Potpourri V
by Philip Newman
1. 3x3:
Cone, Only, Star --- Lone
Hero, Null, Wing --- Zero
Tree, Fact, Hold --- True
Lone, Zero, True --- Love
2. Signmaker:
so armed, i calorie attack.
soar, medical, or i eat tack.
3. Cryptics:
true
some
meaningless
unless
4. Paragraph:
"a" is in the first word, "b" in the second, etc.
5. Cryptogram:
It's like switching your point of view.
Things sometimes look complicated from
one angle, but simple from another. Achilles.
6. Number Sequence:
40. Each number in the sequence is the sum of the nth prime and the nth Fibonacci numbers.
7. A Good Challenge:
They are the models for the face cards in a regular
deck of playing cards.
Kings
Spades: King David
Hearts: King Charlemagne
Clubs: Alexander the Great
Diamonds: Julius Caesar
Queens
Spades: Pallas Athena
Hearts: Judith
Clubs: Queen Elizabeth I
Diamonds: Rachel
Jacks
Spades: Hogier
Hearts: La Hire
Clubs: Sir Lancelot
Diamonds: Sir Hector
8. Grouping:
Fire, Lucky, One. All the words in the group are the first word of a former GL puzzle title.
9. Probability:
247/1024
10. Hypermath:
R/17