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BRAIN GAME
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BRAIN GAME
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Brain Game 3
Solutions 177
INTRODUCTION
We all do it, - names, places and events!
forget things
Some of us jokingly putdown to old age and
it
although it is frustrating we give in to what we think are

the inevitable effects of time. However, it is never too
late to boost your mental faculties, improve and even
reverse this supposed decline.

A good deal of research has been undertaken in
order to understand the effects that ageing has on brain
function. The old theory, that we lose vast numbers of
brain cells as we grow older, has now been overturned.
In fact we continue to produce new brain cells well into
our seventies and it is now recognised that the normal
ageing process leaves most mental functions intact.
It is true, though, that from the age of thirty onwards
the brain does begin to change. This is thought to be due

to the effect of damaging oxidants upon the genetic
composition of the brain. It is this that leads eventually
to the forgetful symptoms that we know and love.
Researchers now believe that whilst some memory
loss due to ageing is inevitable, the pace of decline is
not pre-determined. The general consensus amongst

scientists appears to be that mental exercise, when
combined with physical exercise and diet, can indeed
improve mental performance. Like the heart, it turns
out that the brain can be protected from harm.
So how can you get mental exercise? Well, one very
easy way is by doing simple puzzles. Brain teasers,
crosswords and Sudokus can all help keep your brain
limber and youthful. Recendy, Ian Robertson of the
2 BRAIN GAME
Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College, Dublin,

carried out a study involving 3,000 men and women
aged 65 to 94. They were given 10 hours of training in
memory, problem-solving, and decision-making tasks
over the course of several weeks and began to display
marked and lasting increases in cognitive ability.
"Booster" training sessions received a year later result-
ed in further improvements in mental function which

persisted for over a year. The gained mental ability was
equivalent to that which is typically lost by older people

over a 7-14 year period.
Professor Robertson concluded that by keeping the
brain agile with regular word and number puzzles such
as Sudoku, the brain can be 'made' up to 14 years
younger.
The puzzles in Daily Mail Brain Game are designed
to challenge your brain and test and improve your
brain age. Just work through the puzzles, calculate your
score and you will discover your brain age, which may
be quite different from your actual age! A lower brain
age indicates a better-functioning brain. However, if
your brain age is much older than your actual age, don't
worry - by completing the puzzles, you are exercising
your brain and you should see an improvement in your
overall scores as you complete more puzzles. Above all,
having fun is a good way to keep your brain youthful,
and that's the main idea behind the Brain Games.
Good luck!
PART ONE
1 What connects the following words:
Comanche
Hesperus
Minimalist
Nebuchadnezzar
Piranha
2 If a certain positivenumber's square is the same as

four times three more than that certain number,
what is that certain number?
3 Circlegram
Replace the question mark with a letter so that the
within each circle can be rearranged to form

letters
words with a common theme. What are the three

words, and the letter represented by the question
mark?
4 BRAIN GAME : PART ONE
7 1 3
4 r 3
3 8 7
6 5 9
2 7 \^
4
3 5
4
5 6 7 4
2 ^_^/
/£V
1 4 3 6 2
4 Sudoku
the numbers so that each row, column and
Fill in
box contains numbers 1-9 without repetition or

omission.
:
BRAIN GAME : PART ONE 5
5 Take the initial letters of the following five people

to spell out the name Schweitzer (a recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize)
Jockey who rode the 1985 Derby-winner Slip

Anchor;
Managing Director of BBC Television 1968-75;
Monty Python comedian who wrote

the book of the Broadway musical Spamalot;
Former Bulgarian head of state who died in 1 998;
Scottish singer associated with the group

Fairground Attraction.
6 Replace the numbers with letters to reveal the

answers to the clues.
123456 - Hungarian composer

75 1 234 - Australian city
12347 -US author
12123 - Literary elephant
21 1544 - Half of a comedy double act
7 Match-up Puzzle
On each row place a four-letter word that will link
the two given words (e.g. UNION -JACK -
FROST). When completed the third letters of these
words will give a type of animal.
CLOCK /
VALUE
DOG WARS
'
QUICK t"
SCALE
GOOSE LADDER
CRY WHISTLE

to spell out the name of a Polish pianist:
Television writer who created the series Shameless

and Linda Green;
Singer of the 1970 No. 1 single I Hear You

Knocking;
Actor who played the title role in the 1975

BBC TV series Poldark;
Manager of the Scotland football team;
Author of the novel The Remains of the Day.

8 1
1 2 6
6 3 5 4
7 5 6 2 9
4 9
7 4
9 4 7
2 8
1 9 3
9 Sudoku
10 Arrange the phrase Do Hire My Double Gloucester

Pentagon Snorkel Dragonfly to make the titles of five
James Bond films.
11 Pyramid
Starting with I3 add a letter and shuffle to make
a new word each time and continue until you
reach CAMPING.
D
rrn
rrrYi
C|A|M|P|I|nTg
12 Replace the numbers with letters to reveal
the answers to the clues.
12324 - Asian language

15367335 - US author of a fishy tale
5337899 - Middle name of Pierre Trudeau
62335992 - European capital
653592 - Ballroom dance
13 Enigma
Type of doc - abbreviated -
Whose daily work is beast-related.
Similarly, soldier who
Has now found something else to do.
3 4 8
6 9 2 4 1
3 5 2
4 3
8 5
1 9
3 1 6
7 2 9
5 8 1
14 Sudoku
15 Wordplace
Place these letters around the outside of the grid so
that there are four words reading across and four
reading down:
AAEEELRSSSTT
ACL
<
q
A S
1? J. R K
12324561747 - Order of mammals

1234175456 -Parisian hill
787161323 -Greek hero
1234737 -US state
5738223 - Capital of Burma
17 If KA + mineral deposit is K-ORE-A, then what

are the names of the following countries?
SEN + got married; ALIA + forbid; BEI + race;
BEE + girl's name; HI + islet; MAI + rule.
18 Wordspiral
Starting from 1 , fill in the grid in a clockwise
direction with four-letter words. The last letter of
each word becomes the first letter of the next word.
If you have correctly filled in the grid there should
be a seven-letter key word reading across from 8.
1 2 3
9 10 -
14 15
J
16 | / )
1! 4
13 ,2
.
7 6 5
Clues
I. French swamp 3. Dress
for five 2. Short for
4. Demand 5. Quick movement 6. Defrost
7. Devour 8. Droop 9. Band 10. Celebration
II. Middle East inhabitant 12. Tea 13. Blemish
14. British river 15. Self-satisfied
16. Clarified butter
Key word clue: Not a slave
19 If Berlin is 36, London is 48, Helsinki is 52 and

Rome is 60, what is Moscow?
1 6 9
4 6 3
8 1 5
5
5 1 6 7
2 4 5 3 6 9
5 4 2 9
9 8 4 1 3
20 Sudoku
.
21 Who, What, Where and When?
Who . . . composed the Blue Danube Waltz?

What was the
. . . real surname of the author
Anthony Hope?
Where. . were the 1992 summer Olympic Games

held?
When was the Ideal

. . . Home Exhibition first held
at Olympia?
22 Wordsquare
Using the central letter and at least three others,
how many words can you find?
ikju
E S P
sn| i
A M E
.
23 The following phrases are anagrams. The first three

are songs by a popular British performer; unscram-
ble the final anagram to discover his real name.
ADD LENIENT WINCH

NERDY ANTIC
ALIGNS MILD STINT
ALRIGHT WEDDING
24 The following events all occurred in one year in the

20th century. Can you guess the year?
1 Donald Campbell died trying to beat his own

world water speed record at Coniston.
2. QPR become the first third division club to win

a Wembley final.
3. Elvis Presley married his long-time sweetheart
Priscilla Beaulieu.
4. Martin Luther King was shot dead in Memphis.

9 5 8 3
4 2 1
4 2 7
3 2 7 1 9
6 5
3 8 6
5 7 3 4
4 6 5 7
25 Sudoku
26 Match-up
On each row place a four-letter word that will
link the two given words (e.g. UNION -JACK
FROST). When completed the third letters of
these words will give a type of animal.
DEAR BULL
EYE BEAT
WAR WELL
LAST OFFICE
CABIN CUT
27 Which three cheeses, when mixed up, produce the

phrase 'a bedtime fear'?
s I
-
a
AM
28 Change one letter in each word to reveal four

words relating to the same animal.
LOAN
CRAB
COLD
MORE
29 Circlegram
letters within each circle can be rearranged to form

mark?
1 2 5
5 8 4
8 5 4 7 9 6
9 4 5
3 7 4
6 2
2 5 7 8 3
1 2
30 Sudoku
31 The surnames of which three 20th century

American presidents are jumbled up here?
KCNEAINRXNTOEENDRY
32 On a hot day, 3 friends decided to treat themselves

to cold desserts. Ally's ice cream cost 15% more
than Brian's, which cost 69p less than Cheryl's. If
the average price of an ice cream was £3.38, how
much did Brian's ice cream cost?
33 Pyramid
Starting with I, add a letter and shuffle to make
a new word each time and continue until you
reach SWEDISH.
*
&
Mill
I til I
S|W|E|D|||£|H
34 Which same 3 letters in the same order will fit
the spaces?
C_L_B_E
L_N_A_Y
R P E S
7 3
5 9 6
9 3 4
6 7
8 1
9 8
8 1 5
2 5 9 4
6 4 3
35 Sudoku
36 On a shopping trip, Lizzie paid for her purchases

with a £5 note. The change she received was 5/8 as
much as it would have been if she had spent 81p
less. How much did she spend?
37 Wordplace
reading down:
AABBBDEEORSS
c R
H E
38 If Epoch = Photographer's tool translates

River +
asCam-Era, then what are the following words?
(Each river has three letters, and each clue uses a
different river.)
Small child + River = Stagger

Number + River = Holding
Vessel + River = Chemical compound
Mongrel + River = Shore bird
Rail + River = Hardly at all
\
4 5 2 7
1 2 9 4
3 6
8 5
3 7
9 8
7 3 9
5 2 6
8 6 4 5
39 Sudoku
40 What is the missing letter in this Royal sequence?
CP?GW
41 Wordspiral
Starting from 1, fill in the grid in a clockwise
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J
16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
I. Bludgeon 2. Concede 3. Information
4.Yearn 5. Italian volcano 6. Literary character
7. Collision 8. Meat 9. English county 10. Grade
II. Extraordinary 12. Greek god 13. Lead

14. Chamber 15. Flying insect 16. Pass
Key word clue: Greek mythological character

42 Change one letter of each word to find three words

with a common food and drink theme:
LAYER
SIN
TODAY
43 Unscramble these letters to find the name of a

2000 comedy film:
ANY FREED MEN SMILE

44 Wordsquare
N_N J*.
rWu
Fe G
45 Watching TV one Heather and Mark both
night.
started off with thesame amount of sweets each.
After Heather had eaten 5/14 of hers, and Mark
had eaten 2/7 of his and 1/6 of Heather's, they were
left with 50 sweets between them. How many
sweets did Heather have to start with?
1 4 3
5 7 9 1 2 6
9 7
2 9
7 8
4 3 1
8 7
4 6 5
1 9 6 3
46 Sudoku
47 Complete these words by putting the same three-

word in the gaps.
letter
_0_T_D
S_0_G_
_R_W_L
O I S
48 Match-up
JELLY BOOM
WATER COURSE
DEATH BONE
HORSE STRING
AGONY SALLY
49 The surnames of which three Austrian-born

composers are jumbled up here?
AABCDEHHMNORRSTTUYZ
50 Enigma
The French use theirs to chew their bread.
(Most have some inside their head.)
Here, though, it's the kind of scar
You're left with if you prang your car.
51 Circlegram
words with, a common theme. What are the three

mark?
52 Neville has a farm with chickens, and twice as

many sheep cows - 60 animals in total, plus
as
3 farm hands and a sheep dog. Between all of
them there are 105 pairs of legs on the farm.
How many chickens does Neville have?
53 Preparations for the church fundraising event have

been going badly. There has been a terrible mix up
with the the sign! What event are they trying to
promote?
ANGRY BLIND ABUSE
54 Pyramid
Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a
new word each time and continue until you reach
DRAWING.
An
II
IDIRIAIW img
55 Which same three letters in the same order will fit
the spaces to make three more words?
C_S_L_
M_N_L_
B T L
56 A word meaning useless, a word meaning swagger

and an anagram of NL Tonic give three surnames.
What first name do these have in common, and
how is it connected with a character played by
Rowan Atkinson?
5 3
7 2 6
9 8 6 7 1
2 3 6
8 7
3 1 4
4 5 8 3
6 9 2
5 7 4
57 Sudoku
58 Grid puzzle
1 . Solve the clues below and fill your answers in the
grid.
a) Name a freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae.

b) Change one letter to find. the real surname of
the actor Cary Grant.
c) In what year did he star in The Awful Truth?
d) Reverse the last two digits.
e) Which prime minister took the UK into the

Common Market in that year?
f)To which genus does the plant of the same
name belong?
f
.
HOW DID YOU DO?
Count up your score for this section. Give yourself one

point for every fully-completed answer. Where a question
has several parts, you need to get them all right!
Lower brain ages are better - 21 is the optimum score.

