Puzzle solutions
WORD WHEEL
Nine-letter word autopilot Other words ail, alto, apt, atop, iota, lap, oat, opal, pail, pal, pat, patio, plait, plat, potato, tail, tap, tau, taut, total, utopia
MENSA BRAIN TEASERS
1. Illinois 2. 56. In all the other numbers the two digits total 9 3. X and V. Along each row, add the alphabetical values of the first two letters to give the alphabetical value of the third letter and subtract them to give the fourth
5-CLUE CROSSWORD
Across: 3/5 Nominal price*, 6 Re-lease Down: 1 D-IV-ined/Di-VI-ned, 2 Papers, 4 OS-prey
ZYGOLEX
LEFT TO RIGHT: weaker; moan; beaver; stingy; beaker; mean; glass; gloss; sheen; class; sheep; clasp; lamb; form; cheep
JUMBO CROSSWORD
Across 10 Steak tartare, 13/40/58 You Are So Not
Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, 15 Oliver Bearman, 16 Lederhosen, 17 Parallel bars, 19 Yankee, 20 Chard, 22 Otley, 23/24 Dionne warwick, 29 Jean Borotra, 30 Mortarboard, 33 Stumpy, 34 Barcelona, 36 Nainsook, 38 Fruit fly, 43 Marisa Tomei, 45 Capillaries, 49 Cassata, 50 Kaolin, 51 Osric, 56/41 Hedda Gabler, 57 Jaguar, 60 Ana Guevara, 61 Cannon and Ball, 63 Norman Baker, 64 Up The Bracket
Down 1 Bali, 2 Tribble, 3 Salamander, 4 Hermiston, 5 Pyongyang, 6 Jutland, 7 Bridges, 8 Astra, 9 Into the Woods, 11/27 Thomas Howard (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard), 12 The Allegory of Faith, 14 The Grocer, 18 Antonym, 21 Laura Ingalls Wilder, 25/42 Hector Berlioz, 26 Rob Brydon, 31 Reeve, 32 Volta, 35 Rainer,
37 O-level, 39 I Kissed a Girl, 44 Agamemnon, 46 Anne Brontë, 47 Capricorn, 48 Aluminium, 52 La Bamba, 53 Rusalka,
54 St Mawes, 55 Call Me,
59/28 Dejan Stankovic, 62 Arch