2020-02-29 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: Brody scored 72 marks to Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile, Elena scored 79 marks to Ravel’s Bolero, Faye scored 86
marks to Bizet’s Toreador Song and May scored 65 marks to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Scatterword: PAROCHIAL, apical, racial, pariah, lochia, caliph,
chiral, chair, coria, carpi, phial, april, choir, ichor, chirp, aria, laic, pica, hail, hair, pail, lair, liar, rail, pair, chip, rich, coil, loci, clip, coir, roil.
32 words. Permutate: SKATE, STARE/RATES, etc, ALERT/ALTER, etc, EARLY/LAYER/RELAY, ROYAL, GLORY Clueless crossword:
STUDENT CREATURES No. WORDS
Abby
David
Shelly
To ny
LOGIC PUZZLE HARD WORKERS
Four students each wrote an essay on a different diligent creature. Each
essay was of a different length:

1. Abby wrote 100 words fewer than the student who wrote about ants.


2. Shelly either wrote a 650-word essay or wrote a different number of
   words about beavers.


3. The essay on squirrels was 550 words long.


4. The person who wrote about bees wrote 100 words fewer than David.

Using these clues and the grid below, can you work out how many words
each student wrote about which creatures?

You may

write your

answers in

this grid:

19 GOOD

22 VERY GOOD

25+ EXCELLENT

STUDENT CREATURE

C

R

E

A

T

U

R

E

N

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M

B

E

R

O

F

W

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D

S

550

600

650

700

Ants

Beavers

Bees

Squirrels

A

bb

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D

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Sh

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ly

To

n

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A

nt

s

B

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B

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s

Sq

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W ORK S

HAB I T

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 using up all the letters.