The Guardian Weekly

PUZZLES

Chris Maslanka

1 Two explorers set out for The Lost City of Dross. Mungo Slowbutnow trekked at 6mph. Mungo Fastbutlater set out an hour later, but yomped along at 8mph. They achieved their objective at the same time on the same path. When did they get there and how far was it?

2 E pluribus unum

Rearrange COURT ACES to make a single word.

3 Dropouts

Replace each asterisk with a letter to make a word:

*E*A*T*S

4 Same Difference

Which two words differ only in the letter shown? ***F***** (result of blow?) ***T***** (result of blow?) © CMM2021

Diversions

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