At GCHQ, we solve puzzles every day . . . and we're giving you a rare glimpse into our world, by setting you a top secret mission: solve problems and break codes that could befuddle the cleverest codebreaker. EMA), NATION-AL, GA- MES, SAGE- LY, CHEE- SE, CRET- IN, CH- ARM, LESS- ON, SET- TEE, TER- RAPIN, G-OLD, EN-EMA The scores derive from comparing the respective letters in the name and seeing which comes earlier in the alphabet. The score in the set is 6-(the number of successive later letters). Where the letters are the same the top player wins the tiebreak. Thus for Henman v Gallek GALL precede each of HENM so that is 6-4 to Henman, A precedes E, so that is 6-1 to Gallek, and K precedes N so that is 6-1 to Henman. e) JUICE [ JAY WALKING; U-BOAT, TURN; OBSERVE, OGLE, VIEW - synonyms of EYE/ I; C/SEA - HORSE, LION, SHORE, WEED; e-BAY, COLI, CRIME, GOVERNMENT, MAIL] a) 14 (XIV) and 4050 (MMMML). The numbers have, when expressed in Roman numerals, Scrabble scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …

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words containing TEN, all at different offsets within the word: TENNIS, STENCH, BUTENE, LISTEN, BRITTEN, LIECHTENSTEIN, FORGOTTEN, SUPERINTENDENT, MOUNTBATTEN, OMNICOMPETENCE members of sets of 5: BABY (Spice Girls), BORODIN (The 5), KESH (The 5 K’s), PRAYER (the 5 tenets of Islam), SIGHT (the 5 senses)

a) Number of letters (4/5/6/7/8) in NATO phonetic name of the letters (e.g. E=ECHO/4, A=ALPHA/5, …, N=NOVEMBER/8) Year Pope NAME III took up office: BENEDICT/855, BONIFACE/607, FELIX/483, GREGORY/731, JOHN/561, LEO/795, SIXTUS/432, STEPHEN/752Can be followed by a 2-digit number: OCEANS ELEVEN, TOP FORTY, LEVEL FORTY-TWO, JOE NINETY, WINDOWS NINETY-FIVE, ROUTE SIXTY-SIX, NUMBER TEN, CATCH TWENTY-TWO Elements: Barium MEAL, Carbon COPY, Cobalt BLUE, Copper BEECH, Gold RUSH, Iron AGE, Lead PENCIL, Neon LIGHTING, Nitrogen CYCLE, Oxygen TENT, Platinum BLONDE, Silver SCREEN c) OIL (or any other 3-letter word formed from the letters of KILO): LAP/ALPHA, ROB/BRAVO, AIL/CHARLIE, LAD/DELTA, HOE/ECHO, TOO/FOXTROT, FOG/GOLF, LET/HOTEL, DIN/INDIA, LIE/JULIET, OIL/KILO

c) 7 = 5 + 2: 5 = 3 + 2, 8 = 1 + 7, …, 14 = 6 + 8 (digits of e = 2.71828182… + digits of π = 3.14159265…) Careful With That Axe Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Picth) First 3 letters of a vegetable: ARTICHOKE, ASPARAGUS, BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CARROT, LEEK, LETTUCE, MARROW, PARSNIP, POTATO Mercer (Trenton); Anne Arundel (Annapolis); Richland (Columbia); Ada (Boise); Washington (Montpelier); Shawnee (Topeka); Laramie (Cheyenne).