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ALL AT SEA AUGUST 2021
OFF WATCH SUDOKU Place a number (from 1 to 9 inclusive) into each square in such a way that every digit appears once in each horizontal row, each vertical column and each box of nine squares.
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8 6
7
7
6
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8
3 6
4 3
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9 6
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2 1 9
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2 7
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2 4 3
7
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4 3 8
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4 2 8 9
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7 1
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5 4
TOUGH 6 9 2
6 8
2 9
7
9 6 6
7 8 4
1 9 8
5
3 4 2
2 2 1
5 5 6
5 3 8
9
7 7 4
3
2 5
6 3 7 4
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6
1 1 9
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5 9 6
3 7 7
7 6 6
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1
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8 2 6
4 9 8
2 4 5
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2 3
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4 4
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9 8
2 8 1
3
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18 Wonder (6) 19 Roster of names and tasks (4) 20 Cause to grow thin or weak (8)
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2 1 8
1
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3 6 2 4
9 3 5
Check-box 1
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1 8
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3 3
2 6 8
8 9 1
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4 5 7
3 1 4
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1 Flings up, as with a coin, for example (6) 2 Depository for goods (7) 3 Shoe for swimming (7) 4 Carriageways (5) 5 Step (5) 6 Boxlike containers in a piece of furniture (7) 11 Make free from confusion or ambiguity (4,3) 12 Navigational instrument, direction indicator (7)
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Arranged in close-packed rows (7) Extraterrestrial beings (6) Deep opening in the Earth’s surface (5) Alloy of iron and carbon (5)
Each letter of the alphabet has been given a different number. Substitute numbers for letters to make words to complete the puzzle. The check-box and letters either side of the grid may help you keep track.
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1 2 6
3
CODEWORD
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3 8 6
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ANSWERS ON PAGE 54
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W O R DW H Using the letters in the wheel, you have ten minutes to find as many words as possible of three or more letters, none of which may be plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. Each word must contain the central letter and no letters can be used more than once per word unless they appear in different sections of the wheel. There is at least one nine-letter word to be found. Nine-letter word(s): _________________________________________________________
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9 Pitch tents (6)
15 Noisy quarrel or fight (6)
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8 Gelling agent (4)
12 Prices (5)
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1 6 9
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3 8 2
3 7
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3 Location next to the warmest place in the house (8)
11 Cut the wool from (5)
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MODERATE 5 9 8 7
1 7 3
1 Bathroom fixtures (4)
10 Shield (6)
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Solve the puzzle, then rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out a type of water vessel. 21 Act intended to arouse action (8) 22 Platform (4)
7 Milk pudding ingredient (8)
EASY
CROSSWORD
