2020-03-07 New Zealand Listener

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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: Abby wrote 550 words about squirrels, David wrote 700 words about beavers, Shelly wrote 650
words about ants and Tony wrote 600 words about bees. Scatterword: ABJECTION, cabinet, jacobin, botanic, abject, beacon,
obtain, object, cabin, cobia, bacon, biota, banjo, baton, bane, bean, abet, bate, beat, beta, bait, boat, jibe, bine, bite, bone,
ebon, bent, obit. 29 words. Permutate: WORKS, STORK, ROAST/TAROS, BOAST/SABOT, BATHS, HABIT Clueless crossword:
DRIVER MAKE HOURS
Damien
Gail
Neil
Wayne
LOGIC PUZZLE TRUCK LOGS
Four truckers are comparing the different number of hours each has spent
driving that day. Each drives a different make of truck:

1. Neil’s truck was on the road longer than Wayne’s.


2. The Toyota was either on the road for eight hours or was driven by
   Damien.


3. Wayne drove for seven or nine hours.


4. Regarding Neil and the Ford driver, each drove an even number of hours.


5. The Mercedes truck was on the road an hour longer than the Isuzu truck.

Using these clues and the grid below, can you work out which driver drove
which truck and for how long that day?

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write your

answers in

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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 using up all the letters.