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Pierre Berloquin

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So says master puzzler Pierre Berloquin. In 365 Exercises for
the Mind, the author of such favorites as !OO Numerical
Games and |00 Perceptual Puzzles puts you through some
dizzying paces. Day after day, you will be challenged to find
satisfying solutions to puzzles that test your skill with:

These exercises in mental gymnastics come in varied forms, and


with varying degrees of difficulty. You may find yourself a cham-
pion with words, and an also-ran with numbers. Or a master logi-
cian, and a creative flop. Or you may be a champion in every
field.
Regardless of the outcome, the author assures, the purpose of
my these exercises is to give pleasure and enjoyment. Plus the
chance to participate in that most human of all efforts: problem-
solving—and without any dangerous consequences whatsoever!

is the author of more than a dozen puzzle and


quiz books. He lives in Paris.

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|

ISBN: 0-7607-0019-2
A 90000

||
9 '780760'700198
365
—sguiger ress

Pierre Berloquin

BARNES
OBLE
BE ORORKES
NEW YORK
| wish to thank Kathryn Bernard, who has played an essential role in bringing
this book to life and has put her puzzling talent into most of the material.

Copyright © 1998 by Pierre Berloquin

This edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.,


by arrangement with Pierre Berloquin.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Publisher.

1998 Barnes & Noble Books

ISBN 0-7607-0019-2 casebound


ISBN 0-7607-1278-6 paperback

Book design by Pierre Berloquin

Printed and bound in the United States of America

O2:ME-9°857
O02 MP9 8-765

BVG
Introduction

To solve or not to solve: Do we have a choice, really?


Solving puzzles is the last and only redeeming activity
a lively mind can engage in. Other rewarding occu-
pations are gradually being taken over by machines
and computers. We are deprived of all obvious logical
business. Nothing is left to our restless minds but puz-
zling, puzzling, puzzling.
Today, puzzledom is our last proving ground. It
opens a path to a virtual jungle that needs no modem,
no cosmic network, no extravagantly electronic con-
struction—only a run-oHthe-mill piece of paper covered
with traditional, apparently understandable, lines and
signs. Yes, apparently understandable: this is where the
line is drawn between the calm waters of reading and
the perilous straits of the brain twister. In the quicksand
of mental booby traps, expect no sure step, doubt
every certainty—however tempting. Within the no-
holds-barred space of a puzzle, keep your back to the
wall... if you can find one.
Besides, puzzle trekking is a sure cure to all present
world anxieties, an evident preparation for any surprise
or shock of the future. Practice these exercises. Make
my personal motto yours as well:
A puzzle a day keeps the hassle away.
—Pierre Berloquin
1998
Key to the Puzzle Icons

The icon at the upper lefthand corner of each puzzle indi-


cates the particular skill being exercised and the puzzle’s
level of difficulty.

Here is the key to those icons:

Child’s play Perplexing Baffling

_. ©

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PUZZLES
Solutions begin on page 367.
Sunday
=
IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
ee, and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Monday

cS What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


5 face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface}?

7 18 9 8
)
12
Tuesday

Find seven different tools beginning with at least two


of these letters.
. ler 3

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ar wa

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a Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


Gs) that they total 45. Each number may be used only once.
{£3
Wednesday

2 How many times can you read 0707? The sequence is


Se valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

=
IS] Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
the 13th word be?

Beuitlabaisse iis only good becaus e cooked bd,the


Benth, who, if they caret to try, coud produce

AR excellent and nutritious substitute out oLeigar

nil stumps ae pgs:


on2 + Dp
ws, tp Fpedtsie®™ dod.
ko
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Norman Douglas
Thursday

S Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


Sse sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


)
numbers.
A
Gs) Find eleven multiples of 3 on this grid. Each multiple is
4 composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Saturday

ey Use the first quote from Francis Bacon to find the second
from William Congreve. The numbers under each letter in
the second sentence show which word they come from in
the first.

THERE IS IN HUMAN NATURE GENERALLY


1 Pe 4 As) 6
MORE OF THE FOOL THAN OF THE WISE.
7 ee ea: 18) 11 jonas) 14

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oe (1) “(
bred pd

aaeeaeoe

OG
Sunday

xy Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


long one below? For example, intergenerational is
made up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

Sind aclu ore

=) What is the missing numbere


Sh
Monday
sts
IS) Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,
se and the triangles were squares, how many
circles would intersect a triangle?
squares would be within a circle?
ag triangles would enclose a square?
Tuesday

Fill in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

Open OF silencio ce /

ie ee AID
Biber Fee Se
SPOted a cation /X VX VX Wes

Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be


Gs) used only once and must have no divisor in common
LEX with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.

2) |a>
Dp a)@&
Wednesday

ied Using the listed items, devise a system that will logi-
QA, cally determine the missing price.

Fish

Find seven different ways to make pairs with thése


words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat: cow and calf
= are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species, cat and calf have the same first two letters.
Thursday

Fill in the blanks to find an Anthony Hope quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left
to right, pick a letter from each column in the lower
figure to compose the quote. Skip a column when
figuring a space between words, and use each letter
from each column once. Some lines of the quote break
in the middle of words.
Friday
Z\
Gr) Complete this magic square so that it contains all of
the numbers from 1 to 25. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be 65.

LL Jett
7 |L_ItsIa
EE
[9|l2JL_Tesi_|
_eLeLD J

cS) Which of these alcoholic drinks is distinct from the


A _ others?
Saturday

& Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers whose


sum equals 75. Start at “a” and finish at “b.”

N Kt) W Le) © XS
W © 1 ‘oy Bolter/
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Sait /Olet DHE Z


O24 (9) Ou 7S 5
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Sunday

SURFING
During summer vacation, four children —
including Alex, Belinda, and Eric — spend their
days at the beach. One day at lunch their
mother asks: “Did anyone go surfing this
morning?”

The oldest child answers:

| wasn’t paying very close attention to


the others, but | think Alex and Belinda
weren't together.

However, if Alex did go surfing, it wasn’t


alone.

| If Eric surfed, Alex and Belinda were with


him.

Who went surfing?


Monday

Find the signs (+,-) that complete the equations.


~ .

= 11

va Wfthe first square were turned upside down and placed


IS on fop of the second, you would be able to read the
JR beginning of a sentence. After you have determined what
that part of the sentence says, complete the problem it
contains.
Tuesday

he Words from o Jane Austen quote are scattered in the


= trame below. Following the arrows and using each word
: once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

—al nn nnn eee

a
footed Leuiecdiced


|
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ME
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THEM
TROUBLE

No'T
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Want 798 apa ea
ae BE LIKING - Ed

(za DEAL DO ba
[| SAVES A te alEa|p AE
xe eH
PEOPLE Bal Sas
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| GREAT A eaeFe
AGREEABLE es
ae le
Ean eee eee
Thursday
A
Gr) Replace each dot below with either 1, 2, 4,5, or 6
LS to make the problem add up correctly. Each number
may be used only once.

Oy i oe
+6743
inf
Or Os.

Fil in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

ergs,
calf meat
Friday

xy Make seven longer words from can by adding letters to


it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, hatch, etc.

i) Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


5 arrows indicate a common number.

OOPBKD
Saturday
Z\
Gr) ee +, -, and/or parentheses between the numbers to
LS find the total.

HqS3S 34 5 G @& 8&8 DB

Connect these twelve colors. Each color may be used


only once and no two consecutive colors may have any
letters in common. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.
Sunday

ee) What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


QA _ below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)
Monday

Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally


Sey or vertically. lf a word is spelled forward in one grid, it
is spelled backward in the other. Find all the words.

BIKIP|AIS|T JAE |
O|N|O|K|T |S|RIT
INIA WIO|O|E |S|E
DIL |D|O}CIL |E |H|
[FE |Z(K/A|N|C_

E |B|
IN[0|
IN|B| iL||O|
Y |B |O|
O |e|
B ID| BRIA|
MIRIV|
O ||
R IR| SK| |
CIB
Tuesday
These numbers have many properties in common
1S but do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.

}
@--@-f{
VOmOmMOs
YY
)--@)=f
es Make a word from the letters below, using each letter at
least once. One letter must connect to another by a line
in the diagram.

P) LK©
Wednesday

ES) What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


EVA face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface]?
Thursday

| \; Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


J at arrows’ ends must add up.
Friday

These words and what they represent have many


properties in common but do not share all the same
traits. Find seven different reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.

CMonday>

Tuesday>
C
Sunday5
Saturday
Z\

Add contiguous
g numbers (horizontally y and vertically)bi so
LS that they total 25. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different fruits beginning with at least


two of these letters.
Sunday
=
IS) Itthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
VS the 13th word be?

The megalomaniac ditters from the narcissist by

the fact that he wishes to be powertul rather than

charming, and seeks to be feared rather than

laved! To this type belong many lunaties and

most of the great men of history.

Bertrand Russell

A How many times can you read 123¢ The sequence is


Gs) valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

29
Monday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[ | circles would intersect a triangle?
[___] squares would be within a circlee
[|
_] triangles would enclose a square?
— Tuesday

Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions


with 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. Each number may be used
only once.

ooo cee ™ i) XK coe =" cco = 4.

Find nine synonyms of SKILLFUL. Each word is written


with horizontally and/or vertically connected letters.
Each letter may be used only once.
Wednesday

Make seven different sentences using only the words in


= this quote from George Bernard Shaw.

T love is only equalledby the


infernal constancy of the women
whe lowe me.

The figure on the left has ten currencies spelled forward


— or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
= squares, but the figure on the right has only nine of these
same currencies. Find all the currencies and identify the
one missing on the right.

ee NERD
T|Y|M
O|DIA
OLE

Olz[clolo|z|=|>|
=)|<!
[IN|
[[>
[ao
Ol>e[Zz[Ol-|A|-|-
10/2)
Ol>{2Z|-|2|F
Thursday
=
IS) Ifthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,
SL what picture would you be able to see?

EXE
SS Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical
QS pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.
Friday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that
a) is determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to be
joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence by
number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisfies the pattern.)
>] Saturday

lisert +, -, x, and/or parentheses between the


numbers to find the total.

qq? BSB4S
GF S&S DB

Connect these twelve items of clothing. Each item may


oe be used only once and no two consecutive items may
< have any letters in common. Connecting lines may cross
i over each other.
Sunday

Words from aT. S. Eliot quote are scattered in the frame


below. Following the arrows and using each word once,
fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.
A
Gs) Find eleven multiples of 7 on this grid. Each multiple is
ESA composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit]. Each digit may be used only once.
Tuesday

er Use the first quote from Samuel Butler to find the second
The numbers under each letter in the second sentence
show which word they come from in the first.

THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING ONE’S PRAISING


1 2 3 4 a 6

FOR ONESELF IS THAT NO ONE CAN LAY IT


if 8 M 10 11 12 13 14 #15

ON SO THICKLY AND IN THE RIGHT PLACES.


162217 18 1A oe20 tomead 22 ae

8|
Wednesday
[IS
g Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Thursday
=
IS) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
x7 what word would you be able to read?

pe
Friday

Fill in the blanks to find a Thomas Carlyle quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
SaTuRday

jad Find seven different ways to resolve this problem.

A foreign tourist approaches you


ona fiew York street and shows
you an address on a picce of
paper. The tourist doesn*t speak
English. you don’t know any
foreign languages. and the
address is far away. How can
you be of assistance?

Ss Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


Se) sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.

Ee
8
Ea
Ld
Papo6
Sunday

Wheat is the missing g number?


er

Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


= = long one below? For example, intergenerational is made
Up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

_.penetratingly...
Monday

cS) What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


SS} face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface]?

|o O2se 3B Peete SoG ey


26 25 24 23 22 2 8
27 39 40 41 42 43 «#9
28 44 45 46 47 48 #10
29 49 50 SI 52 53 Il
30 54 55 S56 57 58 12
31 59 60 Gil G2 63 13
32 64 G5 G6 G? 68 14
33.69 70 71 72 73 «5
34474 15 16 7 78 16
35 79 80 8] 82 83 7
36 84 85 86 87 88 I8
37 89 90 91 92 93 19
38 94 95 96 97 98 20
Tuesday

Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be


used only once and must have no divisor in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.

oS BD &
Ca) 3) | Gos @D

Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.


Wednesday

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


= words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat: cow and calf
: are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters).

3)
ee i CDoggerel
erel >

eS) Using the listed items, devise a system that will


QB, logically determine the missing price.

Meat
SCeeoeeeeeeoseeeeeeeeeeseeeesee

la mb Chops coc ccccccccccccce

Roast Peet Co ccccccccccccccccce


Thursday
=
IS) Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed
SB on top of the second, you would be able to read the
beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, complete the
problem it contains.
eeaelelelelealelelelelelelelelelelelrelrey (a)
If
Friday
\o
Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Saturday

\; Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


4} at arrows’ ends must add up.
Sunday

he Find nine synonyms of TURBULENT. Each word is


<= written with horizontally and/or vertically connected
letters. Each letter may be used only once.

|G] B}U}T |E|M| P}E| S| TUCO)


AION RIULLTY{O} B]S| TU
OO} UG)RION|DIY{G/ FIRS!
TT S|TE RIOC/ULS |TRI E|P!
O|T| TUR} BU) LE }N|T]Y/E
UAT FITIGIRIETFIRIG/FIDIR!|
S| T/RIUM! UR] LAID] FI LO)
DERI TY|LIGI FIC] TO Y{U)
DD)DI FIGIH| TIULOU] STRIV{S}
A
Gs) Complete the equation by filling in the five
LVS _ omissions with 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8. Each number
may be used only once.

soo hoe? one) Kee foe = G


Monday
oO
= oO (S) 5
WY WY O ae
&
Oo WY Oo
oO=
OO 1e
Re?)
=) O = WY oy =| = Lis)(0) ad

/ —whose sum equals 80. Start at “a” and finish at “b."

CSO 4S GO, 1,
io) 2) \\Okage mets! -7/" (3
2D FeO ee feo 10
1 27D IZ IS” Ome)
BO. 5 4 735-2 1
4 2 4 6 8 10 12
bes APR f pekeet ee eh Hk
1 2.40, 44.0.0...
20 16 14 1210 & 6
109 6 4 2642
Amle+2) 35 D--/7- 9
Smo)17/ 1 46 &
205). VOIEO 24/8) 7
Tuesday

es) Which game is distinct from the others?


Se

YS Complete this magic square so that it contains


all of the numbers from 6 to 30. The sum of each line,
column, and each of the two diagonals should be 90.

EC
[afrJas]_[9] fo]

72
Wednesday
\>

IS) Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


Ws and the triangles were squares, how many
[
_] circles would intersect a triangle?
[
_] triangles would be within a circle?
|__| triangles would enclose a square?
Thursday

INHERITANCE
Grandfather thinks it is time to prepare his
will. He has three daughters: Ann, Beatrice,
and Caroline. Each of his daughters has at
least one child. The six grandchildren are:
Frederic, Gregory, Henry, John, Laura, and
Mary. Grandfather wishes each of his
grandchildren to receive an equal share, but
he can’t remember how many children each of
his daughters has.

However, he does remember that:

Beatrice has the biggest family.


Anne doesn’t have a daughter.
Mary has two brothers.
Henry's brother is six months younger
than Gregory.
Laura has neither brother nor sister.

How many children does each daughter have?


Friday

=) Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence.


Se The arrows indicate a common number.

OEROLOQO
RT
Make seven longer words from ion by adding letters
to it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can
get that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, hatch, etc.

cool OTRcce
Saturday
=
IS) Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally
or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words,
and identify the exceptional word.

leo
A>
EH
ZAIPIZSOMOR
Sunday

ey Words from a Francis Bacon quote are scattered in the


trame below. Following the arrows and using each word
once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

CUNNING
Monday

Fill in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

eles
precipitation

Replace each dot below with either 4, 6, 7, 8, or 9


to make the problem add up correctly. Each number
may be used only once.
Tuesday

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

Ee) &
OH @
These numbers have many properties in common but do
9 not share all the same traits. Find seven different reasons
for determining what makes one or more of these num-
bers distinct from the rest.
— | Wednesday

How many times can you read 1464? The sequence


is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

>
IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
the 13th word be?

What Hollywood seems fo wanl is a writer who

is ready fo commit suicide in every story

conference. What it actually gets is the fellow

who screams like a stallion in heat and then cuts

his throat with a Baranen

lQaymond Chandler
Thursday

& What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


CSA _ below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.}

4 am
TH
Friday

Connect these twelve flowers. Each flower may be used


only once and no two consecutive flowers may have any
letters in common. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.

p
Bluebelle esto
(Pops
py

A
Gs) Insert +, —, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers
LVS to find the total.

REU?™e™TU BMUCMAULCUCdMSPWhC(<~CMh hCUhlCUOChCUF!


Saturday

Find seven different performing artists beginning with


at least two of these letters.

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 34. Each number may be used only once.
Sunday

Find ten prime numbers on this grid. Each number is


ao composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Monday

ROG;
The figure on the left has ten presidents spelled forward
or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
squares, but the figure on the right has only nine of these
same presidents. Find all the presidents and identify the
one missing on the right.

xy Make seven different sentences using only the words


in this quote from Oscar Wilde.

