The Star: September 15, 2016

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Puzzles
THE
CROSSWORD
1637
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9
10 11
12
13 14 15
16 17 18
19 20 21
22
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.
As you get the letters,
write them into
the main grid and
the reference grid.
Decoder uses all 26
letters of the alphabet.
23 24
25
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ACROSS
1. Freedom to do whatever you like
(colloq) (5,6)
8. Sport in which Dene O’Kane was
New Zealand’s highest ranked player
(7)
9. Perfect (5)
10. Spoken (4)
11. Aircraft or ferry worker (7)
12. A five-pointer (3)
13. Interlock (4)
15. Misled (4)
17. Four (Maori) (3)
19. King Country district, home to
tourism attraction for 100 years (7)
20. At a distance (4)
23. Fool (5)
24. Bockwurst, bratwurst or knackwurst
(7)
25. Hypothetical (11)
DOWN
1. Chess piece (6)
2. Hawaiian greeting (5)
3. NZ parrot which lives in native
forests (4)
4. Violation of a religious code (6)
5. Bet placed on first two in a horse
race (8)
6. Heighten (7)
7. Illness (6)
12. Strangle (8)
14. Person who believes in rule by a
select group (7)
16. Canopy (6)
17. Killjoy (colloq) (6)
18. Painful experience (6)
21. Former French currency (5)
22. Surge of wind (4)
1636
Across: 6. I Q test, 7. Remark, 10. Waiheke,
The
11.
number
Kirov, 12.
game
Dead, 13.
that
Brine, 16.
Trots, 17. Gone, 20. Dream, 21. Eternal, 22. improves Yellow, 23. your Wigram. arithmetic
Down: 1. Big Wednesday, 2. Ethical, 3. Asset, 4. Weekend, 5. Padre, 8. Keven
Mealamu, HOW TO 9. PLAY Betrothed, 14. Crimson, 15. Foundry, 18. Cello, 19. Devil.
It’s like sudoku: each
vertical and horizontal
line has to contain
the numbers 1-6, and
the numbers can’t be
repeated in any row or
column.
But it’s sudoku with a
twist: The numbers in
each heavily outlined
set of squares, called
cages, must produce the
number in the top corner.
For example, 5+ means
the numbers add up to 5,
9x means the numbers
multiply to equal 9.
TIP: Numbers can be repeated in a cage, as long as they are not in the
same line or row.
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WORDBUILDER
E Y S
T
A
How many words of three or more letters can you
make, using each letter only once? Plurals are
allowed, but no foreign words or words beginning
with a capital. There’s at least one five-letter word.
Good 14 Very Good 19 Excellent 25
BLACKOUT
Work out which
squares to black out
to leave a finished
crossword grid
SUDOKU
304
Fill the grid so that every row,
every column and every 3x3
box contains the digits 1 to 9.
C R E E P K F U R N I S H M B M B
R I T J L S A J O Z D T O F A K E
O N C U A B R A C A D A B R A E E
O V E R T L M I B P X I B E T B P
N C T S I C E C A P K R H E S U S
N Z E E N C R Y U A H I A L C P Y
M O R G U E G B O R D E L L O J A
A N A I M L E O F E O B L G L E G
G Z R F D J S W A L L O W E D M E
M A R T I N I P L Y O C A D E L N
A A K S M Y N I P A P A Y J D O T
SOLUTIONS
BLACKOUT
WORDBUILDER
ate, ats, aye, ayes, ays,
east, easy, eat, eats, est,
eta, etas, eyas, sat, sate,
say, sea, seat, set, seta,
stay, sty, stye, tea, teas, yea,
yeas, yeast, yes, yet
C R E E P F U R N I S H B B
R T L
KENKEN
A O T F A K E
O C A B R A C A D A B R A E
O V E R T M P I E P
N T I C E C A P R H E S U S
E N R A A C
M O R G U E B O R D E L L O A
A A I M O E L L E G
G F S W A L L O W E D E
M A R T I N I L O A E N
A S N I P P A Y D O T
DECODER
NZ CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Blank
cheque, 8. Snooker,
9. Ideal, 10. Oral, 11.
Steward, 12. Try, 13.
Mesh, 15. Lied, 17.
Wha, 19. Waitomo,
20. Afar, 23. Idiot,
24. Sausage, 25.
Theoretical.
Down: 1. Bishop,
2. Aloha, 3. Kaka,
4. Heresy, 5.
Quinella, 6. Elevate,
7. Malady, 12.
Throttle, 14. Elitist,
16. Awning, 17.
Wowser, 18. Ordeal,
21. Franc, 22. Gust.
SUDOKU
WORDBUILDER
ate, ats, aye, ayes, ays,
east, easy, eat, eats, est,
eta, etas, eyas, sat, sate,
say, sea, seat, set, seta,
stay, sty, stye, tea, teas, yea,
yeas, yeast, yes, yet
SOLUTIONS
SUDOKU
Throttle, 14. Elitist,
16. Awning, 17.
Wowser, 18. Ordeal,
21. Franc, 22. Gust.
NZ CROSSWORD
Across: 1. Blank
cheque, 8. Snooker,
9. Ideal, 10. Oral, 11.
Steward, 12. Try, 13.
Mesh, 15. Lied, 17.
Wha, 19. Waitomo,
20. Afar, 23. Idiot,
24. Sausage, 25.
Theoretical.
Down: 1. Bishop,
2. Aloha, 3. Kaka,
4. Heresy, 5.
Quinella, 6. Elevate,
7. Malady, 12.
DECODER
C R E E P F U R N I S H B B
R T L
KENKEN
A O T F A K E
O C A B R A C A D A B R A E
O V E R T M P I E P
N T I C E C A P R H E S U S
E N R A A C
M O R G U E B O R D E L L O A
A A I M O E L L E G
G F S W A L L O W E D E
M A R T I N I L O A E N
A S N I P P A Y D O T
BLACKOUT