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1. On a popular internet auction site, Lisa sold a knitting pattern to Bart for 10 per cent more than she paid for it. Bart made an 87p loss when he sold it on to Homer, who made a 15 per cent loss when selling it to Marge. If Marge paid £4.59 for the pattern, how much did Lisa pay for it? 2. What connects kidney, butter and soya? 3. Which Michelin star chef may be more ELEGANT THAN ART? 4. Which is the odd one out: mental, natural, formal, social? 5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three Swiss places: URN CHA SOL ENZ TEL APP OTH NEU ELL.

1 Five pounds and seventy pence. 2 They may all precede bean. 3 Angela Hartnett. 4 Mental; the others are the three common branches of science. 5 Neuchatel, Solothurn, Appenzell.