alleviate: it means to lessen, the
rest meaning to increase
4: (6 + 7) - (4 + 5)
OCTOPUS: to produce DUO, ARC, SAT, AGO, MAP, YOU, WAS
C: at each stage the third circle moves to the
end and the sixth circle moves to the beginning
8: the number in the middle is
the average of the numbers round the outside. So, 7 + 8 + 9 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 48, and 48 +
6 = 8;
MAGNETISM
115: in eight years the combined age is 124; the age
now is 124 -(8 x 3) = 100. Age in five years is 100 + (5 x 3) = 115
ripe, mellow
C: all lines carry on and change from dotted to unbroken, and vice versa
crevice
Jack 10 and Jill 5
COME TO LIFE
The sequence progresses circle, triangle, diamond, with alternate horizontal/ vertical
lines
730: deduct 135 each time
C: it contains four black dots and three white;
might/mite
2646 (14 x 189)
using few words
SATURATE, WATERLOG
65: there are two alternate sequences: +12 and +9;
C: the
large rectangle is being dismantled, half a side at a time anticlockwise; the small
rectangle is being constructed half a side at a time clockwise;
TESTIMONY
6: so that the numbers in the triangles, squares and circles add up to 33
C:
so that one dot appears in one triangle and the other dot appears in two triangles (in
the example the right-hand side forms a small triangle and a larger triangle and the
dot is in both)
9: the alternatives are: England win both golf and tennis,
Scotland win both golf and tennis, Wales win both golf and tennis, England win
golf, Scotland win tennis, Scotland win golf, England win tennis, England win golf,
Wales win tennis, Wales win golf, England win tennis, Scotland win golf, Wales win
tennis, Wales win golf, Scotland win tennis
retirement: statement /testament
and fluster /restful are anagram pairs
Switch A is faulty
2: so that each
square block of four numbers totals 15;
E: the small ellipse moves 45° clockwise
and alternates inside /outside of the larger ellipse;
BARRIER REEF
K
3645: in all the others the number formed by the first two digits added to the
number formed by the second two digits equals 99
B: looking across and down,
only dots that appear in the same position in the first two squares are carried forward
to the third square; however, they then change from black to white and vice versa.