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1. Of two positive numbers, the first is four-ninths of the second. If their product is 4,356, what are the two numbers? 2. What connects Joe, Jude and Mickey? 3. Which Shakespeare play may SORT SOLVABLE SOUL out? 4. Which of the following is the odd one out: manakin, rhea, cassowary, emu? 5. Re-arrange the letter groups to make three power tools: WER NEE NMO SAW LAW GUN OLL DLE SCR. for which today’s clue is: Kind of figure baffled true Roman. How you rate: 15 words, average; 25, good; 35, very good; 40 or more, excellent. Solution tomorrow. Yesterday’s words: activate, activated, active, advice, aviate, aviated, avid, cava, cave, caveat, caved, civet, dative, davit, deva, diva, dive, evict, vacate, vacated, vice, vide, vied.