Don't be discouraged if you seem to have a high brain
age. As you progress through the book, your ability will
improve even though the puzzles get harder.
Your score will reveal your brain age as follows . .
Score: 50 - 58 Your brain age is 25. Well done!

40-50 -Your brain age is 30. Very good.
31-40 -Your brain age is 40. This is a common score
but it should improve with practice.
21-30 -Your brain age is 50
1 1-20 -Your brain age is 60

points -Your brain age is 80+. Try again!
PART TWO
1 The number of syllables in an IP plus the number of

books in the NT equals the number of plays by WS.
What do these literary letters stand for?
2 Add the same 3 letters to each of these three words

and mix them up to make three words with an
English geographical connection.
SJR
RUNGS
DRALN
Match-up
DRY LEAF
COCK BACK
PUPPY LETTER
FAN GLOVE
BLOOD CHAIR
38 BRAIN GAME : PART TWO
7 5 3
5 6 4
9 3 1
4 5
3 6 5 2 4
2 4
7 9 1 5 8
1 7 9
6 5
4 Sudoku
BRAIN GAME : PART TWO 39
5 Change one letter in each of these words to find 3

words with a common theme:
STEER
CRASS
PESTER
6 If 19/27 of the surface area of a cube is 342 cms,

how long are its sides?
8 9 2
6 4 5 3 1
3 8 4 5 6
4 5
7 3
7 8
7 1 2
2 4 6
7 Sudoku
8 Which is the odd one out: Aegir, Aesir, Poseidon,

Neptune?
Clumsy librarian Paige Turner has muddled up the

names of four laureates of the Nobel Prize for
Literature like so - Ken Shinobject, Earl Jasper
Tuna, Mat Suckbeetle and Mr Bat Clause. Work out
who they are and put them in chronological order,
according to when they won the prize. Who is the
odd one out?
10 Circlegram

mark?
.
11 Change a letter in each of these words to find four

words with a common theme:
REIN
HIND
SLOW
MAIL
12 Who,What,Where andWhen?
Who . . . wrote the novel A Farewell to Arms?

What ... is another name for the bird called an
aberdevine?
Where ... in the body is the incus?
When . . did Menachem Begin become Prime

Minister of Israel?
13 Pyramid
Starting with U, add a letter and shuffle to make a
SUPPORT.
J2L
n
an
JLmamJLmmmmlmmmmLmmmJm
SMPIPIOIRIT
14 What is the next letter in this series?
UDTQCSSHN?
15 Unscramble the following statements to reveal a

well-known play and its author:
SAD HAM REMNANT

AND HER BEGGAR SWORE
16 Wordplace
reading down:
AABEEHNORSTT
A T
S I
17 Each digit represents a different letter. Replace the

numbers to find the names of five poets.
1U234
B5674
89 163
27443
39I7T

in the spaces?
C_R_A_T
0_T_A_K
PRIG
1 7 4
3 5 6
9 2 3
8 4 6 1 7
6 9 1
8 5 6
8 2 1 9
9 4 8
19 Sudoku
20 The surname of this late US screen actor

(famous for Westerns) can be split into two
three-letter words meaning a male bird, and a
vessel, respectively. Swap one vowel of this sur-
name for another and mix up the letters to get a
type of horse. What links this to Denver?
21 Rearrange the following four phrases to form the

names of four politicians who have something in
common, then decide which of them is the odd one
out:
DADDY LOGGIE LOVER

EYESHADE NIL
BONGO DR WORN
A SWOLLEN GIN
22 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Emptiness 2. Dummy 3. Desire 4. Tug
5. Monarch 6.Musical film 7. Welsh boy's name
8. Collar 9. Effervesce 10. Metal 11. Trendy
12. Christian festival 13. Branched structure
14. Goals 15. Precipitation 16. Engage
Key word clue: Furniture style

23 What comes next in this sequence of letters?
A, S, D, F, G?
the spaces to make three more words?
S F
AT
VI
25 Wordsquare
T|BA
B A E
26 The number of SUP for an A in G times the

number of points for a BB in S equals the number
of players in a RUT. What do the letters stand for?
(Clue: Sporting)
27 The surnames of which three British painters are

jumbled up here?
CRHOAONECSBTKAUNBRELNYE
8 4
7 1
6 2 7 8
8 6 7
3 5
2 9 3
9 6
6 5 9 4
1 9 8
28 Sudoku
29 A style of architecture with a vowel removed gives

the first name of the son of an English film director
with a famous wife. The director shares a first
name with a 17th century conspirator. Who is he?
30 Careless curator Orca Rut has mixed up the labels

of 2 paintings and their artists in her exhibition as
Hang Coving Vent, Lancet
follows: Wail Sterile,
Odeum, Trashing Try. What are they, and how old
was one artist when the other one died?
31 Match-up
the two given words (e.g. UNION - JACK -
NURSING ALONE
BIG PUT
LOG WORM
DOG CAKE
BULLY EATER
32 What are the next three letters in this geometrical

series?
T,Q,P,H,H, ? ?
->
.
33 The following events all occurred in a year in the

1 German magazine Stern published extracts from
what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler.

2. Supertanker The Castillo de Belver caught fire
and split off the coast of South Africa.

3. In sailing Australia won the America's cup, after
the Americans had held it for 132 years.
4. London police began the use of wheel clamps on
illegally-parked vehicles.
34 Circlegram
mark?
3 4
6 1 5 8
3 4 1 2
9 8 7 4
5 6 3 7
1 2
7 5 4 3
9 2
6 7 5
35 Sudoku
36 The heir to the throne, plus the last name of a TV

police detective played by Glynis Barber, plus the
last name of a comic singer, name of
make up the
an author. His most famous book was made into a
2004 film with a well-known actress in the starring
role. What is her connection with the American
Declaration of Independence?
37 The number of P in an IHT plus the number of

D of C is equal to the number of H on a GC.
What do the letters stand for?
38 Pyramid
Starting with I, add a letter and shuffle to make a
FOREIGN..
?
n
mm
nrm
HolRlEl IQINI
39 The title of a work of detective fiction has been

mixed up as "Two-thirty Ride, Mrs. Hoi". "Each
as airtight" boasts the blurb. What's the title and
author?
40 Which 3 letters in the same order will fit all 3

words?
M_R_N_I
B_Z_N_S
P NLY
4 7 1 9
3 8 6 2
1 4 8
8 6 7
6 4 3 8
5 4
2 3 5
6 9 4
1 8
41 Sudoku
42 The same surname links the authors of Lost and

Saved, and The Magic Bedknob, and an Irish
comedian/TV presenter. Change the first two let-
ters to find the surname of one of Elizabeth

Taylor's beaus. With whom does he share the
record for the most Oscar nominations without a
single win?
43 The names of which six winners of the Eurovision

Song Contest are mixed up here?
BINIONBALERSENRANOCUD-
EALARVILADESA
44 Wordplace
reading down:
AADDEEEGPPRS
L
R
45 Change one letter of each word to find five words

with a common theme:
DRUNK
FINDER
FLOUR
HOOF
WOOD
46 If four brothers get pocket money according to

their age in the ratio 4:5:7:1 1, and the three
youngest get £8.64 between them, how much
does the oldest get?
47 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
I. Branch 2. Recognize 3. Conflicts 4. Sweep
majestically 5. Flaccid 6. Yielded 7. Platter
8. Fifty percent 9. Get along 10. Beige
II. Russian river 12. Falsehoods 13. Sealed
14. Girl's name 15. Desiccated 16. Stadium
Key word clue: Bone


to spell out the name of an Italian composer:
Seven-times Best Actor Oscar nominee; Author of

the plays Hay Fever and The Vortex; Scottish BBC
TV sports reporter; Character in the Emily Bronte
novel Wuthering Heights; Dr. Kerry Weaver in the
television series ER.

1231456 -US city

5473786 - Italian astronomer
9877655 - US food manufacturer
548731 -Language
935473 - African capital
4 6 5 3
9 6 4
3 4
5 2
3 2
1 2 4 8 9
9 5
1 8 2
4 8 9 7
50 Sudoku
51 Rearrange the phrase Continental Climate Appeases

Vodka Jam Pap to make the names of five linked
US cities.

to spell out the name of a country:
Hollywood actor married to Jennifer Garner;
Winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature;
Seven-times winner of the Tour de France; British
television comedian who died in 1983; 1990 win-
ner of the Perrier Comedy Award.
53 Using the central letter and at least three others,

HWU
SLR
9 3 2 6
6 9 5
5
6 8 9
8 3 1
4 3 1 5
3 4 5 1 8
7 6
7 2
54 Sudoku
123324422 -US state

56746332 - City on Lake Geneva
6316824 -Bright star
4261 152 - City in N.W. United States
4186744 - England cricketer or composer

1 .The Maastricht treaty was signed, and the

European union founded.
2. November Rain by Guns N' Roses became the
longest single to reach the Top 20, clocking in at 8

minutes, 57 seconds.
3. The Church of England voted to allow women to
become priests.
4. The Netherlands were rocked by an earthquake
along the Peel fault.
9
3 6 7
8 5
9 8 4 1 2
8
2 4 3
1 4 5 6
2 7 9
3 7
57 Sudoku
6 7 1 8
4 5 1
5 7 6 3
5 8 9
4 6 1 7
1 6
1 9
9 8 2
7 5 6 3
58 Sudoku
.
HOW DID YOU DO?



points -Your brain age is 80. Try again!
PART THREE
1 Rearrange the phrase Tolerably Killed Model

Rhino Interjection to make the- names of six
literary doctors.
123456782 - Australian city

129758512 - Rhythmic Dietrich Nikolaus Winkel
invention
42297559 -Vegetable
4362459932 - Slang for a police officer
51232992 -Egg dish
70 BRAIN GAME : PART THREE
Match-up
FOOT BOOK
CHINA PIGEON
STEREO CAST
COFFIN VARNISH
BIRTH DOWN
BRAIN GAME : PART THREE 71
1 7
5 3 8
1 6 9
7 2 9 1 3
9 2 3 4
8 4 1 2
7 6
9 5 6
8
4 Sudoku
5 Rearrange the phrase Overdecorated Wax International

Monetary Fund Screwball Welds Cell Scorchers to
make the names of five northern England football
teams.
6 Change one letter of each word to find six names

COWARD
CROOKS
GIBBON
LEG
MENDED
STOVE
Circlegram

mark?
8 Which is the odd one out: Mediterranean Sea,
Caspian Sea, South China Sea, Sargasso Sea?

8 2 7 5
4 6 5 1
7 4
5 8 3
7 5 9 8
3 7 5
9
2 8
6 2 4 9 1
9 Sudoku
10 What is the next number in this sequence?

19 342 116622?

