The Northern Territory news Mon 20 Feb 2023
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2023-02-20
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Community newspapers -- Northern Territory -- Darwin.; Australian newspapers -- Northern Territory -- Darwin.
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NTNEWS.COM.AU Monday February 20 2023 PUZZLES 25 V1 - NTNE01Z01MA R P E R E L P T M R T R T R A P S E E R I E S L O P E T I M E R S T A R S B K R L V T W L H N H S Y B A K E R A L I V E T O W E L C H I N A H A S T Y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Across 1. A fishy sort of subject to deal with (11) 9. If Des Appleton does the job well, he pushed himself into it (4-9) 10. Broadcasts the tunes ... (4) 11. ... word for word (8) 13. What the Cockney uses to get chooks. There could be a catch (6) 14. The pro returns aid for laziness (6) 17. Computer pictures of the chaps rig (8) 19. He will embrace you for nothing? (4) 21. A vain uncle, Sue, has to be put up with (8,5) 22. Its a charge for TV doctor but he will stay in residence (5,6) Down 2. Cult rip off was to blame (7) 3. Vehicle used t batter with? (4) 4. What you did on the dog and bone? (6) 5. Blackmailed, Mel got out of it because he was casual about it (4,4) 6. Determine reach (3,2) 7. Teaset a gent may used for housing professional (6,5) 8. Add one maize theyre as cheap as chips (1,4,1,5) 12. For those wearing slippers in the shower? (4,4) 15. Fir man (7) 16. On two accounts returned top notch results for tree (6) 18. The Davison dispatch boat (5) 20. Always preventing a come back (4) Across 1. At a distance (4) 8. Unlikely (10) 9. Slandered (8) 10. Change direction (sailing) (4) 12. Go around (6) 14. Scope or range (6) 15. Wooden boxes (6) 17. Condemned (6) 18. Singe (4) 19. Conversation (8) 21. Burn to ashes (10) 22. Learning through repetition (4) Down 2. Ancestral chart (6,4) 3. Anger (4) 4. Signifies (6) 5. Scribble aimlessly (6) 6. Servant with variety of jobs (8) 7. Extra benefit with the job (4) 11. Resultant (10) 13. Small space rock (8) 16. Abrupt (6) 17. Crises (6) 18. Leg bone (4) 20. Finished (4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 13x13 QUICK CRYPTIC SUDOKU How many words of four letters or more can you make? Each letter must be used only once and all words must contain the centre letter. There is at least one nine-letter word. No words starting with a capital are allowed, no plurals ending in s unless the word is also a verb, e.g. he burns with anger. Good 16 Very Good 25 Excellent 33+ D E S T V I E L E TARGET Saturday: cess coop cooper coops coos cope coper copes cops copse core corer cores corp corps corpse corpses cress crop crops crore cross crosse crosser poco process PROCESSOR recross scoop scooper scoops scope scopes score scorer scores spec Fill the grid so that every column, every row and each 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. Insert the missing letters to make five words reading across and five reading down. Note: more than one solution may be possible Saturday5x5 Numbers have been substituted for letters. Use the letter(s) given to work out the rest of the puzzle. CLUELESS CROSSWORD 20/2 EASY MEDIUM HARD Saturday Across: 1. Spasms 5. Hubbub 9. Motive 10. Tinsel 11. Rift 12. Top-notch 14. Cygnet 16. Staple 19. Traverse 21. Pump 22. Aspire 23. Scatty 24. Sieves 25. Spends. Down: 2. Prodigy 3. Smitten 4. Spectator 6. Union 7. Bus stop 8. Bolshie 13. Possesses 14. Cutlass 15. Grapple 17. Appease 18. Limited 20. Eerie. Choose the correct definition WordWheel Insert the missing letter to make an eight-letter word reading either clockwise or anticlockwise. Vocabularian Langlauf a) German land owner b) Cross-country skiing c) Austrian country house Tarantella a) Italian folk dance b) Tuscan spiced meat c) Large river fish Saturday Gonfalonier: flag-bearer Cairngorm: type of quartz Saturday Across: 1. VIPS, 3. Verboten, 9. Hot spot, 10. Ousts, 11. Calendar year, 13. Elaine, 15. Argyle, 17. Resting place, 20. Groom, 21. Viewers, 22. Evensong, 23. Dyed. Down: 1. Vehicles, 2. Petal, 4. Eltham, 5. Booby trapped, 6. Tuscany, 7. Nest, 8. Opening times, 12. Deceased, 14. Awesome, 16. Uneven, 18. Apery, 19. Agee. WordWheel Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anticlockwise. Previous solution: 1445 B I L L U ? E L NONSENSE Saturday: NONSENSE Across 1. Bee construction (9) 6. Apparel (5) 7. Joint lines (5) 9. Passionate desire (4) 10. Roof beam (6) 12. Tune (6) 14. Kept back (4) 17. Higher than (5) 18. True (5) 19. Rejoice (9) Down 2. Cricket spells (5) 3. Otherwise (4) 4. Relaxed, not formal (6) 5. Intended (5) 6. Predicament (7) 8. Rolled fruit pastry (7) 11. Stick to (6) 13. Baggy (5) 15. African country (5) 16. Smudge (4) 11x11 QUICK Saturdays sudoku solutions EASY MEDIUM HARD Saturdays 11x11 quickHOW MANY? How many five-letter words can you make? The answers are words widely known; no words can begin with a capital; no hyphenated words. Saturday mauls, mauve, mould, moult, mound, mount, mourn, mouse, mousy, mouth. Today there are 17 possible words Across: 1. Sacred, 3. Whim, 7. Goad, 8. Favour, 10. Measure, 13. Baleful, 16. Shares, 17. Pile, 18. Tilt, 19. Falter. Down: 1. Sign, 2. Chapel, 4. Hoop, 5. Marble, 6. Barrier, 9. Ashamed, 11. Outset, 12. Quaint, 14. Gall, 15. Wear. C _ M _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Saturday