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Issue 86 COSMOS – 113

Cosmos Codeword NO.12

It Figures NO.12

COMPETITION WINNERS

WHOSE LAW?

In the Northern

Hemisphere, if a person

stands with her back to

the wind, the atmospheric

pressure is low to the left,

high to the right.

Buys Ballot

Congratulations!

Three lucky winners will

receive a copy ofCosmic

Chronicles: A user’s guide to

the Universeby Fred Watson,

from NewSouth Books.

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Levi Borshch,

Victoria

Jennifer Eime,

South Australia

WHO SAID?

Carl Sagan

IT FIGURES

Codeword requires

inspired guesswork.

It is a crossword

without clues. Each

letter of the alphabet

is used and each letter

has its own number.

For example, ‘A’ might

be 6 and ‘G’ might be

23.

Through your

knowledge of the

English language you

will be able to break

the code. We have

given you three letters

to get you started.

ALL PUZZLES DESIGNED

AND COMPILED BY

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SOLUTIONS: COSMOS 85

CODEWORD

LEVEL 1 - CHIEF SCIENTIST

1 The sum of each individual row and column
is divisible by four.
2 An even numbered column begins with
ascending teens and ends with ascending
square numbers.

3 The product of the three smallest numbers

in the last column is 6 less than the second

number in that column.

4 An outer column which begins with

descending multiples of five contains three

numbers which are divisible by three.

5 75% of corner and bottom row numbers are

single digit primes.

LEVEL 2 - SENIOR ANALYST

6 The sum of Row B is 48.

7 The upward sloping diagonal contains all

single digit numbers.

LEVEL 3 - LAB ASSISTANT

8 The last two numbers in Row C add to the

first.

9 The product of the outer two numbers in

Column 3 is 42.

INSTRUCTIONS

Using the clues below

place the numbers 1

to 16 correctly in the

grid. How many clues

do you need?