A man cannot
be

his enemies.
Tuesday

What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface]?

)
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Wednesday

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Thursday

xy These words and what they represent have many proper


ties in common but do not share all the same traits. Find
seven different reasons for determining what makes one
or more of these words distinct from the rest.

Guanuary>

February>

Oar
Friday

Use the first quote trom T. S. Eliot to find the second


trom Thomas Carlyle. The numbers under each letter in
the second sentence show which word they come from.

I HAVE MEASURED OUT MY LIFE


1 2 &

WITH COFFEE SPOONS.


7 8 9

trltsltelte}”
triisltlttatette) tetcttatst
trite) tattssttettatet
(slt=) flteltstte) tere?
Coltallel ” (ater
see
Saturday

Fill in the blanks to find a Matthew Prior quotation. The


eh letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in each
column of the lower figure. Going from left fo right, pick
a letter from each column in the lower figure to compose
the quote. Skip a column when figuring a space between
words, and use each letter from each column once.
Some lines of the quote break in the middle of words.

Oe OE s.
Sexee
seco
Sunday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that is
determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence by
number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisfies the pattern.]
Monday

RS Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


QS pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.

\>

IS) Ifthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,


Sey what picture would you be able to see?
Tuesday
i
IS) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
ee, what word would you be able to read?
Wednesday
Z\
Gs) Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals
Le) at arrows’ ends must add up.
Thursday

S Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


x sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.

While shopping. the heel of a


woman's shoe breaks off.
What can she do?
Friday

xy Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


long one below? For example, intergenerational is made
up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

thereabouts...

What is the missing number


=
Saturday

=) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would


seu the 13th word be?

Keeping up with the Joneses was d full-time job


with my mother and father. It was not until many

years later when | lived alone that | realized how


much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to
my level.

Quentin Crisp

o) How many times can you read 242622 The sequence


is valid only if the numbers are joined bya line.

77
Sunday
>
IS) Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,
SRV and the triangles were squares, how many
[___] circles would intersect a triangle?
[___] squares would be within a circle?
[
__] triangles would enclose a square?
Monday

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat: cow and calf
> are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters.)

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Tuesday

Find the signs (+,-] that complete the equations.


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15 IO
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vm Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed


IS) on top of the second, you would be able to read
2a the beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, complete the
problem it contains.

PPPeee
eee eels elelelelel (o)
Wednesday

>| Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally


LM or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid, it
is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words,
and identity the exceptional word.

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Thursday

“je Words from a Mark Twain quote are scattered in the


ae frame below. Following the arrows and using each word
once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.
Friday

re) Find eight multiples of 19 on this grid. Each multiple is


composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit]. Each digit may be used only once.
Saturday
Connect these ten numbers. Each number may only be

KN used once and must have no divisor in common with the


following one. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.

eS D> &
as) | Gp GD

Fill in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.


Sunday

Find seven different professions beginning with at least


two of these letters.

YOOUOIO®
F ;
Gs) Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so
that they total 36. Each number may be used only once.
Monday
is
IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
Sy and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Tuesday

a Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions


with 2, 3, 5, 8, and 7. Each number may be used
only once.

Find eleven synonyms of HAPPY. Each word is written


@) with horizontally and/or vertically connected letters.
Each letter may be used only once.

BIJOLVIGIFO) RITUNA B.
LIA DFU] JTFIATVIO RTF
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Sa
SaeS
Wednesday
Z\
Gs) Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers
LS whose sum equals 75. Start at “a” and finish at “b."

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Thursday

Ss What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


eV face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface}?

60 22
30 22
10 3
42 i
43 49
G6 46
47 29
Friday

x Make seven longer words from oil by adding letters to


it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, hatch, etc.

& Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


arrows indicate a common number.
Saturday

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of the


numbers from 3 to 27. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be from 69 to 80.

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last TL
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Jbsi_ IL
pal Isl |a
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Which sport is distinct from the others?
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Sunday

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

©) ®
OFAC
«eo These numbers have many properties in common but
do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.
Monday

Fill in the blanks to find an Earl of Chesterfield quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order
in each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
Tuesday

2) What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


OSA, © below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)

g
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a
Wednesday

Gor

Three very busy businessmen want to go golf-


ing together. They have decided to play once a
week, between Monday and Friday, but will
they manage to find a day on their agendas
when they are all free?

Arthur Martin is at a seminar out of


town every Tuesday.
Bruce Brown is on the club’s tennis
courts every Thursday.
When Charles Austin comes to the club
on Wednesdays, it is to go swimming.
If Arthur Martin doesn’t go swimming on
_ Friday, he’ll go on Monday.

Considering that they all play bridge together


on Fridays, when can they go golfing together?
Thursday

xy Make seven different sentences using only the words


in this quote from Mark Twain.

All say,
“Alow hard it ts to die”
—- a strange complaint te come
from the mouths of people
whe have had to live.

The tigure on the left has ten sports spelled forward or


>
IS] backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
a squares, but the figure on the right has only nine of
S< _ these same sports. Find all the sports and identity the
one missing on the right.

OlZ(=[x[o|a|c||
-[Ola|clolols|a|
96
Friday

() Fill in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

je or 9 to make the problem add up correctly. Each


number may be used only once.
Saturday

Use the first quote from Oscar Wilde to find the second.
The numbers under each letter in the second sentence
show which word they come from in the first.

EXPERIENCE IS THE NAME EVERYONE


1 2 3 4 3

GIVES TO THEIR MISTAKES.


7 8 9 10

amecemececac
aeeaeeeee
He ge igBs YB of

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seeasaceee atte)
7S Sunday

[nsert +,-, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers


to find the total.

gq? S45
G F&F S&S DB

Connect these twelve animals. Each animal may be


used only once and no two consecutive animals may
have any letters in common. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.
Monday

How many times can you read 353? The sequence is


valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.


Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what
would the 13th word be?

Cossar was a large-bodied man with gaunt


inelegant limbs casually placed at convenient
corners of his body, and a face like a carving

abandoned as altogether too unpromising for


completion.

Fi. G. Wells
Tuesday
Z\
Gs) Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals
oe at arrows’ ends must add up.
Wednesday

Find eleven prime numbers on this grid. Each multiple is


ey composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Thursday
=
IS) Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,
Sw and the triangles were squares, how many
|_| circles would intersect a triangle?
[__] squares would be within a circle?
[
_] triangles would enclose a square?
Friday
=
IS) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
Se, what word would you be able to read?

-\f Y
Saturday
\>

IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


Sey and rectangles would there be in this figure?

109
Sunday
Z\
Add contiguous
g numbers (horizontally y and vertically)i so
Lae that they total 34. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different sports beginning with at least


two of these letters.

wr arian eae
YWOOY@™ OO

106
Monday

Words from a William Congreve quote are scattered in


the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

PURELY
Tuesday

oy What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


SYK © face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lighttace}?
Wednesday

These words and what they represent have many


properties in common but do not share all the same
traits. Find seven different reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.

109
Thursday
‘s
IS) Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally
or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the
words, and identify the exceptional word.

'S|M/O]KE] RIRIH|
R/H/E|L|PlElRIE|DI
Friday
\>

&/ lfthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,


ee, what picture would you be able to see?

Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


QS pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.
Saturday

Fill in the blanks to find a John Gould Fletcher quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
. each column of the lower figure. Going from left to right,
pick a letter from each column in the lower figure to
compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a space
between words, and use each letter from each column
once. Some lines of the quote break in the middle of

300
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lorry
O
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=
Sunday
lfthe first square were turned upside down and placed
on top of the second, you would be able to read the
beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by com-
pleting the math problem it contains.
Monday

cay Find seven different ways to make pairs from these


fo
numbers.

(3) Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


Sa sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.
Tuesday

What is the missin g number


bere

xB Can you find seven shorter words that compose the long
one below? For example, intergenerational is made up
as
of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

.candidateship...
Wednesday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that
&) is determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence
by number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisties the pattern.)

a; ion
4

en” |me
3

ie ce
ae
eh Tene
3

116
Thursday

Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

CRETCHANSIFUINENE 82... EVES

Ce eee AV AVAYA
BY])SuROC are ian /\V\V\\

A Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be


Gs) used only once and must have no divisor in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.

a WD &
® 2)/ a> &®
O®D®
Friday

es Using the listed items, devise a system that wil


SSD logically determine the missing price.

Poultry

Chicken Breast...

Duck Filet ee Ra QS

lQoast Pheasant ........0006 33


Norfolk Capon eagetensevs

Find seven different ways fo make pairs with these


= words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat: cow and calf
. are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters.]

118
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Sunday
Find ten synonyms of PRETEND. Each word is written
with horizontally and/or vertically connected letters.
Each letter may be used only once.

AIZ/E[RIFIHIG! IB] IZ] E/E


LJOICIGIAIG]F([MIQ/ VE] TE!
LIO!LIGIK]B]VIAIG] LNT]
FEJRIAI ZTE]JTRIGIF/D] S|O!G)
CNT PIRE ENO In
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S/D| I}S|S/E|M/BILIE}S| SE
HIG! FIDI TIRIATS{P]TRI ETZ]
DIAL C]TG} STIMU] LAT TLE}
Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions
with 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9. Each number may be used
only once.

seo ab se Oks PX So, Sake |


Monday
=
IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
Ee, the 13th word be?

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship Ane

gives us many usetul objects such as wickerwark

picnic Pistols: Imagination Without skill gives us

modern da rl.

Tom Stoppa rd

Z\
Gr) How many times can you read 5292 The sequence is
valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.
Tuesday
L\
Gs) Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals
LS at arrows’ ends must add up.
Wednesday

7<~) Find six multiples


Pp of 11 on this g grid. Each multiple
. is
composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit]. Each digit may be used only once.
Thursday

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


and rectangles would there be in this figure?

124
Friday

Sy Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


SD arrows indicate a common number.

eS Make seven longer words from eat by adding letters


to it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hailess, hatch, etc.

q22
Saturday
‘=
Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,
and the triangles were squares, how many
[__] circles would intersect a triangle?
[__] squares would be within a circle?
[___] triangles would enclose a square?

————_—_—_—________________
196
Sunday

Find seven different drinks beginning with at least


two of these letters.

YOOOO DO

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 39. Each number may be used only once.
Monday

g Words from a Washington Irving quote are scattered in


the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

TONGUE
> Tuesday
These numbers have many properties in common but
do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.

ey Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by
a line in the diagram.

OAO

129
Wednesday

) Which animal is distinct from the others?


YDS

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of the


Cy numbers from 5 to 29. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be from 79 to 90.

| fn L Ts T_]
| iL et Be |S
m=

| i __[estas] [oe]
LE Ls) o
)

aa ee[84
86[3 [s0][s9][37]
130
Thursday

Using the Francis Bacon quote directly below, decode


the Aphra Behn quote under it. Fill in the numbered
7 blanks with the correct letters from Bacon's like-numbered
words.

MONEY IS LIKE MUCK, NOT GOOD


1 2 5 4 5 6

EXCEPT =I @BE S:SPREAD.


7 8 9 10

|8 |

|8 |
Friday

RESTAURANT

Three friends have decided to go toa


restaurant for dinner. The restaurant they
have chosen offers a choice of three main
courses:
Roast Beef, Chicken Salad, Lasagna

and three desserts:


Fruit Salad, Ice Cream, Apple Fie.

Albert, Barbara, and Christopher have all


decided to order the same thing but:

Albert hates lasagna, and he won't fol-


low roast beef with ice cream.
Barbara won't eat roast beef with fruit
salad, nor ice cream if the main course
is chicken salad.

Christopher will only eat chicken salad if


it is followed by ice cream.

What are they going to have for dinner?


Saturday

ie What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface)?

08 29
Sunday

Connect these twelve instruments. Each instrument may


| be used only once and must have no letters in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross over
each other.

Lisert +, —, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers


to find the total.

?TlCUBSSUCU
GCG FTCA
S&S DB
Monday

oe What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.}

Sm
Tuesday
Z\
Find the signs (+,-] that complete the equations.
LS

2 = {4

5 7

df 0

we Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed


IS] on top of the second, you would be able to read the
xex/__ beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by com-
pleting the math problem it contains.

eeee
Pee
ee
[a]
eeeelelelelelelelelrel
eee
Wednesday

Fill in the blanks to find a Samuel Butler quotation. The


letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in each
column of the lower figure. Going from left to right, pick
a letter from each column in the lower figure to compose
the quote. Skip a column when figuring a space between
words, and use each letter from each column once.
Some lines of the quote break in the middle of words.
Thursday

These words and what they represent have many


= properties in common but do not share all the same
traits. Find seven different reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.

Volleyball

C
Rugby>
Basketball

ax

reenter |
Friday

IS) The figure on the left has twelve drinks spelled for
ward or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically
connected squares, but the figure on the right has
only eleven of these same drinks. Find all the drinks
and identity the one missing on the right.

LE
fi felis
A rea OOS
m7 [= >IOl<
Gi) |a SZ
ry [>
|||
mA
eS Make seven different sentences using only the words in
this quote from Anthony Hope.

#le 1s very fond


of making things
which he does net want,
and then giving them ta people
whe fave no use for them.
Saturday
L\
Gr) How many times can you read 5312 The sequence
{SX _ is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.


Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
the 13th word be?

Me. Peodsnap settled that whatever he put behind


him he put out of existence. Me. Pedsnap had
even acquired qd peculiar flourish of his right arm
in offen clearing the world of its most difficult
problems, by sweeping them behind him.

Charles Dickens
Sunday

=) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,


SOY what word would you be able to read?
Monday

Find eight multiples of 13 on this grid. Each multiple is


(a) composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Tuesday
\

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


and rectangles would there be in this figure?

143
Wednesday

Ss Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


“5 pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.

=
IS) Ifthe hexagons were transparent and placed one on top
ee, of another, what picture would you be able to see?

144
Thursday

IS) Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally


ee Oh vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid, it is
spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words,
and identity the exceptional word.

ead
aE
BIR
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‘MIO
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[EIA
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nb) INL IAL RIG! Z,
Friday

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 35. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different vegetables beginning with at least


two of these letters.
Saturday

; \; Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


J at arrows’ ends must add up.
a ee Sunday

Can you find the seven shorter words that compose the
long one below? For example, intergenerational is made
up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

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NOT STASVIN' /
ABMs ai " }

ST aD, V ge
\N \ T\ ;

t] » = # ¥
i * = rea

7 C 2 RA
2 Oe a / - a :
) ) é ~ M & :
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What is the missing numbere


a Monday

ey Words from an Aristotle quote are scattered in the


frame below. Following the arrows and using each word
once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

IMPOSSIBLEILY

PREFERABLE

POSSIBILITY

PLAUSIBLE

PNCONVINCING
Tuesday

Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

A Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be used


Gs) only once and must have no divisor in common with the
£S*\__ following one. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.

130
Wednesday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[| circles would intersect a triangle?
|__| squares would be within a circle?
[
__] triangles would enclose a square?
Thursday

aS What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number tits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface)?

1 bf 8 9 8
7265 4 3 Wf
“6 6b 3 12 ft 9
lo tf 2 4 3 I
9 8 7
H & 15
7 3 9
2 4 6
4 i 18
3. 61CC8
a ce |
3 f2 5
Is G6 8
i 4 £8
Friday

‘S, Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


Ss sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


numbers.
Saturday

Fill in the blanks to find a Dylan Thomas quotation. The


letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in each
column of the lower figure. Going from left to right, pick
a letter from each column in the lower figure to compose
the quote. Skip a column when figuring a space between
words, and use each letter from each column once.
Some lines of the quote break in the middle of words.

CGI6E9 DS
sucenecences
pf GY i ee 7. <> ~» cs

Sasa vas
SGS sila;
Joc;
See
Sunday

Using the listed items, devise a system that will


SS logically determine the missing price.

Da sta

SCOCHCHCHECSECHOSEOSHTEEEHEEEE

SCCCSCSOHSHSHSEHOECHSSOHEHEEEEEEE

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat: cow and calf
3 are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
peace: cat and calf have the same first two letters.]

@ °

199
3 Monday

ieee Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers


/ whose sum equals 170. Start at “a” and finish at “b."

1 2" 3" 4358647


1413 12 1110 9 &
15, 16.17 16 19%20 19
12 15 14 15 16 17 18
| Aerie Pores mel ohn = OE
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20 19 PAROS
15 12 ——

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76
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Tuesday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that
is determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence
by number. (In some cases, there may be more than
one sequence that satisfies the pattern.|

ik ox
a —_ =?
ik —=
fey aS
7
Wednesday

Ce Using the John Updike quote directly below, decode the


John Osborne quote under it. Fill in the numbered blanks
with the correct letters from Updike's likenumbered words.

THE OLDER WE GET, AND THE FEWER


a va 3 4 6) 6 7

MORNINGS LEFT TO US, THE MORE


8 9 Tsay iy? 13

DEEPLY DAWN STABS US AWAKE.


14 15 16 Vi 18

AG seeee
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ray a]

OG feé:= 2
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:. = - = =:
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Mee.
—.--- Thursday

Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions


with 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9. Each number may be used
only once.

see tone eee) Kove Foe = 7

Find eleven synonyms of CONSTANT. Each word is


written with horizontally and/or vertically connected
letters. Each letter may be used only once.