GAVEL
RIDER
STONE
TIGER
WHINE
12 Pyramid
add a letter and shuffle to make a
Starting with A,
SWEATER.
I
XDD
I I I I
I I I I I I
S|W|E|A|T|ETR

1234143 - Demo' recording disc

2142155 - Disapproving cry
2341231 - An order of marine mammals
5124315 - Conveying milk
14 Rearrange the phrase These Estate Agency Cubs

Thud to make the names of five former Directors
of the Central Intelligence Agency.
4 7 6
6 1 4
1 3 5
5 3 1
9 2
1 3 9
2 5 4
9 5 2 7
9 2 8
15 Sudoku
16 The surnames of which five English Premier

League football managers are mixed up here?
RZNONOEJOBELENTWULIGERELWHIMJE
17 A boy has twice asmany comics as his sister. After

dividing the total number of comics equally
between the two of them, the boy now has 1 1 less
than he had to start with. How many comics did
the boy originally have?
18 Wordplace
reading down:
DEEEENORRRSV
E E
D E
19 Rearrange the phrase Triter Bicarbonate Of Soda

Guitarist Art Rep to make the names of five places
to eat.
20 Enigma
Eighteen seventy-nine the year
A fearsome battle was fought here.
Sideshow of the Zulu War
Remembered for VCs galore.
21 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Start 2. Fruit flesh 3. Pathos 4. Cry 5. Nuisance
6. Unfeeling 7. Shapeless mass 8. Poet 9. Expired
10. Valley 11. Immoral 12. Folio 13. Lifeless
14. Girl's name 15. Coasted 16. Water bird
Key word clue: Athlete

22 What is a correct meaning of the following word:

BARGHEST
a) A portentous creature in English folklore
appearing in the shape of a large dog
b) Celtic name for a red squirrel
c)That part of a ship above the waterline when
moored

1231 - Region
434432 - Sprinkle
4234123 - Make ready
214432 - Hip hop artist or door knocker?
23144312 - Come into view again
24 Wordsquare
Ls _o
lBIw
F N K
25 Crack the code to find the five trees:
UFXYL
VUFMU
IFCPY
JFUHY
LIQUH
Who . . . was the 10th President of the United

States?
What ... is a judogi?
Where ... in Africa is Abidjan the largest city?
When . . . did Michael Jackson release the record

album Off the Wall?
2 1
4 5 6
8 4
7 8 1
6 2 9
3 9 7
5 8 7 6 2
9 4
1 7
27 Sudoku
—
28 Which sequence of three letters can be placed after

the following letters to solve the clues:
D — H— L— R— andT
, ,
Architectural structure,
,
David Storey play, African

capital, European capitaland City in Japan.
29 Which is the odd one out: Emperor, Pathetique,

Moonlight, Appassionata?
30 Match-up
GOLD WIFE
WEDDING WALK
TRUE CHIP
WOOD FALL
SWAN DISTRICT
31 Put these words into ascending numerical order:

Abernethy, Genoa, Peninsula, Praxis and
Swallowtail.

MANDORLA
a) Native American tribe of Wisconsin
b) An unmarried Spanish heiress
c) An oval-shaped area of light surrounding Jesus
Christ in a painting
3 2 6 4
6
7 4
1 5
8 3 1
6 9 1 8 7
3 4 7
9 5
4 3 8
33 Sudoku
12213 -Ant
21314 - Measuring instrument
21341 - Unit of length
3 1 1 3 1 4 - Move unsteadily
3142 - Limited period
35 If my age is three-quarters that of my sister's, and

my brother's is twice the difference between mine
and my sister's, and our combined ages are 1 08,
how old am I?
36 Circlegram
mark?
37 Put these twelve groupings into pairs to make the

surnames of six characters in works by P.G.
Wodehouse:
BAX, BOD, ITH, JEE, KIN, LIT, PLE, PSM,

TER,TLE,VES,WOR.
Who played the

. . . title role in the film Thoroughly
Modern Millie?
What . . . type of creature is a bharal?
Where ... in Africa is Dar es Salaam?
When . . . did the sports commentator and writer

John Arlott die?
6 5 9
9 1 4 5
8 1
7 3
5 4 3
1 6 2 5
2 6 7
5 2
4 7
39 Sudoku
40 Pyramid
PITCHER.
JOOL
m
ft
men
P|I|T|C|H|ETR

to spell out the surname of a famous author:
Comedy partner of Lou Costello; Superman's

girlfriend; Author of the novel A Bouquet of
Barbed Wire; Conservative M.P. for Suffolk South;
Director of the film Sleepless in Seattle.
42 The names of which five wine grapes are mixed up

here?
OTIENIEBALINLRIAGEOFCOVNCEZEA
LDMARLOTB
2 1 6
4 6 9 5 2
1 7 4
8 9
7 2 1
3
9 8 6 2
3 4 2 9
43 Sudoku

to spell out thesurname of a playwright:
Comedienne and author of the novel Flying Under
Bridges; Former England Test cricket captain;
Singer-songwriter whose albums include 1 2 Songs;
Director of the 1964 film The Pink Panther;
Author of I,Claudius.
45 Rearrange the phrase Embarrass Simon and

GarfunkelAt Oppenheimer Bay to make the names
of four Jane Austen novels.
46 Wordplace
reading down:
AAABCEHMORST
R C
E A
47 Complete the words by matching them to the

correct clues:
A sighting device in an aircraft for striking a target

-M?S???G
Rule badly - ??M?S?G??
Small horse of the American prairie - ??MS????G
Tendon at the back of the knee - M?SG?????
48 The surnames of which five British athletes are

mixed up here?
DHEDORIAMBALMPRASBFLSALREDE
BEALCHBLR
1 2 4
3 7 1
3 9 6 5
6 2 8 1
5 9
7 4
5 8 7
3
5 6 7 1
49 Sudoku
50 Put these twelve groupings into pairs to make six

winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry:
AIL, CAL, CUS, GER 5 LEL, MAR, NER OIR5 5
SAN VIN WER,ZEW.

5 5
51 What is the next letter in this sequence?
OTTFFSSEN?
1 7
8 1
9 5 2
5 4 6 1
2 7 5
9 6 8
1 2 7 5
3 8 9 4
1 9 4
52 Sudoku
53 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Shaved 2. Handle 3. Places 4. Wading bird
5. Declared 6.Break 7. Trauma 8. Dispatch
9. Branch 10. Legume 11. Christmas
12. Mouth edges 13. Hitch 14. Masticate
15. Garden animal 16. Boy's name
Key word clue: Communications pioneer

current Test cricketers:
BLE, DEN, DRA, HAY, KAL, KUM, LAX, LIS,

MAN, SEH, VID,WAG.
8 4
6 7 2
5 4
7 8 2
1 4 3
7 5 8
6 1 5
9 4 1
6 2 7
55 Sudoku
56 Wordsquare
O^N W
l"n Y
57 Match-up
HEAD COMFORT
CLING STAR
LANDING LEVER
RISING COURSE
DEPUTY WAITER
58 Circlegrams
mark?
.
HOW DID YOU DO?


41-50 -Your brain age is 27. Very good!

PART FOUR
1 Which is the odd one out: swimming, skiing, rifle

shooting, cross country?

currencies:
CHA, DIR, DOL, ESC, FOR, HAM, INT, KOR,

KWA, LAR, UDO, UNA.
104 BRAIN GAME : PART FOUR
8 9 5 7 1
3 2 8
1 9
6 1 2
9
7 2
1 5 8
4 5 6
2 3
3 Sudoku
BRAIN GAME : PART FOUR 105
4 The names of which James Bond villains are
jumbled up here?
FDLINARIORGCGHIERFGIEGMIAERFHRAO
LMBILRSLOIOEDUCXURG
5 The names of which five plays by Alan Ayckbourn

are jumbled up here?
FEWAUAPAPSTIRDAIMNSTRBIRSANSMTYG
KREOGCAKONEFTSEPENDABEJORT
6 Match-up
FOOT PARK
DUTY KICK
TRAINING SITE
SNARE KIT
VINE STICK
4 7 8 5 9
2 5 9
4
2 6
2 1 3
3 1
7 6
6 8 7 4
8 6 5 7
7 Sudoku
8 Change one letter of each word to find six names

with a common theme to do with Thomas Hardy:
DOWN
FLARE
MOUTH
OAT
RYE
TRAY
Circlegram
Replace the question mark with a letter so that
the letters within each circle can be rearranged to

form words with a common theme. What are the
three words,and the letter represented by the
question mark?
10 The names of which five tenors are jumbled up

here?
OTARICGVREARICLARPAIGTRAILPISES
TAR
11 Grid puzzle
Solve the clues below and fill your answers in the grid.
a) In which Crimean resort did an Allied confer-

ence take place in 1945?
b) Change one letter to find a Mediterranean island.
c) In what year was annexed by Britain?
it

e& f) What were the first names of the author of
'The Raven' whose Murders in the Rue Morgue
was published in that year?
f
2
7 6
9 2 4 8
7 9 1
8 5 1 6 4
3 6
7 4 5 2
3
7 5 3
12 Sudoku
1
13 Enigma
Sounds of vocal approbation,
Though these days across the nation
It means 'Your health' and 'Thank you' too.
What is our language coming to?
14 The names of which five economists are jumbled

up here?
ERNBOLMAIMNBALTIDONALIFNUTGES
RHDET
15 Pyramid
ANOMALY.
i 1
m i
1 1
1
i
1 1 1 1
1
A|N|Q|M|A|LTy
.

1 The film Ghostbusters was released and became a
summer blockbuster.
2. The Cambridge boat-race crew sank after crash-
ing into a stationary barge before the race had

started.
3. At Orgreave, South Yorkshire coal miners and
police clashed violently.
4. JayneTorvill and Christopher Dean won the
Olympic gold for Ice Dancing.
17 Which is the odd name out, politically?
Booth, Wagstaff, Roberts, Moulton, Baldwin

5 1
1 3
3 5 2 4
8 7
1 2 8 9
6 9 7 4
8 2 3 4
7
2 9 8 1
18 Sudoku
19 Enigma
Brilliant riposte, saving face,
Putting someone in their place -
But just too late you think of it.
From the French for 'staircase wit'.

surnames of six marathon champions:
ANN, BEN, BIK, BOR, DIN, GHA, ILA, MCC,

OIT, RIB, SUZ, UKI.
21 Wordplace
reading down:
AAEILLMOSTTT
s
T

RUMBIRA
a) State of trance in African spiritual healing

b) A mixture of mbira and rhumba music
c) Native American dish consisting of braised cari-
bou
23 What is the next number in this royal sequence:
1727
1760
1820
1830
1936
6 1
9 1 4
1 2 5
1 6 2
9 5 4
2 8 5
2
3 7 1
6 9 7 3
24 Sudoku
25 Which is the odd one out: anemometer,

seismometer, tachometer, speedometer?
26 Change a letter to find five things with a common

theme:
BAIT
CEDE
DONE
PEST
VIAL
27 Wordspiral
Starting from 1 3 fill in the grid in a clockwise
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
fxmmsm BMMMM
8
~D 16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Conceal 2. Ovine junior 3. Fish 4. Direct 5.
Dress 6. Variety 7. Darling 8. Highest point 9.
Angle 10. Run 11. Nobleman 12. Menace 13.

Repast 14. South American capital 15. Invites 16.
Equal
Key word clue: Egyptian ruler


DIDYMIUM
a) Word used in the southern states of the US to

express annoyance
b) A mixture of neodymium and praseodymium
c) The Greek god of footwear
29 The names of which five countries in Africa are

jumbled up here?
RDINATWNDIENASZUBOIONBANGBULB
WANAS
30 The surnames of which five British Prime

Ministers are jumbled up here?
PMABLAONRCPHAEWELCHANLCALVAMP
ENGINELIER
2 8 3
3 7 4
6 1 9
7 9 8 5
4 5 9
6 4
1 9 2 7
3 7 6 8
31 Sudoku

SAMARRA
a) Tunic worn by those condemned to death by the
Spanish Inquisition
b) Vessel used to catch blood in medieval
operations
c) Four-wheeled carriage used to carry a coffin

GLOVER
PETROL
RAFFLE
STRIKE
THRASH
34 Wordsquare
v_u_o
35 Eleven of a mythological kind can be identified by

their first and last letters only. Which is the missing
name?
C s, C s5 C s3 H n,
M e, O s, P e, R_ _ a,
T s, T a and T s.
36 Circlegram
mark?

