mind stretchers

Number crunchers Word teasersBrain benders and more!

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Word SearchesThe aim of word searches is to find words hidden in the grid. They may run in any direction – up, down, forwards, backwards or diagonally.

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BASSOONBATONCELLOCLARINETCONDUCTORCOR ANGLAISDOUBLE BASS

FLUTEFRENCH HORNGLOCKENSPIELLEADEROBOEPICCOLOTIMPANI

TROMBONETRUMPETTUBAVIOLAVIOLINXYLOPHONE

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Word ScramblesIn conventional word search puzzles, the hidden words are all found in straight lines. In word scrambles, the words are found by moving from square to adjacent square horizontally, vertically and diagonally in any direction, providing an added level of difficulty.

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J T G I K

D A E L V

H M Y R O

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LOOK AND LISTEN

With the aid of the two clues provided, find a three-word phrase (4,2,4 letters long) that does not repeat a letter.

Clue 1: SIMPLY DEAR is an anagram of the phrase you are looking for.Clue 2: Look and listen.

ERROR MESSAGE

Starting wherever you wish, find four words meaning ‘error‘. Letters may be used more than once, but not in the same word.

COLOURS

In this puzzle, by moving from square to square, you should be able to find to find 14 colours. Squares may be used more than once, but not in the same word.

T U N E A

I Y G H T

X L I S O

A M R E V

L B R D KL I D N M L E D

M C L E E A B R

U A E M O R A S

V R K O W E G C

E P L N I O A N

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N E S O R U C O

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Word LaddersTransform one word into another by altering a single letter at each step, creating a new word on each rung of the ladder along the way.

Word PyramidsThe answer to each of these clues consists of the same letters as the previous word plus one additional letter that you have to find.

Turn PALE into DARK 1 Peel 2 Public space

PALE

DARK

BASS

SOLE

Turn BASS into SOLEWe’ve taken out the clues to make it more difficult!

Exist

Male sheep

Paper quantity

Fantasy

Vague

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Word Block-InsArrange the letter blocks into their correct position in the grid to form a symmetrical crossword.

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V EA DN

B U FO

I LU

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Several rows contain two words, and the Down words will appear once you have the blocks correctly placed. You may find it helpful to cross off each box as you go.

Here are some Across clues: Row 1: Vital (9) Row 3: Coal carrier (7)Row 5: Sudden, violent thrust (6) Row 9: Trial (10) Row 13: N. American bison (7)

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Concise CrosswordsThese ‘quick’ crosswords test your vocabulary and general knowledge, making them great warm ups for more challenging word puzzles.

ACROSS 3 First digit (5) 6 Expensive edible shellfi sh (6) 7 Dutch relative? (5) 8 Item’s name derived from

a person (6) 9 Black tar residue (5) 12 Smooths with rough paper (5) 15 Crowd together (6) 16 Main artery carrying blood

from the heart (5) 17 Fixed grin (6) 18 Abnormal occurrence (5)

DOWN 1 Shortness of sight (6) 2 Pelted with rocks (6) 3 Card of the master suit (5) 4 Not abridged (5) 5 Furniture timber (5) 10 Legally charge (6) 11 Hard area of skin (6) 12 Employees (5) 13 Carer for sick people (5) 14 Large predatory fi sh (5)

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Cryptic CrosswordsEach clue will contain some form of wordplay, as well as a standard definition. The two parts together may provide a deceptive meaning. The key to solving cryptic crosswords is recognising where the two parts separate – which is standard definition and which is wordplay.

ACROSS 1 Search for the crest (4) 3 Touch down on the earth (4) 7 Sid backs answers then

vanishes (9) 8 Squeeze round it to fi nd

text (7) 11 Teach about cool confection

(9) 12 Flower grew (4) 13 Take off for Cape Elizabeth

bridge (4)

DOWN 1 Secret message with fi sh

starter (4) 2 Fungi give character to quiet

spaces (9) 4 Benefi t of distributing vegan

data (9) 5 Satellite receiver on vessel (4) 6 National Trust starts right in

cool command (7) 9 Point to vehicle with mark (4) 10 Robust reservoir (4)

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AcrosticsSolve the clues by writing the answers into the grid across. Once complete, Column A will spell out a bonus word or words.