(D]PL MIM/ UT A/TBL} E/R/C


EJAIS{E[LIOLY| E|O
Friday

xy Make seven longer words from how by adding letters


to it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, haich, etc.

ooo IA O Weer

() Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


arrows indicate a common number.

COOOL
COTO
160
Saturday
\o

Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would


the 13th word be?

The public buys its opinions as it buys its meal,


or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is

cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but


the milk is more likely to be watered,

Samuel Butler

a How many times can you read 797972 The sequence


is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

16]
Sunday
\>

IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


Sey and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Monday

7%) Find seven multiples of 17 on this grid. Each multiple is


composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Tuesday

These numbers have many properties in common but


O
do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by
a line in the diagram.

OAC

164
Wednesday

Find seven different animals beginning with at least


two of these letters.

A
Gs) Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so
that they total 43. Each number may be used only once.
Thursday

se Words from a Samuel-Butler quote are scattered in the


ee frame below. Following the arrows and using each word
. once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

VIRTUE

NOTORIOUS

PAYS
Friday

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of


the numbers from 4 to 28. The sum of each line,
column, and each of the two diagonals should be 80.

[au|f27]|_ LL
3|L_ IL[esl 7|
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JLTIbs
[v7|}23][24]|
La
|
LLLTes!

Which tree is distinct from the others?


Se}

167
Saturday
Z\
Gs) Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals
4 at arrows’ ends must add up.
Sunday
Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed
on top of the second, you would be able to read the
beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by com-
pleting the math problem it contains.
Monday

= What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


RY below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)

Bai

|
SS Tuesday

ire +, -, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers


to find the total.

gq?*~ S30 45 G F&F S&S DB

Connect these twelve herbs and spices. Each herb or


spice may be used only once and must have no letters
ny in common with the following one. Connecting lines
ag cross over each other.
Wednesday

xy Make seven different sentences using only the words


in this quote from Charles Lamb.

Nothing puzzles me mere

and yet nothing troubles me less


as I never think about them.

The figure on the left has ten instruments spelled forward


or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
IS squares, but the tigure on the right has only nine of these
S| same instruments. Find all the instruments and identify the
<BQY one missing on the rignt.

>| Z| Ei
BIO
T|H
NIR
On
IN|O
Nive
Thursday
Z\
Ge) Replace each dot below with either 1, 4, 5, 6, or 9
LVS to make the problem add up correctly. Each number may
be used only once.

ore, La/,
Or OT.

HEV iste) ee

Fil in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters: The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.
Friday
=
IS) Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally
Lb a vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the
words, and identify the exceptional word. :

EINILPLOIN|RT
LE|N/I|LIE! TIN
SIALL| TINIE!
/E|IIN|CID

FL IulC
NIEIEL TIT] INUFIElEL[ ilu
OLITLLININ] LNELIWININ]
T[N[ BIR!
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Ww
EINITIDINIUL [S{L[WIo[N
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F

HLIPINI I ALRIGI | Bn
UN
INISINI TALL Pip} [vie
Saturday

These words and what they represent have many


~ properties in common but do not share all the same
: traits. Find seven different reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.

C
Sake >

Coseum5

©
Sunday
\o
Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
what word would you be able to read?
Monday

et) What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


SVs face numbers belowe Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface)?

61 22 6 /
19 56 43 8
1/7 St 44 9
33 24 /3 80
Tuesday
\o

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[__] circles would intersect a triangle?
[
__] squares would be within a circle?
[__] triangles would enclose a square?
Wednesday

Fill in the blanks to find a Jerome K. Jerome quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to right,
pick a letter from each column in the lower figure to
compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.

se)
Seo
te
eee@
@ Zo
Thursday
How many times can you read 8686? The sequence
a is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

=
IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
‘si the 13th word bee

| would sooner read ) time-fable ora catalogue

than nothing al all. They are much more

entertaining than half the novels that are written.

W. Somerset Maugham
Friday
en
IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
Sy and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Saturday

Find ten Ppprime numbers on this g grid. Each number is


composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Sunday
\>

Is) Ifthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,


=e, what picture would you be able to see?

Le) Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


“= pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.
Monday

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 36. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different means of transportation beginning


with at least two of these letters.
Tuesday

What is the missing g numbere


number

Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


= = long one below? For example, infergenerational is
made Up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

Wd rehouseman.:.
Wednesday

Fy Find seven different ways to resolve this problem.

One of your employees


is always late.
How do you get him
to arrive on time?

ey) Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


Sa sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.
Thursday

Words from o George Bernard Shaw quote are scattered


in the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

GIVING
INMTPROPER

WITHOUT

REASON
Friday

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat: cow and calf
™ are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters.)

a =

Using the listed items, devise a system that will


ot ; Leone
logically determine the missing price.

Vegeta bles
Saturday

Connect these ten numbers. Each number may only be


used once and must have no divisor in common with the
following one. Connecting lines may cross over each other.

ee
as)
Gap | Gan
>@ &
Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

je Ae —-
Nia pier 10-34 | IN
pel ae
Pm. an
189
——— . Sunday

Find the signs (+,-) that complete the equations.

Se

= Ifthe firs square were turned upside down and placed


IS] on top of the second, you would be able to read the
seu beginning of a sentence. Atter you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by
completing the math problem it contains.

[a]

Prteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesrealelelelelelelrelrelrelrel
Monday

\ i Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


J at arrows’ ends must add up.
Se Tuesday
Find eight synonyms of MISTAKE. Each word is written
with horizontally and/or vertically connected letters.
Each letter may be used only once.

FE{RIM[ 1{S| S{O/P] 1 {U} TRIE


RI RIO} RIK] T/VI TR] ELZAl Z,
FIR] T/V/G/ Ee}E]B{L| UN] DIE}
MILK] JPR] PIRI STTGiR] TR}
1} S|S|M/ |S]T{A/K]E! KY]LIM!
=
S|B}C/D]E|MIG} HIG] ATF] FILE
'J{U}DIG/E| HGI HITT KLM!
MIO! HUY] SICIO/N] S{T {RLU
LU STUINIDIEIRI STTIAINI DIE
Complete the equation by filling in the five
omissions with 1, 2, 5, 8, and 9. Each number
may be used only once.

ooo “EF cee @ Cs Xx .0) | = ooo = ‘)


Wednesday

Using the Logan P. Smith quote directly below, decode


the Samuel Butler quote under it. Fill in the numbered
blanks with the correct letters from Smith's like numbered
words.

PEOPLE SAY THAT LIFE IS THE THING,


1 Z 3 5 6 re

BUT I PREFER READING.


8 9 10 11

ES

wai

|8

e 11 Tipe ese BE
Thursday

ee Which fruit is distinct from the others?


RSS

oe Complete this magic square so that it contains all of


the numbers from 6 to 30. The sum of each line,
column, and each of the two diagonals should be 90.

[v7{|_| 1330]
fuiff2s[|_|L_
JL
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23|L_IL
lhe]

194
Friday

Sy Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


Se QlTOWS indicate a common number.

PATEL
Make seven longer words from sea by adding letters to
it. For example, by adding letters to haf, you can get
TS.
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, hatch, etc.

ceooSCalece

12?
Saturday

& What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers belowe Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface)?
Sunday

Gi) Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers


whose sum equals 210. Start at “a” and finish at “b."

10 9 & 7 6 5 4
Die Soto Al sisOhornLoan OD.nr
Oy Aay elbon exak bog(6) 21)
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
20 22 24 26 28 30 32
34 36 32 30 28 24 22
20 18 16 14 12 10 &
68 A=2 051% Bse5
Ub ay EAA
(ae 1# a2s o642 55 7
Aled eta OO |Ogn
Monday

FAMILY REUNION

Here is a strange type of family reunion. The


Brown family has decided that instead of
reuniting as many members of the family as
possible, they would try to represent as many
family relations with as few people as they
could. Therefore, when the time for the
reunion comes around, few of them are
present but there are nonetheless a father, a
mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister,
a nephew, a niece, an aunt, an uncle, and a
cousin of either Sex.

All of them have a common ancestor, and


there are no consanguineous marriages.

The number of people present is the exact


minimum needed in order to represent those
relations.

How many of them are there?

198
Tuesday

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

©) 4 ®&
OFAC
<> These numbers have many properties in common
but do not share all the same traits. Find seven ditferent
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.
Wednesday
=
IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
aw, and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Thursday

>| Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally


-% — or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words,
and identity the exceptional word.

NIMIK
PIRIEILIELE slilolele
LIBILIO|W ‘i{TIWwiGIL
OlR\eElT|T OlAIE!O\O
UINIRILIN INILIRIDIW
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Hit wit |o OIBIAIG|
RIS Ol1 ININIE|R
ELE |MIN| IDIAIH
PID IRIEID 1 T|0!

ERIE ERE
Ale INI I IGI DIO|R |
R N K
PIAIciKIE! TIAIBIL
Friday

Fill in the blanks to find a Rose Macaulay quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring
a space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
Saturday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[_] circles would intersect a triangle?
[__] squares would be within a circle?
[__] triangles would enclose a square?
Sunday

@ Fill in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then


fill in the blanks of the frame, using those same letters.
The 2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

Replace each dot below with either 2, 4, 5, 6, or 7


to make the problem add up correctly. Each number
may be used only once.

204
Monday

S What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


RY¥E4 below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)

:
Tuesday
Connect these twelve fruits. Each fruit may be used
only once and must have no letters in common with the
following one. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.

freed +, —, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers


to find the total.

qS? S4G5
= 8S DB

206
ee
ee a Wednesday
Ss The figure on the left has eleven authors spelled forward
or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
I squares, but the figure on the right has only ten of these
same authors. Find all the authors and identify the one
missing on the right.

LOT
HIN/ EK
Dp)
> af
NY SiN
i<2i=(2
Zz
eS Make seven different sentences using only the words in
this quote from Oscar Wilde.

{t is only shallow people


who do net judge
by appearances.

207
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+] Thursday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that
is determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
“5 Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence
by number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisties the pattern.]
! 2
Friday
=
IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
eS, the 13th word bee

The amount of women in London who flict with

their own husbands is perlectly scandalous. lt

looks sO bad, It is simply washing ones Flean

linen in public.

Oscar Wilde

How many times can you read 878? The sequence


is valid only if the numbers are joined bya line.

209
Saturday

he Words from a Richard ‘Barnfield quote are scattered in


= the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
. word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

VARIETY

INCONSTANCY

CONSTANT
Sunday

Find seven different colors beginning with at least


two of these letters.

HJOVY®BOIOO
A
Gs) Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so
that they total 42. Each number may be used only once.
Monday

i Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


4} at arrows’ ends must add up.
Tuesday

Find eight prime numbers on this grid. Each number is


ce composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Wednesday

xy Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


long one below? For example, intergenerational is
made up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

adenee
fee What is the missing number?
———S
Thursday
=
IS) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
ee, what word would you be able to read?
Friday

Ss Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


QE pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.

Ifthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,


what picture would you be able to see?

216
Saturday

i What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface)?

Led rade 0 Ok
8 9 0 HH 12 'B TI4
5 6 7 18 9 20 al
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 32 33 34 35
36 37 38 39 40 41 42
43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 SI 52 53 54 55 36
57 58 59 60 GI 62 63
G4 65 G6 G7 68 639 70
n728 146 6 i
78 79 80 81 82 83 84
85 86 87 88 89 90 SI
92 93 94 95 96 S97 78
Sunday
Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be
used only once and must have no divisor in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.

COSHH OTOH HOODOO ES OSE OOOO SOO EEOEEOEES

Sooo CooseoeeoserooeseseesoseoooosE
Monday

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


and rectangles would there be in this figure?

219
Tuesday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[
__] circles would intersect a triangle?
[__] squares would be within a circle?
[___] triangles would enclose a square?

re Ca
Wednesday

Fill in the blanks to find a William Blake quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to right,
pick a letter from each column in the lower figure to
compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
Thursday

Using the A. J. Cronin quote directly below, decode


the quote under it. Fill in the numbered blanks with the
correct letters from Cronin’s like-numbered words.

THEY STOOD LIKE SOME VAST CHORUS,


1 Z 5 + 5 6

MASSED IN SILENCE AGAINST THE


ie 8 9 10 11

SNOW-DARK SKY.
12 13 14

ile Gitatteteta! fst


LIRR tattle GG
GIG tata?
GRE EERE OG
ii GliGGGG
aaeereaeanae [2]
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Siciciemeeie
222
Friday
i Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed
>| on top of the second, you would be able to read the
<e/ beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by complet
ing the math problem it contains.

Z\
Ge) Find the signs (+,-) that complete the equations.

Saturday

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 38. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different authors beginning with at least


two of these letters.

SEN VO
(®000 00,
Sunday

he Words from a P. G. Wodehouse quote are scattered in


= the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

TUNNEL

SORT

PENETRATING

SHE

RATHER
Monday
ok
IS) Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally
SOY or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
sav it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words,
and identity the exceptional word.

GIIIRILIAIN|T]
aa aaaoos
Ee
[Wit [NIE [BIT
U{U|K/L[I |M

TL |C |HIE[C [ik= IE |H|O|B


HUY JO|G IHJuIR IT} [witle [tI
L IN|B|B[E| GIN|C [N[L
HH|TIA|R IM] [JH IGF IUIAT [T[1
IB[O |N|U [A OS |RIBIE[L[Tt
A IM|J|G|G] E|F |FIO|DIL [Y|
[T BIL [IIAI HU IR|TIGT [G|
P IC[O|F IF| Y|TIRIA|CIA
E [D[R[A |W] B\U|P Mit [L
CiGic it[R Y |T[RE [NIA
CIB IATL IL| NIA [1[tfe [xX|
A (6[1 [LIL | LL A |BIPLY

226
Tuesday

ie Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


sequence. The 2-headed arrows indicate a common
number.

You are happily driving


along a country road
on your motorcycle.
Suddenly. you get a flat tire.
What do you do?

227
Wednesday

How many times can you read 8808? The sequence


is valid only if the numbers are joined bya line.

=
IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
the 13th word be?

“Reeling and Weithing, of course, to begin

with,” the Mock Turtle replied; “and then the


different branches of Arithmetic - Ambition,

Distraction, Usglification, and Derision.”

liewig Gareoll
Thursday

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


=~ words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat cow and calf
: are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters.)

@
ceue |
o o
in gr a

Using the listed items, devise a system that will


< iene
logically determine the missing price.

= Dessert

lee Cream PNP ePT EI FOF,

Fruit Salad
IL,
Friday

Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers


wr whose sum equals 80. Start at “a” and finish at “b."

4-568 7 sO59-10
OO1M AZ tS a lhl
lier me 8, 1 24
(spd
1 6 & 10 12 14 12
O10 8" 6 4 20

OF To 1 oa
15 11 9.32733) mArceal
10 12 1416 & 6 3
4.5 (63 ORS > 1
9 4.522 "2 4a 2
ll. &6 6 8 1Osee5
19 x-2 0A ovseDxeQeomethateen

230
Saturday

\; Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals at


SJ arrows’ ends must add up.
Sunday
L\ .

Gs) Find ten multiples of 7 on this grid. Each number is


LS composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Monday _

Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions


with 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9. Each number may be used
only once.

cco “cee @ (x 4 3) ce = 7

Find eleven synonyms of FOOLISH. Each word is written


with horizontally and/or vertically connected letters. Each
letter may be used only once.

[STDI DIL |UD] 1 {CiR|O U


Henao
ODA

mn

RI 1D fe
RIA|B]S|U}G| S|J =

OU S |G RID] LL [Sa
SE
Bl
|dS <Olricl-l
Fala Ol
Z[
Sl
|O)|=|2
[+ —
Tuesday

x Make seven longer words from tin by adding letters to


it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shaiter, hailess, hatch, etc.

oon CE TRoce

Ss Fill in the blanks. Each line is o logical sequence. The


eae arrows indicate a common number.

POWDLOD
OPES
234
Wednesday

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of the


ee numbers from 6 to 30. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be from 84 to 95.

COO
PCC be
sence
CeCe bl
eco
Which instrument is distinct from the others?
Se
Thursday

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

OWA
OFAC
GS | Peoseuinbasle many properties in common
but do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.
Friday

FisHERMEN

There are four fishermen in the port of Santa


Helena: Andrew, Bertram, Charles, and David.
Their boats are the Mary Jane, the Sugan, the
Seagull, and the Faithful. Unfortunately, the
fishermen don’t know one another quite as well
as they think they do. You can only be sure
what a fisherman says is true if his sentence
contains information about his own boat.
Otherwise, his affirmation is false.

Andrew: “Other than my boat, the Susan


and the Faithful are the only ones which
have a radio.”
Bertram: “Charles is lucky to have one of
the boats with a radio.”
Charles: “The Mary Jane is my boat.”
David: “| have been neither on the Faithful
nor on the Mary Jane.”

To whom does each boat belong?


Saturday
\o
lfall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Sunday

() SU peliesiantta bovewtheeclhermatahceathoatl in
the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

eres
quick

A
Gr) Replace each dot below with either 1, 3, 4, 5, 7,
LS or 9 to make the problem add up correctly. Each
number may be used only once.
Monday

S&S. What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


E¥A face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface)?

