MIND GAMES

— Puzzles by Snodger Media

“IT REQUIRES A VERY UNUSUAL MIND TO UNDERTAKE THE ANALYSIS OF THE OBVIOUS.”

INSTRUCTIONS

Put the answers to each of the clues in columns from 1 to 9. Row vii reveals the answer.

CLUES

1 What is the common name for a moth of the Sphingidae family that can hover while collecting nectar from flowers? (8)

2 Who with John Wright and Peter Osman wrote The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook (2009)? (4,8)

3 What is the particular character or genius of a language? (5)

4 What is the common name for the mineral FEO(OH)? (8)

5 What name is shared by the two large superficial veins of the leg? (7)

6 What is the colourless heterocyclic liquid C4H4S, physically resembling benzene? (8) 7

What number is the measure of the ignition quality of diesel-engine fuels? (6)

8 What is 10 to the power of 9 of the SI unit of frequency? (9)

9 Which weed obtained its English name from the French for “lion’s teeth”, but the French call it pissenlit, referring to the diuretic properties of the plant? (9)