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Row 1: Competent NoughtRow 2: Dice shape Savour Row 3: Hire ImmenseRow 4: Promise WorthRow 5: Cow meat ProduceRow 6: Absent Child carerRow 7: Steal Fifty per cent

Row 1: Toss Frightening Row 2: Resound SeemRow 3: Delicate HaltRow 4: Unkind Humped animalRow 5: Cinema employee Central areaRow 6: Magnifi cent TopicRow 7: Snake sound PackageRow 8: Vacant EntireRow 9: Stress Hold

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Anagrams Take a word, mix it up, and you have an anagram. Each two-word phrase below can be unscrambled to make the name of a country. You may need to think laterally.

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Word Circles The answers to these clues read clockwise round the circle. The end of each word overlaps the beginning of the next by one or more letters.

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S

H

M

1 WE SEND

2 REAL DIN

3 OLD PAN

4 NEAR GYM

5 BIG MULE

6 TIME VAN

7 AGE LIAR

8 SAFARI TOUCH

1 Frozen rain 2 Short garment 3 Punctuation mark 4 Terrible 5 Reason 6 Disorder

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Visual Shapes These puzzles will help you to start training your powers of analysis and logical reasoning. Some are more, and some less obvious than they may seem at first glance.

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TRI AND MATCHWhich shape matches No.1?

WHAT THE HEX? The 10 hexagons may look identical at first glance, but they’re not. They can be divided up into five pairs of identical designs. Can you match them up?

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Picture MazesFind the correct path from the entrance to the exit, avoiding dead ends, to reveal a surprise picture in the completed puzzle. If you take a wrong turn, the picture will become distorted, so there is only one unique solution.

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Starting from the entry arrow, work your way around the maze, colouring in your path as you go. If you successfully complete this puzzle, you will be rewarded with a glimpse of one of the most endearing fairytale couples.

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Symbol Sudoku Instead of numbers and letters, 16 different symbols are used in this sudoku puzzle. Fill the grid so that every row, column and 4 x 4 box contains one of each of the 16 symbols.

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Missing Cubes These puzzles test your ability to judge three-dimensional depth intwo-dimensional images. How many cubes are missing from each block?

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Cube Sums Using the same principles as above, cube sums require you to work out how many cubes make up each stack – remember that perspective can be misleading and some rows of cubes may continue, unseen, behind others.

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Odd One Out In these puzzles, all of the images are similar to one another – all, that is, except for one. Your task is to work out what the common theme between each image is and then decide which one is the odd one out.

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C

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Number Sequences These puzzles test your numerical dexterity and quickness of thought. In each one there is a hidden pattern waiting to be uncovered. Adding and subtracting are a good start, but you need to think beyond these.

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Which is the missing section?

What numbers should replace the question marks?

What number should replace the question mark?

What number should replace the question mark?

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B D

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Sudoku Every column, every row and every 3 x 3 box of these Japanese number crosswords contains the numbers 1–9. All you have to do is work out

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1 5 89 6

837

71

39

23 59 6

283

55 6

1

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75

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which number goes in each blank space to ensure that each row, column and region contains only one instance of each numeral.

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AlphameticsEach letter represents a number between 0 and 9. If solved correctly, the result should be a valid arithmetic sum. Throughout the sum, each letter will always represent the same number, and no line can begin with the number 0. Unlike conventional addition, it is easier to work from left to right.

EXAMPLE We know that any two four-figure numbers cannot add up to more than 19,998 (9,999 + 9,999). So, we know that the M in the answer is 1. This tells us that the M in ‘MORE’ is also 1. To find S we must use addition. We already know that S+M (or S+1) equals 10 or more. We can only use digits 0–9 and, knowing that M is 1, S can only be 9 in order for 1 to be carried across to the next column, ie. 9 + 1 = 10. Therefore, O must be zero. Using this technique, try to figure out the rest of the puzzle.

SEND+ MORE

MONEY

WITH+ THE

QUEEN

AND+ STILL

+ GOING

STRONG

THESE+ TWENTY

NOBLES

PENGUIN+ SEAGULL

+ GNU

ANIMALS

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Money Puzzles Hone your numerical agility skills by juggling with deduction, division, multiplication, subtraction and all the tools of puzzle logic.

HOW MUCH EACH?

Sally, Linda and Eric have $28 between them.

Sally has twice as much as Eric, who has twice as much as Linda.

How much has Eric?

TONY’S GUITAR

Tony sold his guitar at an Internet auction.

