Western Morning News

Mindbender

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A: Lucy emptied her bag on to the table. "It's crazy," she exclaimed. "I was broke before I cashed that tax refund cheque today. Then I only spent £5.89 on my way home, but now I ve got just double what I should have left."

"It must have been the cheque. Tellers do make mistakes." Tom chuckled. "She probably gave you pounds for pence and pence for pounds in it."

He was right, so what was the amount of that tax refund?

B: I'm three little digits, just three in a row.

I add up to seven, all different, you know. My first is the greatest, two more than my third. You ll get what I am if you read every word.

1. Darcy.

2. Reality TV personalit­y Billie Shepherd, who suffered mild concussion after hitting her head.

3. Shadow attorney general Lord Falconer, who made the comment last June.

4. He rowed 3,000 miles unassisted across the Atlantic Ocean, the oldest person to do so.

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