Test One
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1.Vast melody
2.Fjord; it is a stretch of water. The others are all land
3.6; 4 × 9 = 36
4.Reef; to spell out the numbers as follows:
CART(ONE)NJOYMEN(TWO)RDSMI(THREE)F
5.E; a dot is only carried forward when it appears in the same position in two of the previous three circles
6.Talent
7.27; add, then deduct, the sum of the digits of the previous number alternately each time, ie 36 – 3 – 6 = 27
8.Delete; to give: fade/desk, hole/lean, kite/tear
9.48 mph
10.Abundance
11.C; across
12.Double-page spread
13.A; the figure rotates into an upright position anti-clockwise. Black turns white and white turns black
14.
15.They all contain trees: le(gum)es, qu(ash)ed, af(fir)ms, cl(oak)ed
16.51; 9 × 5 = 45 + 6 = 51
17.When prosperity comes, do not use all of it
18.Long, pithy
19.0; looking down and across the sum of alternate numbers are equal, for example
7 + 9 = 10 + 6
20.Never look a gift horse in the mouth
21.p(lane)t
22.56 and 54 should be swapped round
The top sequence progresses +10, +11, +12, +13, +14
The bottom sequence progresses +8, +10, +12, +14, +16
23.A; the symbols in the others all appear in the same order, albeit starting at a different symbol
24.F H K L N P 9 7 6 3 2
25.E; looking from top line to bottom line each pair of symbols swap round
26.Lock
27.E; multiply the odd numbers by 2 and divide the even numbers by 2
28.Diagonal, slanting
29.156 lbs; 75% of 156 = 117. 39 × 4 = 156, 39 × 3 = 117
30.B
31.3; so that the sequence is palindromic (the numbers read the same backwards and forwards)
32.1 in 56
33.Synonyms: vigilant, circumspect
Antonym: remiss
34.A
35.And then some
36.B; the right half of the matrix is a mirror image of the left half
37.Cut, drill
38.33 minutes: 12 noon less 33 minutes = 11.27
11.27 less 48 minutes = 10.39
9 am plus 99 minutes (3 × 33) = 10.39
39.Q
40.Turtle: each word can be suffixed by NECK
Test Two
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