2. cotton (all the others are palindromes)
3. chart (not having EAR at heart, so to speak)
4. 23456 (the rest are multiples of 12345)
5. carter (the rest are anagrams of each other)
6. 147 (not a prime number)
7. menace (not ending with a relative)
8, erap (not the name of a fruit in reverse)
9. limit (the rest are made up entirely of Roman numerals)
10. refer (the rest start and finish with the same two letters in the same order)

49 - HALF AND HALF

9802 9802 19604

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50 - SLIDING ASSES
TANGRAM

A S S A I L A N T
M A S S A C R E S
G R A S S L A N D
P O T A S S I U M
C O M P A S S E S
P A L L I A S S E
T A R A N T A S S

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51 - CAR NUMBER AND AGES
47

(Since 2 X SW = XS, S must be even and less than 5; therefore SWXS must be one of four numbers — 2142, 2652, 4284 and 4794. But S + W + X + S = 24, therefore SWXS = 4794 which has only four factors — 47, 17, 3 and 2.)

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52 - BIRTHDAY PARTY PROBLEM

14 champagne, 21 marsala and 15 common table wine. The other solution — 18, 2 and 30, would not have suited! him.

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53 - MAGIC DIAMOND
C
C O T
C O R E S
C O R O N E T
T E N S E
S E E
T

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54 - TELEPHONE TANGLE

98608. (When inverted it becomes 80986; difference is 17622)

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55 - SANDWICH WORDS
Seaman-Manage; Tendon-donate; errant-anthem; carrot-rotten; cancan-candid;
dipper-peruse; sonnet-nether; concur-curled; Torrid-ridden; Potash-ashore.

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56 - WORD PYRAMID I
I T
T I E
R I T E
N I T R E
R E T I N A
C E R T A I N
R E A C T I O N
C R E M A T I O N
I M P O R T A N C E

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57 - FISH AND CHIPS

8216 96241 104457

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58 - PLUS QNE 1. Nepal; 2. China; 3. Wales; 4. Tibet; 5. Israel or Persia; 6. Iceland; 7. Nigeria; 8. England

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59 - FORE AND AFT ALIMENTAL; METRONOME; RECAPTURE; ICELANDIC; HEARTACHE

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60 - K...L....M....

954 -459 9)495 55

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61 - MATCH JUGGLING Remove 3rd match in 1st horizontal line; 2nd match in 5th vertical line; 3rd match in 1st vertical line and 2nd match in 5th horizontal. Four matches in all.

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62 - MAGIC SQUARE
S P H E R E
P L A N E R
H A R D E N
E N D I V E
R E E V E S
E R N E S T

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63 - PLUS FOUR

2. B r o C a D E 3. D E F y i n G 4. M o N O P o l y 5. L u M i N O u s 6. A m B u s C a D e

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64 - MAMMALS
Down: MARMOT; WEASEL
Up: OCELOT; WAPITI

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65 - NINE-LETTER WORD
CARPENTRY

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66 - SUBTRACT AND DIVIDE

6555 999 [÷ by 6] 6) 5556 926

R must be 9; P = Q + 1; since P X P ends in 9, P must be either 5 or 6. But the final result starts with 9 therefore P must be 6).

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67 - PEARL DIVERS 240 (solvable by simple by Algebra)

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68 - THE FOURTH CAPITAL EDINBURGH

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69 - PEDANTIC PROVERBS 1. Cut your coat according to your clath.
2. Empty vessels make most sound.
3. A fool and his money are soon parted.
4. Speech silvern, silence golden
5, Fine feathers make fine birds.

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70 - QUIZ 1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4. a; 5. c

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71 - BY DEGREES

2 6 9 4+		2 6 9 4—		5 3 0 7	=8 7
2 6 1 3		2 6 1 3		6 1
5 3 0 7		8 1

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72 - PLUS THREE Annually, Sighing, Combat, Pontoon, Evaluate, Milkman

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73 - FIND TWO WORDS Hydrogen, Hostelry

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74 - CENTRAL DRINK s t o p P a g e s
d i s h O n e s t
h a v e R s a c k
o v e r T u r n s

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75 - MIXED QUIZ BAG 1. 3.75 miles
2. Sir Henry Rider Haggard
3. Luzon
4. Engelbert Humperdink
5. Constable
6. (b)
7. AmenDmenT
8. Ocarina (a musical instrument among fruits)
9. Portugal
10. Sherlock and Holmes (the surnames of two famous cricketers.

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76 - MAGIC CROSS T R O D
T I E R E D
R E V I S E
O R I G I N
D E S I S T
D E N T

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77 - CRYPTIC ADDITION

155 205 125 515 1,000

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78 - JUMBLED IMMORTALS 1. Einstein. 2. Copernicus. 9. Archimedes 4. Pirandello. 5. Ponchielli. 6. Donatello.

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79 - BANDIT'S CAR NUMBER 37185

Since MON = 5 RA; N must be either 5 or 0. But A + N = 12: therefore N = 5 and A = 7. Now the three remaining letters, R. M and 0 (whose sum sum is 12) must be (not respectively) one of the following sets: (a) 1, 3 and 8: (b) 1, 2 and 9; and (c) 2. 4 and 6. The right answer is soon established by trial to be 37185.

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80 - WORD JIGSAW PUZZLE

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81 - WIT SHARPENERS 1. Higher.
2. Gigantic stone statues and wooden tablets inscribed with unknown hieroglyphics.
The Russians.
4. Plumassier.
5. Shrapnel.
6. (b)
7. Cervantes.
8. 1000 [In America, a billion is s thousand millions]
9. Ingratitude.
10. Noyau.

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82 - SKELETON MULTIPLICATION 1738 X 4 = 65952

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83 - FOUR ANAGRAMS
Ascent; Enacts; Secant; Stance

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84 - WHO WROTE WHAT
1 (i) - 2 (g) - 3 (h) - 4 (b) - 5 (c) - 6 (e) - 7 (d) - 8 (j) - 9 (a) - 10 (f)

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85 - CENTRAL POET

t	r	A	C	T	o	r
b	i	G	O	T	r	y
p	r	O	W	E	s	s
d	r	A	P	E	r	y
v	e	G	E	T	a	l
s	t	A	R	C	h	y

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86 - CROSS NUMBER PUZZLE

9	6	1
9		3	1
2	6		6
	2	9	9

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87 - BITS AND PIECES
Confirmation, newspaperman, tonsillitis, and weathering.

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88 - STAIRWORDS
I - IT - LIT - TILE - LITRE - RETAIL - RECITAL - ARTICLED - CURTAILED

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89 - SKELETON DIVISION

4)7852 1963

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90 - WIT SHARPENERS - 1
1 - The Linotype
2 - An antelope found in South Africa
3 - Cabinet Maker
4 - (b)
5 - Deified
6 - (c)
7 - Ambergris
8 - Eric Linklater
9 - Nero
10 - Franz Liszt

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