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1 Pinches lawbreakers holding power(6) 4 One engaged by company notices superficial cover-ups?(8) 9 Car backed into an animal, a silky-haired feline(6,3) 11 A trace of phosphorus found in rotten elm tree(5) 12 Push forward for spot(7) 13 It’s distributed to those who need food and love in temporary shelter(7) 14 Small Asian country beheaded one close friend(5) 15 Formal verse reproduced in colour(8) 18 Drainage interfered with plant that produces perfumed flowers(8) 20 Kids reformatted school’s primary computer storage(5) 23 Small person that’s following river seen in photograph(7) 25 List one compiled with adjusted times before start of events(7) 26 Penalty imposed for doing something wrong and right could be better(5) 27 A cheeky user forged openings(9)
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1 Championship’s leader, running around, is acknowledging a good performance(8) 2 Sect kept from prosecuting newly formed clique(2-5) 3 Normal bunch of oysters infused with oil should be cooked briefly(9) 5 In the main it’s a modified allergy treatment(13) 6 Wizard made money to some extent(5) 7 Look up troublemaker on cruise(7) 8 Midsection of anvil fashioned in refined steel is polished(6) 10 Excited caller can see a sell-out(9,4) 16 Special friend treated evenhandedly by landlord(3-6) 17 Smears essentially admitted by fool(8) 19 A spring close to wilderness is plentiful(7) 21 Small kid added to controversy in disreputable city district(4,3) 22 American developed fuel of great importance(6) 24 Woody growth seen on outskirts of a NSW coastal town(5)
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The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.
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Today’s Aim: 9 words: Good 13 words: Very good 18 words: Excellent
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Using the Y nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.
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Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step. One possible answer shown below.
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