BOLT
DINE
DOUR
HARD
PINK
3 8
6
1 4
7 4 6
9 2
5 3 2 1
3 5 1 8
5 9 3 1
1 2 8 3
38 Sudoku

WARRENER
a) The keeper of a rabbit warren
b) The owner of a fairground ride
c) An unkempt holder of high office
40 Grid puzzle
a and b) Of whom did T S Eliot say he "has a

mind so fine that no idea could violate it"?
c) In what year was his novel Portrait of a Lady
published?
e) Which South American country gained

independence in that year?
f) From which country did it gain independence?
f

ANGLE
GRAIN
RAVEL
RIVER
SWINE
42 Pyramid
Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle the letters
to make a new word each time, continuing until
you reach ASHAMED.
&
i
mm LTD
i i i i
A|S|H|A|M|ETD

BULLBEGGAR
a) A singer in a barbershop quartet
b) Something used or suggested to produce terror
c) The middle mast on a five-masted vessel
9 6 8
2 1 4 8
1 3 9
7 5 3 8
9 4
1 7
7 4 5
8 7 1
6 9
Sudoku
45 If an article's price is increased by 20%, and it is
then sold with a 20% reduction, selling for 16p less

than the original price, what was the original price?
46 Wordplace
reading down:
AAABCEILMPRR
A L
T U
47 Enigma
Who was that Victorian gel
Who down a rabbit-hole once fell?
by John Tenniel,
Illustrated
Her adventures proved perennial.
3 4 2 8
5 7
7 4
1
4
9 8 3 1
7 3 2 4 5
5 6 2
1 5 6
48 Sudoku
49 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
8 11 4
16
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
I. Run away Norse god 3. Timetable
2.
4. Metal sulphate 5. Obscure 6. Asian 7. Gossip

8. Follow 9. Scottish lake 10. Trauma
II. Boy's name 12. Musical symbol 13. Bench
14. Gather 15. Long poem 16. Determination
Key word clue: Lily


CHIONABLEPSIA
a) The technical word for a dream about dreaming

b) The medical term for snow blindness
c) Stress on a wooden joint
51 Wordsquare
C L T
Eyo
LCD
52 Who,What,Where andWhen?
Who . . . played the title role in the film Uncle Buck?
What. . . is the motto of the R.A.F.?
Where ... in England is the port of Watchet?
When . . . was cartoonist Gerald Scarfe born?
53 Which is the odd one out: cm, cl, cg 5 ch?

54 Grid puzzle
Solve the clues below and fill your answers in the
grid.
a) What is the name of the Cape in Senegal which

is the westernmost point of Africa?
b) Change one letter to find the surname of an
Italian composer.
c) In what year was his Requiem first performed?
e and f) What was the name of the central charac-
ter in a story by Thackeray which began to be seri-
alised in that year?
f
2 3 1
6 4 1
8 5
3 1
5 7
5 7 1 3 2
4 7 3 8
2 5
9 3
55 Sudoku

BARRACOON
a) Small marsupial of Papua New Guinea
b) An enclosure formerly used for the temporary
confinement of slaves
c)Lateen-rigged sailing vessel of the
Mediterranean
57 Pyramid
Starting with II, add a letter and shuffle to make a
PRODUCE.
f
m
oled
n
i i i i i
IPIRIOIDIUICIEI
58 Wordplace
reading down:
BCEEKLLOONSW
p E
A D
1 5
2 6
7 8 3
6 7
5 9 1 6
9 5 8
2 4 1
1 2 9
3 4
59 Sudoku
60 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
8 11 4
16
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Thigh muscle 2. Double 3. Game 4. Hop-kiln
5. Activate 6. Bow 7. Weaving threads 8. Encounter
9. Sleep 10. HH Monroe 11. Eye-part 12. Places

13. Slide 14. Ditch 15. Contrive 16. Swelling
Key word clue: Beethoven opera

.
HOW DID YOU DO?


1-10 -Your brain age is 66. Try again!

BRAIN GAME : PART FIVE 139
PART FIVE
Ifan eighth of a certain number is one less than a

seventh of three more than that certain number,
what is that certain number? .

HELMINTHIASIS
a) Any thirteenth son of a thirteenth son in

Ancient Greece
b) Divination using marbles
c) Infestation by parasitic worms
140 BRAIN GAME : PART FIVE
3 Grid puzzle
a) What name is associated with Joan to represent an

elderly couple? -
b) Change one letter to find the surname of a char-

acter in Pride and Prejudice.
c) Inwhat year was the novel published?
e) Which opera by Bellini was first performed in that
year?
f) What was the surname of the British prime minis-
ter whose wife had the same name?
f
2 5
6 3 4
1 8
2 5 4
7 9 4 1 6
5 7
8 2
8 5
9 2 1
4 Sudoku
Who .played Jerry

. . Leadbetter in the sitcom
The Good Life?
What. did Sherry's Prince win
. . in 1970, 1971
and 1972?
Where ... in England is Newlyn?
When . . . did Guy Fawkes hang?
6 Pyramid
PLASTER.
LXD
exd
MINI
P L AjS T|E R
| | | |
7 The surnames of which five British painters are

jumbled up here?
LOGIUSBGKANSOTBRSOENBTSEURBOAN
CALEBLYHDS
8 Wordplace
reading down:
ADEGLLMOOTTU
I D
N I
9 Rearrange the phrase Using Chicago National

Insurance Chemicals into three Puccini operas.
10 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Bird stomach Chicken 3. Blighter 4. Related
2.
5. Actress Cameron
6. Metal 7. Cudgel 8. Fearless
9. Presume 10. Currency 1 1. Alone 12. Asian tent
13. Grey mineral 14. Cut 15. Volume measure

16. Class
Key word clue: Aviator

11 Enigma
Did he have a hump or not?
Or was that just a Tudor plot?
And did he murder those two princes?
Well, yes, if Shakespeare's play convinces!
7 5
3
1 8 9 3
8 4
8 6 7
9 3 2
4 5
2 5 7 8
9 4 7
12 Sudoku
13 If a triangle's height is the same as its base, and its
area is 98 square centimetres, what is its height?
14 Wordsquare
W L JL
V0J
E L R
JUKSKEI
a) Type of soft plain-woven cotton

b) South African game in which pins are thrown
at a stick
c) Caucasian talent contest requiring the imitation
of birdsong
8
4 1
4 9 2 7 3
2 9 4 1 3
6 7 5 2
7
7 1 8 2
4
9 6 8
16 Sudoku
17 Which is the odd one out: Thoroughly Modern
Millie, Funny Girl, Mary Poppins, Victor/Victoria?
18 Grid puzzle
grid.
a) Who wrote The Lake Isle of Innisfree?

b) Change one letter to find the surname of anoth-
er poet.
c) In what year did he write Endymion?
d) Reverse the last digits.
eand f) Which English opera impresario built the
Savoy Theatre in that year?
f

names of six authors.
BIN, BUC, CHY, DON, HAI, HAN, HAR, IDY,

LEY, PLA, RIS.WEL.
3 4 2 5
8 2 3
9 4 6
5 3 9
3 1
9 5 2 8
7 5 2
3 4 6
8
20 Sudoku
1
21 Pyramid
CRICKET.
ft
CIRI
1 1
m1
l6iK|E[
Who . . . became Chairman of the Arts Council

of England in 1994?
What . . . was the profession of the entertainer

Joseph Grimaldi?
Where. . . was the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest

held?
When . . . did Earth Summit win the Grand

National?
23 Wordplace
reading down:
DEEEEELMMSTU
D
R G
24 Enigma
If you like your fruit home-grown
You can do this to your own.
Guitar-players use these things
To pluck their instrument's taut strings.
25 Wordsquare
cTt!)
26 The names of which five Australia cities are
jumbled up here?
DEWPIDISARTBYNDNERHARAYEADBL
EINES
5 1
2 6
9 1 8
6 5 7
9 1 2 3
4 6 3 8
6 4 2
4 6 5
1 5 7
27 Sudoku
28 Which is the odd one out: setter, terrier, dachs-

hund, wolfhound?
29 Grid puzzle
grid.
a) What is another name for the devil ray?

b)Change one letter to find the island the
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V gave to the
Knights of St John of Jerusalem.
c) In what year did the knights surrender
to Napoleon?
d) Reverse the middle digits.
e and f) What were the surnames of the men who
shared the Nobel Peace Prize in that year?
f

names of six male tennis players.
AGA, ATY, BEC, BNY, DRO, HEN, HEW, HRB,

ITT, KER, MAN, SSI.
31 Pyramid
to make a new word each time, continuing until
you reach PARTING.
[Al
a
nu
mm
PlAlRlThlNl I
32 The names of which five books of the Bible are

jumbled up here?
EMAKALTIKYUVEMEDNESHOKERMOU
JIBEAHICIHUHTERNA

QINDARKA
a) Membranous flap found on the wings of certain

bats
b) Pair of miniature spectacles used for small ani-
mals
c) Unit of currency of Albania
2 6 8 3 4
1 9 5
3 6
5 7 2
6
2 3
8 5 2
3 4 7
1 3
34 Sudoku
35 Wordplace
reading down:
AAAEELORSTUV
A N
L N
36 Enigma
What, then, was the Holy Grail?
There's a Solution in this tale.
'Artist's puzzle' gives a clue.
But Mr Brown: how much is true?

Who . . . won the 2005 Super League Grand Final

in rugby league?
What . . . Latin phrase can be translated as

'you should have the body'?
Where ... is Aland an administrative province?
When . . . did the West Indies cricketer L.R. Gibbs

play his last Test match?
38 WordspiraX
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Sudden movement 2. Baking device 3. Bouquet
4. Per5. Heavy 6. Take off 7. Sense 8. Plunder
9. Group 10. Chief 11. Boy's name 12. Skinny

13. Common sense 14. Catch 15. German tennis
player 16. Confront
Key word clue: Lake


QIGONG
a) System of meditational exercises originating
in China
b) Soft pillow made from duck feathers
c) In Arabic literature, a place, beyond the
heavens
9 3 4
7 2 9
3 8 1
3 2
2 4 6 7
9 6 5
1 8
3
7 1 3
40 Sudoku
41 Make word from the chemical symbols for the

a
chemicals whose atomic numbers are 44, 28 and 6.
Change one letter to find an item of clothing.

Change one more letter and rearrange to find an
Eskimo people. What is the name of their official
territory in Canada?
42 Grid puzzle
a)What is a name given to the external part of the

ear in mammals?
b) Change one letter to find the name of the horse
on which Sir Gordon Richards won the Derby.
c) In what year did it win?
e and f) Which star of Taxi Driver and Monster's
Ball was born in October of this year?
f
43 Pyramid
Starting with O, add a letter and shuffle the letters
to make new word each
a time, continuing until
you reach INVOICE.
[o]
T
nrn
n
In|vI6I \t\t\
i
44 Wordplace
reading down:
AAEMOPRRRRRS
V E
E A
45 Which is the odd one out: IDA, IMF, IVR, F/F?

46 Wordsquare
E_N_T
AHA
E S B
5 7 9 8 4
3 2
4 5
2 3 7 5
1 9 8
3 7 8
9 3
8 5
7 6 2
47 Sudoku
48 Fill in the gaps around these fish to complete the

names of three writers:
LA. ???CHAR??
M. ??LING??? -
W. ?HAKE??????

GAILLARDIA
a) A genus of plants of North America

b) Collective term for the minor satellites of our
Solar System
c) A high-stepping dance of Belgium
50 Pyramid
to make a new word each time., continuing until
you reach DARKEST.
T
I
PIAIRIKIEI&IT
I
n I I
6 9
4 7
9 4 8
9 5
6 4 3 9
5 2 1
8 5 3
7 3 5
2 7
51 Sudoku
52 Wordplace
reading down:
ABBLLOOSTUYY
G
B L
53 Enigma
On a screen this flashes next
To where you may insert some text.
Underline or little bar,

It always shows you where you are.
54 Wordspiral
1 2 3
9 10
14 15
J16
11 4
13 12
7 6 5
Clues
1. Futile 2. Edible seaweed 3. Frozen
4. British singer 5. Bones 6. Fever
7. Looks at 8. Rub smooth 9. Resist
10. Once around the sun 11. Successions
12. Exhibit 13. Raised mark on skin
14. Principal 15. Boy's name 16. Sport
Key word clue: British cathedral city

55 If Rod and Sid's combined ages are 102, Sid and

Ted's are 106 and Rod and Ted's are 100, how old
is Sid?
56 Wordsquare
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N I F
Who . . . wrote the novel The Tragic Comedians?
What ... is dyer's rocket?
Where ... in Europe is the town of Cluny,

associated with lace manufacture?
When . . . was Alan Bleasdale's television series

G.B.H. first broadcast?
9 6
9 2 7 1 3
5 7 6
1 6 3 5
4 6
5 4
9 5 7 8
3 5 1
7 2 3
58 Sudoku
.
HOW DID YOU DO?

