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WILD CARDS

WORDPLAY CODED ANAGRAMS

Below are three sets of five-letter anagrams. Each word contains the letter A and four other letters that have been replaced by a digit from 1 through 8. Each digit stands for the same letter of the alphabet throughout all the sets. Can you determine what letter each digit stands for?

A1234

1A324

1A432

12A34

12A43

123A4

3A524

32A54

43A52

45A32

52A43

432A5

3245A

A6827

A8627

6A782

6A827

8A627

627A8

—PADDY SMITH

TEASERS EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE

What do the words below have in common?

BED

CAME

DUCK

GOT

HOG

MAYBE

METRO

NEVER

QUA

WHO

WONDER

ZOO

—TODD KREISMAN

WORDPLAY WORDMAKING

Using every letter below once, plus the letter “F” as many times as necessary, form five 5-letter words.

—N.M. MEYER

LOGIC ARMY BUDDIES

Four friends—Doug, Edwin, Farley,

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