Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Puzzles Wairarapa Midweek
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Jumbo crossword and connected (6) 65 Day before (3) 66 Crude prose (anag) (10) 68 Beer maker (6) 69 Shut (6) 71 Writer of plays (9) 76 Drank cautiously (6) 77 Parade around (9) 79 Cold block (3,4) 81 Short sleep (3) 84 Proportion (5) 85 Heartened (10) 86 Old-fashioned (5) 87 Elbow (5) 88 Shortly (2,3,4,6) 89 Lovers’ meeting (5)
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DOWN 2 Water down (6) 3 Sound (5) 5 Require (4) 6 Feeling (7) 7 Minutiae (6) 8 Additional (5) 9 Previously (7) 10 Domesticate (4) 80 11 Put up with (6) 82 12 Companion (5) 13 Refrain from (7) 83 14 Light shoe (7) 18 Overly sweet (10) 23 Pigtail (5) 24 Denote (7) 26 Witty (7) 27 Expand (7) 29 Cocktail (7) 30 Reaches (4,2) 31 Up in the air (5) 32 Son of Zeus (6) 34 Adhesive (4) 36 River in Scotland (5) 38 Fake (5)
Adroit (4) Furniture item (5) Different (7) Dangle (4) Mutual (6) Back-bending dance (5) Act (7) Chimney (10) Hearsay (7) Connected (6) Fail to meet a financial obligation (7) Command (5) Sever (4) Spacious (5) Breathe (7) Combustion (7) Operating doctor (7) Aglow (7) Defeated (6) Swamp (6) Convent head (6) Garden tool (5) Mohammed’s birthplace (5) Professorship (5) Night-flying insect (4) Alcoholic drink (4)
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ACROSS: 1 Assay, 4 Hold one’s tongue, 11 Egypt, 14 Scoop, 15 Probability, 16 Abdicate, 19 Aniseed, 20 Aisle, 21 Guesswork, 24 Surcharge, 26 Instil, 27 Strong, 31 Coast, 32 Dandruff, 34 Stereotype, 38 Shorten, 39 Bunker, 40 Lining, 41 Hand, 42 Greeted, 45 Chromosome, 50 Hassled, 54 Edit, 55 Client, 56 Shriek, 57 Bewitch, 60 Mayonnaise, 61 Colossal, 62 Troth, 65 Hinges, 66 Compel, 67 Imaginary, 72 Itinerary, 73 Mourn, 74 Quashed, 79 Hygienic, 80 Stethoscope, 81 Trust, 82 Theft, 83 Out of this world, 84 Spiny. DOWN: 2 Second, 3 Atoms, 5 Oars, 6 Dubbing, 5 6 7 Nibble, 8 Silk, 9 Outburst, 10 Elbows, 11 1 8 7 Emigration, 12 Year, 13 Teeming, 17 Bench, 18 Assistance, 22 Macaw, 23 Ponytail, 25 9 Upsurge, 26 Inferno, 28 Mother, 29 Cuckoo, 2 8 1 30 Wrench, 33 Dough, 35 Ended, 36 Cede, 37 Alto, 42 Gleam, 43 Edifying, 44 Dollar, 45 8 Chessboard, 46 Rate, 47 Musical, 48 Scroll, 4 49 Meets, 51 Apex, 52 Stirrer, 53 Excite, 58 8 9 Investment, 59 Tango, 63 Aperitif, 64 Ensue, 65 9 3 Hatchet, 68 Morocco, 69 Indigo, 70 Robots, 71 Person, 75 Syrup, 76 Ogle, 77 Etch, 78 Opal. 9 1 4 6
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Word Go Round How many words of four letters or more can
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ACROSS 1 Oscillate (5) 4 Unwell, out of sorts (5,3,7) 14 Small tree (5) 15 Craze (5) 16 Dispute mediator (10) 17 Sitter (5) 19 Large hard-shelled seed (3) 20 Army head (7) 21 Medicine from foxglove (9) 22 Settle in advance (6) 25 Manly (9) 27 Filter (6) 28 One from Berlin (6) 33 Controlling the rate of (10) 35 Prehistoric Danish S-shaped trumpet (3) 36 Awning (6) 37 Lacklustre (4) 39 Long fish (3) 41 Analgesic drug (7) 42 Equip (6) 43 Stammering (9) 44 Tea container (5) 45 Most resilient (8) 50 Acidity-alkalinity measure (2) 51 Breathing holes (8) 55 Rider (anag) (5) 58 Sudden bright idea (9) 59 Ribald (6) 60 Agony (7) 61 Wager (3) 63 Departure (4) 64 Musically, smooth
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