GOOD, SMART, COMMON SENSE
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WHERE AM I?
You are at a railway station, as can be seen from the anagram answers below.
- a) CAFÉ
- b) CARRIAGE
- c) PORTER
- d) BARRIER
- e) SUITCASE
- f) TROLLEY
- g) PLATFORM
- h) TIMETABLE
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PICK UP STICKS
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CLOTHING COUPONS
- a) TIE
- b) CAPE
- c) HAT
- d) MITT
- e) SUIT
- f) VEST
- g) FUR
- h) BIB
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TON UP
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ODD ONE OUT
- a) LUCIA—THE OTHERS ARE US STATES.
- b) BLUNDER—THE OTHERS ARE FISH.
- c) CIRCLE—THE OTHERS CAN BE FOLLOWED BY ROOT.
- d) WINCHESTER—THE OTHERS ARE OXFORD COLLEGES.
- e) CHICHESTER—THE OTHERS ARE CHEESES.
- f) WOOL—THE OTHERS CAN HAVE A LETTER “S” ADDED TO THE FRONT TO MAKE NEW WORDS.
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CREATURE CALCULATIONS
COBRA = 20. T = 1, A = 2, O = 3, R = 4, B = 5, C = 6
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LINK UP
ANTHEM, ASPIRE, BARROW, BETRAY, COTTON, DAMSON, EARTHY, FINALE, HUMOUR, LEGEND, METHOD, OFFICE, PALATE, PUPPET, WASHER.
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MANY HAPPY RETURNS
Ron is 42. His wife is 21. Steven is 21 and his wife is 22. Terry is 21 and his wife is 23.
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GOING TO THE PICTURES
Grid A: BOB HOPE
- a) DOUBTER
- b) IGNORES
- c) STABLED
- d) REDHEAD
- e) DEPOSIT
- f) TORPEDO
- g) GENERAL
Grid B: (The Road to) MOROCCO
- a) TERMINI
- b) ACROBAT
- c) ACTRESS
- d) SCHOLAR
- e) TOUCANS
- f) TEACHER
- g) INTONES
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ROTATION
Greater. The total of Y before rotation is 63 (3 + 19 + 30 + 11). The total of Y after five moves is 79 (6 + 24 + 33 + 16).
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MIDDLE DISTANCE
- a) SHY, SLY
- b) PULSE, PURSE
- c) CONCERT, CONVERT
- d) STUBBLE, STUMBLE
- e) OUTCAST, OUTLAST
- f) EXPANSE, EXPENSE
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VOWEL PLAY
- a) Vowels removed completely. Message: WE NEED TO BE NEARER BEFORE WE ARE SAFE TO BE SEEN.
- b) Each vowel is replaced by the next vowel in alphabetical order. So A becomes E, E becomes I, I becomes O, O becomes U and U becomes A. Message: WE ARE READY AND WAITING, ARE YOU?
- c) Vowels swapped at random. Message: THE MORE WE ELABORATE OUR MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, THE LESS WE COMMUNICATE.
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POWER OF THREE
- a) ALL
- b) PIT
- c) TOP
- d) MEN
- e) ROB
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DAYS
The total value of WET DAYS is 30. The name SUE has a total of 18. The values are: N = 9, W = 8, S = 7, U = 6, E = 5, T = 4, D = 3. The values of A and Y cannot be worked out, but between them they equal 3, i.e. they must be 1 and 2.
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DOUBLE COMBINATION
- a) ONION
- b) LEGIBLE
- c) AMALGAM
- d) THIRTIETH
- e) STOCKIST
- f) TEMPLATE
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
Number 1 appears twenty-one times. All the listed numbers appear when writing the numbers 1 to 100.
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ALL CHANGE
WHIST / WRIST / WREST / CREST / CRESS / CREWS
CLOCK / CLOAK / CROAK / CREAK / CREAM / DREAM
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SUM IT UP
- a) The sum is 4451 + 3237 = 7688. The second column of digits from the left is the place to start: symbol + 2 = 6. No numbers are over 10, so the symbol must represent a 4. From then on there is only one combination of possibilities to make the sum work.
- b) Take out the letters which can also be expressed as Roman numerals. FIVE contains IV, standing for four. EIGHT contains I, standing for one. SIX contains IX, standing for nine. SEVEN contains V, standing for five. NINE also contains I, standing for one. The sums are therefore as follows:
- 4 × 1 = 4
- 9 − 5 = 4
- 4 + 1 = 5
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WORD CHAIN
- a) GROW, OWED, EDIT, ITCH, CHOP, OPEN, ENDS
- b) CODE, DESK, SKID, IDEA, EAST, STEP, EPIC
- c) ACHE, HEIR, IRON, ONLY, LYRE, REAP, APEX
- d) KIWI, WIFE, FETE, TEAR, ARID, IDLE, LEAF
- e) ZERO, ROSE, SEAL, ALTO, TOGA, GAME, MEND
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CIRCULAR TOUR
- a) 33. Double each number then take away one to produce the next number. 17 × 2 = 34. Take away one to arrive at 33.
- b) A for August. Sequence features the initial letters of months of the year.
- c) 64. Each number is multiplied by itself and the answer written in the space that is opposite it. 2 × 2 = 4. 6 × 6 = 36. 8 × 8 = 64.
- d) C. Then the circle reads anti-clockwise to spell out CONFUSED.
- e) 243. Treble each number. 81 × 3 = 243.
- f) YO. “Happy Birthday to You” is the link. The first time the words appear as initial letters, then the second time the first two letters of each word appear.