1 20° 465 6 7
8 9 0 H 2B
GO 1 ff 18 19 20 2]
22 23 24 25 5] 27 28
29 49 31 32 33 34 35
36 37 38 7/8 40 41 42
43 44 45 46 47 48 30
30 26 52 53 54 55 56
of 38 59 15 GI 62 63
G4 65 G6 G7 68 3 70
nN 7 9 74 «75 1% 77
39 719 80 81 82 83 84
$5 86 87 88 89 90 91
32 93 94 95 73 97 98
Tuesday

These words and what they represent have many


aS properties in common but do not share all the same traits.
Find seven different reasons for determining what makes
one or more of these words distinct from the rest.

241
Wednesday

Fill in the blanks to findaBernard Levin quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.

o
Oey
oe, +4
CTS
wos
Thursday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[_] circles would intersect a triangle?
[___] triangles would be within a circle?
[__] triangles would intersect a circle?
Friday

eS What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


QAEA below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)
Saturday

Find seven different trees beginning with at least two


of these letters.

@s\ Add contiguous numbers {horizontally and vertically) so


= that they total 37. Each number may be used only once.
Sunday

Make seven different sentences using only the words


SS] inthis quote from John Keats.

7 compare human life te a large

The figure on the left has ten weapons spelled forward


= or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
IS) squares, but the figure on the right has only nine of these
same weapons. Find all the weapons and identify the
one missing on the right.
Monday

Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


= x long one below? For example, intergenerational is
made Up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

SPE Otter...
Tuesday

Words from a G. K. Chesterton quote are scattered in


the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

DEFINED
Wednesday
re
IS) Ifthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,
Sy what picture would you be able to see?

>
6 Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical
pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.
Thursday
>
IS) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
Se what word would you be able to read?
Friday

Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

Dwar
fed tree seesessssssessseeeee /X mM a

a ae DAA
Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be
used only once and must have no divisor in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.

a BD a@
Con) | G43 Gop
aD
271
Saturday

Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


I at arrows’ ends must add up.
Sunday

IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
the 13th word bee

Her own mother lived the latter years of her life

in ihe Gara Hls suspicion that electricity wads drip-

ping invisibly all over the house.

James Thurber

Z\
Gs) How many times can you read 6122 The sequence
is valid only if the numbers are joined bya line.
Monday

Ifthe squares were triangles, the circles were squares,


and the triangles were circles, how many
[
__] squares would intersect a circle?
[_] squares would intersect a triangle?
[___] triangles would enclose a circle?
Tuesday

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


Ss and rectangles would there be in this figure?

257
$$. ,
> Wednesday

Find the signs (+,-] that complete the equations.

25

31

IS} Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed
on top of the second, you would be able to read the
SEV beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by complet
ing the math problem it contains.
eee Thursday

sje Using the Alexander Pope quote directly below, decode


— the quote under it. Fill in the numbered blanks with the
correct letters from Pope's like-numbered words.

TRUE WIT IS NATURE TO ADVANTAGE DRESSED,


1 eae 4 5 6 7

WHAT OFT WAS THOUGHT BUT NE’ER SO


8 9 10 il 12 13 14

WELL EXPRESSED.
15 16

OGG

es

ae

OGG

2 Fi
Friday
Z\

Gs) Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


A that they total 33. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different flowers beginning with at least


two of these letters.

Td et
)9O90 90,
278
Saturday
A
Gs) Find ten multiples of 3 on this grid. Each number is
composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit]. Each digit may be used only once.
Sunday

Using the listed items, devise a system that will


Sos logically determine the missing price.

Appetizers

Find seven different ways fo make pairs with these


words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat:cow and
= calf are the same species; calf and kid are the
= young of the species; cat and calf have the same
first two letters.)

ies . &)
:
Monday

ECIREGECE
Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontal :
\SSEN
SS or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
EEK
EEEREEE:
E-PECRE
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words
and identity the exceptional word.
ZAAZ HO
EE

Coe Er
AAT
EC
ee
ZH<I 4
<ulQZo
CEERE-

<4 <
EEE:

>,
A>

T cee
eee
Sad
lhe
Aoaaq
EECE
EEE
Tuesday

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


O
numbers.

ee) Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.
Wednesday

Fill in the blanks to find a Quentin Crisp quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
Thursday
Find eleven synonyms of LOGICAL. Each word is
written with horizontally and/or vertically connected
letters. Each letter may be used only once.

RIZ|Z(CIF IRIE] LTE] PPE] RY]1


EJAT FIO} REG] VIVIAN] TL
GI S| JIG] F |RIO] BLV] IO} UN
VIOLUI LTLTE}N| TRIG FTSTE)
AJN|D/L|O ALL] INN!

HIGIE
rLeIclULstrlpicletstrtuly
Complete the equation by filling in the five
omissions with 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9. Each number
may be used only once.

soo bee oe) Kee foe =O


Friday

Re What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


AEA face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface}?
Saturday

=) Which bird is distinct from the others?


SS

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of the


numbers from | to 25. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be from 59 to 70.

| a2 dea] [or]
is |[ez] le)
| fee Ls} [oo]
|
[sfaslas|_ | [ss]
at tet Ya) [66|
[65|
” alaisTa
266
Sunday

Words from a Dorothy Parker quote are scattered in the


frame below. Following the arrows and using each word
once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.
Monday

Hoteis

Thomas hag just returned from a trip abroad.


He has made the following observations
about foreign hotels and their restaurants:

When the food is good, the waitresses are


friendly.
Year-round hotels have an ocean view.
The food is bad only in certain cheap hotels.
Hotels with a pool have honeysuckle climbing
up their walls.
Hotels with unfriendly waiters are open only
for part of the year.
Cheap hotels don’t allow dogs.
Hotels without a pool don’t have an ocean
view either.

In these places, can a dog owner smell the


sweet odor of honeysuckle?

Ms 268
Tuesday

Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers


whose sum equals 270. Start at "a" and finish at “b."

OOS Darra |
2 10 12 13 14 15
16 17 9 11 20 18
9 171610 4 1 19
19 20 21 22 5 30 SI
32 29 26 27 10 26 27
& 9 10 14 20 15 16
17 18 17 18 15 14 13
Niner pero Os OF a,
ibevAey mike eek,
10 11 12 13 4 14 15
16 1718 & 4 20 21
221219 3 6 Q9 10
282930 4 1 5 &
b
269
Wednesday
L\
Gs) How many times can you read 7342 The sequence
is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would


the 13th word bee

have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his

house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in

his pocket, which he showed as a pattern to

encourage puchasers.

Jonathan Swift

270
Thursday

= Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


Si arrows indicate a common number.

QOD
Make seven longer words from ere by adding letters to
it. For example, by adding letters tohat, you can get
— that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, hatch, etc.
= ) Friday

oe Replace each dot below with either 1, 3, 4, 5, or 8


to make the problem add up correctly. Each number
may be used only once.

Fill in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

erge,
give up
Saturday

These numbers have many properties in common but


do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

273
Sunday

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


and rectangles would there be in this figure?
Monday

\; Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


4) at arrows’ ends must add up.
Tuesday

Find eleven square numbers on this grid. Each number is


en composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Wednesday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[| circles would intersect a triangle?
[___] triangles would be within a square?
[_] triangles would intersect a square?
Thursday

Fill in the blanks to find a Goodman Ace quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.

O)ae
}

©
S:
Friday

aS What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)

s| om
aia
Saturday

These words and what they represent have many


= properties in common but do not share all the same
; traits. Find seven ditferent reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.
Sunday

Find seven different musical instruments beginning with


at least two of these letters.

(9000, 09
; ;
Gs) Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so
Doe that they total 27. Each number may be used only once.
Monday

eS Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


long one below? For example, intergenerational is
made up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

.kindhea rted...

What is the missing number?


TS Tuesday
Ss) The figure on the left has ten countries spelled forward
or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
<2X/ squares, but the figure on the right has only nine of these
same countries. Find all the countries and identify the
one missing on the right.

JUIN RIB IRIA |Z[1


A|UIS
GIA|S
1 |B
1—_
ue
Ol=[MIO|<[t|a)2
0)
OlX|m[S/—|>]
ae
=<

By Make seven different sentences using only the words


in this quote from William Congreve.

tle that first


cries
out stop thief,

fas stolen the treasure.

283
Wednesday

fs) Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


“= pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.

\>

IS) Ifthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,


Sey what picture would you be able to see?

\@

(i Ss

284
Thursday
\=

lfthe rectangles were placed one on top of another


what word could you read?
Friday

eS What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface}?

/5
n>,
&
|
— 2
25
@©&
6= Rep

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63 ea) RD aS
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Saturday
Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed
on top of the second, you would be able to read the
beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by complet
ing the math problem it contains.
Sunday

Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be


used only once and must have no divisor in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.
Monday

Fill in the blanks to find an Alain Jay quotation. The letters


of the quotation are in alphabetical order in each column
of the lower figure. Going from left to right, pick a letter
trom each column in the lower figure to compose the
quote. Skip a column when figuring a space between
words, and use each letter from each column once.
Some lines of the quote break in the middle of words.
Tuesday

Using the William Dean Howells quote directly below,


decode the William Cowper quote under it. Fill in the
numbered blanks with the correct letters from Howells’
likenumbered words.

SOME PEOPLE CAN STAY LONGER IN


1 2 3 4 5 6

AN HOUR THAN OTHERS CAN _ IN


7 8 9 10 11 12

A WEEK.
13 14

aeeae eee

OF)

eee
Wednesday

Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would


the 13th word be?

No sooner met but they looked; no sooner


looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they
sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one
another the reason; no sooner ew the reason

but they sought the remedy.

William Shakespeare

Dn How many times can you read 523232 The sequence


oe is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

291
Thursday

Words from a Winston Churchill quote are scattered in


the frame below. Following the arrows and using each
word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

DIFFICULT
Friday

Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


Ss and rectangles would there be in this figuree

DOL

293
Saturday

Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally


or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word.
Find all the words, and identify the exceptional word.
Sunday

\) Find nine multiples of 11 on this grid. Each number is


composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit]. Each digit may be used only once.
Monday

Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals at


arrows’ ends must add up.
Tuesday

Using the listed items, devise a system that will logically


determine the missing price.

Cocktails

Find seven different waysVi to make Pppairs with these

x words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat:cow and calf


are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters.}

o
O/ % Gin :

297
Wednesday

Is) Ifthe squares were triangles, the circles were squares,


Ve and the triangles were circles, how many
[__] circles would intersect a triangle?
[
_] triangles would be within a square?
[___] squares would intersect a circle?
Thursday

ee) What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lightface}e
Friday

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 28. Each number may be used only once.

Find seven different items of clothing beginning with at


least two of these letters.

JOPOV VO
300
ss Saturday

Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions


with 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8. Each number may be used only
ONCE.

coo F cee @ =.) K cco = coo == Kp

Find eleven synonyms of CONCEAL. Each word is


written with horizontally and/or vertically connected
: letters. Each letter may be used only once.
Sunday

oN Use a series of lines to join contiguous numbers


— whose sum equals 300. Start at “a” and finish at “b."

12 4 6 & 10 12
1416 12 6 6 9 13
17-15 110 MZ Ie eS
19 21 23 24 25 26 27
21 16 30 31 32 33 &
9 2 -0--4--9"-2) 10
Li. Ons Oe gael
16 17 16 15 14 13 12
ITO Zar 2a a a7,
9 & 21 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 25 27 29 31
02.04 5635 305 7
Ot Or VET eee
719" TT OTsS IO
b
302
Monday

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of the


numbers from | to 25. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be from 59 to 70.

| |L
Ibsi-73)
v7] da
jai} 1][23]|_
[0

Which boat is distinct from the others?


Se}
Tuesday

xy Make seven longer words from key by adding letters to


it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hailess, hatch, etc.

coo hi GCGJeoece

S Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence.


Se The arrows indicate a common number.

OOEXKEY
COO
304
Wednesday

as) Replace each dot below with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 9 to make


the problem add up correctly. Each number may be used
only once.

a ate bo,

Fil in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
() 2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

erge,
humid
Thursday
ee) These numbers have many properties in common
but do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.

fa of
Ve) -&)— 6)
YY
«)--@
Make a word from the letters below, using each letter
at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

OFAC

206
Friday

he Words from a Tennessee Williams quote are scattered


= in the frame below. Following the arrows and using
each word once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.
Saturday

ie What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


QA, _ below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.]

aa

RNRSr
Sunday

Howpup

After a holdup, four bank employees try to


give a description of the thief.

According to the receptionist, he was


tall, had blue eyes, and wore a jacket and
a hat.
According to the teller, his eyes were
black, he was small, and he was wearing
a jacket and a hat.
According to the secretary, he was ot
medium height, had green eyes, and wore
a raincoat and a hat.
According to the manager, his eyes were
gray, he was small, and he was wearing a
jacket but no hat.

Each witness has remembered only one detail


out of four correctly. Furthermore, each detail
was described correctly by at least one wit-
Ness.

What is the exact description of the thief?

309
Monday

2 Fill in the blanks to find a Thomas Campbell quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to
right, pick a letter from each column in the lower figure
to compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
eee Tuesday

‘aS These words and what they represent have many


Ss
SSS!
as
properties in common but do not share all the same
traits. Find seven different reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.
Wednesday
\o
Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
and rectangles would there be in this figure?

702
Thursday

What is the missing numbere

eS Can you find seven shorter words that compose the


long one below? For example, intergenerational is
made up of in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

...participale...
Friday

Make seven different sentences using only the words


= in this quote from William Cowper.

With outstretched hoe


T slew him at the doer,
And taught him
NEVER TO COME THERE
NO MORE.

The figure on the left has twelve lakes spelled forward


or backward, in horizontally and/or vertically
connected squares, but the figure on the right has only
“= eleven of these same lakes. Find all the lakes and
identity the one missing on the right.
Saturday

lfthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,


what picture would you be able to see?

ELD
Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical
<= _ pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.

See . ss Ey : a
1¥ Gay . ce \ ee ~
é :
y \ .


Sunday
\o
lfthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
what word would you be able to read?

are €
[es

716
Monday
Ge Connect these ten numbers. Each number may only be
used once and must have no divisor in common with
the following one. Connecting lines may cross over
each other.

@ D &
a) GD] a> Ge
Do &
Fil in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

BGCOO SCCONS cessecevesscsscsesssssesseees

COCO OC OOOO OOOO ESO EOE EOOS OS SOOO SO SHO OOOO OOD

al?
Tuesday

Find the signs (+,-] that complete the equations.

=. 15

as Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed


IS) on top of the second, you would be able to read the
VSB beginning of a sentence. After you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by complet
ing the math problem it contains.
Wednesday

Using the William Shakespeare quote directly below,


decode the Francis Bacon quote under it. Fill in the num-
i bered blanks with the correct letters from Shakespeare's
likenumbered words.

BEAUTY PROVOKETH THIEVES


1 2 3

SOONER THAN GOLD.


+ 5 6
Thursday
Z\
Gs) How many times can you read 11612 The sequence
aE
i is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

eA
IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would
ee, the 13th word be?

A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge:

He says but little, and that little said

Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead.

His wil invites you by his looks to come,

But when you knock, it never is at home.

William Cowper
Friday

& Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.

ee Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


O
numbers.
Saturday

Find ten square numbers on this grid. Each number is


(0) composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Sunday

: Follow:the-arrows’as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals


<S—4J at arrows’ ends must add up.
Monday

Find seven different ways to make pairs with these


= words. (For example, cow, calf, kid, cat:cow and calf
are the same species; calf and kid are the young of the
species; cat and calf have the same first two letters.)

Using the listed items, devise a system that will logically


Sd determine the missing price.

Deinks
SOHOHCHHHHSHSHHHSHSHSSHHOHSSOHHOESEEOEE®E
Tuesday

Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontal


or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other. Find all the words.

ECE
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Wednesday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that
is determined by somé physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence
by number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisties the pattern.|
|
Thursday

Ifthe squares were circles, the circles were triangles,


and the triangles were squares, how many
[| circles would intersect a triangle?
[___] squares would be within a circle?
[__] triangles would enclose a square?
Friday

Words from a Groucho Marx quote are scattered in the


frame below. Following the arrows and using each word
once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

REVIEW
Saturday

fneer +, —, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers


to find the total.

qq? 3SB4S
G F&F S&S DBD

Connect these twelve cities. Each city may be used


only once and must have no letters in common with the
following one. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.

BQO
Sees
Sunday
Find nine synonyms of PLACATE. Each word is written
jhe with horizontally and/or vertically connected letters.
Bad Each letter may be used only once.

AI S|S|KIM[OE |L] | FLY {ALE


P] LLO]O[T |G] PAI C|CIO/NIC)
PIO! LUPE] E}FLD] 1K} S|DIU
EJA[S/ETFIGIH] JFL YIAIZ] Le
J{HIG/PILIAICIA TE! TY] 1
GU] JTHIG/CIATL IMU 1]STAI
HIMI HATS] SITETRIT{Y{S {DIT
JO} L}KYL] UG] A]J [IK] FIG!)
VIR ELATSIAIGIEVULLYIOLL
Gs) Complete the equation by filling in the five omissions
LS{ with 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9. Each number may be used only
Once.

sao_shevbee (ones Koen), [oe Mveanet |


aN \
SB
VARS
: Tuesday

i) Which color is distinct from the others?


