WORD WHEEL

YOU have ten minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each word must use the hub letter and at least three others, and letters may be used only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns, but verb forms ending in ‘s’ are permitted. There is one nine-letter word in the wheel, for which today’s clue is: Drink and dance combo found in the gym.

MINDBENDER

1. Yesterday was Ana’s birthday. Six years ago Frankie was four sevenths as old as Ana is now. In 21 years’ time, Ana will be twice as old as Frankie is now. How old is Ana? 2. What connects merchants’ harbour, log islet and meadow of the gods? 3. Which person born on the Isle of Wight may HIT LONELY HANGMAN? 4. Which is the odd one out: Tunisia, Thailand, Belgium, Panama? 5. Crack the code to find three animal groups: ROBN, PVYMU, MYVYXI. How you rate: eight words, average; 12 words, good; 16 words, very good; 18 or more, excellent. Solution tomorrow. Yesterday’s words: ileum, ilium, impel, impels, implies, imps, impulse, impulsive, lime, limes, limp, limps, lump, lumps, mile, milieu, mise, mislive, muesli, mule, mulse, muse, pileum, plim, plum, plume, plumes, semi, simile, simple, slim, slime, slum, slump, smile, spume, sump, velum.

SCOTS QUIZ

1. The first road has been finished on which tiny Hebridean island? 2. A series of stamps featuring Dad’s Army characters is being released, including one of Scot Private Frazer. But who played him? 3. Which influential physicist – best known for electromagnetic theory – was born on this date in 1831? 4. And who said that the Scot’s research had ‘changed the world for ever’? 5. A petty crook named Sammy is the focus of which award-winning novel?