TODAY’S SOLUTIONS

1. Carlow. 2. 11 x 3 - 7 = 52 + 1 3. Magenta, the other words are olive, emerald, sage, mint and jade (all shades of green). 4. Potato. The three-letter words are cap, too, kit, era, fit and ado. 5. a) Befitting b) Bedlam c) Besides 6. Scales and kettle. SLINKY CASKET ASTUTE LOCATE EDIBLE SACHET 7. D. Subtract the alphabetical position of each letter from that of the previous letter to get the following letter. 8. Dog. 9. Sports, handle and king. 10. a) Devious b) Distinctive c) Deafening 11. Onions 8, Potatoes 18, Carrots 6, Garlic 9. 12. 7619. In all the other numbers the first two digits can be added together to give the last two. 13. 5; the door numbers correspond to the number of letters in the colour. 14. Hobnobs, Shortcakes, Digestives, Wagon Wheels, Jammie Dodgers. 15. 68782 + 68782 + 650 = 138214 16. 3 * 54 = 162 17. c) 8. The relationship is x : x2/2 18. 5832/17496 = 1/3 19. Biscuits, cheese, wine, chocolate, flowers, bread, milk. 20. 4. The first number divided by the second gives the fourth. The third plus the fourth gives the fifth. 21. 78 and 7. Blue times Green plus Red gives the centre figure. 22. 68km; total distance between towns is 80km. 23. A = 5, B = 1, C = 4, D = 2, E = 3 24. A = 3, B = 4, C = 2, D = 1, E = 5 25. 2. The totals of the columns are 21, 23, 25, 27…. 26. Charlie skiing, Ann beach, Emmett skiing, Patrick skiing, Mary beach and Matthew beach. 27. 65. 28. Abdomens. 29. A = 5, B = 3, C = 4, D = 2, E = 1 30. Supersonic.