He had to pay the website $3 to list his guitar and 10% commission from the price achieved at auction.

The buyer paid $25, which included $6 postage and packing.

As Tony originally paid $20 for the guitar, how much had he lost?

JOHN’S LUNCH

John noticed the amount he was paying for his lunch was a rearrangement of the digits of the amount of money in his pocket – and that the money he had left was a further rearrangement of the same three digits!

How much did he start with?

ICE CREAM MONEY

Tom had twice as much money as Sally, so he paid for the 10c ice creams for himself, Sally and Alice. That left him with twice as much as Alice, and half as much as Sally. Luckily, they found a cent on the footpath, so they just had enough money to catch the bus home.

How much was the bus fare?

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Number GridsThese crossword-like puzzles replace word answers with numerical solutions. Put your arithmetic and mathematical skills to the test to work out the sums.

ACROSS 1 12 x 12 4 25 x 15 6 37,290 + 48,319 7 45 x 8 9 1,700 – 1,012 11 2,586 ÷ 3 13 61 x 25 14 693 + 573 15 196 x 5 17 3,664 – 2,955 19 4,842 ÷ 6 21 23,338 + 37,657 22 2,000 x 45% 23 21 x 8

DOWN 1 89.5 + 93.5 2 600 x 80% 3 404 x 400% 4 12 x 33 5 2,200 – 1,692 8 3,025 x 20 10 69,323 + 19,337 11 3,436 ÷ 4 12 700 x 0.3 16 1,171 x 7 17 3,645 ÷ 5 18 800 x 1.2 19 1,204 – 353 20 599 + 189

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68 6 68

7 8 68 68 9 10

68 68 11 12 68 68

13 68 14

68 68 15 16 68 68

17 18 68 68 19 20

68 21 68

22 68 68 23

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Magic SquaresThese ancient puzzles consist of an array of consecutive numbers in which all rows, columns and corner-to-corner lines add up to the same total.

Insert the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 once into the remaining blank spaces so that each row, column and corner-to-corner line totals 65.

Within the larger grid, identify a 3 x 3 block of 9 consecutive numbers in which each row, column and corner-to-corner line adds up to the same total.

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21 25 1 7 11

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Matchstick Puzzles By using logic, lateral thinking and visual planning, you should be able to strike up a winning formula with these.

TWICE THE VALUEAdd 5 matchsticks to make 10.

MATCHSTICK MATHS This figure consists of 20 matchsticks and 5 squares. Alter the position of just 3 of the matchsticks to form a new arrangement of the 20 matchsticks that produces 9 squares.

BOX CLEVER Remove 6 matches from this arrangement to leave a cube. Don’t forget to think laterally.

DOUBLE THE FUN Add another 2 matches to this diagram to make a total of 2 squares.

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Logic PuzzlesSome of us arrive at solutions via the detective route, others use instinct. These puzzles will improve your powers of both analysis and reasoning.

Rebuses Words are represented in these puzzles by combinations of pictures. Use lateral thinking if you are struggling – it helps to think ‘outside the box’.

RIDDLE ME THISWithout my first I’m

culture madMy first three show I’m

not so bad.Odd letters mean to

delve intoFirst, second, last is

money due.Drop off my last, and

that’s not allThe whole word means

to have a ball.

WEIGH IT UPYou are given 12 balls and are told that one of them is lighter or heavier than the others. You have a set of scales (but no weights) and have three weighings to establish which ball is the odd one out and whether it is heavier or lighter than the others. How is this done?

What am I? What phrase is depicted below?

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Riddles It is said that the earliest riddles were presented as oracles. In ancient times, riddles were mainly about the sun, moon, rainbows and the wind.

GUESS WHAT?My first is in earlier, also in later.My second’s in tyrant, but not in dictator.My third is in break, but not in repair.My fourth is in circle, but never in square.My fifth is in deep, but not in profound.My whole travels with you, quite close to the ground.What am I?

THE NAME GAME My first is in add, but not found in take.My second’s in fillet, but never in steak.My third is in stack, but not in a heap.My fourth is in thick, but never in deep.My fifth is in veal, but not found in lamb.My sixth is in ounce, but never in dram.My seventh’s in smile, but not in frown.My whole is a writer of highest renown.Who am I?

KIDNAPPED This is a true story from Taiwan. A rich man’s son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to take a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions – but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain. What happened?