WY

Complete this magic square so that it contains all of the


ED) numbers from | to 25. The sum of each line, column,
and each of the two diagonals should be 65.

[|
llasf2s_
[LJ [es]
EE
| aslsl] [ss]
ae
[65[65]|6s][os][6s
332
Wednesday

Fill in the blanks to find an Aldous Huxley quotation.


The letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in
each column of the lower figure. Going from left to right,
pick a letter from each column in the lower figure to
compose the quote. Skip a column when figuring a
space between words, and use each letter from each
column once. Some lines of the quote break in the
middle of words.
Thursday

an Fill in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


ee the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

ergo,
cowshed

A
Gs) Replace each dot below with either 2, 3, 4, 6 or 9 to
make the problem add up correctly. Each number may
be used only once.

773 820
+. 526
Friday
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=) © oO O fe = ae =)3 =)
(7p) D
wn 72) WY O— @ 2Ww = 2 = —<O ®
wy 2) = Ss
| equals 110. Start at “a” and finish at “b.

285 SusBinh:t- G7
5 6 4 1 OOS TF.
CLP AAO Rets eS el Sn
SP OKO AZ OF 5
Bi as? chalien Cina Or eNO
O22 OC 25 4 9
4 .6..59.,0-A 4 5
42 5
Ce roy Neer ole o) 2

2 Bea On mee,5!

46523 & 4
Zeman e2orZs 14

33?
Saturday

NAMING

Five friends—Edwara, Francis, George, Harry,


and |saac—built their houses around a small
beach on the Atlantic Ocean. They agreed
that each of them would name his house for
one of the others’ daughters, whose names
are Elisa, Florence, Gabby, Helen, and Isabella.

To avoid giving the same name to two differ-


ent houses, they decided to meet and
choose together:

George and Francis, who both wanted to


call their house Helen, drew lots. Francis
won. George named his house Eliga.
Edward settled on Florence.

Isabella’s father was absent, but Isaac


phoned him to tell him to name his
house Gabby.
Florence’s father called his house
Isabella.

For each man, identify his daughter's name


and the name of his house.
Sunday

SS Fill in the blanks. Each line is a logical sequence. The


Si arrows indicate a common number.

eS Make seven longer words from cat by adding letters


fo it. For example, by adding letters to hat, you can get
that, hate, chatty, shatter, hatless, hatch, etc.

ooo Gz tf...
Monday

These words and what they represent have many


= properties in common but do not share all the same
S traits. Find seven different reasons for determining what
makes one or more of these words distinct from the rest.

ee

ar
Blueberry

Chia
Tuesday

Make a word from the letters below, using each letter


at least once. One letter must connect to another by a
line in the diagram.

(B)
OFAC
-

These numbers have many properties in common


\ but do not share all the same traits. Find seven different
reasons for determining what makes one or more of
these numbers distinct from the rest.
Wednesday

=) What is the missing number?


Sect

x4 Can you find seven shorter words that compose the long
aren
one below? For example, intergenerational is made up of
in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc.

diplomatically...
Thursday

=) What is the numerical relationship of the dominoes


R¥4 _ below? Which domino is missing? (Their physical
arrangement is not important.)
Two ropes are hanging
against a wall (at waist level).
You want to hold both of them in
your hands at the same time, but
there is a lot of distance between
them, and your arms are too short.
What do you do?

& Fill in the blanks. Each side of the square is a logical


sequence. The arrows indicate a common number.
Saturday
NW *

IS) Ifthis text were arranged alphabetically, what would


si the 13th word bee

With the single exception of Homer, there is no

eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom

| can despise Yo) entirely as | despise


Shakespeare when | measure my mind against
his. It would positively Le a relief to me to dig
him up and throw stones at i.

George Berna rd Shaw

ey How many times can you read 173732 The sequence


is valid only if the numbers are joined by a line.

343
Sunday

Most of the letters in this square are part of a logical


A
pattern. However, one or more letters deviate from this
pattern. Find the mistake.

>
& ltthe hexagons were placed one on top of another,
what picture would you be able to see?

yey
er
> Monday
vm Ihe figure on the left has ten birds spelled forward or
Ig>| backward, in horizontally and/or vertically connected
SAV squares, but the figure on the right has only nine of these
same birds. Find all the birds and identity the one missing
on the right.

Make seven different sentences using only the words in


= this quote from Nigel Dennis.

This man, she reasons,


as she looks at her husband,
is a poor fish.
But fie ts the nearest 1 can get
Tuesday

Follow the arrows as you fill in the blanks. Sum totals at


arrows’ ends must add up.
Wednesday
>
IS) Ifthe rectangles were placed one on top of another,
SOY what word would you be able to read?
Thursday
\>

IS) Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares


Sey and rectangles would there be in this figure?

748
Friday

Find nine multiples


a of 13 on this 9ggrid. Each number is
composed of a series of digits joined by line segments
(or just one digit). Each digit may be used only once.
Saturday

Fill in the blanks. The arrows indicate a common letter.

UP, COWN, I OF OUb .......000 AVAVAN

Rat Or TaDDIt eae dana ENE aX F

For FIANOVW
CEN .ssssseseseee /X VX IX ;

Connect these ten numbers. Each number may be


used only once and must have no divisor in common
with the following one. Connecting lines may cross
over each other.

320
Sunday

=) The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that


EY _ is determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence
by number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisfies the pattern.]
Monday

Add contiguous numbers (horizontally and vertically) so


that they total 30. Each number may be used only once.

x Find seven different birds beginning with at least two


of these letters.
Tuesday

Ce What is the logical relationship or pattern of the light


face numbers below? Which boldface number fits into
this relationship (and thus should be lighttace}¢
Wednesday

Ifthe squares were triangles, the circles were squares,


and the triangles were circles, how many
[___] circles would intersect a triangle?
[___] squares would be within a triangle?
[
__] squares would intersect a circle?
Thursday
Ifthe first square were turned upside down and placed
on top of the second, you would be able to read the
beginning of a sentence. Atter you have determined
what that part of the sentence says, finish it by complet
ing the math problem it contains.
Friday

Using the Oscar Wilde quote directly below, decode


— the George Bernard Shaw quote under it. Fill in the
, numbered blanks with the correct letters from Wilde's
likenumbered words.

IT IS ONLY SHALLOW PEOPLE WHO


Tee 2 3 4 5 6

DO NOT JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.


i 8 a 10 | 11
Saturday

INaws

Five triends—Anthony, Ben, Christopher,


David, and Eric—each have a son and a
daughter. Their families are so close that
each of their daughters has married one of
the other four’s sons.

As a result of this bizarre situation,


Anthony's son-in-law’s father’s daugh-
ter-in-law is Bernara’s son’s sister-in-
law, and Christopher’s daughter-in-law’s
father’s son-in-law is David’s daughter's
brother-in-law.
Although Bernard’s daughter-in-law’s
father’s daughter-in-law has the same
mother-in-law as David's son-in-law’s
father’s son-in-law, the situation is sim-
plified by the fact that no daughter-in-
law is her father-in-law’s daughter's gis-
ter-in-law.

To whom is Eric’s daughter married?


Sunday

Words from a Spike Milligan quote are scattered in the


frame below. Following the arrows and using each word
once, fill in the blanks to reveal the quote.

THOUGHTS

PRIVACY
Monday

Connect these twelve birds. Each bird may be used


only once and must have no letters in common with the
following one. Connecting lines may cross over each
other.

A
Gs) nsert +, -, x, and/or parentheses between the numbers
to find the total.

sa2?sasEerFs:9®

Foal
—— > Tuesday

Poe Replace each dot below with either 2, 3, 4, 6, or 8 to


make the problem add up correctly. Each number may
be used only once.

Fill in the blanks above the clue in italics. Then fill in


the blanks of the frame, using those same letters. The
2-headed arrows indicate a common letter.

erge,
labyrinth
Wednesday

>| Both grids contain the same words, spelled horizontally


eY — or vertically. If a word is spelled forward in one grid,
it is spelled backward in the other, except for one word,
which is spelled forward in both grids. Find all the words,
and identity the exceptional word.
Thursday

Fill in the blanks to find a Hugh Kingstill quotation. The


letters of the quotation are in alphabetical order in each
column of the lower figure. Going from left to right, pick
a letter from each column in the lower figure to compose
the quote. Skip a column when figuring a space between
words, and use each letter from each column once.
Some lines of the quote break in the middle of words.

CODE
CODD RED
GOEOeGwe
OSL POG Hac wo
> Othe nad

oh
=e Friday
The arrows show the first two crabs in a sequence that
is determined by some physical attribute(s) of the crabs.
“2 Provide the reasoning that allows the rest of the crabs to
be joined in this sequence. Then give the full sequence
by number. (In some cases, there may be more than one
sequence that satisfies the pattern.]
1
Saturday

xs These words and what they represent have many


properties in common but do not share all the same
traits. Find seven different reasons for determining
what makes one or more of these words distinct from
the rest.

Coie

Sacre

rare

764
Sunday
\
Ifall the diagonals were removed, how many squares
and rectangles would there be in this figure?
SOLUTIONS
Solutions

Page 1
31 squares and rectangles.
Page 2
The 15 on the tenth line, fifth column.All the lightface
numbers are divisible by 3.

Page 3
Ist: E.g., rasp, spade, hammer, rake, saw, shovel, shears.
2nd: E.g.,2+44+54+34+14+474+64+9+8=45.
Page 4
Ist: 96.
2nd: French (an, and, and, because, bouillabaisse, by, cared,
cigar, cooked, could, empty, excellent).

Page 5
Ist: 2 (+ 6) 8 (+ 6) 14 (+ 6) 20 (+ 6) 26
30 (= 4) a7 2) SO a Oe
32 (- 10) 22 (+ 12) 34 (- 10) 24 (+ 12) 36
8 (+ 2) 10 (+ 3) 13 (+ 4) 17 (4+ 5) 22.
2nd: 7, 67: both are prime numbers
49, 7: 49 is a multiple of 7
119, 7: 119 is a multiple of 7
58, 74: both are even numbers
119, 49: both end with a 9
119, 74: the sum of their digits is the same
58, 67: the sum of their digits is the same.
Page 6
3; PO I2) Sy Ne? 2A Oe neces
Page 7
“No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.”

368
Solutions
Page 8
Ist: E.g., in, dust, trial, at, ion, us, industrial.
And eG ao San EO ad 1,

Page9
Two circles would intersect a triangle, zero squares would
be within a circle, one triangle would enclose a square.
Page 10
Ist: door, roams, folder, dappled.
Pree 83) alse Oen 227 47 ol tao 2s be

Page 11
Ist: 13 (the numerical value of each first letter; M = 13,
Pio e5-= 19) ge 20h
2nd: plate, mug: both are types of tableware
mug, ale: both are 3-letter words
mug, ale: ale can be drunk from a mug
glum, pale: both are expressions of emotion
glum, pale: both are 4-letter words
pale, ale: they rhyme
mug, glum: the letters of the first are all in the second.
Page 12
“Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being
intelligible.”
Page 13
I st:

2nd: spumanitiFig a bubbly one).

369
Solutions
Page 14
14243 40s Oo) 48 8 2 5
+84+54+54+2+2+4+1=75

Page 15
The eldest child.
Page 16
Ist ZJ—14+8=4:448-—32=9;'9-34+5=15
7+4—-—92=2:.11-—-84+3=684+3-5=6.
2nd: The sum of the six first numbers times twelve is... 252.

Page 17
“| do not want people to be agreeable as it saves me the
trouble of liking them a great deal.”
Page 18
62 squares and rectangles.

Page 19
Ist} -S6.102 478743 = 14355
2nd: veal: level, vowel, valid, clear.
Page 20
Ist: E.g., candy, candle, scan, pelican, scandal, cane,
canter.
2nd: 2x 2A QS eh VOrber es2
10 (+ 11)21 (+ 11) 32 (+ 11) 43 (4 11) 54
70 (- 9) 61 (— 9) 52 (— 9) 43 (- 9) 34
65:(= 13) 52° 13)39 ESP 26a re
Page 21
Ist b4+4243 44454647 aio = 45)
2nd: E.g., purple, tan, yellow, pink, rust, olive, cyan, white,
gray, blue, indigo, black.

370
Solutions
Page 22
The dominoes progress by 2s (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12).
The missing domino has a value of 12 (dot pattern 6:6).

Page 23
Vert.: machete, barracks, arbalest, arsenal, javelin,
assembly, crossbow, brigade, reveille, bazooka, powder,
flank, bond, stockade; horiz.: batallion, axe, eagle,
base.

Page 24
Ist: E.g.: 11 is the only prime number, the only odd number,
the only number with two identical digits; 36 is the only
square; 20 is the only multiple of 5, the only multiple of
10; 42 is the only multiple of 7.
2nd: Popcorn.
Page 25 ;
The 67 on the tenth line, fourth column, should be a
lightface number. Every third number is lightface,
following a spiral : first row left to right, last column top to
bottom, last row right to left, first column bottom to top,
second line left to right, etc.
Page 26
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Sail L722 8
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19 43

371
Solutions
Page 27
E.g.: Sunday is the only one named after a star, the only
one composed of two words; Friday is the only one
named after a goddess (Freya); Saturday is the only one
named after a Roman god (Saturn), the only one named
after both a god and a planet; Tuesday is the only
7-letter word; Monday is the only one named atter a
satellite (the Moon).

Page 28
Ist Eg, 442474 1434 8225.
2nd: E.g., apple, pomegranate, orange, pineapple,
tangerine, cranberry, raspberry.
Page 29
Ist: he (and, and, be, be, belong, by, charming, differs, fact,
feared, from, great).
Zncaes
Page 30
One circle would intersect a triangle, zero squares would
be within a circle, zero triangles would enclose a square.
Page 31
Ist! (64 5—3] x 142 =4,.
2nd: proficient, dexterous, adroit, competent, accomplished,
practiced, adept, handy, expert.
Page 32
Ist: | love women.
The constancy of the women | love is infernal.
The women | love love me.
VVomen who love love fickleness.
Fickleness is me!
| love the infernal fickleness of women.
Women only love constancy.

372
Solutions
2nd: zloty, dirham, franc, penny, florin, krona, ducat, pound,
mark. Dollar is missing.
Page 33
Vst: Cx

2nd: The O and the P should be reversed (the pattern is


alphabetical order in a clockwise spiral).
Page 34
The number of lines on the crabs’ shells are the prime
numbers from 2 to 23 in order. The sequence should be
Be tO) Ore al eo.
Page 35
Ist 14+(2x3)4+44+54+64+74+84+98
46.
2nd: E.g., glove, shirt, cap, blouse, cravat, shoes, kilt, gown,
scart, tie, socks, belt.
Page 36
"He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to
hear him crow."
Page 37
LNA CDee Oo) eA 2 AOC Oo, HORS,
Page 38
“Life is one long process of getting tired.”
Page 39
22 squares and rectangles.
Page 40
LAUGH.

373
Solutions
Page 41
“Happy the people whose annals are blank in history
books.”
Page 42
Ist: You show him a bus stop. You smile at him. You show
him a map. You go with him. You stop a cab. You show
him a policeman. You ask a passerby.
2nd: 2 (- 1) 1 (+ 3) 4 (| 2) 2 (+ 4) 6
2 eA) 8-4) Aix 4) 16 1 4h 12
12. 662).24 A) 20 x2), 40 [Al 36
20 (= 5) 4 (x 10) 40 (= 5) 8 (x 10) 80.

Page 43
Ist: 16 (+ 1,+2,4+ 3, +4, + 5).
2nd: ore pen, net, rat, rating, tingly, in, tin.

Page 44
All the lightface numbers are perfect squares. The 49 on
the fifth line, second column.

Page 45
Ist gp, 227540 RAS R42 eA OG 3 names
AOA.
2nd: week, elbow, belfry, reality.

Page 46
Ist: water, milk: both liquids
cat, dog: both animals
doggerel, limerick: both forms of verse
melon, lime: both fruits
limerick, lime: lime begins limerick

374
Solutions
dog, doggerel: dog begins doggerel
cat, milk: cats like milk.
2nd: 26 (the numerical value of each first letter + the number
of letters: (S =19) + 5 = 24, (L = 12)+9=21,
R= 18) 49
= 27, (V = 22)4-44—-26).

Page 47
Ist: The sum of the first three odd numbers is. . . 9.
2nd:114+8-13=6;74+7-11=3,6-9442e1;
11-7+6=10;8-7+92=10;,13-114+4=6.

Page 48
53 squares and rectangles.

Page 49
1G eneZ
AS 2 soo TS
9 | iad go!
(oe eaes
4 30
LOMO
oe APS 28
Ge AG
2D OO

Page 50
Ist: riotous, tempestuous, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous,
tumultuous, rowdy, refractory.
2nd: (8 + 7 — 3) x 2+4 = 6.