Score: 50 - 58 Your brain age is 21. Excellent! This is
the optimum brain age.

1-10 -Your brain age is 65. Still very good, as this is a

difficult section.
SOLUTIONS : PART ONE
1 They each contain the name of a country -
Comanche, Hesperus, Minimalist,

Nebuchadnezzar and Piranha.
2 6
3 Missing letter is N. Flamingo, Nightjar, Nuthatch:

Types of bird.
8 7 5 9 1 4 6 2 3
6 2 4 8 7 3 5 1 9
9 1 3 5 6 2 8 7 4
1 4 8 6 5 9 2 3 7
2 5 7 3 8 1 4 9 6
3 9 6 2 4 7 1 5 8
5 6 2 7 3 8 9 4 1
4 3 9 1 2 6 7 8 5
7 8 1 4 9 5 3 6 2
5 Steve Cauthen Huw Wheldon Eric Idle Todor

Zhivkov Eddi Reader = SCHWEITZER
178 SOLUTIONS : PART ONE
6 Where = B, 2 = A, 3 = R, 4 = T, 5 = O,
1
6 = K and7 = H the solutions are Bartok, Hobart,

Barth, Babar and Abbott.
7 CLOCK F A C E VALUE
DOG S T A R WARS
QUICK L 1 M E
SCALE
GOOSE S T E P LADDER
CRY w L F WHISTLE
8 Paul Abbott Dave Edmunds Robin Ellis Walter

Smith Kazuo Ishiguro = PADEREWSKI
5 4 2 8 6 1 3 9 7
3 1 7 5 4 9 2 6 8
9 6 8 2 7 3 5 1 4
7 5 6 4 2 8 9 3 1
2 3 4 9 1 5 8 7 6
8 9 1 6 3 7 4 5 2
6 8 5 1 9 4 7 2 3
4 2 3 7 5 6 1 8 9
1 7 9 3 8 2 6 4 5
1
SOLUTIONS : PART ONE 179
10 Do Hire My Double Gloucester Pentagon Snorkel

Dragonfly can be rearranged to make GoldenEye,
Goldfinger, Moonraker, Octopussy and
Thunderball.
1 One way is: I, IN, PIN, PAIN, PANIC, PACING,

CAMPING.
12 Where 1 = M, 2 = A, 3 = L, 4 =Y, 5 = E, 6 = V, 7
= I, 8 = and 9 = T the solutions are Malay,
Melville, Elliott, Valletta and Veleta.
13 Vet
14
1 5 2 3 4 8 9 7 6
6 9 8 7 5 2 4 3 1
7 4 3 6 1 9 5 2 8
4 1 7 9 6 5 3 8 2
2 6 9 8 3 4 1 5 7
8 3 5 2 7 1 6 9 4
3 8 1 4 9 7 2 6 5
5 7 6 1 2 3 8 4 9
9 2 4 5 8 6 7 1 3
15 Words reading across:- STAR, EASE, ARKS,

LEST.
16 Where 1 = M, 2 = O, 3 = N, 4 = T, 5 = R 6 = E, 5
7 =and 8 = G the solutions are Monotremata,

A
Montmartre, Agamemnon, Montana and Rangoon.
17 S-wed-en; Al-ban-ia; B-run-ei; Be-liz-e; H-ait-i;

Ma-law-i.
18 1. Cinq 2. Quag 3. Gown 4. Need 5. Dart 6. Thaw

7.Wolf 8. Rag 9. Gang 10. Gala 11. Arab 12. Brew
13. Wart 14. Tees 15. Smug 16. Ghee
Key word solution: Freeman
19 Moscow is 80. The numbers relate to the year in

the 20th century in which the Olympic games were
held in that city.
20
5 1 7 6 4 9 2 8 3
4 2 6 8 3 5 9 7 1
8 3 9 7 1 2 4 5 6
7 6 1 9 2 8 3 4 5
9 8 3 4 5 1 6 2 7
2 4 5 3 6 7 8 1 9
1 5 4 2 9 3 7 6 8
6 9 8 5 7 4 1 3 2
3 7 2 1 8 6 5 9 4
21 Johann Strauss (the Younger); Hawkins; Barcelona;

1908.
22 Ahem, apish, emphases, emphasis, emphasise,

hams, hasp, heap, heaps, hemp, hems, hiss, mash,
mashes, mesh, meshes, messiah, mishap, phase,
phases, sash, sham, shame, shames, shams, shape,
shapes, sheep, shies, shim, ship, ships, smash.
Score 1 point for each 10 words found.
23 Candle in the Wind; Tiny Dancer; I'm Still
Standing; Reginald Dwight (Elton John).
24 1967
25
6 2 1 9 5 8 4 7 3
9 5 4 3 7 6 8 2 1
3 8 7 1 4 2 9 5 6
1 4 5 8 3 9 2 6 7
8 3 2 7 6 4 5 1 9
7 6 9 5 2 1 3 8 4
2 1 3 4 8 7 6 9 5
5 7 6 2 9 3 1 4 8
4 9 8 6 1 5 7 3 2
26 DEAR J H N BULL
EYE B R W BEAT
WAR F A R E WELL
LAST P S T OFFICE
CABIN C R E W CUT
27 Brie Edam Feta - A bedtime fear
28 Roan; Arab; Colt; Mare; all types of horse.
29 Missing letter is O. Botswana, Ethiopia, Cameroon:

African countries.
30
1 4 6 2 9 7 3 8 5
9 7 5 8 6 3 1 2 4
8 3 2 5 1 4 7 9 6
7 9 4 1 8 2 6 5 3
6 2 3 9 7 5 4 1 8
5 1 8 4 3 6 2 7 9
2 5 7 6 4 8 9 3 1
3 6 1 7 5 9 8 4 2
4 8 9 3 2 1 5 6 7
31 John F KENNEDY; Jimmy CARTER; Richard

NIXON.
32 Brian's ice cream cost £3.00.
33 One way is: I, IS, HIS, WISH, SWISH, WISHES,

SWEDISH.
34 Air: Calibre, Laniary, Rapiers
35
7 5 6 1 4 8 2 9 3
2 8 1 5 3 9 4 6 7
9 3 4 6 2 7 5 8 1
5 6 8 2 7 1 3 4 9
3 2 7 9 8 4 6 1 5
4 1 9 3 5 6 8 7 2
8 4 3 7 9 2 1 5 6
1 7 2 8 6 5 9 3 4
6 9 5 4 1 3 7 2 8
36 Lizzie spent £3.65
37 Words reading across:- BOBS, ACRE, RHEA,

BEDS.
38 Tot-Ter;Ten-Ure; Pot- Ash; Cur-Lew; Bar-Ely.

39
6 3 4 5 2 8 9 1 7
1 7 2 9 4 6 5 3 8
5 9 8 3 7 1 6 2 4
9 1 6 8 3 2 7 4 5
2 8 3 4 5 7 1 6 9
7 4 5 6 1 9 2 8 3
4 2 7 1 8 5 3 9 6
3 5 9 2 6 4 8 7 1
8 6 1 7 9 3 4 5 2
40 A - Prince Charles' initials: Charles Philip Arthur

George Windsor.
41 1 . Club 2. Bend 3.Data 4. Ache 5. Etna 6. Ahab 7.
Bump 8. Pork 9. Kent 10. Tier 11. Rare 12. Eros

13. Star 14. Room 15. Moth 16. Hand
Key word solution: Pandora
42 Lager; Gin; Toddy - all alcoholic beverages.
43 Me, Myself and Irene.
44 brim, emir, erbium, germ, grim, grime, imbrue,

imbue, menu, mien, mine, miner, mire, muir,
numb, number, numbering, numbing, rime,
rumen, umber.
(Score 1 point for every ten words or closest to ten
possible)
45 Heather had 42 sweets.
46
1 6 4 5 8 2 3 9 7
5 3 8 7 9 1 2 4 6
9 2 7 6 4 3 5 8 1
8 5 3 2 1 7 4 6 9
7 4 1 9 6 5 8 2 3
6 9 2 4 3 8 7 1 5
3 8 6 1 5 4 9 7 2
4 7 9 3 2 6 1 5 8
2 1 5 8 7 9 6 3 4
47 Toe- Tooted; Stooge; Trowel; Otiose
48 JELLY B A B Y BOOM
WATER MA N I COURSE
DEATH W SHI BONE
HORSE S H E STRING
AGONY A U N T SALLY
49 Haydn; Mozart; Schubert.
50 Dent
51 Missing letter is O. Falsetto, Baritone, Arpeggio:

Musical terms.
52 Neville has 21 chickens.
53 The event is a Bring and Buy Sale.
54 One way is: A, AN, AND, DAWN, DRAWN,

INWARD, DRAWING.
55 Ate - Castle; Mantle; Battle
56 Hilary/Hillary. Hilary Duff; Hilary Swank; Hilary

Clinton; Edmund Hillary; Edmund Blackadder.
57
6 5 8 7 3 1 9 4 2
9 1 7 2 4 5 8 3 6
4 3 2 9 8 6 7 1 5
7 9 4 1 5 2 3 6 8
8 6 5 4 7 3 1 2 9
3 2 1 8 6 9 5 7 4
2 4 9 5 1 7 6 8 3
1 8 3 6 9 4 2 5 7
5 7 6 3 2 8 4 9 1
58 Loach, (Archibald) Leach, 1937, 1973, Heath,

Erica.
SOLUTIONS : PART TWO
1 The number of syllables in an iambic pentameter

(10) + the number of books in the New
Testament (27) = the number of plays by
William Shakespeare (37).
2 Add EYE to make Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney

all Channel Islands.
3 DRY D C K LEAF
COCK T A L 1 BACK
PUPPY L V E LETTER
FAN V E N GLOVE
BLOOD B A T H CHAIR
188 SOLUTIONS : PART TWO
7 6 4 9 1 2 5 8 3
8 2 1 3 5 6 4 7 9
9 3 5 7 8 4 1 2 6
4 7 2 1 6 8 9 3 5
3 8 6 5 7- 9 2 1 4
1 5 9 2 4 3 8 6 7
2 4 7 6 9 1 3 5 8
5 1 8 4 3 7 6 9 2
6 9 3 8 2 5 7 4 1
5 Steel, brass, pewter - all alloys
6 Its sides are 9cm long.
8 2 1 9 7 4 3 6 5
7 3 5 6 8 1 4 9 2
9 6 4 5 2 3 8 1 7
3 9 8 4 5 6 2 7 1
4 5 7 3 1 2 9 8 6
6 1 2 7 9 8 5 4 3
1 4 9 2 6 5 7 3 8
5 7 6 8 3 9 1 2 4
2 8 3 1 4 7 6 5 9
SOLUTIONS : PART TWO 189
8 Aesir. The others were gods of the sea.
9 Albert Camus (1957), John Steinbeck (1962), Jean

Paul Sartre (1964), Samuel Beckett (1969). Of the
four authors, John Paul Sartre was the only one to
decline the prize.
10 Missing letter is L. Fuselage, Triplane, Longeron,

Aviation terms.
11 Rain; Wind; Snow; Hail - weather conditions
12 Ernest Hemingway; Siskin; Middle ear; 1977.
13 One way is: U, UP, PUT, POUT, SPOUT, STU-

POR, SUPPORT
14 D. They are the initials of the numbers one to ten

as spelt out in French (un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq,
six, sept, huit, neuf, dix.)
15 Arms and the Man; George Bernard Shaw
16 Words reading across: BEST, OATH, ASIA,

TERN.
17 Auden; Byron; Clare; Donne; Eliot.
18 Urn - Currant; Outrank; Purring

19
1 6 2 7 3 9 5 4 8
3 8 5 1 2 4 7 9 6
4 9 7 6 5 8 1 2 3
5 3 8 9 4 6 2 1 7
6 7 9 5 1 2 3 8 4
2 4 1 3 8 7 6 5 9
7 1 3 8 9 5 4 6 2
8 2 6 4 7 1 9 3 5
9 5 4 2 6 3 8 7 1
20 James COBURN (Cob-urn); BRONCO. Denver's

football team is known as The Broncos.
21 David Lloyd George, Denis Healey, Gordon

