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Youcanworkitout...
Youcanworkitout...
56 womansweekly.com
Tosolvethispuzzle,fillinthegridso
thateach 3 x 3box,eachrowandeach
columncontainsthenumbers1-9.
SUDOKU
LINKWORDS
CODEWORD
Everyletterof
thealphabethas
beenreplaced
bya number,
thesame
number
representing
thesameletter
throughoutthe
puzzle.Just
decidewhich
letteris
representedby
whichnumber!
Tostartyouoff,
we’verevealed
thecodesfor
threeletters.
Onceyou’ve
filledinthese
letters
throughoutthe
puzzle,you’ll
haveenough
infotoguess
wordsand
discoverother
letters.Usethe
letterchecklist
andlettergrid
tokeeptrackof
thelettersyou
havefound.
Acodewordislikeacrosswordpuzzlebut
therearenoclues!
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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WORDWISE
Puzzle time
You have 15 minutes to find as many words as
possible using the letters shown in the grid.
Each word must contain four or more letters,
one of which must be the central square. No
proper nouns, plurals or foreign words are
allowed. There is one nine-letter word in
the grid, for which this week’s clue is:
Used ruthlessly
OCCUPATIONAL
MALT
POWDER
NEW
KOMODO
NAIL
BEER
STEAM
SUSPENSION
NARROW
VISITOR
GALORE
WRENCH
FORCE
FRUIT
OFF
CENTRE
ROOM
ROLL
ROUTE
AVER AGE =
17
MORE THAN
25 =
WELL DONE
Fit 10 words into
the grid so that
each links with
the end of the
word on its left
and the beginning
of the one on
the right. Then
unscramble the
letters in the
shaded squares
to make a word.
Clue: Aromatic
tropical timber (10)