ANGRY WORDS Think of words ending in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? It’s something you use every day. If you read the riddle carefully, you’ll find the answer within it.

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Miscellaneous PuzzlesEach of the following puzzles presents a different type of challenge. You don’t need special knowledge to solve them, just clear, analytic working.

TRICKY LETTERS

E4 O6 R3 C9 L5 G7 I8 P1What letter/number combination is missing?

MISSING THREE

The numbers 4–16 have already been placed into the square almost, but not quite, at random.

Following just two simple rules, where would you place the numbers 1,2 and 3 in the square?

LEVEL PEGGING

Transfer all of the discs from Peg A to Peg B following these rules:

Rule 1: You may take discs off a peg one at a time only and put each disc on another peg, but never in such a way that a disc is put on top of a smaller disc.

Rule 2: You must finish with the four discs in the same position on Peg B as they are now shown on Peg A.

Rule 3: The transfer can be achieved in 15 moves. Can you figure out how?

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Dice GamesYour challenge is to work out which of the given dice could be accurately formed from the template provided in each example.

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Answers

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I M E T R A RR E T I C E N T S A D D L EO I H D S T P SB U F F A L O O U T C O M EO U I U F L L NT I L E R S T A T E M E N T

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LOOK AND LISTENRead my lips

ERRORMESSAGEOversightMistakeBlunderLaxity

COLOURSPinkBrownGreenRedPurpleOrangeMaroonApricotScarletEmeraldMauveLilacLemonSable

WORD LADDERSPALE BASSPARE BASEPARK BALEDARK SALE SOLE

WORD PYRAMIDSAMRAMREAMDREAMDREAMY

PAGE 6ACROSS 3. Thumb 6. Oyster 7. Uncle 8. Eponym 9. Pitch 12. Sands 15. Huddle 16. Aorta 17. Rictus 18. Freak

DOWN 1. Myopia 2. Stoned 3. Trump 4. Uncut 5. Beech 10. Indict 11. Callus 12. Staff 13. Nurse 14. Shark

PAGE 7ACROSS 1. Comb 3. Land 7. Dissolves 8. Writing 11. Chocolate 12. Rose 13. Peel

DOWN 1. Code 2. Mushrooms 4. Advantage 5. Dish 6. Control 9. Scar 10. Well


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Row 1: Able ZeroRow 2: Cube TasteRow 3: Rent VastRow 4: Oath ValueRow 5: Beef MakeRow 6: Away NannyRow 7: Take HalfColumn A Bonus Word: Acrobat

Row 1: Throw ScaryRow 2: Echo AppearRow 3: Dainty StopRow 4: Harsh CamelRow 5: Usher HeartRow 6: Grand ThemeRow 7: Hiss ParcelRow 8: Empty WholeRow 9: Strain Grip Column A Bonus Words: Ted Hughes

ANAGRAMS 1. Sweden 2. Ireland 3. Poland 4. Germany 5. Belgium 6. Vietnam 7. Algeria 8. South Africa

WORD CIRCLES 1. Sleet 2. Tunic 3. Comma 4. Awful 5. Logic 6. Chaos

TRI AND MATCHD: Turn it upside down to get an exact match.

WHAT THE HEX? 1 and 8, 2 and 9, 3 and 6, 4 and 7, 5 and 10 MISSING CUBES

4 (left); 15 (right)CUBE SUMS80 (left); 49 (right)

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C: In all the others dark blue is opposite black, green is opposite red, yellow is opposite light blue, purple is opposite light brown. In C, black is opposite light blue and yellow is opposite dark blue.

E: Working clockwise; A has the same coloured sequence of dots as D and B has the same as C.

A: Looking across each line, numbers progress +3, –1, +3. Looking down each column, they progress +1, –3, +1.

73542: Reverse the previous number each time, but deduct 1 from the middle digit.

48: Multiply the digits in each number to obtain the next number in the sequence, for example; 2 x 3 x 9 x 7 = 378 and 3 x 7 x 8 = 168.

The numbers indicated by the red line are in the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15. The numbers indicated by the blue line are in the sequence 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2.

