Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Puzzles Wairarapa Midweek
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Jumbo crossword 67 72 73 74 79 80 81 82 83 84
Fictitious (9) Travel plan (9) Grieve (5) Annulled (7) Germ-free (8) Doctor’s instrument (11) Have faith in (5) Shoplifting (5) Fantastically marvellous (3,2,4,5) Prickly (5)
DOWN 2 Boxer’s helper (6) 3 Molecule components (5) 5 Paddles (4) 6 Adding a film soundtrack in a different language (7) 7 Bite at gently (6) 8 Glossy natural fabric (4) 9 Verbal eruption (8) 10 Arm joints (6) 11 Migration abroad (10) 12 Time period (4) 13 Bucketing down (7) 17 Park seat (5) 18 Aid (10) 22 Brightly-coloured parrot (5) 23 Tied-back hairstyle (8) 25 Purge us (anag)(7) 26 Conflagration (7) 28 Parent (6) 29 Clock bird (6) 30 Adjustable spanner (6)
33 Unbaked bread mixture (5) 35 Ceased (5) 36 Surrender up (4) 37 Singing voice (4) 42 Shine (5) 43 Intellectually uplifting (8) 44 Monetary unit (6) 45 Grandmaster’s arena (10) 46 Appraise (4) 47 Stage show (7) 48 Rolled document (6) 49 Encounters (5) 51 Summit (4) 52 Trouble-maker (7) 53 Arouse (6) 58 Money lent for a return (10) 59 Latin-American dance (5) 63 Pre-meal drink (8) 64 Follow after (5) 65 Small axe (7) 68 Country with Rabat (7) 69 Natural blue dye (6) 70 Automatons (6) 71 Human (6) 75 Sweet liquid (5) 76 Leer at (4) 77 Engrave with acid (4) 78 Colourful gemstone (4)
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ACROSS: 1 Rotated, 4 Contenders, 9 Claimed, 13 Core, 14 Marrow, 15 Revise, 16 Complex, 19 Diagonally, 20 Hedonist, 21 Graph, 24 Evicts, 25 Errant, 27 Quadruple, 32 Fatigued, 33 Spread, 34 Feigned, 38 Creation, 39 Public, 40 Atom, 41 Guide, 42 Donor, 45 Out of one’s depth, 52 Lands, 55 Strip, 56 Beef, 57 Nettle, 58 Unsteady, 61 Genetic, 62 Scurvy, 63 Cornered, 66 Washboard, 68 Voting, 69 Change, 73 Fetch, 74 Metallic, 76 Liberating, 81 Runaway, 82 Fiasco, 83 Ocelot, 84 Fete, 85 Sarcasm, 86 Consistent, 87 Relayed. DOWN: 1 Raced, 2 Terrapin, 3 Dramas, 4 Carol, 5 News, 6 Earshot, 7 Divide, 8 Risen, 10 6 7 Loom, 11 Imperil, 12 Exempt, 17 Postmaster, 7 2 18 Aside, 22 Handcuff, 23 Duped, 24 Enticed, 5 26 Rout, 28 Unaware, 29 Gigolo, 30 Erects, 6 1 31 Wedded, 33 Salon, 35 Gouda, 36 Mean, 37 4 2 Port, 43 Outset, 44 Olive, 46 Used, 47 Officer, 8 48 Owners, 49 Entry, 50 Delicate, 51 Hunted, 52 Letterhead, 53 Neat, 54 Skyline, 59 Fishy, 5 3 9 60 Grin, 64 Hotel, 65 Entirely, 67 Archaic, 68 1 7 Vicious, 70 Medusa, 71 Closes, 72 Renoir, 75 Amigo, 77 Inept, 78 Greed, 79 Fans, 80 Pole. 2 8 7 4 4 5 6 8 1 9 3 7
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ACROSS 1 Ore test (5) 4 Suppress an urge to say something (4,4,6) 11 African country (5) 14 Hand-shovel (5) 15 Likelihood (11) 16 Relinquish power (8) 19 Confectionery flavour (7) 20 Alleyway between seats (5) 21 Supposition (9) 24 Additional fee on bill (9) 26 Infuse slowly into the mind (6) 27 Solidly built (6) 31 Freewheel (5) 32 Scalp flakes (8) 34 Standardised image (10) 38 Abridge (7) 39 Underground shelter (6) 40 Internal coating (6) 41 Employee (4) 42 Welcomed (7) 45 Gene-carrying structure in cell nucleus (10) 50 Pestered (7) 54 Check and edit (4) 55 Customer (6) 56 Scream (6) 57 Enchant (7) 60 Salad dressing (10) 61 Titanic (8) 62 Pledge of fidelity (5) 65 Pivoting joints (6) 66 Force into doing (6)
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