Brown, Nigel Lawson. All have been Chancellor of
the Exchequer. Only David Lloyd George has also
been Prime Minister.
22 1. Void 2. Dope 3. Envy 4. Yank 5. King 6. Gigi 7.
Ivor 8. Ruff 9. Fizz 10. Zinc 11. Cool 12. Lent 13.
Tree 14. Ends 15. Snow 16. Wage
Key word solution: Regency
23 H. They are the sequence of letters on the second

row of a QWERTY keyboard.
24 Car (scarf, carat, vicar)
25 abut, abutter, aura, aural, bateau, beau, blue, bluer,

bluet, blur, blurt, brutal, brute, burl, butler, butt,
butter, lure, lute, rebut, rebuttal, rule, tablature,
tableau, tabular, tabulate, taut, true, tuba, tube,
tuber, turtle, ultra, urea, utter.
26 The number of shots under par for an albatross in

golf (3) times the number of points for a blue ball
in snooker (5) equals the number of players in a
rugby union team (15).
27 Constable; Raeburn; Hockney.
28
8 1 4 2 6 5 3 7 9
5 3 7 9 1 8 4 2 6
6 2 9 4 3 7 5 8 1
4 5 1 8 2 9 6 3 7
7 8 6 1 4 3 2 9 5
2 9 3 5 7 6 8 1 4
9 7 2 6 8 4 1 5 3
3 6 8 7 5 1 9 4 2
1 4 5 3 9 2 7 6 8
29 Guy Ritchie. Rococo - Rocco Ritchie - Guy

Ritchie - Guy Fawkes.
30 Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night; Claude Monet,

Water Lilies. Monet was 49 when Van Gogh died.
31
NURSING H M E ALONE
BIG S H T PUT
LOG B K WORM
DOG F S H CAKE
I
BULLY B E E F EATER
32 O, N, D. Names of polygons in ascending order
according to sides - Triangle; Quadrilateral;
Pentagon; Hexagon; Heptagon, Octagon; Nonagon;
Decagon.
33 1983
34 Missing letter is S. Crosslet, Escallop, Scutcheon:

Heraldry terms.
35
9 2 5 6 8 3 4 1 7
6 7 1 4 2 9 5 3 8
8 3 4 1 7 5 2 9 6
1 9 2 8 5 6 3 7 4
5 6 3 7 4 2 1 8 9
4 8 7 9 3 1 6 2 5
7 5 6 2 1 8 9 4 3
3 1 8 5 9 4 7 6 2
2 4 9 3 6 7 8 5 1
36 (Prince) William + (Harriett) Makepeace + Qake)

Thackeray; Vanity Fair; Reese Witherspoon - (John
Witherspoon), a signatory of the American
Declaration of Independence.
37 6 players in an ice hockey team, 12 days of

Christmas, 18 holes on a golf course.
38 One way is: I, IF, FIN, FINE, FEIGN, FRINGE,

FOREIGN.
39 They Do It With Mirrors - by Agatha Christie

(Each as airtight)
40 Eat - Meranti; Bezants; Penalty.
41
2 4 8 7 3 1 6 5 9
7 3 5 8 6 9 2 1 4
9 1 6 4 5 2 8 7 3
8 9 3 6 4 7 5 2 1
1 6 4 2 9 5 3 8 7
5 7 2 3 1 8 4 9 6
4 8 1 9 2 6 7 3 5
6 2 9 5 7 3 1 4 8
3 5 7 1 8 4 9 6 2
42 Norton; Caroline Norton; Mary Norton; Graham

Norton; Richard Burton; Peter O'Toole.
43 Abba, Dana, Lordi, Nicole, Ruslana and Severine.
44 Words reading across: AGAR, DOLE, DROP,

SEEP.
45 Trunk, Fender, Floor, Roof and Hood are all
British and American names for parts of a car.
46 £5.94
47 1 Fork 2. Know 3. Wars 4. Sail 5. Limp 6. Paid 7.

.
Dish 8. Half 9. Fare 10. Ecru 11. Ural 12. Lies 13.
Shut 14.Tara 15. Arid 16. Dome
Key word solution: Humerus
48 Peter O'Toole Noel Coward Hazel Irvine Edgar

Linton Laura Innes = PONCHIELLI
49 Where 1 = C, 2 = H, 3 = I, 4 = A, 5 = G, 6 = O, 7
= L, 8 = E and 9 = K the solutions are Chicago,
Galileo, Kellogg, Gaelic and Kigali.
50
4 2 8 9 1 6 5 7 3
9 6 7 4 3 5 2 1 8
3 5 1 7 2 8 6 4 9
8 9 4 6 5 7 3 2 1
5 3 2 1 8 9 7 6 4
1 7 6 2 4 3 8 9 5
2 8 9 5 7 1 4 3 6
7 1 5 3 6 4 9 8 2
6 4 3 8 9 2 1 5 7
51 Continental Climate Appeases Vodka Jam Pap can be

rearranged to make Jacksonville, Pasadena, Pontiac,
Tampa and Tempe. The link is that they have each
hosted the Super Bowl in American Football.
52 Ben Affleck Nadine Gordimer Lance Armstrong

Dick Emery Sean Hughes = BANGLADESH
53 ails, airs, also, hail, hails, hair, halo, haul, hauls,

hilarious, hoar, lair, lash, liar, oral, rail, rails, rash,
sail, sailor, sari, shoal, sial, soar, solar.
54
9 7 3 5 1 8 2 6 4
6 2 8 4 9 3 1 5 7
1 5 4 2 6 7 3 8 9
5 1 7 6 4 2 8 9 3
2 8 6 3 7 9 5 4 1
4 3 9 1 8 5 6 7 2
3 4 2 9 5 6 7 1 8
7 6 1 8 3 4 9 2 5
8 9 5 7 2 1 4 3 6
55 Where 1 = T, 2 = E, 3 = N, 4 = S, 5 = L, 6 = A, 7
= U and 8 = R the solutions are Tennessee,
Lausanne, Antares, Seattle and Strauss.
56 1992
9 7 3 8 5 2 6 4 1
2 4 1 3 6 9 8 5 7
8 6 5 1 4 7 9 2 3
6 9 8 5 7 3 4 1 2
4 3 2 9 1 6 7 8 5
1 5 7 2 8 4 3 9 6
7 1 9 4 3 5 2 6 8
5 2 6 7 9 8 1 3 4
3 8 4 6 2 1 5 7 9
6 7 2 4 1 3 5 9 8
4 8 3 5 9 6 2 1 7
9 5 1 2 7 8 4 6 3
5 3 7 8 4 9 1 2 6
8 4 6 1 2 7 9 3 5
2 1 9 3 6 5 7 8 4
1 2 8 7 3 4 6 5 9
3 6 4 9 5 1 8 7 2
7 9 5 6 8 2 3 4 1
SOLUTIONS : PART THREE
1 Tolerably Killed Model Rhino Interjection can be

rearranged to make Brodie, Criminale, Dolittle,
Jekyll, No and Thorne.
2 Where 1 = M, 2 = E, 3 = L, 4 = B, 5 = O, 6 = U, 7
= R, 8 = N and 9 = T the solutions are Melbourne,
Metronome, Beetroot, Bluebottle and Omelette.
3 FOOT N T E BOOK
CHINA C L A Y PIGEON
STEREO T Y P E CAST
COFFIN N A L VARNISH
1
BIRTH M A R K DOWN
SOLUTIONS : PART THREE 199
2 3 8 9 4 6 5 1 7
5 7 9 3 8 1 4 2 6
1 4 6 7 5 2 8 9 3
7 2 4 5 6 9 1 3 8
6 9 1 2 3 8 7 4 5
3 8 5 4 1 7 2 6 9
9 5 7 6 2 4 3 8 1
4 1 3 8 9 5 6 7 2
8 6 2 1 7 3 9 5 4
5 Overdecorated Wax International Monetary Fund

Screwball Welds Cell Scorchers can be rearranged to
make Bolton Wanderers, Crewe Alexandra,
Doncaster Rovers, Hull City and Macclesfield Town.
6 Howard, Brooks, Gibson, Lee, Mendes and Stone

are all Oscar- winning film directors.
7 Missing letter is H. Breamish, Cherwell, Washburn:

British rivers.
8 Sargasso Sea, which has no coastline.

1
200 SOLUTIONS : PART THREE
1 8 2 6 7 4 5 9 3
4 6 9 3 5 1 8 7 2
5 7 3 8 2 9 1 4 6
2 9 6 5 4 8 3 1 7
7 1 5 9 3 2 6 8 4
3 4 8 1 6 7 2 5 9
8 3 1 7 9 6 4 2 5
9 5 4 2 1 3 7 6 8
6 2 7 4 8 5 9 3 1
10 13600574262. The numbers are multiplied by

themselves minus one (19x18 = 342, 342 x
341 = 116622 etc.)
1 Havel, Eider, Saone, Tiber and Rhine are all
European rivers.
12 One way is: A, AS, WAS, SWAT, STRAW,

WASTER, SWEATER.
13 Where 1 = A, 2 = C, 3 = E, 4 = T, = L, the
5
solutions are Acetate, Catcall, Cetacea and Lacteal.
14 These Estate Agency Cubs Thud can be rearranged

to make Bush, Casey, Deutch, Gates, and Tenet.
15
3 4 7 8 2 5 9 6 1
5 9 6 7 1 4 8 2 3
8 1 2 3 9 6 5 4 7
7 2 8 6 5 9 3 1 4
6 5 4 1 3 8 7 9 2
1 3 9 4 7 2 6 5 8
2 6 1 5 8 7 4 3 9
9 8 5 2 4 3 1 7 6
4 7 3 9 6 1 2 8 5
16 Benitez, Jewell, Jol, Mourinho and Wenger.
17 44
18 Words reading across: ERSE, VEER, EDEN,

RODE.
19 Triter Bicarbonate Of Soda Guitarist Art Rep can be

rearranged to make Bistro, Cafeteria, Diner,
Gastropub and Trattoria.
20 Rorke's Drift
21 1. Jump 2. Pulp 3. Pity 4. Yelp 5. Pain 6. Numb 7.
Blob 8. Bard 9. Dead 10. Dale 11. Evil 12. Leaf 13.
Flat 14.Tess 15. Slid 16. Duck
Key word solution: Backley
22 a) A portentous creature in English folklore

appearing in the shape of a large dog.
23 Where 1 = A, 2 = R, 3 = E and 4 = P, the solutions

are Area, Pepper, Prepare, Rapper and Reappear
24 flow, flown, flows, folk, font, fool, fools, foot, fowl,

fowls, knot, knots, know, knows, loft, look, looks,
loon, loot, loots, lost, lows, nook, onto, owns, slot,
slow, snook, snot, snow, soft, solo, soon, soot, sown,

stool, stow, swoon, swot, took, tool, town, towns-
folk, tows, wolf, wolfs, wont, woof, woofs, wool,
woos.
25 IfA = U,B=V, C=W

etc., then
UFXYL = ALDER, VUFMU = BALSA, IFCPY =

OLIVE, JFUHY = PLANE and LIQUH =
ROWAN.
26 John Tyler; The baggy jacket and loose trousers

forming a judo uniform; Cote d'lvoire; 1979.
27
6 2 9 4 7 1 3 5 8
7 4 5 3 9 8 6 1 2
8 3 1 6 5 2 7 9 4
2 9 7 5 4 6 8 3 1
3 8 6 1 2 7 9 4 5
1 5 4 8 3 9 2 6 7
5 1 8 7 6 3 4 2 9
9 7 3 2 1 4 5 8 6
4 6 2 9 8 5 1 7 3
28 Ome: Dome, Home, Lome, Rome and Tome.
29 Emperor. The other nicknamed Beethoven compo-

sitions are sonatas
30 gold F S H WIFE I
WEDDING C A K E WALK
TRUE B L U E CHIP
WOOD W N D FALL I
SWAN L A K E DISTRICT
31 Genoa, Swallowtail, Praxis, Peninsula, Abernethy.