Page 51
I2+
1484+5414+54+6454+4+64+9+4+4
24+34+1+4+2+2=80

317
Solutions
Page 52
Ist: Tarok, the only game incorporating a different deck.
onde [BOfzahrahia]6|
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2if20]14)6[271
[9|2a)22[16[15)
7p frof29[235
Page 53
One circle would intersect a triangle, two triangles would
be within a circle, one triangle would enclose a square.
Page 54
Beatrice has three children, Anne, two, and Caroline, one.

Page 55
[sta ot {3.3} 4405) So 7) ore O25
Ol 8) 417 (+ 8) 25 (4 6] 23143) 44
A] (- 7) 34 (- 7) 27 (- 7) 20 (- 7} 13
50 (- 9) 41 (- 8) 33 [- 7) 26 (- 6) 20.
2nd: E.g., action, scion, lionize, companion, ionic, option,
caption.

Page 56
Vert.: possum, puma, raccoon, whale, badger, fawn,
cow, coyote, lion, calf, milk, boar, ameba;
horiz.: monkey, bobcat, cougar, rabbit, mule, pig,
dragon, sponge, kitten, tiger, ameba. Ameba.
Page 57
“Nothing doth hurt more in a state than that cunning men
pass for wise.”

376
Solutions
Page 58
Ist: rain: birch, anvil, crane, cream.
2nd: 1562 + 4837 = 6399.
Page 59
Ist: Gentle.
2nd: E.g.: 29 is the only prime number, the smallest number;
33 is the only number composed of two odd digits; 88 is
the only multiple of 8, the only number composed of two
even digits; 81 is the only multiple of 9, the only square.

2nd: heat (a, a, a, actually, and, banana, commit, conference,


cuts, every, fellow, gets).
Page 61
The domino values progress by 2s (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11).
The missing domino has a value of 11 (dot pattern 6:5).

Page 62
Ist: E.g., hibiscus, may, violet, pansy, bluebell, poppy, aster,
lily, rose, dahlia, peony, lilac.
Piet ot) et ee Ooh 2 Oat 7 — 27.

Page 63
Ist: E.g., pantomime, prestidigitator, singer, trapezist, pianist,
trombonist, trumpetist.
2nd:E.g.,5+4+24+74+14+9+6=
34.
Page 64
pe ee OT Ne oe OL AIO] 1k,
Page 65
Ist: Adams, Polk, Truman, Monroe, Taft, Hayes, Grant, Arthur,
Reagan. Ford is missing.

377
Solutions
2nd: Enemies cannot be a choice.
Enemies cannot be too careful.
Be careful!
His choice cannot be too careful.
Be careful of his enemies too!
Be enemies of the man!
Be a man!

Page 66
The 62 on the fifth line, sixth column. All numbers
surrounded by 1-digit numbers are lightface.
Page 67
32 squares and rectangles.
Page 68
E.g., February is the only one with only 28 days;
October is the only whose root is numerical (oct means
8); June is the only one with 30 days, the only one with
a solstice in it; May is the only one that also means
something else (“Mother may |"); March is the only one
with an equinox in it; January is the only one with 31
days preceded by another month with 31 days.
Page 69
“A wellwritien life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.”
Page 70
“Cured yesterday of my disease, | died last night of my
physician.”
Page 71
Each of the crabs’ eyes are missing alternatively, first the
right eye, then the left, then the right... One valid sequence
iS NOUR A RG MAM A os

378
Solutions
Page 72
Ist: The last line should be in reverse order: MNOP
(the pattern is alphabetical order from left to right and line
by line from top to bottom).
2nd:

Page 73
ZENITH.
Page 74
8 3
SEA BOO ae
oon ihe)
VO
Z SU
|i te ce:
Sh AAAs te en®
Sad ua
OUe 04

Page 75
Ist: 1 (+ 2) 3 (+ 3) 6 (+ 4) 10 (+ 5) 15
2 (+ 4) 6 (+ 4) 10 (+ 4) 14 (+ 4) 18
8 (+ 6) 14 (+ 6) 20 (+ 6) 26 (+ 6) 32
10(4 11)21 (4 11)
32 (4 11)43 (+ 11) 54.
2nd: She can go to a shoe repair shop. She can buy a new
pair of shoes. She can break the other heel. She can sit
down and cry. She can get a strong person to carry her
home. She can take off her shoes. She can buy some
glue to try and fix it herself.

379
Solutions
Page 76
Ist: E.g., there, the, here, her, about, bout, out.
2nd: 11 (the first prime numbers).

Page 77
Ist: it (a, alone, and, cheaper, down, drag, father, fulltime,
how, |, |, It).
2nd: 74.

Page 78
One circle would intersect a triangle, one square would
be within a circle, zero triangles would enclose a square.
Page 79
Ist: melon, cantaloupe: both are varieties of squash
lemon, lime: both are citrus fruits
lemon, lime: both start with the same letter
lemon, melon: both have exactly the same letters
lemon, melon: both are 5-letter words
clementine, cantaloupe: both are 10-letter words
clementine, lime: the letters of the second are all in the
first.
2nd: 19 (the numerical value of the first letter: S =19: the
second letter: R = 18: the third letter: S = 19: the fourth
letter: S = 19).

Page 80
Ist 13-244 12=.): 1 ht4—8 = 10; 9 1k al Aone
1S 4.1 9 = 19; 24 7 oA ee
2nd: One hundred and seventy five divided by five is... 35.

380
Solutions
Page 81
Vert.: abbey, absent, excite, oar, destroy, it, book;
horiz.: abrupt, adept, car, clip, tell, donkey, suffer,
agonize, scream, big, aid, dew, tired, carrot, asleep,
here, baby, and marry. Marry.
Page 82
"A classic is something that everybody wants to have
read and nobody wants to read.”
Page 83
2095, \.14, 133, 171 -lOO-2094228-
Page 84
WSirGuel den Ode22. 2/4 ooo, Aaa.
2nd: boat, arrow, famous, remains.

Page 85
Ist: E.g., butcher, reporter, blacksmith, electrician, mechanic,
butler, broker.
2nd:E.g.,2+7+64+94+1+3+8= 36.
Page 86
26 squares and rectangles.

Page 87
Us 7 2118 —5|.x 2=3]-= 9:
2nd: joyful, fortunate, favorable, auspicious, blisstul, blithe,
cheerful, delighted, merry, ecstatic, timely.
Page 88
7+84+7+645444+3424+14+24+34+44+5
Ores lee ee tel tl 75

Page 89
For each number that appears in lightface, the reverse of
it also appears in lightface. The 61 on the seventh line,
third column.

781
Solutions
Page 90
Ist: E.g., boiler, doily, spoil,.foil, toil, coil, embroil.
2nd: 91 (- 18) 73 (- 18) 55 (- 18) 37 (- 18) 19
6:19, 875573 (606 «8: 4ole Goose beOneee ee
6x 12+ 1)
10 2=NI9 k 2= 1) 37 ik 2= 11732 he aS
73 (+ 17) 90 (+ 19] 109 (+ 21) 130 (+ 23) PS3:

se [lofi aaa
z7hiol2i| 4[27
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rots|istrelze
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2nd: diving (the only watersport).
Page 92
Ist: Contort,
2nd: E.g., 47 is the only prime number; 132 the only multiple
of 12; 121 the only square; 105 the only multiple of 15:
910 the only multiple of 10; 152 the only multiple of 19.
Page 93
“Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell
them so.”
Page 94
The domino values progress by 1s (1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8). The missing domino has a value of 6 (dot
pattern 3:3, 4:2, or 5:1).

Page 95
Never.

782
Solutions
Page 96
Ist: A complaint is hard to say.
All have come to die.
Strange people had come to live.
How come strange people have it all?
Who is it?
All have to die who had to live.
People die from it.
2nd: Tennis, boxing, golf, polo, archery, kendo, judo, sumo t

rugby. Diving is missing.


Page 97
Ist: care: cheer, blaze, faces, crisp.
2nd: 5261 + 7438 = 12699.
Page 98
“| can resist everything except temptation.”
Page 99
Weite 1 d ) aAe (5 scOli pias Brin9 =100:
2nd: E.g., cat, lion, bear, wolf, badger, fox, zebu, koala,
deer, panda, coyote, goat.

Page 100
isi) [Os:
2nd: convenient (a, a, a, abandoned, altogether, and, as, at,
body, carving, casually, completion).
Page 101
2 8
Aah An 20
4 ll 9 24
Sie 124
| AO
Ze eS
[a 7 AGA M3
BF M53
Come, >
783
Solutions
Page 102
1,3, °11-19,.59,°79, 109 SORIA OA

Page 103
Two circles would intersect a triangle, one square would
be within a circle, one triangle would enclose a square.
Page 104
AVOID.
Page 105
21 squares and rectangles.
Page 106
Ist Eg. 3+1474+64+948
= 34.
2nd: E.g., water polo, tennis, skiing, racing, sailing, skating,
archery.
Page 107
"| could find it in my heart to marry thee, purely to be rid
of thee.”
Page 108
The 14 on the eighth line, seventh column. Every fifth
number is lightface, following a spiral: first row left to
right, second row right to left, third row left to right, etc.
Page 109
E.g.: Champagne is the only one made from grapes, the
only sparkling one; sake is the only one made from rice,
the only Japanese one; rum is the only one made from
sugar cane; gin is the only one made from juniper
berries; whisky is the only colored alcohol (amber).

Page 110
Vert.: actor, farmer, wander, batter, folder, ponder, waiter,
skater, player, hinder, her, wing, cur, killer; horiz.: smoker /

helper, winner, author, singer, joker, were, killer. Killer.


784
Solutions
Page 111
Ist:

Ke
2nd: An A anda D on the fourth line should be reversed to
maintain the symmetry.
Page 112
“Like a wet petal crumpled, twilight fell soddenly on the
weary city.”

Page 113
Ist: The square root of nine plus the square of seven is... 52.
Dn MA 9 SOS Oa Oe eS
Lee eat AERO Oe A er ea

Page 114
Ist: 17, 23: both are prime numbers
64, 48: both are even numbers
64, 48: both are multiples of 8
64, 81: both are squares
48, 81: both are multiples of 3
Ds Me 51 is a multiple of 1
51, 81: both are Ties of 4 ending with a
2nd: tae ae OF 18 (9), 91-9) 0
39 (+ 6} 45 (= 5) 9 (+ 6) 15 (= 5) 3
30 (+ 3) 33 (+ 3) 36 (+ 3) 39 (+ 3) 42
1 (+ 2) 23 (+ 4) 27 (+ 6) 33 (4 8) 41.

Page 115
Pete Ae ee ee DD)
2nd: E.g., can, did, date, ate, ship, hip, candid.

78?
Solutions
Page 116
Each crab has one leg or claw less then the previous
one. The sequence should be 9, 2, 8, 3, 6, 5, 4, I, 7.

Page 117
Ist: nana, organ, doctor, florist.
2ndiek gee8 14g BVO2Op 23 ae? Br 2 BARES:

Page 118
Ist: 29 (the numerical value of the first consonant + the
numerical value of each first vowel: C +1 =12, D+ U
=25,R+O= 33,N+4+0 = 29).
2nd: bay, window: they form the term bay windows
bay, ocean: both are bodies of water
bay, sky: both are 3-letter words ending in Y
pane, window: they form the word window pane
boat, ocean: boats sail on the ocean
pane, plane: they rhyme
plane, sky: planes fly in the sky.

Page 119
2+7+14+345424+3410474+14+14+1+4
144424+54+54+34+44+3+4+7+4+3=80

Page 120
Ist: dissemble, allege, feign, simulate, profess, imagine, fake,
claim, aspire, act.
2nd: (6+5-9)x 4+8 = 1.

Page 121
Ist: objects (and, art, as, baskets, craftsmanship, gives, gives,
imagination, imagination, is, many, modern).
2nd: 8.

786
Solutions

Page 123
bd OO; 143,374, 280100:
Page 124
25 squares and rectangles.
Page 125
Ist: 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 (prime numbers from 5 to 17)
10, 6, 13, 1, 13 (the numerical value of the first letter of
the first five months: j, f, m, a, m]
12 (+ 1) 13 (-4) 9 (4 1) 10 (-4) 6
50 (— 40) 10 (+ 30) 40 (— 20) 20 (+ 10) 30.
2nd: E.g., feather, weather, sheath, great, heat, cheat, seat.

Page 126
One circle would intersect a triangle, zero squares would
be within a circle, zero triangles would enclose a square.
Page 127
Ist: E.g., tea, gin, eggnog, tonic, tequila, coffee, lemonade.
2nd:E.g.,7+2+44+41494+84+34+5=39.

Page 128
“A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener
with constant use.”
787
Solutions
Page 129
Ist: E.g.: 3 is the only prime number, the only number that
divides 4 of the others; 96 is the only multiple of 12;
9 is the only square; 14 is the only multiple of 7;
50 is the only multiple of 10; 27 is the only cube.
2nd: Wayward.

Page 130
Ist: penguin (the only one that is not a mammal).
2nd:

Page 131
“Money speaks sense in a language all nations
understand."

Page 132
Roast beef and apple pie.

Page 133
The lightface numbers in each column add up to 80. The
8 on the third line, sixth column.

Page 134
Ist: E.g., piano, lute, organ, bell, harp, violin, drum, oboe,
trumpet, banjo, fife, horn.
2nd: k+ 2-+(3 3A) 5S Ob 7 eter 0)

388
Solutions
Page 135
The dominoes progress so that the difference between the
dots on each side of each domino is 1 (6 dots — 5 dots
on the 1 1-dot domino}, 2 (6 — 4), 3 (3-0), 4 (5-1), 5
(5 — O}, 6 (6 — O). The missing domino has a “difference
value” of 6 (dot pattern 6:0).
Page 136
es ee ace A Oe / oe a Oe
2-Ss+tO=
4°23 -/7 =O S464 7220.
2nd: Eight times nine divided by the sum of two and ten is... . 6.
Page 137
“An expert is one who knows more and more about less
and less."
Page 138
E.g.: Tennis is the only individual sport, the only one
played with a racket; hockey is the only one played on
ice, the only one played with a puck; rugby is the only
one played with an oval ball, the only one played with
both hands and feet; basketball is the only one with a
basket.
Page 139
Ist: claret, tea, juice, soda, vodka, water, beer, milk, ale,
syrup, colfee. Gin is missing.
2nd: He is fond of people.
People want things.
He is fond of giving things he does not use to people.
People use them for making things.
He is not fond of them.
People want things which have no use.
Which things does he want to use?

789
Solutions
Page 140
Lsk oak: .
2nd: he (a, acquired, arm, behind, behind, by, clearing,
difficult, even, existence, flourish, had).

Page 141
COLD.
Page 142
ISROS NOR SOF MOP ATEZZ OB 277

Page 143
51 squares and rectangles.
Page 144
Ist: The F and G should be reversed (the pattern is each line
is in alphabetical order with the two middle letters
reversed).
2nd:

Page 145
Vert.: hale, hair, hand, face, percolator, mail, coil, bath,
lash, boil, egg, chariot; horiz.: tooth, death, grain, eagle,
broom, winter, cleaner, altimeter, barometer, vein, acid,
but, chariot. Chariot.

Page 146
Ist Eg. 2+74+64+94+8+4+3= 35.
2nd: E.g., carrot, cauliflower, artichoke, radish, asparagus,
romaine, celery.

390
Solutions
Page 147
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t4r F132
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AAS, 1; 624
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ALTOS

Page 148
Ist: E.g., not, with, stand, wit, it, standing, tan.
2nd: 2 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in alphabetical order).

Page 149
“A plausible impossibility is always preferable to an
unconvincing possibility.”
Page 150
Ist: lake, adept, ballet, exhibit.
Diet at 153 PROS MONS 1220 VOB RAGE A8ta| 2N27.

Page 151
One circle would intersect a triangle, zero squares would
be within a circle, two triangles would enclose a square.

Page 152
The 14 on the fourteenth line, second column. Each
lightface number says how many numbers you need to
move forward to get the next lightface number, etc.

