New Zealand Listener – August 10, 2019

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SCATTERWORD PERMUTATE
TEMPERATE
CLUELESS
CROSSWORD
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a different number
from 1 to 26. Use your knowledge of English to solve the
crossword. Some clue letters are given.
Your aim is to change
the top word one
letter at a time, each
time rearranging the
letters to create a new
word. Perform one
such permutation for
each blank line below
until you arrive at
the last word. There
is usually more than
one correct solution.
See how many you
can find in 15 mins.
Last week’s solutions. Logic Puzzle: The Sea-Doo personal watercraft costs $28,000, the Flybridge cruiser costs $30,000, the Malibu ski
boat costs $32,000 and the Horizon fishing boat costs $34,000. Scatterword: ANTEDATED, antedate, dentate, deaden, anteed,
attend, detent, netted, dated, anted, dada, data, dead, dean, date, deed, dene, need, teed, dent, tend. 21 words.
Permutate: CABIN, PANIC, ASPIC, SAPID, SPADE, SPEED Clueless crossword:
NAME JOB HOURS
Geoff
Kate
Lyn
Ty
LOGIC PUZZLE PAPERWORK
Four employees have different administrative tasks and work a different
number of hours a week:

1. The person doing data entry works longer hours than Ty.


2. Of Geoff and Ty, one is responsible for data entry and the other works
   15 hours a week.


3. The employee doing invoicing works a 25-hour week.


4. Lyn works 5 hours more a week than the payroll clerk.


5. Kate works 5 hours more a week than Lyn.

Using these clues and the grid below, can you work out which employee
does which job and the weekly working hours?

You may

write your

answers in

this grid:

12 GOOD

16 VERY GOOD

18+ EXCELLENT

NAME JOB

JO

B

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15

20

25

30

Copying

Data entry

Invoicing

Payroll

Ge

off

Ka

te

Ty Co

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try

In

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ng

Pa

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ADMI N

CLERK

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Your aim is to create words of

four letters or more using the

given letters once only but always

including the middle letter. Do

not use proper names or plural/

verb forms that add only “s”.

See if you can find the nine-letter

word that uses all the letters.

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