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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD<br />
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Across<br />
1. Among the sheep, is dressing asort of<br />
gun (9)<br />
5. Acarrier who didn’t start on theday (3)<br />
7. InAthens Idiscovered ajot (4)<br />
8. Theyare verysmall in their pride (4,4)<br />
10. Picture how likeone it can be (8)<br />
<strong>11</strong>. Remain to give one some support (4)<br />
13. How to get me over to take it away (6)<br />
15. Half of apom-pom? (3-3)<br />
18. Itislikeabulb, in garlic or mushroom (4)<br />
19. Clavier: perhaps it’s about time it was<br />
straight up (8)<br />
22. Can be counted on to supplybeer: all one<br />
can use (8)<br />
23. It is just thatshe’s amother to the French<br />
(4)<br />
24. Muchmay come under an auctioneer’s<br />
hammer (3)<br />
25. She’sinthe familymink now,asitturns<br />
out (9)<br />
Down<br />
1. Swimming limb forone quietlytopilfer (7)<br />
2. Buryone in the midst of getting prefixed<br />
(5)<br />
3. Where itstarts in giving welfare payment<br />
up first (7)<br />
4. The mental twist is abit thickin<br />
kleptomaniacs (4)<br />
5. Frequented by aparent’ssister,he’dgot<br />
around it(7)<br />
6. Having afilm thatisn’t clean (5)<br />
9. One maybe5Down by this accent from<br />
beyond this (5)<br />
12. Maybereddish-brown ifout of practice<br />
(5)<br />
14. Swallow without feet allowed to follow<br />
electric vehicle up (7)<br />
16. Having gone wrong, everything was put<br />
in atreasure-ship (7)<br />
17. It was awizard little falcon (6)<br />
18. There maybeareef of gold in State(5)<br />
20. It is the best sort of dairyproduct(5)<br />
21. How an objectwill disappear at aleisurely<br />
pace(4)<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Fill the grid so that everycolumn, everyrow and 3x3<br />
box contains the digits1to 9.<br />
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QUICK CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6<br />
7<br />
8 9<br />
10 <strong>11</strong><br />
12<br />
13 14<br />
15 16<br />
17 18 19<br />
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21 22<br />
23 24<br />
Across<br />
1. Bawl (4)<br />
4. Winsome (6)<br />
8. Strangelyunsettling (7)<br />
9. Poster idol (3-2)<br />
10. Seep (4)<br />
<strong>11</strong>. Lively(8)<br />
13. Very probably(9)<br />
17. Bounce off(8)<br />
19. Box lightly, as in<br />
training (4)<br />
21. Stroke of luck (5)<br />
22. Impressive (7)<br />
23. Beer and lemonade<br />
mix (6)<br />
24. Those people (4)<br />
Down<br />
2. Fruit farm (7)<br />
3. Fluff(4)<br />
4. Post-injurytreatment<br />
(13)<br />
5. Boss (8)<br />
6. Latin-American dance<br />
(5)<br />
7. Muscular contraction<br />
(5)<br />
8. Unsightly(4)<br />
12. Processed meat(8)<br />
14. Presume (7)<br />
15. Move aimlessly(5)<br />
16. At no cost (4)<br />
18. Infatuation (inf) (5)<br />
20. Warmth (4)<br />
CODECRACKER<br />
QUICK CROSSWORD<br />
Across: 1. Howl, 4. Pretty, 8. Uncanny, 9. Pin-up, 10. Leak, <strong>11</strong>.<br />
Vigorous, 13. Doubtless, 17. Ricochet, 19. Spar,21. Fluke, 22.<br />
Awesome,23. Shandy, 24. Them.<br />
Down: 2. Orchard, 3. Lint, 4. Physiotherapy, 5. Employer,6.Tango,<br />
7. Spasm, 8. Ugly, 12. Luncheon, 14. Suppose, 15. Drift, 16. Free,<br />
18. Crush, 20. Heat.<br />
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD<br />
Across: 1. Flintlock 5. Hod 7. Iota 8. Lion cubs 10. Portrait <strong>11</strong>. Stay<br />
13. Remove 15. Gun-dog18. Corm19. Vertical 22. Reliable 23.<br />
Mere 24. Lot 25. Kinswoman.<br />
Down: 1. Flipper 2. Inter 3. Origin 4. Kink 5. Haunted 6. Dusty 9.<br />
Grave 12. Rusty 14. Martlet 16. Galleon 17. Merlin 18. Coral 20.<br />
Cream 21. Walk.<br />
TARGET<br />
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dainty daisydecaydecays deity<br />
density denydestiny diceyditsy dyes<br />
dynastdynastic dyne easy edacity<br />
encyst nasty nicety sandy sanity<br />
satinyscanty staystayed steadystye<br />
sync synced syndic SYNDICATE syne<br />
tansy tidy tinyyeast yensyenta yeti<br />
MEDIUM HARD<br />
EASY<br />
TARGET<br />
N C S<br />
I Y T<br />
A D E<br />
Good 20<br />
Very Good 30<br />
Excellent 36+<br />
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