New Zealand Listener – August 03, 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: Brian came second in the first water event, Ellen came third in the ladder climb, Foster came
fourth in the obstacle course and Meg came first in the hose lay event. Scatterword: COGNITION, INCOGNITO, noticing,
nicotin, coition, citing, cooing, noting, toning, notion, icing, ionic, conin, tonic, ingot, tigon, onion, coin, icon, otic, ting,
into. 22 words. Permutate: LIGHT, NIGHT/THING, GIANT, GRAIN, ARGON/GROAN/ORGAN, ARSON Clueless crossword:
TYPE MAKE PRICE
Cruiser
Fishing
PWC
Ski boat
LOGIC PUZZLE BOATING FUN
Four boating enthusiasts buy different kinds of secondhand watercraft of
different makes via a trading website:

1. The craft built by Horizon costs more than the cruiser.


2. The ski boat costs $4000 more than the personal watercraft.


3. Regarding the craft built by Sea-Doo and the fishing boat, one was the
   least and one was the most expensive.


4. The personal watercraft costs $4000 less than the craft made by Malibu.

Using these clues and the grid below, can you work out which kind of boat
was which make and what its sale price was? The personal watercraft is
abbreviated to PWC.

You may

write your

answers in

this grid:

12 GOOD

16 VERY GOOD

18+ EXCELLENT

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$28,000

$30,000

$32,000

$34,000

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Your aim is to create words of four

letters or more using the given

letters once, 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 using up the letters.

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