron, nog, noir, nor, ogre, one, ore, REGION,
reign, rein, rig, ring, roe.
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24 25
26 27
Across
1. Procession (6)
4. Kiss (6)
9. Circular band of metal (4)
10. Sensible or business-like (2-8)
11. Dally (6)
12. Family member (8)
13. Occurring (9)
15. In cards, a three of any suit (4)
16. Extreme anger (4)
17. Tsunami (5,4)
21. Again (4,4)
22. Worn out, threadbare (6)
24. Devilish (10)
25. Clock face (4)
26. Vegetables (colloq) (6)
27. Boil with anger (6)
Decoder
Down
1. In proportion (L) (3,4)
2. Swift (5)
3. Underground prison (7)
5. Layer between earth’s crust and
core (6)
6. Depose (9)
7. The study of past events (7)
8. Stubbornness (13)
14. Porous (9)
16. Discovering (7)
18. Clear of blame (7)
19. Oscillate (7)
20. Powder found in flowers (6)
23. Financial inspection (5)
Crossword
Across: 1. Parade, 4. Smooch, 9. Hoop, 10. No-nonsense, 11. Dawdle, 12.
Relation, 13. Happening, 15. Trey, 16. Fury, 17. Tidal wave, 21. Once more,
22. Shabby, 24. Diabolical, 25. Dial, 26. Greens, 27. Seethe.
Down: 1. Pro rata, 2. Rapid, 3. Dungeon, 5. Mantle, 6. Overthrow, 7.
History, 8. Intransigence, 14. Permeable, 16. Finding, 18. Absolve, 19.
Vibrate, 20. Pollen, 23. Audit.
WordBuilder
Able, alb, ale, alee, anele, bale, BALEEN, ban, bane, bean, bee, been, bel,
ben, eel, elan, ENABLE, lab, lane, lea, lean, lee, nab, neb.
DECODER
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the
given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out
which letters are represented by the other numbers.
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