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4 9 5 6 8 7 3 1 2

8 7 1 3 2 9 6 5 4

6 3 2 4 5 1 7 9 8

6 7 1 5 4 8 9 3 2

5 9 4 7 3 2 8 6 1

2 3 8 9 6 1 4 7 5

4 8 6 2 7 5 1 9 3

1 2 9 3 8 6 7 5 4

3 5 7 1 9 4 6 2 8

8 1 3 6 2 7 5 4 9

7 4 2 8 5 9 3 1 6

9 6 5 4 1 3 2 8 7

PAGE 18 WITH + THE = QUEENE = 2 H = 4 I = 3 N = 6 Q=1 T= 8 U = 0 W = 9

THESE + TWENTY = NOBLESB = 1 E = 6 H = 4 L = 5 N = 8 O = 0 S = 9 T = 7 W = 2 Y = 3

AND + STILL + GOING = STRONGA = 5 D = 7 G = 9 I = 8 L = 3 N = 6 O = 2 R = 4 S = 1 T = 0

PENGUIN + SEAGULL + GNU = ANIMALSA = 5 E = 6 G = 4 I = 7 L = 9 M = 8 N = 2 P = 3 S = 1 U = 0

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HOW MUCH EACH?$8: Linda has one share, Eric two, and Sally four. That makes seven shares in all. $28 ÷ 7 = $4. So, Linda has $4, Sally $16, and Eric $8.

TONY’S GUITAR $5.90: After allowing for postage, the buyer paid $19 for the guitar. 10% of this was commission ($1.90), and Tony had to pay the listing fee ($3), so he actually made $14.10. As he originally paid $20, he had lost $5.90.

ICE CREAM MONEY36c: If the difference between double Sally’s money and half Sally’s money is 30c, then Sally must have 20c. So, Tom has 10c and Alice 5c, a total of 35c. With the penny they found, the total fare must be 36c, 12c each.


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ACROSS 1. 144 4. 375 6. 85,609 7. 360 9. 688 11. 862 13. 1,525 14. 1,266 15. 980 17. 709 19. 807 21. 60,995 22. 900 23. 168

DOWN 1. 183 2. 480 3. 1,616 4. 396 5. 508 8. 60,500 10. 88,660 11. 859 12. 210 16. 8,197 17. 729 18. 960 19. 851 20. 788

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JOHN’S LUNCH $9.54: The money can be written with just three digits – so must be between $1.01 and $9.99. Trial and error shows that there is only one set of numbers that fit this question: $9.54 = $4.59 + $4.95

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WEIGH IT UPThere are several solutions. Here is one. Weigh four balls, call them A, B, C and D, against four balls, E, F, G and H. a) If they balance, then the rogue ball is I, J, K or L. So weigh I, J and K against A, B, C. (i) If they again balance, weigh L (the faulty ball) against any other ball to find out if it is heavier or lighter. (ii) If they do not balance, you know if the odd ball is heavier or lighter. Weigh J against K to identify which of I, J or K is the odd ball.b) If A, B, C and D go down, then weigh A, B, E against C, D, F. (i) If they now balance, G or H must be lighter. Weigh them against one another, or either one against a true ball, will establish which. (ii) If they still go down, then A or B must be heavy or F is light. Weigh A against B to establish which. (iii) If they now go up, then C or D must be heavy or E is light. Weigh C against D to establish which.c) If A, B, C and D go up, the identical tests (with reverse conclusions) will again establish the odd ball.

RIDDLE ME THISParty: arty, par, pry, pay, part

WHAT AM I?Bulldozer

WHAT PHRASE?Dead ringer

BLUE DICEB

GREEN DICEC

RED DICEB

TRICKY LETTERSU2: arrange the letters in order of the number that is paired with them to spell out the phrase ‘pure logic’.

MISSING THREE Rule 1: No two consecutive numbers appear in adjacent horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines.Rule 2: No two consecutive numbers appear in adjacent horizontal, vertical or diagonal squares.

GUESS WHAT?Ankle

THE NAME GAME Dickens (Charles)

KIDNAPPEDWhen the rich man reached the phone booth he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached, telling him to put the diamond in a small bag

LEVEL PEGGING Number the discs 1, 2, 3, 4 so that 1 is the smallest disc, and proceed as follows: Disc 1 to Peg C (1C), 2B, 1B, 3C, 1A, 2C, 1C, 4B, 1B, 2A, 1A, 3B, 1C, 2B, 1B.

which was around the pigeon’s neck and to release the bird. The man did this and the police watched the bird as it returned across the city to its owner.

ANGRY WORDS‘Language’ is the third word in ‘the English language’.


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