52 Wairarapa Midweek Puzzles Wednesday, May 25, 2022
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Jumbo crossword 73 Feather (5) 74 Blaming for (8) 76 Expert who gives advice (10) 81 Supervise (7) 82 Earnest request (6) 83 Related (6) 84 Dross (4) 85 Extend in time (7) 86 Thwarted (10) 87 Chuffed (7) DOWN 1 Chocolate substitute (5) 2 Aerodrome (8) 3 Removing moisture (6) 4 Tree’s anchors (5) 5 Poverty (4) 6 In the main (7) 7 Astuteness (6) 8 Oust (5) 10 Liberate (4) 11 Visually offensive thing (7) 12 Emissaries (6) 17 Chequered playing square (10) 18 Pick-me-up (5) 22 Clothes cupboard (8) 23 Fiend (5) 24 Enigmas (7) 26 Cover area with flat stones (4) 28 Facial hair (7) 29 Cured (6) 30 Minimum number for a legal meeting (6) 31 Grow by addition (6)
33 Intuitive feeling (5) 35 Collision (5) 36 Musical instrument (4) 37 Cherished (4) 43 Voucher (6) 44 Illuminate (5) 46 Colourful gemstone (4) 47 Air hole (7) 48 Cunning (6) 49 Proprietor (5) 50 Hugeness (8) 51 One from Seoul (6) 52 Large projectile (6,4) 53 Sound rebound (4) 54 Fan out (7) 59 Hold up (5) 60 Thought (4) 64 Adhere (5) 65 Money resources (8) 67 Figure (7) 68 Evenly spaced (7) 70 Pasture plant (6) 71 Dilates (6) 72 Dozing (6) 75 Shoe part (5) 77 Eyed lecherously (5) 78 Domesticated (5) 79 Blood vessel (4) 80 Covenant (4)
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ACROSS: 1 Asked, 4 Birds of a feather, 14 Pin-up, 15 Spurn, 16 Belittling, 17 Cocoa, 19 Tun, 20 Headway, 21 Street map, 22 Status, 25 Headboard, 27 Avenue, 28 Heroin, 33 Quadrangle, 35 Sap, 36 Quarry, 37 Jamb, 39 Emu, 41 Regrets, 42 Enigma, 43 Authority, 44 Surly, 45 Inferred, 50 Be, 51 Lessened, 55 Syria, 58 Insomniac, 59 Ticket, 60 Amorous, 61 Apt, 63 Gain, 64 Foiled, 65 Eye, 66 Decorating, 68 Cherry, 69 Jersey, 71 Utterance, 76 Outcry, 77 Hamstring, 79 Elastic, 81 Van, 84 Loose, 85 Dissidents, 86 Tools, 87 Ozone, 88 Rub salt in a wound, 89 Stare. DOWN: 2 Sipped, 3 Erred, 5 Iced, 6 Drifter, 7 Outlet, 8 Atilt, 9 Engrave, 10 Tick, 11 Excite, 12 Knots, 13 Opinion, 14 Panther, 18 Bandmaster, 23 Dough, 24 Runaway, 26 Endorse, 27 Appease, 29 Ovation, 30 Tureen, 31 Usage, 32 Writhe, 34 Etna, 36 Quart, 38 Bayed, 40 Boss, 45 Icing, 46 Festive, 47 Ramp, 48 Editor, 49 Dread, 50 Battery, 52 Somersault, 53 Erratic, 54 Equine, 55 Scolded, 56 Acted, 57 Lead, 62 Octet, 67 Brittle, 68 Chevron, 70 Scandal, 72 Tangelo, 73 Ormolu, 74 Troika, 75 Miller, 76 Onion, 78 Sushi, 80 Short, 82 Legs, 83 Stun.
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ACROSS 1 Tutored (7) 4 Main troublemaker (10) 9 Volunteered (7) 13 Uncommon (4) 14 Past (6) 15 Awoken (6) 16 Book (7) 19 Intensity of light (10) 20 Effort (8) 21 Capital of Japan (5) 24 Buff (6) 25 Bee place (6) 27 Handed over (9) 32 Seen (8) 33 Accommodated (6) 34 Formulate, brew up (7) 38 Praiseworthy (8) 39 Earlier (6) 40 Spool (4) 41 Memorial mound of stones (5) 42 Hot-water burn (5) 45 Be prepared; master the facts (2,4,8) 52 Hearten (5) 55 Sugary confectionery (5) 56 Devotees (4) 57 Haphazard (6) 58 Soaked (8) 61 Preserved (7) 62 Beer maker (6) 63 Arbiter (8) 66 Childish (9) 68 Ceremonial (6) 69 Provide a service or favour for someone (6)
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