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1. There are 48 coins in Jackie’s piggy bank, all either 20p or 50p pieces. If the total value of these coins is £17.70, how many 20p pieces does Jackie have? 2. What connects Most Foul, At The Gallop and Ahoy? 3. Which ape-playing actor may pass BELT BY BLOKE? 4. Which is the odd one out: chiffchaff, goldcrest, yellowhammer, blackcap? 5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three areas in Queens, New York: ARW IDE BEL NYS BRI OSE OOD SUN LER. How you rate: 15 words, average; 20, good; 25, very good; 30 or more, excellent. Solution tomorrow. Yesterday’s words: amenity, amity, anytime, candy, canty, city, cyan, cyanide, cyme, dainty, daytime, decay, deity, deny, dicey, dynamic, dynamite, dyne, edacity, enmity, many, matey, meany, meaty, mediacy, mendacity, minty, myna, nicety, tidy, tiny, yeti.