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14<br />
Thursday <strong>July</strong> 4 <strong>2024</strong><br />
CROSSWORD<br />
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18<br />
355<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
255<br />
6<br />
A E R<br />
G O N<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? TODAY Good 18 Very Good 27 Excellent 36<br />
Solution 254: abet, abut, ant, ante, ate, aunt, ban,<br />
bane, bat, bean, beat, beau, beaut, ben, bent, bet,<br />
beta, bun, bunt, but, BUTANE, eat, nab, neat, neb,<br />
word. net, nub, nut, tab, tan, tau, tea, ten, tub, tuba, tube,<br />
tun, tuna, tune.<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 18 Very Good 27 Excellent 36<br />
19 20 21 22<br />
23 24<br />
25 26<br />
Across<br />
7. Resemblance (8)<br />
9. Lacking principles (6)<br />
10. Cunning (4)<br />
11. Brotherhood (10)<br />
12. Citizens (6)<br />
14. Short of money (colloq) (8)<br />
15. Emphasise (6)<br />
16. Ruins (6)<br />
19. Ordinary (8)<br />
21. Cause resentment (6)<br />
23. Character (10)<br />
24. Rise rapidly (4)<br />
25. Uncivilised (6)<br />
26. Appropriate (8)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
1. Separate (6)<br />
2. Depend (4)<br />
3. Altruistic (8)<br />
4. Vocation (6)<br />
5. Fit of rage or hysteria (10)<br />
6. Insensitive (8)<br />
8. Meagre (6)<br />
13. Fussy (10)<br />
15. Reduced to skin and bone (8)<br />
17. Delusions of persecution (8)<br />
18. Careless (6)<br />
20. Mountain hut (6)<br />
22. Held legally responsible (6)<br />
24. Criticise severely (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 7. Likeness,<br />
9. Amoral, 10. Wily, 11.<br />
Fraternity, 12. People, 14.<br />
Strapped, 15. Stress, 16.<br />
Spoils, 19. Mediocre, 21.<br />
Rankle, 23. Reputation,<br />
24. Soar, 25. Savage, 26.<br />
Suitable.<br />
Down: 1. Divide, 2. Rely,<br />
3. Selfless, 4. Career, 5.<br />
Conniption, 6. Tactless, 8.<br />
Sparse, 13. Particular, 15.<br />
Skeletal, 17. Paranoia, 18.<br />
Remiss, 20. Chalet, 22.<br />
Liable, 24. Slam.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
aeon, age, ago, anger, are,<br />
argon, ear, earn, ego, eon,<br />
era, erg, ergo, gar, gean,<br />
gear, gen, goer, gone, goner,<br />
gore, gran, groan, nag,<br />
near, nog, nor, oar, ogre,<br />
ONAGER, one, ORANGE,<br />
ore, organ, rag, rage, ran,<br />
rang, range, roan, roe.<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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T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />
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