Written back-to-front the words contain the num-
bers aONEg, liaTWOllaws, SIXarp, alusNINEp
and yhTENreba.
32 c)An oval-shaped area of light

surrounding Jesus Christ in a painting.
33
3 8 2 6 5 7 4 1 9
5 4 1 8 9 2 6 7 3
9 6 7 3 4 1 8 5 2
1 3 9 5 7 8 2 6 4
8 7 5 4 2 6 9 3 1
6 2 4 9 1 3 5 8 7
2 5 6 1 3 4 7 9 8
7 1 8 2 6 9 3 4 5
4 9 3 7 8 5 1 2 6
34 Where 1 = E, 2 = M, 3 = T and 4 = R, the solu-

tions are Emmet, Meter, Metre, Teeter and Term.
35 36
36 Missing letter is I. Solstice, Meridian, Latitude:

Astronomical terms.
37 Baxter, Bodkin, Jeeves, Little, Psmith and Worple.

38 Julie Andrews; A Himalayan sheep;

Tanzania; 1991.
39
6 4 1 7 5 2 8 9 3
7 3 2 8 9 1 6 4 5
8 5 9 3 6 4 2 7 1
4 2 7 1 8 9 5 3 6
9 8 5 4 3 6 1 2 7
1 6 3 2 7 5 4 8 9
2 9 8 6 1 3 7 5 4
5 7 6 9 4 8 3 1 2
3 1 4 5 2 7 9 6 8
40 One way is: I, HI, HIP, CHIP, CHIRP, CIPHER,

PITCHER
41 Bud Abbott Lois Lane Andrea Newman Tim Yeo

Nora Ephron = BALLANTYNE
42 Aligote, Merlot, Nebbiolo,Vernaccia and Zinfandel.
43
8 2 7 4 3 1 9 6 5
4 6 9 8 7 5 3 1 2
5 1 3 6 2 9 8 7 4
2 8 1 7 9 4 5 3 6
7 3 4 5 6 2 1 9 8
9 5 6 3 1 8 4 2 7
1 7 5 9 8 6 2 4 3
3 4 2 1 5 7 6 8 9
6 9 8 2 4 3 7 5 1
44 Sandi Toksvig Ray Illingworth Neil Diamond

Blake Edwards Robert Graves =
STRINDBERG
45 Embarrass Simon and GarfunkelAt Oppenheimer

Bay can be rearranged to make Emma, Mansfield
Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
46 Words reading across: CASH, ORCA, MEAT,

BARE.
47 A sighting device in an aircraft for striking a target

- boMbSiGht
Rule badly - MiS Govern
Small horse of the American prairie - MuStanG
Tendon at the back of the knee - haMStrinG
48 Abrahams, Bedford, Brasher, Campbell and

Liddell.
49
1 2 7 6 4 5 9 3 8
6 5 8 2 3 9 7 4 1
3 4 9 1 7 8 6 5 2
4 6 3 5 2 7 8 1 9
8 1 5 9 6 3 2 7 4
9 7 2 8 1 4 3 6 5
2 3 1 4 9 6 5 8 7
7 8 4 3 5 2 1 9 6
5 9 6 7 8 1 4 2 3
50 Calvin, Leloir, Marcus, Sanger, Werner and Zewail.
51 T. The letters are the initials of the numbers from

one to ten.
52
6 5 4 9 8 1 3 2 7
8 1 2 6 7 3 4 5 9
7 3 9 5 2 4 6 1 8
5 4 7 3 9 8 2 6 1
3 8 1 2 6 7 5 9 4
9 2 6 4 1 5 7 8 3
4 6 8 1 3 2 9 7 5
2 7 3 8 5 9 1 4 6
1 9 5 7 4 6 8 3 2
53 1. Bald 2. Deal 3. Loci 4. Ibis 5. Said 6. Dash 7.
Harm 8. Mail 9. Limb 10. Bean 11. Noel 12. Lips

13. Snag 14. Gnaw 15. Worm 16. Marc
Key word solution: Marconi
54 Dravid, Hayden, Kallis, Kumble, Laxman and

Sehwag.
55
2 7 9 5 8 3 6 4 1
4 3 6 7 9 1 2 8 5
1 8 5 2 4 6 9 7 3
5 9 4 3 6 7 8 1 2
8 6 1 4 2 9 5 3 7
7 2 3 1 5 8 4 6 9
6 1 2 9 7 4 3 5 8
9 4 7 8 3 5 1 2 6
3 5 8 6 1 2 7 9 4
56 ikon, inky, kiln, kilo, king, kingly, knowing, know-

ingly, ling, lingo, link, lino, lion, loin, lowing, lying,
oily, oink, owing, owning, wily, wing, wink, wino,
winy, yogi, yoking, yowling.
57 head c L D COMFORT
CLING F L M STAR
I
LANDING G E A R LEVER
RISING D A M P COURSE
DEPUTY H E A D WAITER
58 Missing letter is R. Bideford, Cardigan, Torcross,

Bays of the British Isles.
SOLUTIONS : PART FOUR
1 Swimming. The others are elements, involved

in biathlon
2 Dirham, Dollar, Escudo, Forint, Koruna, Kwacha.
8 4 9 5 3 7 6 2 1
3 1 2 6 9 8 4 7 5
6 7 5 1 2 4 8 9 3
5 9 8 7 6 1 2 3 4
1 3 6 2 4 5 7 8 9
7 2 4 3 8 9 5 1 6
4 6 1 9 7 2 3 5 8
9 8 7 4 5 3 1 6 2
2 5 3 8 1 6 9 4 7
4 Sir Hugo Drax, Auric Goldfinger, Emilio Largo, Le

Chiffre and Mr. Big.
5 Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce, Joking Apart,

Taking Steps and Way Upstream are all plays by
Alan Ayckbourn.
SOLUTIONS : PART FOUR 211
6 FOOT B PARK
DUTY KICK
TRAINING M SITE
SNARE U M KIT
VINE STICK
4 3 6 7 8 1 2 5 9
2 i
8 5 9 3 6 1 7 4
7 9 1 2 5 4 3 8 6
8 4 7 3 9 2 5 6 1
6 5 2 4 1 8 9 3 7
3 1 9 5 6 7 8 4 2
5 7 4 1 2 3 6 9 8
1 6 3 8 7 9 4 2 5
9 2 8 6 4 5 7 ! 1 3
8 Donn, Clare, South, Oak,Vye and Troy are all char-

acters in novels by Thomas Hardy.
9 Missing letter is T Tiberius, Kinneret, Dongting:

Lakes of Asia.
10 Carreras, Gigli, Licitra, Pavarotti and Pears.

5 .
212 SOLUTIONS : PART FOUR
11 Yalta, Malta, 1 8 1 4, 1 84 1 Edgar Allan (Poe)

,
12
1 3 4 8 5 7 9 6 2
8 7 5 2 6 9 4 1 3
6 9 2 4 1 3 7 8 5
4 6 7 9 8 2 3 5 1
2 8 9 5 3 1 6 7 4
3 5 1 6 7 4 2 9 8
7 1 6 3 4 8 5 2 9
5 2 3 1 9 6 8 4 7
9 4 8 7 2 5 1 3 6
13 Cheers
14 Friedman, Galbraith, Mundell, Stone andTobin.
1 One way is: A, AN, ANY, MANY, MANLY,

LAYMAN, ANOMALY
16 1984
17 Roberts, which maiden name of Prime

is the
Minister Mrs. Thatcher.The other names are the
maiden names of the wives of the two Prime
Ministers who succeeded and preceded her.
18
5 6 1 4 2 3 8 7 9
2 4 7 8 9 1 5 6 3
9 3 8 5 6 7 1 2 4
4 8 9 1 5 2 7 3 6
7 1 2 6 3 8 4 9 5
3 5 6 9 7 4 2 1 8
8 2 5 3 1 9 6 4 7
1 9 4 7 8 6 3 5 2
6 7 3 2 4 5 9 8 1
19 Esprit de l'escalier
20 Benoit, Bikila, Bordin, Gharib, McCann and

Suzuki.
21 Words reading across: ALAS, LOST, TOTE,

OMIT
22 b) A mixture of mbira and rhumba music.
23 1952. The first number refers to the year of King

George Fs death and the subsequent numbers refer
to the other five kings named George and the year
of their death, ending with King George VI in 1952.
24
3 7 2 9 8 5 6 4 1
5 6 9 1 2 4 7 3 8
1 4 8 7 6 3 2 5 9
8 3 1 4 7 9 5 6 2
9 5 6 3 1 2 8 7 4
7 2 4 8 5 6 9 1 3
4 1 5 6 9 8 3 2 7
2 8 3 5 4 7 1 9 6
6 9 7 2 3 1 4 8 5
25 Seismometer. The others measure speed.
26 Baht, Cedi, Dong, Peso and Rial are all units of

currency.
27 1 Veil 2. Lamb 3. Bass 4. Send 5. Deck 6. Kind 7.

.
Dear 8. Roof 9. Fish 10. Hare 11. Earl 12. Loom

13. Meal 14. Lima 15. Asks 16. Same
Key word solution: Rameses
28 b) A mixture of neodymium and praseodymium.
29 Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Gabon and Swaziland.
30 Canning, Chamberlain, Pelham, Perceval, Walpole

31
2 1 8 5 9 6 4 3 7
9 3 6 7 4 1 5 8 2
4 7 5 3 8 2 6 1 9
7 2 1 4 3 9 8 5 6
6 8 4 1 2 5 9 7 3
5 9 3 8 6 7 1 2 4
1 6 9 2 7 8 3 4 5
3 5 2 9 1 4 7 6 8
8 4 7 6 5 3 2 9 1
32 a) Tunic worn by those condemned to death by the

Spanish Inquisition.
33 Plover, Petrel, Yaffle., Shrike and Thrush are all
birds.
34 anti, anvil, avail, avian, into, iota, lain, lino, lint, lion,
loin, nail, tail, toil, unit, unlit, until, vail, vain,

valiant, valuation, vial, viol, viola, vital.
35 Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Mnemosyne,

Oceanus, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Theia and Themis
are all Titans. The missing name is Iapetus (or
Iapetos)
36 Missing letter is K. Khartoum, Kinshasa,

Windhoek: African capitals.
37 Volt,Dyne, Hour, Hand and Pint are all units of

measurements.
38
2 5 3 7 4 8 1 6 9
6 8 9 2 5 1 7 4 3
1 4 7 3 6 9 5 2 8
3 2 8 1 9 7 4 5 6
7 6 1 4 8 5 9 3 2
5 9 4 6 3 2 8 7 1
9 3 6 5 1 4 2 8 7
8 7 5 9 2 3 6 1 4
4 1 2 8 7 6 3 9 5
39 a) The keeper of a rabbit warren.
40 Henry, James, 1 88 1 , 1 8 1 8, Chile, Spain.
41 Ankle, Brain, Navel, Liver and Spine are all body

parts.
42 One way is: A, AM, HAM, SHAM, SHAME,

MASHED, ASHAMED.
43 b) Something used or suggested to produce terror.
44
7 4 9 1 6 8 2 3 5
5 2 6 9 7 3 1 4 8
1 8 3 4 2 5 7 6 9
2 6 7 5 3 1 8 9 4
8 9 5 7 4 6 3 1 2
3 1 4 8 9 2 6 5 7
9 7 2 3 1 4 5 8 6
4 3 8 6 5 7 9 2 1
6 5 1 2 8 9 4 7 3
45 £4
46 Words reading across: ARAB, CALL, ETUI,

RAMP.
47 Alice
48
3 4 7 1 2 5 6 9 8
5 8 1 3 9 6 7 2 4
2 6 9 7 8 4 5 1 3
4 7 5 8 6 1 2 3 9
6 1 3 9 7 2 8 4 5
9 2 8 4 5 3 1 7 6
7 3 6 2 4 8 9 5 1
8 9 4 5 1 7 3 6 2
1 5 2 6 3 9 4 8 7
49 1 . Thor 3. Rota 4. Alum 5. Mask 6. Kurd

