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: Coda part to follow? (Other way round!)

MINDBENDER

1. Mr Walker is marking his students’ three-part IT coursework online: 56 students got part one right; 41 passed part two and 40 students completed part three correctly. While 37 students got two or more parts right, 13 students got 100 per cent correct. As no one scored zero, how many students does Mr Walker have?

2. What connects big, blame and waiting? 3. Which Scottish Conservatoire doctorate recipient may have LEFT CITY TOIL? 4. Which is the odd one out: Romano, Leaf, Lollo Rosso, Romaine? 5. Starting with A, add a letter and shuffle to make a new word each time until you reach PREDICATE. HOW you rate: 15 words, average; 20, good; 25, very good; 30 or more, excellent. Solution tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S words: acme, amen, ament, amice, amine, anime, came, cinema, cinematic, emit, iceman, inmate, item, mace, main, mane, manic, mantic, mate, matin, mean, meant, meat, mica, mien, mince, mine, mini, mint, mite, name, tame, team, time.

SCOTS QUIZ

1. Which early motor racing hero was killed on Loch Ness trying to set a water speed record in 1952? 2. Who presents Radio Scotland’s Off the Ball programme? 3. What occupation was Red Clydeside anti-war protester John Maclean dismissed from on his arrest in 1915? 4. Who played in the first Scottish Cup Final broadcast on radio in 1927? 5. What is the popular name given to the rebellions against the Crown by Scots forces in 1715 and 1745? 6. Which song is featured in stone in the market square in Galashiels, Selkirkshire?