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Staying Sharp: Play These Games

Staying Sharp

Games

BY STANLEY NEWMAN

Illustration of hands holding fishing rod above a pond with a yellow fish on the line. The type says ROD + REEL = FISH

math fun

NICE CATCH

Each of the nine different letters in the equation above represents a different digit. If E is 5, D is four times L, and the digit not used is 4, what is the unique sum?

WORDPLAY

Illustration of the outline of India.

CHANGE OF VENUE

A Bengali is a native of the Bengal region of India and Bangladesh. Rearrange the letters in BENGALI to get a native of another region.

THINK!

Illustration of the letters

HELLO AGAIN

The Greek letter ALPHA becomes ALOHA when you change one letter. What other two Greek letter names become a much-used word of greeting with just one letter changed?

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PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

NICE CATCH 638 + 6552 = 7190

CHANGE OF VENUE BELGIAN

HELLO AGAIN PI and XI to HI

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