Bolt 2. 7.
Dirt 8. Tail 9. Loch 10. Harm 11. Marc 12. Clef

13. Form 14. Mass 15. Song 16. Grit
Key word solution: Tritoma
50 b) The medical term for snow blindness.
51 Cede, cell, cello, code, coed, cole, collect, collected,

collet, dell, dole, dote, elect, teed, tell, tolled.
52 John Candy; Per ardua ad astra; Somerset; 1936.
53 Ch. The others all stand for words which start

centi-.
54 Verde, Verdi, 1874, 1847, Becky Sharp

(Vanity Fair).
55
7 9 5 8 6 2 3 4 1
6 3 2 4 1 5 8 7 9
4 1 8 7 3 9 5 2 6
2 7 3 9 4 1 6 5 8
8 6 1 2 5 3 7 9 4
9 5 4 6 7 8 1 3 2
1 4 7 3 9 6 2 8 5
3 2 6 5 8 4 9 1 7
5 8 9 1 2 7 4 6 3
56 b) An enclosure formerly used for the temporary

confinement of slaves.
57 One way is: U, UP, CUP, COUP, COUPE,

RECOUP, PRODUCE
58 Words reading across: LOCK, OPEN, BADE,

SLEW.
59
3 9 4 6 8 1 7 5 2
1 2 6 7 5 9 8 3 4
7 8 5 2 4 3 6 9 1
6 5 3 4 1 8 2 7 9
2 4 8 5 9 7 3 1 6
9 7 1 3 6 2 5 4 8
5 6 2 9 3 4 1 8 7
4 1 7 8 2 5 9 6 3
8 3 9 1 7 6 4 2 5
60 1. Quad 2. Dual 3. Ludo 4. Oast 5. Trip 6. Prow 7.
Woof 8. Find 9. Doss 10. Saki 11. Iris 12. Sets

13. Skid 14. Dump 15. Plan 16. Node
Key word solution: Fidelio
SOLUTIONS : PART FIVE
1 32
2 c) Infestation by parasitic worms
3 Darby, Darcy, 1813, 1831, Norma, Qohn) Major.
2 3 6 9 4 5 1 7 8
7 9 5 1 2 8 6 3 4
1 8 4 7 3 6 9 5 2
6 2 9 8 1 3 5 4 7
8 7 3 5 9 4 2 1 6
5 4 1 6 7 2 3 8 9
3 6 8 2 5 7 4 9 1
4 1 7 3 6 9 8 2 5
9 5 2 4 8 1 7 6 3
5 Paul Eddington; Greyhound Grand National;

Cornwall; 1606.
222 SOLUTIONS : PART FIVE
6 One way is: A, AT, TAP, PEAT, PASTE, STAPLE,

PLASTER.
7 Blake, Constable, Gainsborough, Reynolds and

Stubbs.
8 Words reading across: GLAD, LIDO, UNIT,

MOTE.
9 Using Chicago National Insurance Chemicals can be

rearranged into Gianni Schicchi, Manon Lescaut
and Suor Angelica.
10 1.Craw 2. Wimp 3. Pest 4. Told 5. Diaz 6. Zinc 7.
Club 8. Bold 9. Dare 10. Euro 11. Only 12. Yurt

B.Talc 14. Chop 15. Pint 16. Tier
Key word solution: Bleriot
11 Richard III
12
7 3 5 2 1 6 9 4 8
2 8 9 4 5 3 6 7 1
6 4 1 7 8 9 5 3 2
5 7 6 3 9 2 8 1 4
1 2 4 8 6 5 7 9 3
8 9 3 1 7 4 2 6 5
4 5 7 6 3 8 1 2 9
9 1 2 5 4 7 3 8 6
3 6 8 9 2 1 4 5 7
SOLUTIONS : PART FIVE 223
13 14cm
14 Ewer, jeer, jell, jelly, jewel, jewller, jewellery, leer,
leery, lyre, reel, rely, well, were, yell, yeller.
15 b) South African game in which pins are thrown at

a stick.
16
8 3 7 5 1 4 6 2 9
9 5 2 8 6 3 7 4 1
4 1 6 9 2 7 3 8 5
2 9 8 7 4 6 5 1 3
6 7 3 1 5 2 4 9 8
1 4 5 3 8 9 2 7 6
7 6 1 4 3 8 9 5 2
3 8 4 2 9 5 1 6 7
5 2 9 6 7 1 8 3 4
17 Funny Girl. The others were played by Julie

Andrews
18 Yeats, Keats, 1818, 1881, D'Oyly Carte.
19 Binchy, Buchan, Hailey, Harris, Plaidy, Weldon.

20
8 6 3 9 1 7 4 2 5
1 7 5 8 4 2 3 6 9
9 2 4 6 5 3 1 7 8
5 8 6 3 9 4 2 1 7
3 1 2 7 6 8 5 9 4
4 9 7 5 2 1 6 8 3
6 4 9 1 7 5 8 3 2
2 3 1 4 8 9 7 5 6
7 5 8 2 3 6 9 4 1
21 One way is: I, IT, KIT, TICK, TRICK, TICKER,

CRICKET.
22 Lord Gowrie; Clown; Dublin; 1998.
23 Words reading across: SLED, MODE, URGE,

TEEM.
24 Pick
25 acid, acquit, acrid, adit, aqua, aquatic, aria, arid,

audit, aura, auric, card, cart, curia, dart, data,
ducat, quad, quadratic, quadric, quart, quartic,
raid, rata, tiara, triad.
26 Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, Sydney.

27
5 7 2 3 9 4 1 6 8
4 1 8 2 5 6 3 9 7
9 6 3 1 8 7 4 5 2
6 3 1 9 2 8 5 7 4
8 9 7 5 4 1 6 2 3
2 4 5 6 7 3 9 8 1
7 5 6 4 3 2 8 1 9
1 8 4 7 6 9 2 3 5
3 2 9 8 1 5 7 4 6
28 Dachshund. The others may be Irish.
29 Manta, Malta, 1798, 1978, (Menachem) Begin and

(Anwar) Sadat.
30 Agassi, Becker, Drobny, Henman, Hewitt, Hrbaty.
31 One way is: A, PA, PAN, PAIN, PAINT, TAPING,

PARTING.
32 Deuteronomy, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Leviticus,

Nehemiah.
33 c) Unit of currency of Albania.

34
2 6 8 1 7 5 3 9 4
1 4 7 6 9 3 2 8 5
3 9 5 8 4 2 7 6 1
5 7 6 2 8 9 1 4 3
9 3 1 7 5 4 6 2 8
4 8 2 3 6 1 5 7 9
7 1 4 9 3 6 8 5 2
8 5 3 4 2 7 9 1 6
6 2 9 5 1 8 4 3 7
35 Words reading across: OVAL, PANE, ULNA,

SEAT.
36 The Da Vinci Code
37 Bradford Bulls; Habeas corpus; Finland; 1976.
38 1 . Jerk 2. Kiln 3. Nose 4. Each 5. Hard Doff

6.
7. 8. Loot 9. Team 10. Main 11.

Feel Neil 12. Lean
13.Nous 14. Snag 15. Graf 16. Face
Key word solution: Lucerne
39 a) System of meditational exercises

originating in China.
40
8 9 1 2 6 3 7 4 5
4 7 2 9 1 5 3 6 8
6 3 5 8 4 7 9 2 1
3 6 7 5 2 9 1 8 4
5 2 8 1 3 4 6 7 9
9 1 4 7 8 6 5 3 2
1 8 6 3 5 2 4 9 7
7 5 3 4 9 8 2 1 6
2 4 9 6 7 1 8 5 3
41 RuNiC (Ruthenium; Nickel; Carbon); Tunic,

Inuit; Nunavut.
42 Pinna, Pinza, 1953, 1935, Peter Boyle.
43 One way is: O, NO, ONE, OVEN, OVINE,

NOVICE, INVOICE.
44 Words reading across: PARA, OVER, REAM,

ERRS.
45 IVE The I stands for International in the others.

46 abaft, beanfeast, beef, beefs, fans, fast, fasten, fate,

feast, feat, feet, fest, fete, safe.
47
5 2 7 9 8 4 1 6 3
6 9 8 7 1 3 5 2 4
4 3 1 6 2 5 8 9 7
8 4 9 2 3 6 7 1 5
2 1 6 4 5 7 9 3 8
3 7 5 8 9 1 2 4 6
9 8 3 5 6 2 4 7 1
7 6 2 1 4 8 3 5 9
1 5 4 3 7 9 6 8 2
48 LA. Goncharov, M. Allingham,W. Shakespeare.
49 a) A genus of plants of North America.
50 One way is: A, AS, SEA, SAKE, STEAK,

STREAK, DARKEST.
51
7 5 8 1 3 2 6 9 4
3 6 2 5 9 4 7 1 8
9 1 4 8 6 7 5 2 3
1 2 9 7 4 8 3 5 6
6 4 3 9 5 1 2 8 7
5 8 7 6 2 3 9 4 1
8 9 5 3 1 6 4 7 2
4 7 6 2 8 9 1 3 5
2 3 1 4 7 5 8 6 9
52 Words reading across: BLUB, LOGO, ABLY,

TOYS.
53 Cursor
54 1. Vain 2. Nori 3. Iced 4. Dido 5. Ossa 6. Ague 7.
Eyes 8. Sand 9. Defy 10. Year 11. Runs 12. Show

13. Weal 14. Lead 15. Doug 16. Golf
Key word solution: Salford
55 54
56 anti, fail, fain, faint, fiat, final, finial, flan, flap, flat,
inapt, lain, nail, pail, pain, paint, pant, pilaf, pintail,

plain, plaintiff, plait, plan, plant, plat, pliant, tail.
57 George Meredith; A dye-producing plant; France;

1991.
58
3 8 1 4 5 2 7 9 6
6 9 2 7 1 8 3 5 4
4 5 7 9 3 6 1 8 2
1 6 8 2 4 3 5 7 9
5 4 9 1 8 7 2 6 3
2 7 3 5 6 9 8 4 1
9 3 5 6 7 1 4 2 8
8 2 4 3 9 5 6 1 7
7 1 6 8 2 4 9 3 5
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BRAIN

First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Hodder & Stoughton

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,

ISBN 978 340 93281 3

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Hodder Headline's policy is to use papers that are natural, renewable

forests. The logging and manufacturing processes are expected to

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

although it is frustrating we give in to what we think are

reverse this supposed decline.

the brain does begin to change. This is thought to be due

not pre-determined. The general consensus amongst

Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College, Dublin,

ed in further improvements in mental function which

equivalent to that which is typically lost by older people

1 What connects the following words:

2 If a certain positivenumber's square is the same as

within each circle can be rearranged to form

words with a common theme. What are the three

box contains numbers 1-9 without repetition or

BRAIN GAME : PART ONE 5

5 Take the initial letters of the following five people

Jockey who rode the 1985 Derby-winner Slip

Managing Director of BBC Television 1968-75;

Monty Python comedian who wrote

Former Bulgarian head of state who died in 1 998;

Scottish singer associated with the group

6 Replace the numbers with letters to reveal the

123456 - Hungarian composer

8 Take the initial letters of the following five people

Television writer who created the series Shameless

Singer of the 1970 No. 1 single I Hear You

Actor who played the title role in the 1975

Manager of the Scotland football team;

Author of the novel The Remains of the Day.

10 Arrange the phrase Do Hire My Double Gloucester

12 Replace the numbers with letters to reveal

the answers to the clues.

12324 - Asian language

16 Replace the numbers with letters to reveal the

answers to the clues.

12324561747 - Order of mammals

17 If KA + mineral deposit is K-ORE-A, then what

Key word clue: Not a slave

19 If Berlin is 36, London is 48, Helsinki is 52 and

14 BRAIN GAME : PART ONE

21 Who, What, Where and When?

Who . . . composed the Blue Danube Waltz?

Where. . were the 1992 summer Olympic Games

When was the Ideal

BRAIN GAME : PART ONE 15

23 The following phrases are anagrams. The first three

ADD LENIENT WINCH

24 The following events all occurred in one year in the

1 Donald Campbell died trying to beat his own

2. QPR become the first third division club to win

4. Martin Luther King was shot dead in Memphis.

27 Which three cheeses, when mixed up, produce the

28 Change one letter in each word to reveal four

letters within each circle can be rearranged to form

31 The surnames of which three 20th century