791
Solutions
Page 153
Ist) 1 (+ 1) 2 (+ 173 [+ 1)4 (+ Ips
2 (+ 2) 4 (+ 2) 6 (+ 2) 8 (+ 2) 10
2 (+ 1) 3 (+ 3) 6 (+ 5) 11 (+ 7) 18
1 (+ 1) 2 (+ 2) 4 (+ 3) 7 (+ 4) 11.
2nd: 61, 16: both are composed of the same two digits
44, 11: both are composed of one repeated digit
44,11: 44 is a multiple of 11
16, 32: 32 is a multiple of 16
32, 44: both are multiples of 4
32, 44: both are even numbers
39, 89: both have the same second digit.
Page 154
"Straightfaced in his cunning sleep, he pulls the legs of
his dreams.”
Page 155
Ist: 9 (the numerical value of the last vowel: | = 9, | = 9,
[ae [7G
2nd: bottle, water: they form the word water bottle
bottle, lobe: the letters of the second are alll in the first
bottle, bowl: both are containers for liquids
cloud, water: clouds are water vapor
cloud, gas: gas can be seen in clouds
lobe, nose: both are facial features
joke, gas: “It's a gas!" and joke both relate to having fun.
Page 156
SP 2 PFET BS O15 44 Spey ee Os
+ OF 2 2OSOLS+ Cor F721 = 170

392
Solutions
Page 157
Each of the whole crabs is alternated with one of those
that has something new missing. One valid sequence is
LS Bea eo AOS
Page 158
“They spend their time mostly looking forward to the past.”
Page 159
Bs 928
= 3)x 224i 7.
2nd: immutable, continual, regular, ceaseless, perpetual,
invariable, stable, dependable, incessant, loyal, steady.
Page 160
Ist: E.g., shower, chowder, howl, however, anyhow, show,
chow.
BiG wie 2 A+ 2) 6 4-2) Bisa ih
2 (+ 2) 4 (+2) 6 (=2) 4 (= 2) 2
1 (+ 1) 2 (+ 2) 4 (+ 3) 7 (+ 4) 11
6 (+ 5) 11 - 4) 7 [+ 3) 10 - 2) 8.
Page 161
Ist: is (a, as, be, but, buys, buys, cheaper, cow, do, in, is, is).
J)Wet osVAey
Page 162
21 squares and rectangles.
Page 163
BAB 06.85) 1877374408:
Page 164
Ist: E.g.: 23 is the only prime number; 56 is the only multiple
of 7; 144 is the only square, the only multiple of 12;
55 is the only one composed of one repeated digit;
110 is the only multiple of 10; 216 is the only cube.
2nd: Games or Mages.

293
Solutions
Page 165
Ist: E.g., rhinoceros, gazelle, hare, horse, goat, raccoon,
whale.
2nd: E.g., 1+34+64+84+54+74+44+9=43.

Page 166
“That vice pays hommage to virtue is notorious; we call if
hypocrisy.”

Page 167
Ist: pilz7] 8[9[15
i3f14}20|26]7,
25/6 [i2|T8f19)
iz[2a}oals[11
[4fiofia|zz}ze
2nd: cedar (the only evergreen).

Page 168
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toe a4
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TOngar G24 30
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Aor
Page 169
Ist: One hundred and forty four is the square of . . . 12.
2nd:8+7-6=9,;94+94+9=27:7-64+9=10:
8+9-7=10774+9-6=)10; 649-926)

394
Solutions
Page 170
The dominoes progress so that for each domino whose
two sides are of the same value there is another domino
of the same total value (1:1 = 2:0, 3:3 =5:1, 5:5 =
6:4). The missing domino has a value of 10 (dot pattern
6:4).

Page 171
Ist (1 + 2)x3-4-54647+4+84+92 30.
2nd: E.g., pepper, mint, sage, curry, dill, nutmeg, basil, thyme,
paprika, fennel, tarragon, chives.
Page 172
Ist: Time puzzles me.
Time them!
Think about nothing.
| think about space, and nothing troubles me more.
| think less about space than time.
| think about nothing more than nothing.
Space puzzles me, yet nothing troubles me.
2nd: banjo, harp, violin, piano, cornet, bell, drum, trumpet,
organ. Guitar is missing.

Page 173
Wei 1357/4 0439 = 7790.
2nd: weak: bleak, koala, yawns, weedy.

Page 174
Vert.: feline, ermine, chain, outline, concubine, fine, wine,
dime, spine, train, quinine; horiz.: ravine, vermin, dine,
fin, win, saline, if, undine, line, opine, blind, grain, plain.
Quinine.

799
Solutions
Page 175
E.g.: Snake is the only one that doesn’t start with the
same letter as any of the others, the only reptile, the only
egg-layer; possum is the only marsupial; puma is the only
feline; dolphin is the only marine mammal; deer is the
only one with antlers.
Page 176
SEARCH.

Page 177
All the lightface numbers are prime. The 47 on the ninth
line, fourth column.

Page 178
Four circles would intersect a triangle, one square would
be within a circle, zero triangles would enclose a square.
Page 179
“| like work: it fascinates me. | can sit and look at it for
hours.”

Page 180
bsixeot AG.
2nd: nothing [a, a, all, are, are, at, catalogue, entertaining,
half, |, more, much).
Page 181
28 squares and rectangles.
Page 182
lys2ucl. heb+, 2BeA
eG eobSnlig 8 leibel

396
Solutions
Page 183
ish

2nd: The B and the Y in the first column should be reversed. (The
pattern is down the columns, from left to right, the letters fill
in every other circle alphabetically; the rest of the circles
are filled in alphabetically up the columns from right to lef).
Page 184
Ist Eg, 3454+4+24+47+4+64+1+4+8=2
36.
2nd: E.g., cart, car, ship, scooter, canoe, raft, shuttle.
Page 185
Ist: 11 (42, +2, +2, +2, +2).
2nd: E.g., war, are, house, man, use, ware, warehouse.
Page 186
Ist: You buy him an alarm clock. You give a bonus for
punctuality. You reduce his pay by the amount of time he
arrived late. You call him every morning to wake him up.
You get him to live closer to the oftice. You set all his
clocks forward. You change his working hours.
2nd: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 (prime numbers from 2 to 11)
Delores Anno Oi) a) pao) Gi 12 ]I
OO eel 2) 484-12) 36 = 12024 12) 12
15 (= 5) 3 (x 4) 12 (= 3) 4 {x 2) 8.
Page 187
“He never does a proper thing without giving an
improper reason for it.”

397
Solutions
Page 188
Ist: mouth, jug: both have round openings
mouth, scream: screams are emitted by mouths
mouth, eyes: both are facial features
cry, eyes: eyes cry fears
potato, eyes: potatoes have eyes
cry, scream: both are expressions of anger or despair
cry, jug: both are 3-letter words.
2nd: 8 (+1 in alphabetical order, starting at 5 for Corn).

Page 189
Sie CoG hel OO sey Pei oO), te he ey on) ae
2nd: tool, petal, damsel, mankind.

Page 190
Vs? +9 -—625:4-14+8S [17/7 —-5 4 9=
2+44+7=13;9+1-5=5,6+8-92=5.,
2nd: Nine and four minus the product of six times two is... 1.

Page 191
8 1
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Page 192
Ist: error, misjudge, gatte, blunder, oversight, misconstrue,
misunderstand, misstep.
2nd: [9+ 8—(S<1}2
026,

398
Solutions
Page 193
"Pleasure is after all a safer guide than either right or duty.”

Page 194
Ist: orange (the only citrus fruit).

and: [17] 9 [21113130]


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Page 195
Ist) 19, 13, 7, 3, 1 (every second prime number in reverse
order)
7,11, 13, 17, 19 (the prime numbers from 7 to 19)
7,17, 37, 47, 67 (prime numbers ending in 7)
19 (+9) 28 (+9) 37 (+9) 46 (+9) 55.
2nd: E.g., nauseate, seam, search, seal, season, seat,
seamstress.

Page 196
As the numbers progress consecutively, each new
lightface number increases by one more unit than the
previous one (1 + 1 =24+2=44+35=7...4+ 13=
92). The 2 on the first line, second column.

Page 197 |
| Orr oS 6 477 BiG iy LON eBOH 24 +
FOP ode WO Ss 48 1S 420 AO: = 21.0

Page 198
4. (One man and his sister. One of them has a son and
one of them has a daughter—it doesn’t matter which has
which.}

399
Solutions
Page 199
Ist: Cents or sentence. .
2nd: E.g., 64 is the only even number, the only multiple of 8,
the only square; 65 is the only multiple of 5; 21 is the
only multiple of 7; 27 is the only multiple of 9; 223 is the
only one greater than the sum of any two of the others.
Page 200
34 squares and rectangles.
Page 201
Vert.: later, plough, reaper, noise, mower, latin, clown;
horiz.: table, motif, adore, stamp, means, shadow,
peeler, blower, cutter, dredge, engine, abolish, packer,
spinner. Spinner.
Page 202
“lt was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.”

Page 203
Two circles would intersect a triangle, three squares
would be within a circle, one triangle would enclose
a square.
Page 204
Ist: jest stare, joint, najas, tress.
2nd: 6521 + 7976 = 14497.
Page 205
The dominoes progress so that a domino with a blank
alternates with one without and the sum of the dots on
each of the dominoes is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The missing
domino has a value of 1 (dot pattern 0:1).

Page 206
Ist: E.g., apple, kiwi, grape, litchi, orange, plum, cherry,
banana, lime, guava, berry, mango.
2nd: 1+2-34+4+5+6+(7x8)+9= 80.
400
Solutions
Page 207
Ist: Beckett, Lang, Wilde, Twain, Aiken, Mann, Amis, Saki,
Eliot, Hardy. Waugh is missing.
2nd: People judge by appearances.
Do not judge.
It is shallow.
Who is only shallowe
Who is it?
Judge it not by appearances.
ls it only shallow people who judge by appearances?
Page 208
Alternate the crab with the least remaining dots with the
one with the most remaining dots. The sequence should
Peal eon OO Orta /e Or 3,
Page 209
Ist: London (amount, bad, clean, flirt, husbands, in, in, is, is,
It, It, linen).
2nd: 64.
Page 210
"Fortune is full of fresh variety: constant in nothing but
inconstancy.”
Page 211
Ist: E.g., carmine, tan, ecru, red, crimson, lavender, sable.
2nd:E.g.,5+6+3+84+4+9+7=A42.
Page 212
Oe an
Ares 13) t a0
AS? Cay,
20a he
9 A]
Wines |
| Adis 4 8.4 42
Oreo
Onno!

401
Solutions
Page 213
Sekifre2 was) Ol 83 Mts, “223:
Page 214
Ist: E.g., fun, fund, dam, dame, men, tall, tally.
2nd: 21 (+2, +3, +4, +5, +6).
Page 215
LIZARD.

Page 216
Ist: The second A and the second B should be reversed (the
pattern is each horizontal line is symmetrical).
2nd:

(A duck.)
Page 217
The 32 on the fifth line, fourth column. The lightface
numbers are numbers following a prime number.
Page 218
TSIMELGY ili’ th SLO, Ae Oop ag aeieee
2nd: pail, plump, mutate, blatant.
Page 219
18 squares and rectangles.
Page 220
Three circles would intersect a triangle, one square would
be within a circle, one triangle would enclose a square.
Page 221
"A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you
can invent.”

402
Solutions
Page 222
“In silence they stood, in mortal silence, under that
immortal snow-dark silent sky.”

Page 223
Ist: The square root of two hundred and twenty five is... 15.
2nd: 3+6+6=15;8+6-11=3;7-94+5=3;
3:8 37d; Ob O39 = 30-14 +5250,

Page 224
Ist Eg. 3454+44+2 +14+84+94+6=2=
38.
2nd: E.g., Carroll, Aiken, Blake, Bradbury, Bronté, Cervantes,
Bierce.

Page 225
“She had a penetrating sort of laugh, rather like a train
going into a tunnel.”
Page 226
Vert.: galaxy, acceptability, penicillin, tomb, ban, game;
horiz.: hurt, milk, wine, yoghurt, soul, nail, coffee,
drawers, circus, ball, pub, trellis, checked. Checked.

Page 227
Ist? 28 (— 7) 21 (+ 5} 26 (— 3) 23 (+ 1) 24
22 (+ 4) 26 (+ 8) 34 (+ 4) 38 (+ 8) 46
37 (+ 1} 38 (— 2) 36 (+ 3) 39 (- 4) 35
12 (+ 12) 24 (+ 12) 36 (+ 12) 48 (+ 12) 60.
2nd: You hitchhike. You give up. You call a garage. You repair
with the kit you always have on you. You call a tow truck.
You push your bike to the nearest town. You kick your
bike a few times, then abandon it on the side of the
road; it'll just have to find its own way home.

403
Solutions

[sth 48:
2nd: of (Ambition, and, and, and, Arithmetic, begin, branches,
course, Derision, different, Distraction, Mock).

Page 229
Ist: cat, scratch: cats scratch
cat, scratch: the letters of the first are all in the second
cat, cream: the cat got at the cream
cat, mint: catrip is a kind of mint
milk, cream: cream comes from milk
milk, mint: both are 4-letter words beginning with M
milk, silk: they rhyme.
2nd: 10 (the number of letters in each desert).

Page 230
14+3444+4544+4+3424+1404+44+24+141
424+34+14+341434+14+24+44+24+24+0+
6+5+4+8+4+2= 80

Page 231
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Ay? 1420
TOsia 2a
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HORT Ys
Sie a, Valsts 8,
Dep A
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Page 232
SAAS, 21, 35, Oy Js Sane 9 Gel eee

404
Solutions
Page 233
Ist 84+9-(3x1)+2=7.
2nd: ludicrous, nonsensical, daft, silly, senseless, injudicious,
idiotic, ridiculous, imprudent, unwise, absurd.

Page 234
Ist: E.g., stingy, stink, tine, instinct, patina, matinee, tingle.
endrait aLOV FS te oLOh 23+ oLO) a+ 1OMas
9 (+ 4) 13 (+ 5) 18 (4+ 6) 24 [4+ 7) 31
2 (+ 11) 13 (— 3) 10 (+ 11)21 (- 3) 18
21 (- 12) 9 (+ 9) 18 (- 6) 12 (4 3) 15.

Page 235
Ist: ro[aa]ni[23]6
pol2i} rele[12
ro|14}28|25}10
BO}7 |2a]13}20
hsfa7{rahi7[i9
2nd: cello (the only string instrument).

Page 236
Ist: Clever.
2nd: E.g., 64 is the only square, the only even number; 133 is
the only multiple of 7, the only odd number not also a
prime number, the only multiple of 19, the only multiple of
2 prime numbers; 71 is the only odd number the sum of
whose digits is even.
Page 237
Andrew's boat is the Seagull.
Bertram’s boat is the Faithtul.
Charles’ boat is the Mary Jane.

407
Solutions
Page 238
33 squares and rectangles.
Page 239
Ist: fast: staff, flail, taffy, taste.
2nd: Zui A370 = O507 .

Page 240
The lightface numbers consist of twelve numbers: six
numbers that have swapped position with six other
numbers and are therefore out of sequence. The 60 on
the third line, first column.

Page 241
E.g., piano is the only one that can't be carried, the only
keyboard instrument; violin is the only one played with a
bow; drum is the only percussion instrument that is a
basic member of an orchestra; flute is the only
woodwind; trumpet is the only brass; guitar is the only
one whose strings are both strummed and plucked.
Page 242
“The silence went straight from rapt to fraught without
pausing at pregnant.”
Page 243
Two circles would intersect a triangle, one triangle would
be within a circle, three triangles would intersect a circle.

Page 244
The dominoes progress so that the sum of the dots on
each of the dominoes, alternating doubles with dominoes
with blanks, is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The missing domino has
a value of 6 or O (dot pattern 3:3 or 0:0).

406
Solutions
Page 245
Ist: E.g., fir, coconut, fig, cedar, rowan, orange tree, copper
beech. ~
2nd: E.g..1+7+4+94+2+8+6= 37.

Page 246
Ist: Only | can shut the doors.
| shut the doors to life.
The doors of many apartments can shut.
Shut the doors!
Yet can | describe life?
Can | rest¢
| can only describe life as shut doors to large apartments.
2nd: dagger, sword, saber, rapier, sling, flail, lance, spear.
Glaive is missing.
Page 247
Ist: 20 (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 in alphabetical order).
2nd: E.g., her, here, ere, in, aft, atter, rein.
Page 248
"Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men
who have no opinions.”
Page 249
Ist: |

=,
2nd: The A on the second line, second column and the C on
the third line, third column should be reversed (the pattern
is a symmetrical arrangement of each upperleft to lower-
right diagonal).

407
Solutions
Page 250
PLAY.
Page 251
Ist: film, motif, bonsai, certain.
2nd Ege 24-350) 620733, 14, Vo, 44 2 hee

Page 252
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pa ee20
9 A3
y.0 bee b
(eo Waa, 6 6 40
GF LOU
= meetel@
Page 253
Ist: mother (all, dripping, electricity, her, her, horrible, house,
in, invisibly, latter, life, lived).
2nd: 8:
Page 254
Two squares would intersect a circle, two squares would
intersect a triangle, one triangle would enclose a circle.
Page 255
14 squares and rectangles.
Page 256
Ist VU +7 6 LOO 7 ae Ore ie
VP TO eT Se 1A 7 eG Oe ee eae)
2nd: Thirteen times the square root of sixteen is... 52.

408
Solutions
Page 257
“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”

Page 258
Ist Eg,64+24+54+844+14+7 233.
2nd: E.g., aster, marigold, magnolia, mimosa, japonica,
snowdrop, narcissus.
Page 259
Oe ete Leos Aor Oa 20, O2e a
Page 260
Ist: 16 (the numerical value of the first consonant: T = 20,
Meas,o1=2) Dip Si 6).
2nd: acute, hairy: both are 5-letter words
acute, dumb: they are antonyms
acute, mute: they rhyme
dumb, mute: they are synonyms
dumb, mute: both are 4-letter words
head, hairy: they start with the same consonant
air, hairy: the first word is in the second.
Page 261
Vert.: evasion, pan, dynamic, cunning, hairy, ill, wise,
strong, dainty, languid, out; horiz.: charm, beauty, kind,
weak, fat, dab, happy, shyness, lonely, afraid, guilt,
emotion, zesty, out. Out.
Page 262
Ist: 61, 73: both are prime numbers
22, 11: both are composed of one repeated digit
11, 22: 22 is a multiple of 11
A2, 63: both are multiples of 7
54, 63: both are multiples of 9
54, 63: the sum of their digits equals 9
A2, 54: both are multiples of 6.

