TLW 87 - Nomads Results

PUZZLE #45: (by Andrew Fisher)If you get stuck with this one, the eight letter word which starts the second column can befound in two pages time (at the bottom) as a clue.C E N T A U R-R +I = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -L +R = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __-C +L = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -Y +E = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __-T +S = __ __ S __ __ __ __ -R +P = __ __ __ __ __ T __ __-A +M = __ __ M __ __ __ __ -C +S = __ __ __ __ __ A __ __-U +Y = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -E +O = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __-S +G = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -M +L = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __-Y +H = __ __ __ __ __ __ __ -I +N = __ __ __ __ __ O __ __TLW subeditors go to extreme measures to implant the OSWI 3’s in readers’ minds.26Answer:Start with the word which is given in boldface at the top of the ladder of sevens. For eachline, subtract one letter and add another as directed. Work out the new seven-letter wordwhich can then be formed from the letters and then go on to the next line in the samemanner. When you get to the bottom of the column, take the first letter of each of the eightwords in the column and make an eight-letter word from them. This word starts the secondcolumn, which consists of eight-letter words. Repeat the process down the second column.Take the first letter of each answer once again and form the final eight-letter word fromthem. The solution has four valid anagrams; solvers will realise which is correct from thepunning context of the start and link words. All the answers are given on the inside backcover.PUZZLE #46: (by Ross L. Mackenzie)Twelve characters from Terry Pratchett novels - six valid, six not. Which are which?BROADMAN a tavern ownerCUDDY a watchmanDIBBLER a merchantDUNNYKIN a member of a secret societyGASPODE a clever dogGLOD a musicianMORT an apprenticePOONS an aged wizardTEATIME an insane assassinTREATLE a stupid wizardVERENCE a former jesterWHITLOW a housekeeperVe haff vays of finding bonusesDon’t blame me for the title, it’s the work of Raymond Tate... as is the following list ofGerman seven and eight-letter words. Unfortunately this arrived in my in-box just a littletoo late for inclusion before Karl Khoshnaw’s tournament on the Rhine!ABLAUTSABSEILSANLAGENANLAGESAUFGABE~AUTOBAHN~BEBUNGSBERGFALL~BERGMEHL~DIKTATSDIRNDLSENZIANSFLUGELSFRAULEIN~FUNDIESGESTALT~GESTAPO~GRABENSGRAUPEL~GREISEN~GROSCHEN~HAUSFRAU~KAISERSKAISERIN~KAMERAD~KITSCHYKLAVIER~KNAWELSKOBOLDSKOHLRABI~KREUTZER~KRUMHORN~KURSAAL~MANGOLD~MORGENSPFENNIG~PFENNIGEPFENNING~POSAUNE~PRETZEL~QUETSCHRITTERSSCHILLER~SCHIMMEL~SCHLAGER~SCHLICH~SCHLOSSSCHMALZSCHMUCK~SCHNAPPSSCHNECKE27SCHNECKENSCHNELLSCHORLSSPRITZER~SPRITZIG~STRUDEL~TENDENZTHALERSTROCKENTUSCHESUMLAUTSVERBOTENWALDHORN~WALDRAPP~ZINGELSZWIEBACK~