Mindbender

A: When Roy was as old as Betty was when Roy was half as old as Betty will be when Roy is a year older than Betty is now, Betty was as old as Roy was when Betty was as old as Roy is now.

We have taken ages in complete years, of course, and Roy is in his teens.

How old is Betty?

B: Harry looked at the wall. "It can't be that late," he exclaimed. "The clock's crazy!"

"Seems all right to me," Ted told him. "What's wrong?"

"The time, of course," replied Harry. "It says exactly twelve minutes after seven."

His friend was smiling. "You need new glasses. You're looking at its reflection in the big mirror on the opposite wall."

What time did the clock really show?

You have 10 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. There is one nine-letter word in the wheel.

How you rate:

15 words, average; 20 words, good; 25 words, very good; 30 or more, excellent.

Find as many words as possible using the letters in the grid. Each word must use the central letter and at least 3 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 9-letter word to be found.

HOW YOU RATE

25 Good; 35 Very Good; 40 Excellent. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS ADVERSARY array, arrayed, arrays, daresay, dreary, dryer, dyer, dyes, easy, ready, sayer, vary, very, yard, year.