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ALL AT SEA SEPTEMBER 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.
EASY
2
6
4
9 7 9
7
1 6
9
5
9
6
8
3
2 3
5
6
7
4
9
8 3
1
MODERATE 2 6 8 4
7 7
8
1 6 2
5 5 9
2
5 8 6
1 6
9
6 3
5
1
7
2
4
8
9
5 2 6
7
3
1
7 9 4
4 5
7
4
7 9
6
2 2
1
7 2
3
3 8
5
1 4
3 3 7
1 9 6 5 8
4 4 3
9
3 9 1
9
3 TOUGH 8 1 7
9
9
4
1
5
3
6
2
4
7
4
8
5 9 4
8
9 7 2
3 3 1
5
1
9
7 9 6
8 2 3
3
1
3 6 1
2
6 6 7
1
20 High rocky hill (3)
2 7 3
21 Barrage (5)
9
1
3
6 4 4
2
5 8 1 9
7 7 4
8 6
2
1 4 5
1
3
6 8
6
2 7
9
5 7 1
6 1 4
9
6 5 9
3 2
9 8
7
7
5
4 5
6 8 9
1
8 2 2
3
4
8
7
8
2
3
9
9 3
6
1
4
5
9 7
4
8
2 5 7
3
6 4 5 1
10 12
14
3 Gift (7) 15
4 Hunting expedition (6)
17
16
18
5 Bay or cove (5)
19
6 Geological period of time (3)
21
20
22
23
12 General activity and motion (9)
24
16 Counting frame (6) 18 Plain dough cake, often griddled (5)
14 Natural height of a person (7)
22 Gone by (3)
CODEWORD
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.
Check-box 1
2
3
4
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6
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9
10
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ANSWERS ON PAGE 62
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
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9
11
2
17
21
14 24
21
11
4 22
14
4
8
4
26
19
8
1 23
15
6
23
13
21
12
21
12
4 18
8
21
25
9
18
21
9
21
20 4
14
12
22
21 9
4
1
6 21
8 9
9
2
1
1 4
11
21
24
14
8
8
9
6
2
7
22
22
4
21
9
7
15 3
9
4
10
4
6
22
14
26
21
9 9
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N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
14 21
18
9
1
22
22
11 6 11 8
21
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6
12 14
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12 8
22
6
14 13
8
26
7
14
21
4
1
9
9
9
12
11
16
2
26
12
8
12
26
5
3
21
6
14 19
19
21
6
13 21
22
15
11 1
8
18
4 12
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9
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T
7
13 6
14
4 26 21 12
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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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5
19 Graph (5)
6
13
8 Orange or lemon, for example (6,5)
17 Conjecture (5)
5
E
2 8 9
2 8 7
6
4
8
13 Suffering delusions of persecution (8)
4
11
8 7
7 2 8
2 Become one (9)
11 Characteristic (5)
3
9
9 Billiards stick (3) 10 Oil-bearing laminated rock (5)
2
7
1 Stone coffin (11)
23 Surgeon’s pincers (7)
1
1
24 Max _ _ _, German artist (1891–1976) (5)
7 Bush with fragrant flowers (5)
6
4
Solve the puzzle, then rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out a type of water vessel.
4 Soft indoor shoe (7)
15 Hobbies (8)
5
8
1 2 5
2
3 2
1
4
2
3
1 Subsist on a meagre allowance (5)
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