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R U<br />

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Find two words that are synonyms. One reads clockwise<br />

round one circle and the other reads anticlockwise round<br />

the other. You have to provide the missing letters.<br />

3. A manufacturer produces widgets, but not to a very high<br />

standard. In a test batch of 18, 7 were defective. Then the<br />

manufacturer carried out a longer production run in<br />

which 567 of 1500 were defective. Had it improved its<br />

performance after the test run?<br />

4. Which is the odd one out?<br />

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E S<br />

N N<br />

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trawler, felucca, sloop, dhow, dinghy<br />

Test Ten: Questions<br />

5. If the clue spacious heath (5,4) leads to the two-word<br />

palindrome roomy moor (that is, it reads the same both<br />

backwards and forwards), what two-word palindrome<br />

does the clue burst forth flawless (5,4) lead to?<br />

6. Jill and Jack share the same birthday. Jill is three times as<br />

old as Jack is now, but in five years’ time she will only be<br />

twice as old. How old was Jill when she was six times as<br />

old as Jack?<br />

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