409
: Solutions
Qnd: 21 {+ 11)32 (+ 12)44 (+ 13) 57 (+ 14) 71
36 (+ 8) 44 (+ 12) 56 (+ 16) 72 (+ 20) 92
87 (- 15) 72 (- 11)61 (- 15} 46 |- 11) 35
59 (— 13)46 (+ 12) 58 (- 11) 47 (+ 10) 57.

Page 263
“Life was a funny thing that happened fo me on the way
to the grave.”
Page 264
Ist: pertinent, rational, wise, cogent, valid, reasonable,
judicious, sound, coherent, relevant, obvious.
2nd: {6 #5 = Osea we Ss.

Page 265
All the lightface numbers are prime. The 23 on the
fourteenth line, fifth column.

Page 266
Ist: emu (the only flightless bird).

2nd: hah2{9 [22}10]


15]8 [19] 2 [25

2ifis}o p74
Page 267
"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly; it should be
thrown with great force."
Page 268
Yes.

410
Solutions
Page 269
Poe Sera ae th 6 ew ORE El ce Oe |
Ara egal Ol 20 VO Bh 8 8 2 te Vee We 25
+314+9444+44+44+84+34+6+12=270

Page 270
iS om Key
2nd: heard (a, a, a, a, and, as, brick, carried, encourage,
had, have, he).

Page 271
Ist: 1 (+ 2) 3 (- 3) O (+ 2) 2 (- 3) -1
O (+ 4) 4 (- 2) 2 (4+ 4) 6 (- 2) 4
Corea 2) OntAO (4 2) 12
eo Ota7 el lO) | Boe) 1
2nd: E.g., where, were, heretic, severe, centered, mere,
perennial.
Page 272
kesReape oe aha cleuste iad ll 5
2nd: quit: quilt, moist, quote, equal.

Page 273
Ist: E.g., 85 is the only multiple of 5, the only mutiple of 17;
256 is the only even number, the only square; 231 is the
only multiple of 11, the only multiple of 3, the only
multiple of 7.
2nd: Coconut.
Page 274
27 squares and rectangles.

411
Solutions
Page 275
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Zee Ue
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An? Saree Sh 3G
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Page 276
1,4, 9,16, 36,642 20, 14422, CAO es?Be
Page 277
Two circles would intersect a triangle, five triangles would
be within a square, three triangles would intersect a square.

Page 278
“| would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn’t
send one.”

Page 279
The dominoes progress so that the product of the dots on
each side of each domino is O (07), 1 (12), 4 (22),
9 (37), 16 (4%), 25 (5%). The missing domino has a value
of 16 (dot pattern 4:4).

Page 280
E.g.: One is the only one that is also its own square, the
only one that egually divides all the others, the only one
that begins with O; two is the only one that is even and
prime, the only one whose square is one of the others; six
is the only one that is a product of three of the others;
seven is the only odd number that doesn't end in e.

412
Solutions
Page 281
Ist: E.g., harmonica, bassoon, horn, bugle, banjo, harp,
bagpipes.
2nd:E.g.,6+3+4+7+5+2=27.
Page 282
Ist: E.g., kin, kind, hear, ear, art, heart, he.
2nd: 19 (the prime numbers from 5 to 19).
Page 283
Ist: Brazil, Japan, Ghana, Gabon, Egypt, Italy, Mexico,
France, Russia. Peru is missing.
2nd: That thief has the treasure.
First stop the thief.
He that cries first is out.
He cries out that he has the treasure.
Stop thief!
“The treasure is stolen!” he cries.
He is the first that cries.

Page 284
Ist: The second B and the second C on the last line should
be reversed (the pattern is on each line the first two
letters are the same as the last two letters).
2nd:

Page 285
GAMES.
Page 286
The 62 on the fifth line, sixth column. Every lighttace
number is surrounded by one-digit numbers.

413
Solutions
Page 287
O is. . . 42.
Ist: The sum of the first seven even numbers including
nd: 34+4-5=2.7-34+5=9 3-14+9381;
347-327. 4O 1 = Op Pe.
Page 288
Ist: calm, alack, weaken, knotted.
2nd: E:g:, 61, 487, 499) ABP OIS P96 35, Ol, 37 2
Page 289
“Oozing charm from every pore, he oiled his way around
the floor.”
Page 290
“A noisy man is always in the right.”
Page 291
Ist: met (another, asked, but, but, but, but, but, knew, looked,
looked, loved, loved).
2nd: 88.
Page 292
“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look
farther than you can see.”

Page 293
21 squares and rectangles.
Page 294
Vert.: rat, pin, dip, vim, tin, peg, nail, wine, glove,
disgust, inclined; horiz.: summon, escape, welcome,
laughter, curved, pocket, servant, pretend, inverted,
violent, suffer. Suffer.

Page 295
22,95, ALyiN98 204A pee, BE ORS Oe aot

414
Solutions
Page 296
7 4
bOsGelorelis30
8 9 8220
2a 128
| a3
ele gls
| Ae 3 21
ae’
Sp ass)

Page 297
Ist: 4 (the numerical value of the first letter = 2: W = 23 = 2,
Va 20) 2, N = 22 = 20s ey
2nd: dog, bone: dogs love bones
dog, dodge: the letters of the first are all in the second
dog, tail: dogs have tails
dog, tail: as verbs, they are synonyms
bounce, bone: the letters of the second are alll in the first
escape, dodge: they are synonyms
escape, cap: the letters of the second are all in the first.
Page 298
Two circles would intersect a triangle, two triangles would
be within a square, three squares would intersect a circle.

Page 299
All the lightface numbers are multiples of 7. The 49 on
the fifth line, second column.

Page 300
Ist Eg, 2+14+64+34+744+5= 28.
2nd: E.g., coat, socks, turtleneck, corduroys, smock, tuxedo,
cummerbund.

41%
Solutions
Page 301
Ist: |(7G = ixtzeeae
2nd: dissemble, withhold, shelter, screen, obscure, cache,
hide, secrete, occult, veil, dissimulate.

Page 302
De A ge6 + B10 4 1464 1S + 7-4 1S $e
+243 4454 9:5912 4 LOS DNS 12 7
242421423 4+ 25 £27 FO+ ZFS Pee
300.

Page 303
Ist: epeayra]7[3
i7[4 [6[arfie
i 3/5[20
p2fio] 9[14r2
2 pshsfis[s.
2nd: pirogue (the only one without a sail).
Page 304
Ist: E.g., donkey, monkey, keyed, keyboard, keyhole,
hockey, pokey.
2nd: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 (prime numbers]
5 (+ 2) 7 (+ 2) 9 (+ 2) 11 (+ 2) 13
11 (+ 2) 13 (+ 2) 15 (+ 2) 17(4+ 2) 19
7,11, 13, 17, 19 (prime numbers from 7 to 19).

Page 305
Ist: “5391 + 6804-= 12198.
2nd: damp: pedal, prime, games, cards.

416
Solutions
Page 306
Ist: E.g., 27 is the only cube; 144 is the only square, the
only even number, the only multiple of 12; 235 is the
only multiple of 5; 63 is the only multiple of 7; 117 is the
only multiple of 13.
2nd: Monotony.
Page 307
“If people behaved in the way nations do, they would all
be put in straightjackets.”

Page 308
The dominoes progress by 2s (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11). The
missing domino has a value of 1 (dot pattern 1:0).

Page 309
He is tall, has black eyes, and is wearing a raincoat, not a
hat.

Page 310
"I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father.”

Page 311
E.g.: Rose is the only one that is also a color, the only
one with thorns, the only climbing plant; iris is the only
one that grows from a bulb, the only one that grows in or
near water; magnolia is the only evergreen; azalea is the
only one with both the first and last letters of the alphabet.

Page 312
A8 squares and rectangles.

Page 313
ise t (2-4 3.
— 4 + 5, — Oo}.
2nd: (6 ip par, part, art, tic, pat, pate, aie.

417
Solutions
Page 314
Ist: | slew him with the hoe.
| taught him to hoe.
Come to the door.
There come no more to the door.
No, | slew him there.
| taught with him.
No hoe slew him.
2nd: Biwa, Michigan, Huron, Hula, No, Dao, Como, Mead,
Leman, Chad, Erie, Eyre. Leman is missing.
Page 315
Ist: | |

2nd: The B on the second line, third column and the A on the
fourth line, fifth column should be reversed (the pattern is
that each line has a symmetric arrangement).
Page 316
VENICE.

Page 317
Tsk SEG: ah Od OO. Al aA oc Oech | ale2
2nd: hour, shove, review, wavelet.

rege stl
Ketel BGR 3 = 728 A ey oe oe
VS 8469S 1297 — Se OSS =
2nd: The product of the first four prime numbers is .. . 30.

Page 319
“There is a superstition in avoiding superstition.”

418
Solutions

2nd: fools (a, a, all, amongst, and, at, but, but, by, come,
dice, fool).

Page 321
Visteole 9A84) 25 1S") AS dei oF|
2 (+ 3) 5 (+ 4) 9 (+ 5) 14 (+ 6) 20
1 (+ 6) 7 (+ 7) 14 (+ 8) 22 (+ 9) 31
1 9 (+ 6) 25 (+ 6) 31 (+ 6) 37 (+ 6) 43.
2nd: | 21, 81: both are squares
| 21, 44: both are multiples of 11
] 21, 212: both are composed of the same digits
44, 212: both are even numbers
44, 212: both are multiples of 4
27, 81: 81 is a multiple of 27
163, 347: both are prime numbers.

Page 322
(eA? GAD 204 00m 109, 170,324; 200"

Page 323
7 9
Aaah 4/% 8220
10 4 Cel
(ee)
| 36
Para Re
Bi piand Brig
| AZ,
22 eie OG

419
Solutions
Page 324
Ist: band, age: they form the word bandage
band, stage: bands play on stage
band, strap: they are synonyms
band, instrument: bands play instruments
age, stage: they rhyme
age, agent: the letters of the first are all in the second
agent, instrument: they are synonyms.
2nd: 8 (the number of letters of each drink x 2).
Page 325
Vert.: sensation, lion, toil, piano, audio, radio, emotion,
ionic; horiz.: ovation, fiction, caption, action, scion, pain,
main, coin, mission, version, tension, cushion, nib, skin,
ionic.
Page 326
Alternate a gray crab with a white crab, the gray crabs
getting paler each time. One valid sequence is 7, 5, 9,
LPR FP Lewd ENSe
Page 327
Two circles would intersect a triangle, zero squares would
be within a circle, zero triangles would enclose a square.
Page 328
“| was so long writing my review that | never got around
to reading the book.”
Page 329
Ist 1-24+3-44+5+4+ (6x7)+84+9= 62.
2nd: E.g., lisbon, Dakar, Boston, Madrid, Tokyo, Canberra,
Oslo, Tampa, London, Rabat, Lome, Austin.
Page 330
Ist: mollity, conciliate, appease, calm, assuage, satisfy,
soothe, pacify, humor.
2nd: [9 + 8-(2x7)]
+3 =1.

420
Solutions
Page 331
64 squares and rectangles.

Page 332
Ist: titian (not a shade of blue).

2nd: 8 {16]25]
4[12]
219113/17]5|
|2 |15]19]23]6|
rafz2f
7[rohia
Page 333
“She was a machine-gun riddling her hostess with
sympathy."

Page 334
Ist: byre: rusty, yearn, beard, robin.
2nd. 7930 + A526 = 124506,

Page 335
14243454546474+7424+54+549++5
+54+24+44745424+64+5424+34+2444
ie= EO,

Page 336
Edward's daughter is Helen; his house is Florence.
Francis’s daughter is Elisa; his house is Helen.
George's daughter is Gabby; his house is Elisa.
Harry's daughter is Isabella; his house is Gabby.
Isaac's daughter is Florence; his house is |sabella.

421
Solutions
Page 337
Ist: 1 (+ 4) 5 (+ 4) 9 (+ 4).
13 (+ 4) 17
A (+ 9) 13 (+ 9) 22 (+ 9) 31 (+ 9) 40
el 7puteZe Bile Ape7) 29
3,11, 17, 29, 41 (prime numbers that, when added to
another prime number, total 100: e.g., 3 + 97 = 100).
2nd: E.g., vacation, indicate, catalogue, scathing, cathedral,
cater, scat.

Page 338
E.g., Orange is the only citrus fruit, the only one which
can be peeled without a knife; blueberry is the only one
whose seeds you eat, the only berry; melon is the only
one that grows on a vine; pineapple is the only word that
contains one of the others (apple), melon is the only
word that is an anagram for another fruit (lemon).

Page 339
Ist: Great.
2nd: E.g., 13 is the only prime number; 22 is the only multiple
of 11, the only even number; 9 is the only square, the
only multiple of 3; 35 is the only multiple of 5; 119 is the
only multiple of 17.
Page 340
ls S542,
= 3, + 24952 - OF
2nd: E.g., dip, diploma, mat, tic, call, ally, all.

Page 341
The domino values are the first six prime numbers (1, 2,
3,5, 7, 11). The missing domino has a value of 3 (dot
pattern O:3 orl :2).

422
Solutions
Page 342
Ist: You hold one and grab the other one with your foot. You
nail one to the wall. You set one of them swinging then
grab the other. You lengthen one with a piece of string.
You climb onto a step ladder. You call someone to help
you. You swing on one of the ropes.
2nd: 9 (+ 7) 16 (+ 5) 21 (+ 3) 24 (+ 1) 25
O (02) 4 (22) 16 (42) 36 (62) 64 (82)
3 (x 4) 12 (+ 4) 16 (x 4) 64 (+ 4) 68
3 (x 3) 9 (+ 3) 12 (x 3) 36 (+ 3) 39.
Page 343
Ist: even (a, against, and, as, at, be, can, despise, despise,
dig, eminent, entirely).
Ande
Page 344
Ist: The P on the second line, second column and the R on
the fourth line second column should be reversed (the
pattern is each upper-right to lowerlett diagonab consists
of one repeated letter).
2nd:

Page 345
Ist: Raven, eagle, flamingo, finch, owl, sparrow, goose,
crane, heron. Stork is missing.
2nd: Her husband is that big man.
She got a big fish, her husband a poor one.
That man is her poor husband.
Her husband is poor, but he can fish.
This man can get her a fish.
This man is the one that can get the nearest to her.
Her husband reasons “! can get away.”
423
Solutions
Page 346
4 or.
f NQRAR FOLD
S24 6 18
TOo 20
) Jo
24 eO
LO Pe
| 35
30; "43

Page 347
BOOK.

Page 348
27 squares and rectangles.

Page 349
DOO Oe PPR, aoe | Cea a Ore

Page 350
Ist: give, going, rodent, costume.
2nd: Bigs," 1953736, 47, \OGHOWNBS, 63,7647"

Page 351
The crabs in sequence are each missing a different leg or
claw starting at the right front leg, then the left, then the
right middle, then the lett... One valid sequence is 2, 9,
OPC oral, ee
Page 352
Ist Eg, 7+2+44+54+1+8+43
= 30.
2nd: E.g., raven, kestrel, lark, eagle, crane, egret, canary.

424
Solutions
Page 353
The lightface numbers are multiples of 3 or 7, but not of
both. The 48 on the fifth line, second column.

Page 354
One circle would intersect a triangle, five squares
would be within a triangle, four squares would intersect
a circle.
Page 355
Ist: Two plus eight plus four plus nine minus ten equals... 13.
2nd:2+54+72=14,9-54+2=6843-7=4.
24+9-8=3-54+5-32=7,.7-24+/7=4.

Page 356
“The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.”
Page 357
Bernard's son.

Page 358
"His thoughts, few that they were, lay silent in the
privacy of his head.”
Page 359
Ist: E.g., lark, pigeon, hawk, dove, ibis, cuckoo, swan,
duck, parrot, finch, owl, raven.
Ohoe | 2 eo + 4 Ot fe 8 eo = 33.

Page 360
Ist; 2358 + 9448 = 11806.
2nd: maze: amber, zones, azure, claim.

427
Solutions
Page 361
Vert.: who, chowder, watchful, childish, uncowled,
charming, fetching, why, chime; horiz.: witch, wield,
which, stitch, conch, touch, wither, weight, eschew,
clothe, cry, chime. Chime.

Page 362
“Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike
and no one is alive.”
Page 363
The crabs in sequence have their front claws turned in,
then right, then out, then left, then in... One valid
sequence is 7,9, 1, 4, 3, 6, 2, 5, 8.

Page 364
E.g.: Blouse is the only one only worn by women; coat is
the only one only worn for cooler weather; socks are the
only footwear, the only one worn in pairs; hat is the only
head wear, the only 3-letter word; belt is the only one that
serves to secure another piece of clothing.
Page 365
52 squares and rectangles.

426
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